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Journal Published Papers
Online Published Papers
Adekola, O.E. and Ryan, P.G. 2025. Variation in wing and tail moult intensity in white‐chinned petrels. Journal of Avian Biology. IF: 1.5 https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03327
Attwood, M.C. 2025. How do parasites and predators choose their victim? A trade‐off between quality and vulnerability across antagonistic interactions. Biological Reviews. IF: 11.1 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.70037
Barquete, V., Cherel, Y., Phillips, R.A., Thompson, D., Chilvers, B.L., Wanless, R.M. and Ryan, P.G. 2025. Using stable isotopes to assign origin of White‐chinned Petrels killed by longline fisheries. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 35. IF: 2.2 https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70182
Campbell, A., Perold, V. and Ryan, P.G. 2025. Long-term changes in the incidence and characteristics of plastic ingested by White-chinned Petrels. Marine Pollution Bulletin 215. IF: 5.3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117904
Catherall‐Ostler, A.M. and Dixit, T. 2025. The constructive neutral evolution of behaviour. Ecology and Evolution 15. IF: 2.3 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71736
Caves, E.M., Cheney, K.L., Dacke, M., Dixit, T., Fialko, K., Franklin, A.M., Jessop, A.L., Hart, N.S., Hempel de Ibarra, N., Morehouse, N.I., Morgan, R., Murugavel, B., Oakley, T.H., Speiser, D.I., Stoddard, M.C., Warrant, E.J., Johnsen, S., and Schweikert, L.E. 2025. Emerging frontiers in visual ecology. Journal of Experimental Biology. IF: 2.6 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250537
Chaffra, A.S., Arcilla, N., Yabi, B.F., Lissagbé, H.M., Honfo, E.E., Houéssou, M.G. and Murgatroyd, M. 2025. Conservation implications of the illegal trade in Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus for belief-based use in Benin, West Africa. Bird Conservation International 35. IF: 1.5 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270925000073
Colyn, R.B., Garcia-Heras, M.S., Simmons, R.E., Arroyo, B., Smit-Robinson, H.A., Brink, C.W., Whitecross, M.A. and Mougeot, F. 2025. Climate change modelling indicates extensive range contractions for a scarce southern African endemic and minimal protected area network within its future climatically suitable range. Ornithological Applications. IF: 2.7 https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaf043
Hanley, D., Hauber, M.E., Holford, M., Moya, C., Spottiswoode, C.N. and Dixit, T. 2025. Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host–brood parasite system. Biology Letters 21(6). IF: 3.0 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0112
Hintsanen, L., Marjakangas, E.L., Santangeli, A. and Lehikoinen, A. 2025. Protected area edges host more warm-dwelling bird communities than the rest of the landscape. Biological Conservation 305. IF: 4.9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111070
Jarrett, C., Nwaogu, C.J., Tchana, C.N., Kamkeng, M.F., Quiñones, A.L., Olguin‐Villa, M.C., Helm, B., Powell, L.L. and Welch, A.J. 2025. Moult is associated with higher diversity of food items in the diet of Common Bulbuls (Pycnonotus barbatus) in Cameroon. Ibis. IF: 1.8 https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13395
Johnson, L., Connan, M., Bustamante, P., Parsons, N., Rutgers, S. and Ryan, P.G. 2025. Wear influences mercury concentrations and stable isotope values in penguin feathers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. IF: 2.8 https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf188
Lambert, C., Broderick, A.C., Beton, D., Cañadas, A., Dars, C., Di Matteo, A., Gilbert, L., Giménez, J., Keramidas, I., Navarro, J., Palmer, J.L., Snape, R.T., Sparks, L., Spitz, J., Tsikliras, A.C., Virgil, A. and Grémillet, D. 2025. Energyscapes pinpoint marine megafauna feeding hotspots in the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122. IF: 9.4 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2412845122
Lambert, C., Bonnet‐Lebrun, A.S. and Grémillet, D. 2025. Bridging the gap between Lagrangian and Eulerian species distribution models for abundance estimation: A simulation experiment. Journal of Biogeography. IF: 3.4 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15078
