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Simon C. Griffith

Simon C. Griffith

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
14470
World Ranking
1810
National Ranking
148

Overview

Simon C. Griffith is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the environmental and biological sciences. Their research encompasses a variety of topics centered on animal behavior, ecology, and physiology, with a strong focus on avian species, particularly zebra finches.

The main fields of study in their work include Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. More detailed subfields highlight Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Developmental Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research focuses on specific topics such as Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Simon C. Griffith has published research in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Avian Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Ecology and Evolution, and Molecular Ecology.

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  • Callum S. McDiarmid
  • Daniel M. Hooper
  • Laura L. Hurley
  • Marc Naguib

Their recent papers include:

  • AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size (2022, Scientific Data)
  • The Ecology of the Zebra Finch Makes It a Great Laboratory Model but an Outlier amongst Passerine Birds (2021, Birds)
  • Physiological responses of wild zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) to heatwaves (2020, Journal of Experimental Biology)
  • The social role of song in wild zebra finches (2022, Current Biology)
  • Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology (2025, BMC Biology)

Best Publications

  • Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function.

    Simon C. Griffith;Ian P. F. Owens;Katherine A. Thuman

  • Ultraviolet colour variation influences blue tit sex ratios

    Ben C. Sheldon;Staffan Andersson;Simon C. Griffith;Jonas Örnborg

  • Stable recombination hotspots in birds

    Sonal Singhal;Ellen M. Leffler;Keerthi Sannareddy;Isaac Turner

  • The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: a review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

    Marcel M. Lambrechts;Frank Adriaensen;Daniel R. Ardia;Alexandr V. Artemyev

  • Hybridization and adaptive mate choice in flycatchers

    Thor Veen;Thor Veen;Thomas Borge;Simon C. Griffith;Simon C. Griffith;Glenn Peter Saetre

  • Melanin- versus carotenoid-based sexual signals : is the difference really so black and red?

    Simon C. Griffith;Timothy H. Parker;Valérie A. Olson

  • Environmental determination of a sexually selected trait

    Simon C. Griffith;Ian P. F. Owens;Terry Burke;Terry Burke;Terry Burke

  • Contrasting levels of extra-pair paternity in mainland and island populations of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus): is there an «island effect»?

    Simon C. Griffith;Ian R. K. Stewart;Deborah A. Dawson;Ian P. F. Owens

  • Extra-pair paternity in birds.

    Lyanne Brouwer;Lyanne Brouwer;Simon C. Griffith

  • Red dominates black: Agonistic signalling among head morphs in the colour polymorphic Gouldian finch

    Sarah R Pryke;Simon C Griffith

  • Sexual variation in heritability and genetic correlations of morphological traits in house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

    H Jensen;H Jensen;B E Saether;T H Ringsby;J Tufto

  • Female extra-pair mating: adaptation or genetic constraint?

    Wolfgang Forstmeier;Shinichi Nakagawa;Simon C. Griffith;Bart Kempenaers

  • Nest visit synchrony is high and correlates with reproductive success in the wild Zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

    Mylene M. Mariette;Simon C. Griffith

  • High fidelity on islands: a comparative study of extrapair paternity in passerine birds

    Simon C. Griffith

  • Effects of predation risk on foraging behaviour and group size: adaptations in a social cooperative species

    Enrico Sorato;Philippa R. Gullett;Simon C. Griffith;Simon C. Griffith;Andrew F. Russell;Andrew F. Russell

  • Experimental analysis of sperm competition mechanisms in a wild bird population.

    Gábor Michl;János Török;Simon C. Griffith;Ben C. Sheldon

  • Correlations between ultraviolet coloration, overwinter survival and offspring sex ratio in the blue tit.

    Simon C. Griffith;J. Örnborg;A. F. Russell;S. Andersson

  • The Zebra Finch: the ultimate Australian supermodel

    Simon C. Griffith;Katherine L. Buchanan

  • Female choice and annual reproductive success favour less–ornamented male house sparrows

    Simon C. Griffith;Ian P.F. Owens;Terry Burke

  • The evolution of infidelity in socially monogamous passerines: neglected components of direct and indirect selection.

    Simon C. Griffith

  • Seasonal changes in a ultraviolet structural colour signal in blue tits, Parus caeruleus

    Jonas Örnborg;Jonas Örnborg;Staffan Andersson;Simon C. Griffith;Ben C. Sheldon

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew F. Russell
Andrew F. Russell University of Exeter
Mylene M. Mariette
Mylene M. Mariette Deakin University
Terry Burke
Terry Burke University of Sheffield
Katherine L. Buchanan
Katherine L. Buchanan Deakin University
Mark C. Mainwaring
Mark C. Mainwaring University of Montana
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Wolfgang Forstmeier
Wolfgang Forstmeier Max Planck Society
Shinichi Nakagawa
Shinichi Nakagawa University of New South Wales
Bart Kempenaers
Bart Kempenaers Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Ian R. Hartley
Ian R. Hartley Lancaster University

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