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Philip W. Bateman

Philip W. Bateman

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
38
Citations
6264
World Ranking
1368
National Ranking
80

Overview

Philip W. Bateman is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and specializes in environmental science, with a particular focus on ecology and molecular biology. Their research contributions span a range of topics centered on biodiversity, wildlife ecology, and environmental DNA applications.

The main fields of study for Bateman include Environmental Science, with notable emphasis on subfields such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Research topics frequently covered are:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Bateman's recent papers demonstrate an emphasis on native bee ecology, environmental DNA methods, and conservation biology. These works include:

  • The relative performance of sampling methods for native bees: an empirical test and review of the literature, 2020, Ecosphere
  • A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes, 2022, Insect Conservation and Diversity
  • Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in agricultural systems: Current uses, limitations and future prospects, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Monitoring the birds and the bees: Environmental DNA metabarcoding of flowers detects plant-animal interactions, 2023, Environmental DNA
  • Mitigation translocation as a management tool, 2020, Conservation Biology

Their frequent co-authors reflect ongoing collaborations with researchers such as Paul Nevill, Sean Tomlinson, Nicole E. White, Kit Prendergast, and Joshua H. Kestel, highlighting a network of scientific partnerships within ecology and environmental molecular biology.

Publication venues appearing regularly in Bateman's bibliography include:

  • Pacific Conservation Biology
  • Environmental DNA
  • Austral Ecology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Big city life: carnivores in urban environments

    P. W. Bateman;P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • To cut a long tail short: a review of lizard caudal autotomy studies carried out over the last 20 years

    P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • Leave it all behind: a taxonomic perspective of autotomy in invertebrates.

    Patricia A. Fleming;Davina Muller;Philip W. Bateman

  • The relative performance of sampling methods for native bees: an empirical test and review of the literature

    Kit S. Prendergast;Myles H. M. Menz;Myles H. M. Menz;Myles H. M. Menz;Kingsley W. Dixon;Philip W. Bateman

  • Are negative effects of tourist activities on wildlife over-reported? A review of assessment methods and empirical results

    Philip W. Bateman;Patricia A. Fleming

  • Male size and sequential mate preference in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

    Philip W. Bateman;Lauren N. Gilson;J.W.H. Ferguson

  • Experimental alteration of litter sex ratios in a mammal

    Elissa Z Cameron;Patrick R Lemons;Philip W Bateman;Nigel C Bennett

  • What drives human–carnivore conflict in the North West Province of South Africa?

    Michelle Thorn;Michelle Thorn;Matthew Green;Fredrik Dalerum;Fredrik Dalerum;Philip W. Bateman;Philip W. Bateman

  • Estimating Brown Hyaena Occupancy Using Baited Camera Traps

    Michelle Thorn;Dawn M. Scott;Matthew Green;Philip W. Bateman

  • A different kind of ecological modelling: the use of clay model organisms to explore predator–prey interactions in vertebrates

    P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming;A. K. Wolfe

  • The good, the bad, and the ugly: which Australian terrestrial mammal species attract most research?

    Patricia A. Fleming;Philip W. Bateman

  • The ecology and evolution of autotomy.

    Zachary Emberts;Ignacio Escalante;Philip W. Bateman

  • Novel predation opportunities in anthropogenic landscapes

    Patricia A. Fleming;Philip W. Bateman

  • Who are you looking at? Hadeda ibises use direction of gaze, head orientation and approach speed in their risk assessment of a potential predator

    P. W. Bateman;P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • Mate preference for novel partners in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

    Philip W. Bateman

  • Brown hyaenas on roads : estimating carnivore occupancy and abundance using spatially auto-correlated sign survey replicates

    Michelle Thorn;Michelle Thorn;Matthew Green;Philip W. Bateman;Stephen Waite

  • Does human pedestrian behaviour influence risk assessment in a successful mammal urban adapter

    P. W. Bateman;P. A. Fleming

  • Males are selective too: mating, but not courtship, with sequential females influences choosiness in male field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

    Philip W. Bateman;Patricia A. Fleming

  • Direct and indirect costs of limb autotomy in field crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus

    Philip W. Bateman;Patricia A. Fleming

  • New light in the dark - a proposed multidisciplinary framework for studying functional ecology of groundwater fauna.

    Mattia Saccò;Alison Blyth;Philip W. Bateman;Quan Hua

  • Male mate choice in the Botswana armoured ground cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Hetrodinae). Can, and how, do males judge female mating history?

    Philip W. Bateman;J. W. H. Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia A. Fleming
Patricia A. Fleming Murdoch University
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Michael Scantlebury
Michael Scantlebury Queen's University Belfast
Peter Adams
Peter Adams Carnegie Mellon University
Elissa Z. Cameron
Elissa Z. Cameron University of Tasmania
Kingsley W. Dixon
Kingsley W. Dixon Curtin University
Grant Wardell-Johnson
Grant Wardell-Johnson Curtin University
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Clarke H. Scholtz
Clarke H. Scholtz University of Pretoria
Stephanie S. Godfrey
Stephanie S. Godfrey University of Otago

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