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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
12563
World Ranking
1480
National Ranking
541

Peter O. Dunn publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 145 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter O. Dunn 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 Peter O. Dunn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Peter O. Dunn is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biological sciences, emphasizing Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Environmental Science.

Their main topics of investigation include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Subfields of their work highlight specialized areas such as Immunology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

Peter O. Dunn has contributed to a range of scientific journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Ecology
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Biology Letters

Their research collaborations have often involved coauthors including Piotr Minias, Ke He, Linda A. Whittingham, Nicholas Sly, and Corey R. Freeman-Gallant.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by Peter O. Dunn are:

  • Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America, 2023, Ecology
  • Long-Read Genome Assemblies Reveal Extraordinary Variation in the Number and Structure of MHC Loci in Birds, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Reconstructing Macroevolutionary Patterns in Avian MHC Architecture With Genomic Data, 2022, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Avian major histocompatibility complex copy number variation is associated with helminth richness, 2020, Biology Letters
  • High MHC diversity confers no advantage for phenotypic quality and reproductive performance in a wild bird, 2022, Journal of Animal Ecology

Peter O. Dunn was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Climate change has affected the breeding date of tree swallows throughout North America

    Peter O Dunn;David W Winkler

  • Helpers liberate female fairy-wrens from constraints on extra-pair mate choice

    Raoul A. Mulder;Peter O. Dunn;Andrew Cockburn;Katherine A. Lazenby-Cohen

  • MATING SYSTEMS, SPERM COMPETITION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN BIRDS

    Peter O. Dunn;Linda A. Whittingham;Trevor E. Pitcher

  • Colour polymorphism in birds: causes and functions

    P. Galeotti;D. Rubolini;P. O. Dunn;M. Fasola

  • Breeding Dates and Reproductive Performance

    Peter Dunn

  • Predicting the effects of climate change on avian life-history traits

    David W. Winkler;Peter O. Dunn;Charles E. McCulloch

  • Extra-pair paternity in monogamous tree swallows

    Jan T. Lifjeld;Peter O. Dunn;Raleigh J. Robertson;Peter T. Boag

  • Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of allometry for sexual size dimorphism

    James Dale;Peter O Dunn;Jordi Figuerola;Terje Lislevand

  • Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds

    Nathalie Seddon;Carlos A. Botero;Joseph A. Tobias;Peter O. Dunn

  • A test of the mismatch hypothesis: How is timing of reproduction related to food abundance in an aerial insectivore?

    Peter O. Dunn;David W. Winkler;Linda A. Whittingham;Susan J. Hannon

  • Effects of climate change on timing of breeding and reproductive success in birds

    Peter O. Dunn;David W. Winkler

  • Contrasting patterns of mitochondrial and microsatellite population structure in fragmented populations of greater prairie-chickens.

    Jeff A. Johnson;John E. Toepfer;Peter O. Dunn

  • Offspring sex ratios in tree swallows: females in better condition produce more sons

    Linda A. Whittingham;Peter O. Dunn

  • Changes in breeding phenology and population size of birds

    Peter O. Dunn;Anders P. Møller

  • Fairy-wren helpers often care for young to which they are unrelated

    Peter O. Dunn;Andrew Cockburn;Raoul A. Mulder

  • Sperm competition and the evolution of testes size in birds.

    T. E. Pitcher;P. O. Dunn;L. A. Whittingham

  • Effects of breeding density, synchrony, and experience on extrapair paternity in tree swallows

    Peter O. Dunn;Linda A. Whittingham;Jan T. Lifjeld;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Plumage color as a composite trait: developmental and functional integration of sexual ornamentation.

    Alexander V. Badyaev;Geoffrey E. Hill;Peter O. Dunn;John C. Glen

  • Extrapair mate choice and honest signaling in cooperatively breeding superb fairy-wrens

    Peter O. Dunn;Andrew Cockburn

  • Natural and sexual selection act on different axes of variation in avian plumage color.

    Peter O. Dunn;Jessica K. Armenta;Linda A. Whittingham

  • Extra-pair paternity in tree swallows: why do females mate with more than one male?

    Peter O. Dunn;Raleigh J. Robertson;Denise Michaud-Freeman;Peter T. Boag

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda A. Whittingham
Linda A. Whittingham University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Raleigh J. Robertson
Raleigh J. Robertson Queen's University
David W. Winkler
David W. Winkler Cornell University
Robert G. Clark
Robert G. Clark University of Saskatchewan
Russell D. Dawson
Russell D. Dawson University of Northern British Columbia
Dave Shutler
Dave Shutler Acadia University
Jan T. Lifjeld
Jan T. Lifjeld University of Oslo
Carol M. Vleck
Carol M. Vleck Iowa State University
Marty L. Leonard
Marty L. Leonard Dalhousie University
Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn Australian National University

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Bart Kempenaers

Bart Kempenaers

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Jan Komdeur

Jan Komdeur

University of Groningen

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Terry Burke

University of Sheffield

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Raleigh J. Robertson

Queen's University

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