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86
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599
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91

Overview

Richard A. Phillips is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of research is Environmental Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Phillips has contributed extensively to topics including Avian ecology and behavior, Marine animal studies overview, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Frequent co-authors in Phillips's research include:

  • Peter G. Ryan
  • Henri Weimerskirch
  • Thomas A. Clay
  • Ana P. B. Carneiro
  • Steffen Oppel

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Phillips are:

  • "Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems," 2020, Nature
  • "Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic," 2021, Conservation Letters
  • "A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology," 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data," 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phillips's work has appeared in various publication venues with repeated contributions, notably:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Marine Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Movement Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

In addition to journal articles, Phillips has authored books published by reputable presses. These include:

  • "Creative Writing for Social Research" published by Policy Press in 2021
  • "Storying Relationships" published by Zed Books in 2021

Best Publications

  • Revisiting Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses, bumblebees and deer.

    Andrew M. Edwards;Andrew M. Edwards;Richard A. Phillips;Nicholas W. Watkins;Mervyn P. Freeman

  • Threats to seabirds: A global assessment

    Maria P. Dias;Rob Martin;Elizabeth J. Pearmain;Ian J. Burfield

  • Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration

    Carsten Egevang;Iain J. Stenhouse;Richard A. Phillips;Aevar Petersen

  • Effects of satellite transmitters on albatrosses and petrels

    Richard A. Phillips;Jose C. Xavier;John P. Croxall

  • Accuracy of geolocation estimates for flying seabirds

    R. A. Phillips;J. R. D. Silk;J. P. Croxall;V. Afanasyev

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

    Graeme C. Hays;Helen Bailey;Steven J. Bograd;W. Don Bowen

  • Global Circumnavigations: Tracking Year-Round Ranges of Nonbreeding Albatrosses

    John P. Croxall;Janet R. D. Silk;Richard A. Phillips;Vsevolod Afanasyev

  • Seasonal sexual segregation in two Thalassarche albatross species: competitive exclusion, reproductive role specialization or foraging niche divergence?

    R. A. Phillips;J. R. D. Silk;B. Phalan;P. Catry

  • Changes in fisheries discard rates and seabird communities

    Stephen C. Votier;Robert W. Furness;Stuart Bearhop;Stuart Bearhop;Jonathan E. Crane

  • Stable isotopes indicate sex-specific and long-term individual foraging specialisation in diving seabirds

    Stuart Bearhop;Richard A. Phillips;Rona McGill;Yves Cherel

  • SUMMER DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF NONBREEDING ALBATROSSES: INDIVIDUAL CONSISTENCIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION

    Richard A. Phillips;Janet R. D. Silk;John P. Croxall;Vsevolod Afanasyev

  • Migration and stopover in a small pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus: insights from machine learning.

    T. Guilford;J. Meade;J. Willis;Richard A. Phillips

  • Year-round distribution of white-chinned petrels from South Georgia: Relationships with oceanography and fisheries

    Richard A. Phillips;Janet R.D. Silk;John P. Croxall;Vsevolod Afanasyev

  • Applying global criteria to tracking data to define important areas for marine conservation

    B. G. Lascelles;P. R. Taylor;M. G. R. Miller;M. P. Dias

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: a review

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Richard A. Phillips;Jason Matthiopoulos

  • Multicolony tracking reveals the winter distribution of a pelagic seabird on an ocean basin scale

    Morten Frederiksen;Børge Moe;Francis Daunt;Richard A. Phillips

  • The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels

    Richard A. Phillips;R. Gales;G. B. Baker;M. C. Double

  • Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period

    Richard A. Phillips;Stuart Bearhop;Rona A. R. Mcgill;Deborah A. Dawson

Frequent Co-Authors

José C. Xavier
José C. Xavier University of Coimbra
Paulo Catry
Paulo Catry International Sleep Products Association
Peter G. Ryan
Peter G. Ryan University of Cape Town
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ben Raymond
Ben Raymond Australian Antarctic Division
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John P. Croxall
John P. Croxall BirdLife international, UK
Rona A. R. McGill
Rona A. R. McGill University of Glasgow

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