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48
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4162
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458

Paula Stockley publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paula Stockley sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 91 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Paula Stockley D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paula Stockley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paula Stockley is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and is actively engaged in research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Psychology. Their work covers various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The research topics explored by Paula Stockley focus mainly on Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior. Additional topics include Plant and animal studies, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Frequent publication venues reflect the diversity of their research interests and include:

  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Communications Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Some of Paula Stockley's recent papers are as follows:

  • Revealing mechanisms of mating plug function under sexual selection, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Social status and ejaculate composition in the house mouse, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Systematic approaches to assessing high-temperature limits to fertility in animals, 2024, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Fitness Costs of Female Competition Linked to Resource Defense and Relatedness of Competitors, 2022, The American Naturalist
  • Applying remotely sensed habitat descriptors to assist reintroduction programs: A case study in the hazel dormouse, 2021, Conservation Science and Practice

Collaboration is a notable feature of their research with frequent co-authors including Jane L. Hurst, Amanda J. Davidson, Robert J. Beynon, Catarina Franco, and Emma L. Cartledge.

Best Publications

  • Sexual conflict

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  • Sexual selection and genital evolution

    David J. Hosken;Paula Stockley

  • Sperm competition in fishes: the evolution of testis size and ejaculate characteristics.

    P. Stockley;M. J. G. Gage;G. A. Parker;A. P. Møller

  • Female competition and its evolutionary consequences in mammals

    Paula Stockley;Jakob Bro-Jørgensen

  • Sperm competition games: a prospective analysis of risk assessment

    G. A. Parker;M. A. Ball;P. Stockley;M. J. G. Gage

  • Sperm Competition Games: Individual Assessment of Sperm Competition Intensity by Group Spawners

    Geoffrey Alan Parker;M. A. Ball;Paula Stockley;Matthew J. G. Gage

  • Effects of alternative male mating strategies on characteristics of sperm production in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): theoretical and empirical investigations

    Matthew J. G. Gage;Paula Stockley;Geoffrey Alan Parker

  • Sexual conflict resulting from adaptations to sperm competition.

    P. Stockley

  • Female multiple mating behaviour in the common shrew as a strategy to reduce inbreeding

    Paula Stockley;J. B. Searle;D. W. MacDonald;Catherine S. Jones

  • Female competition and aggression: interdisciplinary perspectives

    Paula Stockley;Anne Campbell

  • Sperm competition and the evolution of male reproductive anatomy in rodents

    Steven A Ramm;Geoffrey A Parker;Paula Stockley

  • The Genetic Basis of Inbreeding Avoidance in House Mice

    Amy L. Sherborne;Michael D. Thom;Steve Paterson;Francine Jury

  • Benefits of Polyandry: A Life History Perspective

    D. J. Hosken;P. Stockley

  • Is oxidative stress a physiological cost of reproduction? An experimental test in house mice

    Michael Garratt;Aphrodite Vasilaki;Paula Stockley;Francis McArdle

  • Female multiple mating behaviour, early reproductive failure and litter size variation in mammals

    Paula Stockley

  • Monogamy and the battle of the sexes.

    D. J. Hosken;P. Stockley;T. Tregenza;N. Wedell

  • Sexual Selection and the Adaptive Evolution of Mammalian Ejaculate Proteins

    Steven A. Ramm;Peter L. Oliver;Chris P. Ponting;Paula Stockley

  • Comparative Proteomics Reveals Evidence for Evolutionary Diversification of Rodent Seminal Fluid and Its Functional Significance in Sperm Competition

    Steven A. Ramm;Lucy McDonald;Jane L. Hurst;Robert J. Beynon

  • Alternative reproductive tactics in male common shrews: relationships between mate-searching behaviour, sperm production, and reproductive success as revealed by DNA fingerprinting

    P. Stockley;J. B. Searle;D. W. Macdonald;C. S. Jones

  • Sperm Displacement in the Yellow Dung Fly, Scatophaga stercoraria: An Investigation of Male and Female Processes

    Leigh Simmons;G.A. Parker;P. Stockley

  • Sperm competition or sperm selection : no evidence for female influence over paternity in yellow dung flies Scatophaga stercoraria

    L. W. Simmons;P. Stockley;R. L. Jackson;G. A. Parker

  • Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection

    Paula Stockley

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane L. Hurst
Jane L. Hurst University of Liverpool
Robert J. Beynon
Robert J. Beynon University of Liverpool
Geoff A. Parker
Geoff A. Parker University of Liverpool
Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
Matthew J. G. Gage
Matthew J. G. Gage University of East Anglia
David J. Hosken
David J. Hosken University of Exeter
Jeremy B. Searle
Jeremy B. Searle Cornell University
Steve Paterson
Steve Paterson University of Liverpool
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Alan D Radford
Alan D Radford University of Liverpool

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