Lloyd‐Jones, D.J., Muamedi, M. and Spottiswoode, C.N. 2025. To bees or not to bees: Greater Honeyguides sometimes guide humans to animals other than bees, but likely not as punishment. Ecology and Evolution 15. IF: 2.3 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71136
Makhado, A.B., Crawford, R.J., Dyer, B.M., Masotla, M. and Lowther, A. 2025. Dispersal and habitat preference of juvenile emperor penguins—implications for conservation management. Royal Society Open Science 12. IF: 2.9 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231800
Marshall, H.H., Moloney, C.L., Glass, T., Grundy, R., Schofield, A., and Ryan, P.G. 2025. The spread and status of the Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri on Tristan da Cunha. Bird Conservation International 35. IF: 1.5 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270925100099
Martin, T., Henri, D.A., Martinez, L.M., Chandelier, M., Ardhuin, F. and Grémillet, D. 2025. A common future for coastal peoples and seabirds facing extreme climatic events. ICES Journal of Marine Science. IF: 3.1 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae198
Midgley, J.J., Thomson, R.L. and Cramer, M.D. 2025. Mistletoes as indicators of the intensity of browsing by large mammals in Kalahari savanna. African Journal of Ecology. IF: 1.1 https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.70088
Milton, S.J. and Dean, W.R.J. 2025. Village aliens: Self-seeding of indigenous and non-indigenous woody garden plants in a small desert village. Journal of Arid Environments 227. IF: 2.6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105295
Miskelly, C.M., Tennyson, A.J., Horton, P., Penck, M., Ryan, P.G. , Barbraud, C., Delord, K. and Shepherd, L.D. 2025. Hidden in plain sight: DNA sequencing of museum specimens confirms the occurrence of MacGillivray’s Prion (Pachyptila macgillivrayi) in Australia and New Zealand. Emu-Austral Ornithology. IF: 0.9 https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2025.2490644
Morera‐Pujol, V., Catry, P., Magalhães, M., Péron, C., Reyes‐González, J.M., Granadeiro, J.P., Militão, T., Dias, M.P., Oro, D., Igual, J.M., Dell’Omo, G., Müller, M., Paiva, V.H., Metzger, B., Neves, V., Navarro, J., Karris, G., Xirouchakis, S., Cecere, J.G., Zamora-Marin, J.M., Forero, M.G., Afán, I., Ouni, R., Romdhane, M.S., De Felipe, F., Zajková, Z., Cruz-Flores, M., Grémillet, D., González-Solís, J., and Ramos, R. 2025. Migratory connectivity and non‐breeding habitat segregation across biogeographical scales in closely related seabird taxa. Diversity and Distributions 31. IF: 4.6 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70013
Morten, J.M., Carneiro, A.P., Beal, M., Bonnet‐Lebrun, A.S., Dias, M.P., Rouyer, M.M., Harrison, A.L., González‐Solís, J., Jones, V.R., Garcia Alonso, V.A., Antolos, M., Arata, J.A., Barbraud, C., Bell, E.A., Bell, M., Bose, S., Broni, S., Brooke, M.d.L., Butchart, S.H.M., Carlile, N., Catry, P., Catry, T., Charteris, M., Cherel, Y., Clark, B.L., Clay, T.A., Cole, N.C., Conners, M.G., Debski, I., Delord, K., Egevang, C., Elliot, G., Esefeld, J., Facer, C., Fayet, A.L., Fijn, R.C., Fischer, J.H., Franklin, K.A., Gilg, O., Gill, J.A., Granadeiro, J.P., Guilford, T., Handley, J.M., Hanssen, S.A., Hawkes, L.A., Hedd, A., Jaeger, A., Jones, C.G., Jones, C.W., Kopp, M., Krietsch, J., Landers, T.J., Lang, J., Le Corre, M., Mallory, M.L., Masello, J.F., Maxwell, S.M., Medrano, F., Militão, T., Millar, C.D., Moe, B., Montevecchi, W.A., Navarro-Herrero, L., Neves, V.C., Nicholls, D.G., Nicoll, M.A.C., Norris, K., O'Dwyer, T.W., Parker, G.C., Peter, H.-U., Phillips, R.A., Quillfeldt, P., Ramos, J.A., Ramos, R., Rayner, M.J., Rexer-Huber, K., Ronconi, R.A., Ruhomaun, K., Ryan, P.G., Sagar, P.M., Saldanha, S., Schmidt, N.M., Schultz, H., Shaffer, S.A., Stenhouse, I.J., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V., Taylor, G.A., Thompson, D.R., Thompson, T., van Bemmelen, R., Vicente-Sastre, D., Vigfúsdottir, F., Walker, K.J., Watts, J., Weimerskirch, H., Yamamoto, T. and Davies, T.E. 2025. Global marine flyways identified for long‐distance migrating seabirds from tracking data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34. IF: 6.3 https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004
