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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
4295
World Ranking
8215
National Ranking
801

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

  • 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

  • Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region.

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

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

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

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

    Russell Leaper;Justin Cooke;Phil Trathan;Keith Reid

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Interspecific variations in the gastrointestinal microbiota in penguins.

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

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

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

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

    Phil Trathan;Norman Ratcliffe;E.A. Masden

  • Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds

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

  • Testing olfactory foraging strategies in an Antarctic seabird assemblage

    Gabrielle Nevitt;Keith Reid;Phil Trathan

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Emperor penguins breeding on iceshelves.

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Phil N. Trathan;D. Agnew

  • Full circumpolar migration ensures evolutionary unity in the Emperor penguin

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

  • 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

  • Environmental Forcing and Southern Ocean Marine Predator Populations

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene J. Murphy
Eugene J. Murphy British Antarctic Survey
Norman Ratcliffe
Norman Ratcliffe British Antarctic Survey
Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
José C. Xavier
José C. Xavier University of Coimbra
Jaume Forcada
Jaume Forcada British Antarctic Survey
Peter T. Fretwell
Peter T. Fretwell British Antarctic Survey
Iain J. Staniland
Iain J. Staniland British Antarctic Survey
Mary-Anne Lea
Mary-Anne Lea University of Tasmania
Klemens Pütz
Klemens Pütz Falklands Conservation
Marthán N Bester
Marthán N Bester University of Pretoria

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