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44
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9617
World Ranking
5000
National Ranking
402

Overview

William B. Sherwin is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

William B. Sherwin's research topics include:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Recent publications reflecting these themes are:

  • Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins, 2022, Current Biology
  • Cooperative partner choice in multi-level male dolphin alliances, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Contrasting Patterns of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Structural Variation Across Multiple Invasions, 2023, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • A stochastic model for estimating sustainable limits to wildlife mortality in a changing world, 2022, Conservation Biology
  • Inconsistency Between Socio-Spatial and Genetic Structure in a Coastal Dolphin Population, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

William B. Sherwin often collaborates with a set of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Simon J. Allen
  • Michael Krützen
  • Katarina C. Stuart
  • Lee A. Rollins
  • Livia Gerber

The venues where Sherwin's work appears frequently include:

  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Current Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Conservation Biology

Best Publications

  • Distortion of allele frequency distributions provides a test for recent population bottlenecks

    G Luikart;F W Allendorf;J M Cornuet;W B Sherwin

  • Cultural transmission of tool use in bottlenose dolphins

    Michael Krützen;Janet Mann;Michael R. Heithaus;Richard C. Connor

  • Usefulness of molecular markers for detecting population bottlenecks via monitoring genetic change.

    G. Luikart;W. B. Sherwin;B. M. Steele;F. W. Allendorf

  • Genetic variation of microsatellite loci in a bottlenecked species: the northern hairy‐nosed wombat Lasiorhinus krefftii

    A. C. Taylor;A. C. Taylor;W. B. Sherwin;R. K. Wayne

  • A BIOPSY SYSTEM FOR SMALL CETACEANS: DARTING SUCCESS AND WOUND HEALING IN TURSIOPS SPP.

    Michael Krützen;Lynne M. Barré;Luciana M. Möller;Michael R. Heithaus

  • Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population

    Celine H. Frère;Michael Krützen;Janet Mann;Richard C. Connor

  • Low genetic variability of the koala Phascolarctos cinereus in south‐eastern Australia following a severe population bottleneck

    B. A. Houlden;P. R. England;A. C. Taylor;W. D. Greville

  • Contrasting relatedness patterns in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) with different alliance strategies.

    Michael Krützen;William B. Sherwin;Richard C. Connor;Lynne M. Barré

  • Population structure in an inshore cetacean revealed by microsatellite and mtDNA analysis: Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia

    Michael Krützen;William B. Sherwin;Per Berggren;Nick Gales

  • Home range overlap, matrilineal and biparental kinship drive female associations in bottlenose dolphins

    C.H. Frère;M. Krützen;M. Krützen;J. Mann;J. Mann;J.J. Watson-Capps

  • ‘O father: where art thou?’— Paternity assessment in an open fission–fusion society of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia

    Michael Krützen;Lynne M. Barré;Richard C. Connor;Janet Mann

  • Invasive species can't cover their tracks: using microsatellites to assist management of starling (Sturnus vulgaris) populations in Western Australia.

    Lee Ann Rollins;Andrew P. Woolnough;Alan N. Wilton;Ron Sinclair

  • Measurement of biological information with applications from genes to landscapes.

    William B. Sherwin;William B. Sherwin;Franck Jabot;Franck Jabot;Rebecca Rush;Maurizio Rossetto

  • The relative importance of reproduction and survival for the conservation of two dolphin populations

    Oliver Manlik;Jane A. McDonald;Janet Mann;Janet Mann;Holly C. Raudino

  • Characterization of microsatellite loci in Tursiops aduncus

    M. Krützen;E. Valsecchi;R. C. Connor;W. B. Sherwin

  • An attribute‐diversity approach to functional diversity, functional beta diversity, and related (dis)similarity measures

    Anne Chao;Chun‐Huo Chiu;Sébastien Villéger;I‐Fang Sun

  • Information Theory Broadens the Spectrum of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

    William B. Sherwin;William B. Sherwin;Anne Chao;Lou Jost;Peter E. Smouse

  • Entropy and Information Approaches to Genetic Diversity and its Expression: Genomic Geography

    William Bruce Sherwin

  • Detecting bottlenecks using BOTTLENECK 1.2.02 in wild populations: the importance of the microsatellite structure

    Romane Cristescu;William Bruce Sherwin;Kathrine Handasyde;Valma Cahill

  • Phylogeographical population structure of tiger quolls Dasyurus maculatus (Dasyuridae: Marsupialia), an endangered carnivorous marsupial

    K. B. Firestone;M. S. Elphinstone;W. B. Sherwin;B. A. Houlden

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Krützen
Michael Krützen University of Zurich
Simon J. Allen
Simon J. Allen University of Zurich
Lars Bejder
Lars Bejder University of Hawaii at Manoa
Janet Mann
Janet Mann Georgetown University
Richard C. Connor
Richard C. Connor University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
Daniel Lunney
Daniel Lunney University of Sydney
Maurizio Rossetto
Maurizio Rossetto Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Richard A. Nichols
Richard A. Nichols Queen Mary University of London
Robert C. Lacy
Robert C. Lacy Chicago Zoological Society

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