Andrew Cockburn

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
145 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Andrew Cockburn is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Cockburn has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Ecology, 90 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 23 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Andrew Cockburn's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (79 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (62 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (54 papers). Andrew Cockburn is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (79 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (62 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (54 papers). Andrew Cockburn collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Andrew Cockburn's co-authors include Michael C. Double, Anthony K. Lee, Robert Heinsohn, Helen L. Osmond, Peter O. Dunn, David J. Green, Lucy M. Aplin, Ben C. Sheldon, Julie Morand‐Ferron and Damien R. Farine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Cockburn

142 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

EVOLUTION OF HELPING BEHAVIOR IN COOPERATIVELY BREEDING BIRDS

1998 599 citations Andrew Cockburn profile →
Prevalence of different modes of parental care in birds

2006 566 citations Andrew Cockburn Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Experimentally induced innovations lead to persistent culture via conformity in wild birds

2014 460 citations Lucy M. Aplin, Damien R. Farine et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cool, dry nights and short heatwaves during growth result in longer telomeres in temperate songbird nestlings 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·Justin R. Eastwood, Andréaz Dupoué, Simon Verhulst, Andrew Cockburn, Anne Peters	6
2	When does early‐life telomere length predict survival? A case study and meta‐analysis 2023 ·Molecular Ecology ·Justin R. Eastwood, Andréaz Dupoué, Kaspar Delhey, Simon Verhulst, Andrew Cockburn, Anne Peters	10
3	Do the ages of parents or helpers affect offspring fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird? 2020 ·Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·(unknown), Timothée Bonnet, Helen L. Osmond, Andrew Cockburn, Loeske E. B. Kruuk	11
4	Experimental vacancies do not induce settlement despite habitat saturation in a cooperative breeder 2020 ·Biology Letters ·Lyanne Brouwer, Andrew Cockburn	1
5	Genome of an iconic Australian bird: High‐quality assembly and linkage map of the superb fairy‐wren ( Malurus cyaneus ) 2019 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Joshua V. Peñalba, Yuan Deng, Qi Fang, Leo Joseph, Craig Moritz, Andrew Cockburn	22
6	Indirect fitness benefits through extra‐pair mating are large for an inbred minority, but cannot explain widespread infidelity among red‐winged fairy‐wrens 2019 ·Evolution ·(unknown), Martijn van de Pol, Andrew Cockburn, Lyanne Brouwer	8
7	When to start and when to stop: Effects of climate on breeding in a multi‐brooded songbird 2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Lei Lv, Yang Liu, Helen L. Osmond, Andrew Cockburn, Loeske E. B. Kruuk	24
8	Experimentally induced innovations lead to persistent culture via conformity in wild birds breakdown → 2014 ·Nature ·Lucy M. Aplin, Damien R. Farine, Julie Morand‐Ferron, Andrew Cockburn, Alex Thornton, Ben C. Sheldon	460
9	Individual personalities predict social behaviour in wild networks of great tits ( Parus major) 2013 ·Ecology Letters ·Lucy M. Aplin, Damien R. Farine, Julie Morand‐Ferron, Ella F. Cole, Andrew Cockburn, Ben C. Sheldon	262
10	Dance Choreography Is Coordinated with Song Repertoire in a Complex Avian Display 2013 ·Current Biology ·Anastasia H. Dalziell, Richard Peters, Andrew Cockburn, (unknown), (unknown), Robert D. Magrath	63
11	Strategic promiscuity helps avoid inbreeding at multiple levels in a cooperative breeder where both sexes are philopatric 2011 ·Molecular Ecology ·Lyanne Brouwer, Martijn van de Pol, Els Atema, Andrew Cockburn	71
12	Can we measure the benefits of help in cooperatively breeding birds: the case of superb fairy‐wrens Malurus cyaneus? 2008 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Andrew Cockburn, Rachel A. Sims, Helen L. Osmond, David J. Green, Michael C. Double, Raoul A. Mulder	106
13	Post-mating sexual selection increases lifetime fitness of polyandrous females in the wild 2006 ·Nature ·Diana O. Fisher, Michael C. Double, Simon P. Blomberg, Michael D. Jennions, Andrew Cockburn	152
14	The large-male advantage in brown antechinuses: female choice, male dominance, and delayed male death 2005 ·Behavioral Ecology ·Diana O. Fisher, Andrew Cockburn	33
15	True colors divided loyalties in Puerto Rico 2003 ·National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine ·Andrew Cockburn	4
16	Subordinate superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus) parasitize the reproductive success of attractive dominant males 2003 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Michael C. Double, Andrew Cockburn	76
17	Short sketches from the long history of cooperative breeding in Australian birds 2002 ·Emu - Austral Ornithology ·Christopher R. J. Boland, Andrew Cockburn	15
18	Sexual dichronism and intersexual phoresy in gall-forming coccoids 1986 ·Oecologia ·Penny J. Gullan, Andrew Cockburn	16
19	Sex ratio and intrasexual kin competition in mammals 1985 ·Oecologia ·Andrew Cockburn, Michelle Pellissier Scott, Chris R. Dickman	61
20	Microhabitat heterogeneity and population ecology of an herbivorous rodent, Microtus californicus 1983 ·Oecologia ·Andrew Cockburn, William Z. Lidicker	78

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