Phil N. Trathan

Phil N. Trathan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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Phil N. Trathan 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 Phil N. Trathan sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

  Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  649
  Citations

• An emperor penguin population estimate: the first global, synoptic survey of a species from space.

  Peter T. Fretwell;Michelle A. LaRue;Paul Morin;Gerald L. Kooyman

  313
  Citations

• Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region.

  Filipa Bessa;Norman Ratcliffe;Norman Ratcliffe;Vanessa Otero;Paula Sobral

  266
  Citations

• Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins.

  Phil N. Trathan;Pablo García-Borboroglu;Dee Boersma;Charles-André Bost

  264
  Citations

• Global climate drives southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population dynamics

  Russell Leaper;Justin Cooke;Phil Trathan;Keith Reid

  258
  Citations

• Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

  Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi;Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  214
  Citations

• Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins.

  Glenn Terrence. Crossin;Phil N. Trathan;Richard A. Phillips;Kristen B. Gorman

  179
  Citations

• Happy feet in a hostile world? The future of penguins depends on proactive management of current and expected threats

  Yan Ropert-Coudert;Andre Chiaradia;David Ainley;Andres Barbosa

  131
  Citations

• Interspecific variations in the gastrointestinal microbiota in penguins.

  Meagan L. Dewar;John P. Y. Arnould;Peter Dann;Phil Trathan

  129
  Citations

• Responding to climate change: Adélie Penguins confront astronomical and ocean boundaries

  Grant Ballard;Grant Ballard;Viola Toniolo;David G. Ainley;Claire L. Parkinson

  127
  Citations

• Ecological drivers of change at South Georgia: the krill surplus, or climate variability

  Phil Trathan;Norman Ratcliffe;E.A. Masden

  115
  Citations

• Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds

  Steffen Oppel;Mark Bolton;Ana P.B. Carneiro;Maria P. Dias

  113
  Citations

• Testing olfactory foraging strategies in an Antarctic seabird assemblage

  Gabrielle Nevitt;Keith Reid;Phil Trathan

  103
  Citations

• Correction: An Emperor Penguin Population Estimate: The First Global, Synoptic Survey of a Species from Space.

  Peter T. Fretwell;Michelle A. LaRue;Paul Morin;Gerald L. Kooyman

  98
  Citations

• Return customers : foraging site fidelity and the effect of environmental variability in wide-ranging Antarctic fur seals

  Benjamin Arthur;Mark Hindell;Marthan Bester;Phil Trathan

  97
  Citations

• A comparison of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba caught by nets and taken by macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus: evidence for selection?

  H.J. Hill;Phil Trathan;J.P. Croxall;Jonathan L. Watkins

  90
  Citations

• Winter distribution and behaviour of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua at South Georgia

  Jane L. Tanton;Keith Reid;John P. Croxall;Phil N. Trathan

  83
  Citations

• A carryover effect of migration underlies individual variation in reproductive readiness and extreme egg size dimorphism in macaroni penguins.

  Glenn Terrence Crossin;Phil N. Trathan;Richard A. Phillips;Alistair Dawson

  80
  Citations

• Survival in macaroni penguins and the relative importance of different drivers: individual traits, predation pressure and environmental variability.

  Catharine Horswill;Catharine Horswill;Jason Matthiopoulos;Jonathan A. Green;Michael P. Meredith

  74
  Citations

• Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways.

  Phil N. Trathan;C. Bishop;G. Maclean;P. Brown

  72
  Citations

• Inter-population segregation in the wintering areas of macaroni penguins

  Jean-Baptiste Thiebot;Yves Cherel;Phil N. Trathan;Charles-André Bost

  70
  Citations

• Emperor penguins breeding on iceshelves.

  Peter T. Fretwell;Phil N. Trathan;Barbara Wienecke;Gerald L. Kooyman

  63
  Citations

• Population assessments of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) breeding at an important Antarctic tourist site, Goudier Island, Port Lockroy, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

  Phil Trathan;Jaume Forcada;R. Atkinson;Roderick Downie

  62
  Citations

• Influence of fasting during moult on the faecal microbiota of penguins.

  Meagan L. Dewar;John P. Y. Arnould;Lutz Krause;Phil Trathan

  52
  Citations

• Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica

  Phil N. Trathan;Victoria Warwick-Evans;Jefferson Thomas Hinke;Emma F. Young

  47
  Citations

• Climate change and the Antarctic marine ecosystem: an essay on management implications

  Phil N. Trathan;D. Agnew

  44
  Citations

• Full circumpolar migration ensures evolutionary unity in the Emperor penguin

  Robin Cristofari;Giorgio Bertorelle;André Ancel;André Ancel;Andrea Benazzo

  43
  Citations

• Migratory carryover effects and endocrinological correlates of reproductive decisions and reproductive success in female albatrosses

  Glenn Terrence Crossin;Richard A. Phillips;Phil N. Trathan;Derren S. Fox

  32
  Citations

• Environmental Forcing and Southern Ocean Marine Predator Populations

  Phil N. Trathan;Jaume Forcada;Eugene J. Murphy

  4
  Citations