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8061
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Robert D. Magrath publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert D. Magrath sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 104 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Robert D. Magrath D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert D. Magrath sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert D. Magrath is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research focuses on fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science, with extensive work in ecology, evolution, and behavior.

The scientist's research encompasses a variety of main topics, such as:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Magrath's contributions appear prominently in several publication venues. The most frequent outlets include:

  • Animal Behaviour
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Current Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert D. Magrath showcase a focus on animal communication, social behavior, and mimicry. These include:

  • "Predator-awareness training in terrestrial vertebrates: Progress, problems and possibilities," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Speedy revelations: how alarm calls can convey rapid, reliable information about urgent danger," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Male lyrebirds create a complex acoustic illusion of a mobbing flock during courtship and copulation," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Multilevel social structure predicts individual helping responses in a songbird," 2023, Current Biology
  • "Higher-order sequences of vocal mimicry performed by male Albert's lyrebirds are socially transmitted and enhance acoustic contrast," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Andrew N. Radford
  • Anastasia H. Dalziell
  • Justin A. Welbergen
  • You Zhou
  • Paweł Ręk

Their work is often grounded in the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Genetics; and Global and Planetary Change. This multidisciplinary approach links behavioral studies with broader ecological and genetic contexts.

Best Publications

  • Nestling weight and juvenile survival in the Blackbird, Turdus merula

    Robert D. Magrath

  • HATCHING ASYNCHRONY IN ALTRICIAL BIRDS

    Robert D. Magrath

  • Eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls: from mechanisms to consequences.

    Robert D. Magrath;Tonya M. Haff;Pamela M. Fallow;Andrew N. Radford

  • Interspecific information transfer influences animal community structure

    Eben Goodale;Guy Beauchamp;Robert D. Magrath;James C. Nieh

  • The evolution of cooperative and pair breeding in thornbills Acanthiza (Pardalotidae)

    James A. Nicholls;Michael C. Double;David M. Rowell;Robert D. Magrath

  • Seasonal Changes in Clutch Size in British Birds

    Humphrey Q.P. Crick;David Wingfield Gibbons;Robert D. Magrath

  • Communicating about danger: urgency alarm calling in a bird

    Adam J. Leavesley;Robert D. Magrath

  • Nest predation research: Recent findings and future perspectives

    J.D. Ibanez-Alamo;Robert D Magrath;J.C. Oteyza;A.D. Chalfoun

  • Hatching asynchrony and reproductive success in the blackbird

    Robert D. Magrath

  • A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other's aerial alarm calls

    Robert D Magrath;Benjamin James Pitcher;Janet Gardner

  • Eavesdropping on other species: mutual interspecific understanding of urgency information in avian alarm calls

    Pamela M. Fallow;Robert D. Magrath

  • Recognition of other species' aerial alarm calls: speaking the same language or learning another?

    Robert D Magrath;Benjamin James Pitcher;Janet Gardner

  • Facultative helping does not influence reproductive success or survival in cooperatively breeding white-browed scrubwrens

    Robert D. Magrath;Stephen M. Yezerinac

  • Temporal coordination signals coalition quality

    Michelle L. Hall;Robert D. Magrath

  • Group breeding dramatically increases reproductive success of yearling but not older female scrubwrens: a model for cooperatively breeding birds?

    Robert D. Magrath

  • Relatedness, polyandry and extra-group paternity in the cooperatively-breeding white-browed scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis )

    Linda A. Whittingham;Peter O. Dunn;Robert D. Magrath

  • Calling at a cost: elevated nestling calling attracts predators to active nests.

    Tonya M. Haff;Robert D. Magrath

  • The effect of egg mass on the growth and survival of blackbirds: a field experiment

    Robert D. Magrath;Robert D. Magrath

  • Calling in the Face of Danger: Predation Risk and Acoustic Communication by Parent Birds and Their Offspring

    Robert D. Magrath;Tonya M. Haff;Andrew G. Horn;Marty L. Leonard

  • Subordinate males are more likely to help if unrelated to the breeding female in cooperatively breeding white-browed scrubwrens

    Robert D. Magrath;Linda A. Whittingham

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew N. Radford
Andrew N. Radford University of Bristol
Marty L. Leonard
Marty L. Leonard Dalhousie University
Andrew G. Horn
Andrew G. Horn Dalhousie University
Michael C. Double
Michael C. Double Australian National University
André Desrochers
André Desrochers Université Laval
Linda A. Whittingham
Linda A. Whittingham University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Robert Heinsohn
Robert Heinsohn Australian National University
Michelle L. Hall
Michelle L. Hall University of Melbourne
Michael J. L. Magrath
Michael J. L. Magrath University of Melbourne
Kaspar Delhey
Kaspar Delhey Max Planck Society

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