Muller, R., Nwaogu, C., Helm, B., Tieleman, B.I., and Amar, A. 2025. Exploring the use of the South African nest record scheme to detect changes in phenology: a case study using four well represented species. Journal of Avian Biology. IF: 1.5 https://doi.org/10.1002/jav.03376
Nhlabatsi, S.O., Dlamini, G.S., Ngcamphalala, C.A. and van der Wal, J.E. Recreational honey-hunting with honeyguides in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292. IF: 3.5 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.0255
Nhlapo, K.B., Cunningham, S.J., Sumasgutner, P., Ganswindt, A., McKechnie, A.E. and Ngcamphalala, C.A. 2025. High human presence is correlated with lower faecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in an urban bird population. Hormones and Behavior 170. IF: 2.5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2025.105724
Perold, V., Moloney, C.L. and Ryan, P.G. 2025. Long-term variations in size and polymer type of meso-and microplastics in seabirds and on beaches since the 1980s. Environmental Pollution. IF: 7.6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126125
Phelps, L.N., Razanatsoa, E., Davis, D.S., Hackel, J., Rasolondrainy, T., Tiley, G.P., Burney, D., Cox, R., Godfrey, L., Hempson, G.P., Hixon, S., … Joseph, G.S., … Seymour, C. et al. 2025. Advancing transdisciplinary research on Madagascar's grassy biomes to support resilience in ecosystems and livelihoods. Ecological Monographs 95. IF: 7.5 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70011
Piccoli, C., Paoletti, A., Andreone, F., Freeman, K., Georges, Harris, D.J., Lava, H., Melo, M., Nöel, J., Ramamonjisoa, D.L., Raselimanana, A.P., Rosa, G.M., Salvi, D., Scanarini, E., Velo, J.H. and Crottini, A. 2025. The amphibians of Betampona: an updated account of the remarkable diversity of Madagascar’s central-eastern Strict Nature Reserve. Systematics and Biodiversity 23 IF: 2.0 https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2025.2505180
Poupart, T., de Bettignies, T., Authier, M., Baccetti, N., Börger, L., Castège, I., Cecere, J.G., Courbin, N., Darby, J., Delord, K., Dorémus, G., Douglas, H.A., Faggio, G., Gaibani, G., Gallien, F., Gicquel, C., Gonzalez-Solís, J., Grémillet, D… et al. 2025. Mismatches between the current marine Natura 2000 network and seabird distributions call for enhanced protected areas off metropolitan France. Marine Policy 180. IF: 3.7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106779
Rime, Y., Osinubi, S.T., Liechti, F., Helm, B. and Nussbaumer, R. 2025. Small intra-tropical long-distance migratory birds track rainy seasons across hemispheres. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292. IF: 3.8 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2633
Santangeli, A., Vicente, J., Acevedo, P., Plaza, P., Lambertucci, S.A., Blanco-Aguiar, J.A., Tobajas, J., Morelle, K., Albery, G.F., VerCauteren, K., Gavier-Widen, D. and Margalida, A. 2025. One Health must embrace the carcass-scavenger-pathogen interface. Cell Reports Sustainability 2. NO IF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100439
Seymour, C.L., Seaton, D., Khatieb, S., Letsatsi, N., Skowno, A., Tokura, W., van der Merwe, S., Visser, V. and von Maltitz, G. 2025. Satellite‐derived productivity outputs for land degradation assessment vary with biome and rainfall. Land Degradation & Development. IF: 3.6 https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5541
Sumasgutner, S.C., Common, L.K., Thomsett, S., Downs, C.T. and Sumasgutner, P. 2025. Using wing bar patterns to identify sex in Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus: A misleading field characteristic. Ostrich. IF: 1.3 https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2025.2459646
Turner, A.A., Clark, M.L., Salas, L., Seymour, C., Snyder, R.L., Lee, A.T.K., Ferraz, A., Schneider, F., Measey, J., Huisamen, J., Cloete, D., Hofmeyr, S.D., Hagen, C., Leland, D.F., Schackwitz, W., Adegbola, F., Hahndiek, E., Joseph, G.S., Van Rooi, J., Fuchs, M., Thomas, S., Madlala, S., Spiby, J. and Taljaard, P. 2025. BioSoundSCape: A bioacoustic dataset for the Fynbos Biome. Scientific Data 12(1). IF: 6.9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05685-3
van der Wal, J.E., Dauda, C., Lloyd-Jones, D.J., Murico, H., Begg, C.M., Begg, K.S., Jorge, A.A. and Spottiswoode, C.N. 2025. The economic value of human-honeyguide mutualism in Reserva Especial do Niassa, Moçambique. Ecosystem Services 72. IF: 6.1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101696
