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Phil F. Battley

Phil F. Battley

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
5604
World Ranking
7325
National Ranking
96

Overview

Phil F. Battley is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand, focusing on environmental science with a specialization in avian ecology and behavior. Their research portfolio includes extensive work in ecology, ecological modeling, genetics, and the study of global and planetary change. The main themes of their work encompass wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, marine and fisheries research, animal behavior and reproduction, genetic diversity and population structure, and isotope analysis in ecology.

They have published research in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Molecular Ecology, Notornis, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Nature Communications.

  • Advancement in long-distance bird migration through individual plasticity in departure (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Predicting resilience of migratory birds to environmental change (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Interacting Roles of Breeding Geography and Early-Life Settlement in Godwit Migration Timing (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium (2022, Molecular Ecology)

Phil F. Battley has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable co-authors include Jesse R. Conklin, Chris J. Hassell, Theunis Piersma, Simeon Lisovski, and David S. Melville. These collaborations have contributed to advancing the understanding of migratory birds and their ecological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird

    Jesse R. Conklin;Phil F. Battley;Murray A. Potter;James W. Fox

  • Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific Ocean : Ecological corridor rather than barrier?

    Robert E. Gill;T. Lee Tibbitts;David C. Douglas;Colleen M. Handel

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Empirical evidence for differential organ reductions during trans-oceanic bird flight

    Phil F Battley;Theunis Piersma;Maurine W Dietz;Sixian Tang

  • Contrasting extreme long-distance migration patterns in bar-tailed godwits Limosa lapponica

    Phil F. Battley;Nils Warnock;T. Lee Tibbitts;Robert E. Gill

  • Scale and intensity of intertidal habitat use by knots Calidris canutus in the Western Wadden Sea in relation to food, friends and foes

    Theunis Piersma;Rinke Hoekstra;Anne Dekinga;Anita Koolhaas

  • Water depth selection, daily feeding routines and diets of waterbirds in coastal lagoons in Ghana

    Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu;Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu;Theunis Piersma;Popko Wiersma;Martin Poot

  • High-tide habitat choice: insights from modelling roost selection by shorebirds around a tropical bay

    Danny I. Rogers;Phil F. Battley;Theunis Piersma;Jan A. Van Gils

  • Absolute Consistency: Individual versus Population Variation in Annual-Cycle Schedules of a Long-Distance Migrant Bird

    Jesse R. Conklin;Phil F. Battley;Murray A. Potter

  • Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

  • Reinterpretation of gizzard sizes of red knots world-wide emphasises overriding importance of prey quality at migratory stopover sites.

    Jan A van Gils;Phil F Battley;Theunis Piersma;Rudi Drent

  • Consistent annual schedules in a migratory shorebird.

    Phil F Battley

  • Adaptive interplay between feeding ecology and features of the digestive tract in birds

    Phil Battley;Theun Piersma

  • Is Long‐Distance Bird Flight Equivalent to a High‐Energy Fast? Body Composition Changes in Freely Migrating and Captive Fasting Great Knots

    Phil F. Battley;Maurine W. Dietz;Theunis Piersma;Anne Dekinga

  • Burning the engine: a time‐marching computation of fat and protein consumption in a 5420‐km non‐stop flight by great knots, Calidris tenuirostris

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  • Extreme migration and the individual quality spectrum

    Jesse R. Conklin;Nathan R. Senner;Philip F. Battley;Theunis Piersma;Theunis Piersma

  • Do body condition and plumage during fuelling predict northwards departure dates of Great Knots Calidris tenuirostris from north‐west Australia?

    Phil F. Battley;Theunis Piersma;Danny I. Rogers;Anne Dekinga

  • Impacts of wind on individual migration schedules of New Zealand bar-tailed godwits

    Jesse R. Conklin;Phil F. Battley

  • How do red knots Calidris canutus leave Northwest Australia in May and reach the breeding grounds in June? Predictions of stopover times, fuelling rates and prey quality in the Yellow Sea

    Phil F. Battley;Danny I. Rogers;Jan A. van Gils;Theunis Piersma

  • Body composition of Lesser Knots (Calidris canutus rogersi) preparing to take off on migration from northern New Zealand

    Phil F. Battley;Theunis Piersma

  • Effects of geolocators on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds

    Emily Weiser;Richard B. Lanctot;Stephen C. Brown;José A. Alves;José A. Alves

  • Supporting Information for 'Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds'

    Martin Bulla;Mihai Valcu;Adriaan M. Dokter;Alexei G. Dondua

  • Shorebirds of the Yellow Sea: Importance, Threats and Conservation Status by M. Barter

    Phil Battley

Frequent Co-Authors

Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
Anne Dekinga
Anne Dekinga Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Barbara Helm
Barbara Helm University of Glasgow
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University
B. Louise Chilvers
B. Louise Chilvers Massey University
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
Jan A. van Gils
Jan A. van Gils Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Brett K. Sandercock
Brett K. Sandercock Kansas State University
Joël Bêty
Joël Bêty Université du Québec à Rimouski
Kari Koivula
Kari Koivula University of Oulu

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