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Philip A. Stephens

Philip A. Stephens

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
12834
World Ranking
4544
National Ranking
495

Overview

Philip A. Stephens is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology and related subfields such as Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and studies involving Small Animals.

The scientist's main topics of study include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Avian ecology and behavior, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Notable recent papers by Philip A. Stephens include the following:

  • A global assessment of the drivers of threatened terrestrial species richness, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Innovations in Camera Trapping Technology and Approaches: The Integration of Citizen Science and Artificial Intelligence, 2020, Animals
  • Disentangling the relative roles of climate and land cover change in driving the long-term population trends of European migratory birds, 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • How international journals can support ecology from the Global South, 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Impacts of invasive plants on animal behaviour, 2021, Ecology Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Stephen G. Willis
  • Christine Howard
  • Russell A. Hill
  • Mark J. Whittingham
  • Graham Smith

Philip A. Stephens has published regularly in a range of academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecological Solutions and Evidence
  • Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
  • Mammal Review
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Why do we still use stepwise modelling in ecology and behaviour

    Mark J. Whittingham;Philip A. Stephens;Richard B. Bradbury;Robert P. Freckleton

  • What Is the Allee Effect

    P. A. Stephens;W. J. Sutherland;R. P. Freckleton

  • Consequences of the Allee effect for behaviour, ecology and conservation

    Philip A. Stephens;William J. Sutherland

  • Model selection and model averaging in behavioural ecology: the utility of the IT-AIC framework

    Shane A. Richards;Mark J. Whittingham;Philip A. Stephens

  • Capital breeding and income breeding: their meaning, measurement, and worth

    Philip A. Stephens;Ian L. Boyd;John M. McNamara;Alasdair I. Houston

  • Information theory and hypothesis testing: a call for pluralism

    Philip A. Stephens;Steven W. Buskirk;Gregory D. Hayward;Gregory D. Hayward;Carlos Martínez Del Rio

  • Minimum viable populations: is there a ‘magic number’ for conservation practitioners?

    Curtis H. Flather;Gregory D. Hayward;Gregory D. Hayward;Steven R. Beissinger;Philip A. Stephens

  • Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

    Philip A. Stephens;Lucy R. Mason;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Richard D. Gregory

  • Inference in ecology and evolution

    Philip A. Stephens;Steven W. Buskirk;Carlos Martínez del Rio

  • Capital or income breeding? A theoretical model of female reproductive strategies

    Alasdair I. Houston;Philip A. Stephens;Ian L. Boyd;Karin C. Harding

  • Improving species distribution models: the value of data on abundance

    Christine Howard;Philip A. Stephens;James W. Pearce‐Higgins;Richard D. Gregory

  • Estimating population density from indirect sign: track counts and the Formozov–Malyshev–Pereleshin formula

    P. A. Stephens;O. Yu. Zaumyslova;D. G. Miquelle;A. I. Myslenkov

  • Making rewilding fit for policy

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Jos Barlow;Philip A. Stephens;Sarah M. Durant

  • Management by proxy?:the use of indices in applied ecology

    Philip A. Stephens;Nathalie Pettorelli;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Mark J. Whittingham

  • Evolution of trust and trustworthiness: social awareness favours personality differences

    John M McNamara;Philip A Stephens;Sasha R.X Dall;Alasdair I Houston

  • Warning displays may function as honest signals of toxicity.

    Jonathan D Blount;Michael P Speed;Graeme D Ruxton;Philip A Stephens

  • Model complexity and population predictions. The alpine marmot as a case study

    Philip A. Stephens;Fredy Frey-Roos;Walter Arnold;William J. Sutherland

  • Impact of livestock and settlement on the large mammalian wildlife of Bale Mountains National Park, southern Ethiopia

    Philip A Stephens;Candy A d'Sa;Claudio Sillero-Zubiri;Nigel Leader-Williams

  • The bigger they come, the harder they fall: body size and prey abundance influence predator–prey ratios

    Chris Carbone;Nathalie Pettorelli;Philip A. Stephens

  • Assessing the Performance of EU Nature Legislation in Protecting Target Bird Species in an Era of Climate Change

    Fiona J. Sanderson;Robert G. Pople;Christina Ieronymidou;Ian J. Burfield

  • Capital and income breeding: the role of food supply

    Philip A. Stephens;Alasdair I. Houston;Karin C. Harding;Ian L. Boyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Willis
Stephen G. Willis Durham University
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Nathalie Pettorelli
Nathalie Pettorelli Zoological Society of London
Marco Apollonio
Marco Apollonio University of Sassari
Mark J. Whittingham
Mark J. Whittingham Newcastle University
Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Marc W. Cadotte
Marc W. Cadotte University of Toronto
Robert P. Freckleton
Robert P. Freckleton University of Sheffield

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