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40
Citations
5683
World Ranking
6167
National Ranking
67

Overview

Philip A. R. Hockey was affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields, including Decision Sciences, Medicine, and Social Sciences. Their work also extended into specialized subfields such as Management Science and Operations Research, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Safety Research.

The main topics addressed in their research included demographic modeling and climate adaptation, birth, development, and health, as well as social issues and policies.

Their publication record includes a notable paper titled Cohort Profile: Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), published in 2025 in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Frequent coauthors who contributed alongside Philip A. R. Hockey were:

  • Amanda Cooklin
  • Meredith O'Connor
  • Jan M. Nicholson
  • Donna Berthelsen
  • Agatha Faulkner

Hockey's publications were primarily featured in the International Journal of Epidemiology, indicating a focus on epidemiological and public health research contexts.

Best Publications

  • The Costs of keeping cool in a warming world : implications of high temperatures for foraging, thermoregulation and body condition of an arid-zone bird

    Katherine L. du Plessis;Rowan O. Martin;Philip A. R. Hockey;Susan J. Cunningham

  • Estuaries of South Africa

    Brian Allanson;Dan Baird

  • Man as an Intertidal Predator in Transkei: Disturbance, Community Convergence and Management of a Natural Food Resource

    Philip A. R. Hockey;Alison L. Bosman

  • Temperatures in Excess of Critical Thresholds Threaten Nestling Growth and Survival in A Rapidly-Warming Arid Savanna: A Study of Common Fiscals

    Susan J. Cunningham;Rowan O. Martin;Carryn L. Hojem;Philip A. R. Hockey

  • Marine invasive aliens on South African shores: implications for community structure and tropillc functioning

    C. L. Griffiths;P. A. R. Hockey;C. Van Erkom Schurink;P. J. Le Roux

  • Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change

    Brian Huntley;Phoebe Barnard;Res Altwegg;Lynda Chambers

  • Feeling the heat: Australian landbirds and climate change

    Andrew E. McKechnie;Philip A. R. Hockey;Blair O. Wolf

  • The success of a soft-release reintroduction of the flightless Aldabra rail (Dryolimnas (cuvieri) aldabranus) on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

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  • Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates

    John D. Goss-Custard;Andrew D. West;Michael G. Yates;Richard W. G. Caldow

  • Exploitation and Conservation of Brown Mussel Stocks by Coastal People of Transkei

    W. Roy Siegfried;Philip A.R. Hockey;Anna A. Crowe

  • THE INVASIVE BIOLOGY OF THE MUSSEL<i>MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS</i>ON THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN COAST

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  • Criteria, objectives and methodology for evaluating marine protected areas in South Africa

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  • Adaptive thermoregulation during summer in two populations of an arid-zone passerine

    Ben Smit;C.T. Harding;Philip A.R. Hockey;Andrew E. McKechnie

  • Can behaviour buffer the impacts of climate change on an arid-zone bird?

    Susan J Cunningham;Rowan O Martin;Philip Ar Hockey

  • A field experiment demonstrating the influence of seabird guano on intertidal primary production

    A.L. Bosman;J.T. Du Toit;P.A.R. Hockey;G.M. Branch

  • Factors Influencing Rate and Success of Intraspecific Kleptoparasitism among Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus)

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  • Interrogating recent range changes in South African birds: confounding signals from land use and climate change present a challenge for attribution

    Philip A. R. Hockey;Clélia Sirami;Amanda R. Ridley;Guy F. Midgley

  • Distribution, abundance and productivity of benthic invertebrates at the Berg River estuary, South Africa

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  • Habitat Use and Life History as Predictors of Bird Responses to Habitat Change

    Nicola C. Okes;Philip A. R. Hockey;Graeme S. Cumming

  • Patterns and correlates of shellfish exploitation by coastal people in Transkei: an enigma of protein production

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  • Monogamous dominant pairs monopolize reproduction in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler

    Martha J. Nelson-Flower;Phil A.R. Hockey;Colleen O'Ryan;Nichola J. Raihani

  • Changes in South African rocky intertidal invertebrate community structure associated with the invasion of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

    Tamara B. Robinson;George M. Branch;Charles L. Griffiths;Anesh Govender

  • Inbreeding avoidance mechanisms: dispersal dynamics in cooperatively breeding southern pied babblers

    Martha J. Nelson-Flower;Philip A. R. Hockey;Colleen O’Ryan;Amanda R. Ridley;Amanda R. Ridley

  • Behavioural responses to heat in desert birds: implications for predicting vulnerability to climate warming

    B. Smit;G. Zietsman;R. O. Martin;S. J. Cunningham

  • Distribution of shorebirds at the Berg River Estuary, South-Africa, in relation to foraging mode, food-supply and environmental features

    B. Kalejta;P.A.R. Hockey

  • What selective pressures have driven the evolution of deferred northward migration by juvenile waders

    Philip A. R. Hockey;Jane K. Turpie;Claudio R. Veldsquez

  • Man as an intertidal predator in Transkei: disturbance, community convergence and management of a natural food

    Philip A. R. Hockey;Alison L. Bosman;P. A. R. Hockey;A. L. Bosman

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme S. Cumming
Graeme S. Cumming University of Western Australia
Amanda R. Ridley
Amanda R. Ridley University of Western Australia
George M. Branch
George M. Branch University of Cape Town
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David G. Hole
David G. Hole Conservation International
Res Altwegg
Res Altwegg University of Cape Town
Michael J. Samways
Michael J. Samways Stellenbosch University
Brian Huntley
Brian Huntley Durham University
Éva E. Plagányi
Éva E. Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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