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Peter H. Becker

Peter H. Becker

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
8578
World Ranking
2771
National Ranking
150

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Peter H. Becker is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and works primarily in the field of Social Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields including Political Science and International Relations, Finance, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their studies explore a variety of topics focused mainly on European and social policy issues. Key research topics include:

  • European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political and Social Issues
  • European history and politics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Peter H. Becker has contributed to several recent publications, with works published from 2020 to 2022. Notable papers include:

  • "Telomere length is heritable and genetically correlated with lifespan in a wild bird," 2021, published in Molecular Ecology
  • "Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels," 2021, published in Science
  • "Germany as the European Union's status quo power? Continuity and change in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic," 2022, published in Journal of European Public Policy
  • "Die Verhandlungen über den Haushalt der Europäischen Union - zwischen Kontinuität und Pandemie-Zäsur," 2020, published in IG
  • "Changement de cap de l'Allemagne en matière de politique européenne: un repositionnement avec des limites," 2021, published in Allemagne d aujourd hui

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Becker include Sandra Bouwhuis, Alexander Geppert, Martin Geyer, Maren Möhring, and William J. Sydeman.

The scientist also publishes in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
  • Administory
  • “Die œSozialgerichtsbarkeit
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Science

Peter H. Becker has authored books published by multiple publishers. These include:

  • "Abgrenzen, Entgrenzen, Begrenzen" published in 2024 by 1800 - 2000 and Transcript Verlag
  • "Bewertung des Anlagevermögens öffentlicher Einrichtungen" published in 2022 by DUNCKER UND HUMBLOT eBooks

In recognition of professional contributions, Peter H. Becker was awarded membership in the Academia Europaea in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life‐history continuum

    Owen R. Jones;Jean-Michel Gaillard;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Jussi S. Alho

  • 7 – The Coding of Species-Specific Characteristics in Bird Sounds

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  • How Life History Influences Population Dynamics in Fluctuating Environments

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Tim Coulson;Vidar Grøtan;Steinar Engen

  • Effects of parental quality and effort on the reproduction of common terns

    Helmut Wendeln;Peter H. Becker

  • Mercury levels in eggs, tissues, and feathers of herring gulls Larus argentatus from the German Wadden Sea Coast.

    S.A. Lewis;P.H. Becker;R.W. Furness

  • Generation time and temporal scaling of bird population dynamics.

    Bernt-Erik Sæther;Russell Lande;Steinar Engen;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Telomere length reflects phenotypic quality and costs of reproduction in a long-lived seabird

    Christina Bauch;Peter H. Becker;Simon Verhulst

  • Life-History Variation Predicts the Effects of Demographic Stochasticity on Avian Population Dynamics

    BE Saether;S Engen;AP Moller;H Weimerskirch

  • A new application for transponders in population ecology of the Common Tern

    Peter H. Becker;Helmut Wendeln

  • Feather mercury levels in seabirds at South Georgia: influence of trophic position, sex and age

    Peter H. Becker;Jacob González-Solís;Brigitte Behrends;John Croxall

  • Reproductive improvement and senescence in a long-lived bird

    Maren Rebke;Tim Coulson;Peter H. Becker;James W. Vaupel

  • Influences of sex, sex composition of brood and hatching order on mass growth in common terns Sterna hirundo

    Peter H. Becker;Michael Wink

  • Sex, age, experience and condition as factors affecting arrival date in prospecting common terns, Sterna hirundo

    Tobias Dittmann;Peter H. Becker

  • Archiving primary data: Solutions for long-term studies

    James A. Mills;Céline Teplitsky;Beatriz Arroyo;Anne Charmantier

  • Improvement in chick provisioning with parental experience in a seabird

    Bente Limmer;Peter H. Becker

  • Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds

    Katharine Keogan;Francis Daunt;Sarah Wanless;Richard A. Phillips

  • Fatty acid signatures in plasma of captive herring gulls as indicators of demersal or pelagic fish diet

    Reijo Käkelä;Anne Käkelä;Silke Kahle;Peter H. Becker

  • Hatching failure in common terns (Sterna hirundo) in relation to environmental chemicals.

    Peter H. Becker;Sabine Schuhmann;Christa Koepff

  • Differences in mercury contamination and elimination during feather development in gull and tern broods.

    P. H. Becker;D. Henning;R. W. Furness

  • Sex-specific pathways of parental age effects on offspring lifetime reproductive success in a long-lived seabird

    Sandra Bouwhuis;Oscar Vedder;Peter H. Becker

  • Dispersal decisions: common terns, Sterna hirundo, choose between colonies during prospecting

    Tobias Dittmann;Daniela Zinsmeister;Peter H. Becker

  • Temporal and spatial pattern of common tern (Sterna hirundo) foraging in the Wadden Sea.

    Peter H. Becker;Dietrich Frank;Stefan R. Sudmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacob González-Solís
Jacob González-Solís University of Barcelona
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Michael Wink
Michael Wink Heidelberg University
F. Stephen Dobson
F. Stephen Dobson Auburn University
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Tim Coulson
Tim Coulson University of Oxford
Olivier Chastel
Olivier Chastel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Marcel E. Visser
Marcel E. Visser University of Groningen
Simon Verhulst
Simon Verhulst University of Groningen

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