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Tony D. Williams

Tony D. Williams

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
68
Citations
14879
World Ranking
1545
National Ranking
91

Overview

Tony D. Williams is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their research spans primarily across Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Parasitology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Williams has collaborated frequently with several co-authors over the years, including:

  • John E. Elliott
  • Mason D. King
  • Marty L. Leonard
  • Márk E. Hauber
  • Helen F. James

Publication venues where Williams has contributed multiple times include:

  • The Auk
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Canadian journal of optometry/CJO. Canadian journal of optometry
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Selected recent papers from Williams' research portfolio are:

  • Effects of petroleum exposure on birds: A review (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Innovations in Coastline Management With Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF): Lessons Learned From Three Case Studies (2022), published in Frontiers in Built Environment
  • Review of petroleum toxicity and identifying common endpoints for future research on diluted bitumen toxicity in marine mammals (2021), published in Ecotoxicology
  • Life history and environment predict variation in testosterone across vertebrates (2021), published in Evolution
  • Review of petroleum toxicity in marine reptiles (2021), published in Ecotoxicology

Best Publications

  • INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EGG SIZE AND EGG COMPOSITION IN BIRDS: EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING FITNESS

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  • Individual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the 'tyranny of the Golden Mean'.

    Tony D Williams

  • Life history and the ecology of stress: how do glucocorticoid hormones influence life-history variation in animals?

    Erica J. Crespi;Tony D. Williams;Tim S. Jessop;Brendan Delehanty

  • Stress hormones: a link between maternal condition and sex-biased reproductive investment.

    Oliver P. Love;Eunice H. Chin;Katherine E. Wynne‐Edwards;Tony D. Williams

  • Mechanisms Underlying the Costs of Egg Production

    Tony D. Williams

  • Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

    Tony D. Williams

  • The Adaptive Value of Stress‐Induced Phenotypes: Effects of Maternally Derived Corticosterone on Sex‐Biased Investment, Cost of Reproduction, and Maternal Fitness

    Oliver P. Love;Tony D. Williams

  • Mediation of a corticosterone-induced reproductive conflict

    Oliver P Love;Creagh W Breuner;François Vézina;Tony D Williams

  • Plasticity in the adrenocortical response of a free-living vertebrate: the role of pre- and post-natal developmental stress.

    Oliver P. Love;Tony D. Williams

  • Applying the Declining Population Paradigm: Diagnosing Causes of Poor Reproduction in the Marbled Murrelet

    M. Zachariah Peery;Steven R. Beissinger;Scott H. Newman;Esther B. Burkett

  • Evolutionary Endocrinology: The Developing Synthesis between Endocrinology and Evolutionary Genetics

    Anthony J. Zera;Lawrence G. Harshman;Tony D. Williams

  • Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins.

    Glenn Terrence. Crossin;Phil N. Trathan;Richard A. Phillips;Kristen B. Gorman

  • Indirect predator effects on clutch size and the cost of egg production

    Marc Travers;Marc Travers;Michael Clinchy;Liana Zanette;Rudy Boonstra

  • The Penguins: Spheniscidae

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  • Adrenocortical responses in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): Individual variation, repeatability, and relationship to phenotypic quality

    Haruka Wada;Katrina G. Salvante;Christine Stables;Emily Wagner

  • EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC SOURCES OF VARIATION IN PLASMA LIPID METABOLITES OF FREE-LIVING WESTERN SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS MAURI)

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;Patrick D. O'Hara;Tony D. Williams

  • Environmental degradation, food limitation and reproductive output: juvenile survival in lesser snow geese

    T. D. Williams;E. G. Cooch;R. L. Jefferies;F. Cooke

  • Wind assistance: A requirement for migration of shorebirds?

    Robert W. Butler;Tony D. Williams;Nils Warnock;Mary Anne Bishop

  • Plasma Lipid Metabolites Provide Information on Mass Change Over Several Days in Captive Western Sandpipers

    Tony D. Williams;Christopher G. Guglielmo;Oliver Egeler;Christopher J. Martyniuk

  • The Penguins: Spheniscidae

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  • Local adaptation of timing of reproduction: females are in the driver's seat

    Samuel P. Caro;Anne Charmantier;Marcel M. Lambrechts;Jacques Blondel

  • Annual variation in breeding biology of macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chvysolophus, at Bird Island, South Georgia

    T. D. Williams;J. P. Croxall

  • A sport-physiological perspective on bird migration: evidence for flight-induced muscle damage.

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;Theunis Piersma;Tony D. Williams

  • Do Female Zebra Finches Vary Primary Reproductive Effort in Relation to Mate Attractiveness

    Alison L. Balzer;Tony D. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Elliott
John E. Elliott Environment and Climate Change Canada
Oliver P. Love
Oliver P. Love University of Windsor
Christopher G. Guglielmo
Christopher G. Guglielmo University of Western Ontario
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Michaela Hau
Michaela Hau University of Konstanz
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Phil N. Trathan
Phil N. Trathan British Antarctic Survey
Jerry F. Husak
Jerry F. Husak University of St. Thomas - Minnesota
Lynn B. Martin
Lynn B. Martin University of South Florida
Wolfgang Goymann
Wolfgang Goymann Max Planck Society

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