van der Westhuizen, M., Clegg, B., Visser, V. and O'Connor, T. 2025. African elephants influence browse availability for black rhinoceroses in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. Journal of Wildlife Management. IF: 1.9 https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22718
Wakefield, E.D., Robuck, A.R., Powers, K.D., Ronconi, R.A., Ryan, P.G. and Wiley, D.N. 2025. Nape coloration varies with sex, not age, among Great Shearwaters Ardenna gravis. Marine Ornithology 53. IF: 5.3
Worsley, M.Z., Schroeder, J. and Dixit, T. 2025. How animals discriminate between stimulus magnitudes: a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology 36. IF: 2.5 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf025
Final Journal Published Papers
Brink, C.W., van Zyl, A.J., Allan, D.G., Deacon, N.R., Walker, K.S., Colyn, R.B., Smit-Robinson, H.A., Whitecross, M.A. and Jenkins, A.R. 2025. Taita Falcon stronghold discovered: population estimates based on a survey of Niassa Special Reserve in Northern Mozambique. Journal of Raptor Research 59. IF: 1.2 https://doi.org/10.3356/jrr2477
Bryson, U. and Paijmans, D.M. 2024. Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii, Swainson 1822: plumage, moult, biometrics and determination of age. Afrotropical Bird Biology: Journal of the Natural History of African Birds 4. NO IF
Cherel, Y., Jaeger, A., Carravieri, A., Jaquemet, S., Phillips, R.A., Wanless, R.M., and Richard, P. 2025. Trophic ecology of sooty albatross, segregating mechanisms from the congeneric light-mantled sooty albatross, and conservation implications. Endangered Species Research 57: 45-57. IF: 2.6 https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01405
D’Amelio, B.P., Carlson, V.N., Tognetti, A., Sentis, M., Silva, R.L., Rybak, F., Covas, R. and Doutrelant, C. 2025. Is provisioning rate of parents and helpers influenced by the simulated presence of novel individuals?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 79(14). IF: 1.9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-024-03548-2
Gould, E., Fraser, H.S., Parker, T.H., van der Wal, J.E.M. et al 2025. Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology 23(1). IF: 4.4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x
Jamie, G.A., Dalziell, A.H., Welbergen, J.A., Tan, E.J., Maguire, C. and Melamed, E. 2025. The past and future of mimicry research. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 1081-1085. IF: 14.5 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02775-8
Jamie, G.A., Huisman, G.J., Kilner, R.M., Sorenson, M.D., and Spottiswoode, C.N. 2025. Coevolution and the diversification of nestling ornamentation in a species-rich avian radiation. Evolution. IF: 3.1 https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf052
Makhado, A.B., Dakwa, F.E., Ryan, P.G., Masotla, M.J., Dyer, B.M., Seakamela, S.M., Shabangu, F.W., Somhlaba, S. and Reisinger, R.R. 2025. Seabird assemblages, abundance, and distribution in the African sector of the southern Indian Ocean. CCAMLR Science 25: 73-98. IF: 0.328
Murgatroyd, M. and Amar, A. 2025. Applied solutions to balance conservation need with practical applications: a case study with eagles movement models and wind energy development. Ecology and Evolution 15(4). IF: 2.3 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71344
Pirie, M.D., Coetzee, A., Fagúndez, J., Forest, F., Musker, S., Nelson, E.C., van der Niet, T. and Ojeda, F. 2025. Systematics, natural history, and conservation of Erica (Ericaceae). PhytoKeys 257: 119-124. IF: 1.5 https://doi.org.10.3897/phytokeys.257.159429
Rexer‐Huber, K., Clay, T.A., Catry, P., Debski, I., Parker, G., Ramos, R., Robertson, B.C., Ryan, P.G., Sagar, P.M., Stanworth, Thompson, D.R., Tuck, G.N., Weimerkirch, H., and Phillips, R.A. 2025. Metapopulation distribution shapes year‐round overlap with fisheries for a circumpolar seabird. Ecological Applications 35(3). IF: 4.3 https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70019
Risi, M.M., Jones, C.W., Connan, M., Gill, R., Stephen, V., Cunningham, S.J. and Ryan, P.G. 2025. Escalating threats: house mouse attacks on adult wandering albatrosses spread across Marion Island. Biological Invasions 27(149). IF: 2.6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-025-03610-8