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Overview

Simon J. Allen is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Developmental Biology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Allen's scholarly output focuses notably on marine animal studies and wildlife ecology. Key topics of their work include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Landslides and related hazards

Throughout their career, Allen has published in prominent scientific venues, most frequently appearing in:

  • Current Biology (4 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (2 publications)
  • Mammalian Biology (2 publications)
  • Molecular Ecology (2 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • The voluntary code of conduct for dolphin watching in Port Stephens, Australia: is self-regulation an effective management tool? (2023) in The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Characteristics and changes of glacial lakes and outburst floods (2024) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Cooperation-based concept formation in male bottlenose dolphins (2021) in Nature Communications
  • Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins (2022) in Current Biology
  • Integrating Genetic, Environmental, and Social Networks to Reveal Transmission Pathways of a Dolphin Foraging Innovation (2020) in Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in Allen's research include:

  • Michael Krützen
  • Richard C. Connor
  • Stephanie L. King
  • Livia Gerber
  • Erik P. Willems

Best Publications

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

    D. H. Shugar;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;D. Shean;S. Bhushan

  • Measurement of sap flow in plant stems

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  • Impact assessment research: use and misuse of habituation, sensitisation and tolerance in describing wildlife responses to anthropogenic stimuli

    Lars Bejder;Amy Samuels;Hal Whitehead;H. Finn

  • Response of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change: Trends, patterns, and mechanisms

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Kun Yang;Kun Yang

  • High mountain areas

    Regine Hock;Golam Rasul;Carolina Adler;Bolivar Cáceres

  • Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building

    Jonathan D. Paul;Wouter Buytaert;Simon Allen;Juan A. Ballesteros-Cánovas

  • Annual 30-meter Dataset for Glacial Lakes in High Mountain Asia from 2008 to 2017

    Fang Chen;Meimei Zhang;Huadong Guo;Simon Allen;Simon Allen

  • Modelling glacier-bed overdeepenings and possible future lakes for the glaciers in the Himalaya-Karakoram region

    Andreas Linsbauer;H. Frey;Winfried Haeberli;Horst Machguth

  • The effect of aqueous transport of CO2 in xylem sap on gas exchange in woody plants

    P. E. Levy;Patrick Meir;S. J. Allen;P. G. Jarvis

  • Social cohesion in a hierarchically structured embayment population of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins

    Joanna Wiszniewski;Simon Allen;Luciana Marta Moller

  • Association patterns and kinship in female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) of southeastern Australia

    Luciana M. Möller;Luciano B. Beheregaray;Simon J. Allen;Robert G. Harcourt

  • Measurement and estimation of evaporation from soil under sparse barley crops in northern Syria.

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  • Glacial lake evolution and glacier–lake interactions in the Poiqu River basin, central Himalaya, 1964–2017

    Guoqing Zhang;Tobias Bolch;Simon Allen;Andreas Linsbauer

  • Temperature and stature: a study of temperatures in montane vegetation

    C. Wilson;J. Grace;S. Allen;F. Slack

  • Transpiration from coppiced poplar and willow measured using sap-flow methods.

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  • Habitat type promotes rapid and extremely localised genetic differentiation in dolphins

    Luciana Marta Moller;Joanna Wiszniewski;Simon Allen;Luciano Bellagamba Beheregaray

  • Group Characteristics, Site Fidelity And Seasonal Abundance Of Bottlenosed Dolphins (Tursiops Aduncus) In Jervis Bay And Port Stephens, South-Eastern Australia

    L.M. Möller;S.J. Allen;R.G. Harcourt

  • Measurements of transpiration from savannah shrubs using sap flow gauges

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  • Long-term decline in survival and reproduction of dolphins following a marine heatwave.

    Sonja Wild;Sonja Wild;Michael Krützen;Robert W. Rankin;Robert W. Rankin;William J.E. Hoppitt

  • Fluxes of carbon dioxide and water vapour from a Sahelian savanna.

    Anne Verhoef;Simon J. Allen;Henk A.R. De Bruin;Cor M.J. Jacobs

  • Managing whale-watching as a non-lethal consumptive activity

    James E.S. Higham;Lars Bejder;Simon J. Allen;Peter J. Corkeron

  • IMOS National Reference Stations: A Continental-Wide Physical, Chemical and Biological Coastal Observing System

    Tim P. Lynch;Elisabetta B. Morello;Karen Evans;Anthony J. Richardson

  • Climate and the meristem temperatures of plant communities near the tree-line

    J. Grace;S. J. Allen;C. Wilson

  • Cultural transmission of tool use combined with habitat specializations leads to fine-scale genetic structure in bottlenose dolphins

    Anna M. Kopps;Corinne Y. Ackermann;William B. Sherwin;William B. Sherwin;Simon J. Allen

  • 70 years of lake evolution and glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and implications for the future

    Adam Emmer;Stephan Harrison;Martin Mergili;Martin Mergili;Simon Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Bejder
Lars Bejder University of Hawaii at Manoa
Michael Krützen
Michael Krützen University of Zurich
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
Neil R. Loneragan
Neil R. Loneragan Murdoch University
Richard C. Connor
Richard C. Connor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
William B. Sherwin
William B. Sherwin University of New South Wales
Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Luciana M. Möller
Luciana M. Möller Flinders University
Markus Stoffel
Markus Stoffel University of Geneva
Holger Frey
Holger Frey University of Zurich

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