Alan Lill

4.2k citations

122 papers · 3.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 28

Impact in

Developmental Biology top 1%
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Ecology top 0.5%
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Ecology 85
- Avian ecology and behavior 54
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 38
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies 14
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 59
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 37
- Plant and animal studies 23

Co-authors: Hélène Lowry (5 shared papers)Bob B. M. Wong (4 shared papers)Christopher P. Johnstone (11 shared papers)Richard D. Reina (7 shared papers)Martine Maron (5 shared papers)D. W. Snow (1 shared paper)Margaret C. Stanley (8 shared papers)John J. Baldwin (7 shared papers)
Journals: Australian Journal of Zoology (17 papers)Emu - Austral Ornithology (13 papers)Wildlife Research (8 papers)Ornithological Applications (6 papers)Behaviour (6 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States Ireland

In The Last Decade

Alan Lill

119 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Behavioural responses of wildlife to urban environments 2012 · 671 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

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1	Behavioural responses of wildlife to urban environments Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Hélène Lowry, Alan Lill, Bob B. M. Wong Hit paper breakdown →	2012	671
2	Interpreting indices of physiological stress in free-living vertebrates Journal of Comparative Physiology B ·Christopher P. Johnstone, Richard D. Reina, Alan Lill	2012	155
3	Sexual Behavior of the Lek‐forming White‐bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus trinitatis Hartert) Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie ·Alan Lill	1974	134
4	Longevity Records for Some Neotropical Land Birds Ornithological Applications ·D. W. Snow, Alan Lill	1974	88
5	Social Organization and Space Utilization in the Lek‐Forming White‐Bearded Manakin, M. manacus trinitatis Hartert Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie ·Alan Lill	1974	81
6	The advent of canine performance science: Offering a sustainable future for working dogs Behavioural Processes ·Mia Cobb, Nick Branson, Paul McGreevy, Alan Lill, Pauleen C. Bennett	2014	77
7	Temporal variation in bird assemblages: How representative is a one‐year snapshot? Austral Ecology ·Martine Maron, Alan Lill, David M. Watson, Ralph Mac Nally	2005	62
8	Oxytocin enhances the appropriate use of human social cues by the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) in an object choice task Animal Cognition ·Jessica Lee Oliva, Jean‐Loup Rault, Belinda Appleton, Alan Lill	2015	60
9	Fine-scale effects of habitat loss and fragmentation despite large-scale gene flow for some regionally declining woodland bird species Landscape Ecology ·Katherine A. Harrisson, Alexandra Pavlova, J. Nevil Amos, Naoko Takeuchi, Alan Lill, James Q. Radford, Paul Sunnucks	2012	60
10	The influence of livestock grazing and weed invasion on habitat use by birds in grassy woodland remnants Biological Conservation ·Martine Maron, Alan Lill	2005	57
11	Does habitat fragmentation cause stress in the agile antechinus? A haematological approach Journal of Comparative Physiology B ·Christopher P. Johnstone, Alan Lill, Richard D. Reina	2011	55
12	Fruit Color Choices of Captive Silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) Ornithological Applications ·Helen Puckey, Alan Lill, Dennis J. O’Dowd	1996	55
13	How Noisy Does a Noisy Miner Have to Be? Amplitude Adjustments of Alarm Calls in an Avian Urban ‘Adapter’ PLoS ONE ·Hélène Lowry, Alan Lill, Bob B. M. Wong	2012	50
14	Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation effects on small mammals: Analysis with conditional inference tree statistical modelling Biological Conservation ·Christopher P. Johnstone, Alan Lill, Richard D. Reina	2014	48
15	Tolerance of Auditory Disturbance by an Avian Urban Adapter, the Noisy Miner Ethology ·Hélène Lowry, Alan Lill, Bob B. M. Wong	2011	48
16	Use of erythrocyte indicators of health and condition in vertebrate ecophysiology: a review and appraisal Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Christopher P. Johnstone, Alan Lill, Richard D. Reina	2015	46
17	Development of parameters influencing blood oxygen carrying capacity in the welcome swallow and fairy martin Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Prudence Simmons, Alan Lill	2006	45
18	Tolerance of human approaches by Common Mynas along an urban-rural gradient Emu - Austral Ornithology ·Ashlee McGiffin, Alan Lill, Juliey Beckman, Christopher P. Johnstone	2013	40
19	Spatial Organisation in Small Flocks of Domestic Fowl Behaviour ·Alan Lill	1968	36
20	Composition and conservation value of bird assemblages of urban ‘habitat islands’: Do pedestrian traffic and landscape variables exert an influence? Urban Ecosystems ·Andrew W.G. Platt, Alan Lill	2006	36

About Alan Lill

Alan Lill is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Parasitology and Genetics, having authored 122 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Avian ecology and behavior (54 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (38 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (37 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers), Plant and animal studies (23 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (16 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (14 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (312 citations), Ecology (2.1k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.5k citations), Ecological Modeling (286 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (695 citations). Alan Lill has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Hélène Lowry, Bob B. M. Wong, Christopher P. Johnstone, Richard D. Reina, Martine Maron, D. W. Snow, Margaret C. Stanley, John J. Baldwin, Dennis J. O’Dowd and Mia Cobb. Their work appears in journals such as Australian Journal of Zoology, Emu - Austral Ornithology, Wildlife Research, Ornithological Applications and Behaviour.

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