Brett Seymoure

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Brett Seymoure is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brett Seymoure has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brett Seymoure's work include Plant and animal studies (15 papers), Impact of Light on Environment and Health (15 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers). Brett Seymoure is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (15 papers), Impact of Light on Environment and Health (15 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (12 papers). Brett Seymoure collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Panama. Brett Seymoure's co-authors include Elizabeth K. Perkin, Avalon C. S. Owens, Précillia Cochard, Bridgette Farnworth, Ronald L. Rutowski, Kurt M. Fristrup, Kevin J. McGraw, Katja Rönkä, Adam M. M. Stuckert and Rachel T. Buxton and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The American Naturalist and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brett Seymoure

32 papers receiving 986 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

2019 271 citations Avalon C. S. Owens, Elizabeth K. Perkin et al. profile →
Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology

2020 180 citations Davide M. Dominoni, Wouter Halfwerk et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brett Seymoure United States	16	483	475	288	141	139	35	1.0k
Marcus Michelangeli Australia	20	363 0.8×	573 1.2×	284 1.0×	131 0.9×	84 0.6×	40	996
Maurice Donners Netherlands	10	626 1.3×	297 0.6×	375 1.3×	187 1.3×	46 0.3×	25	961
Avalon C. S. Owens United States	12	450 0.9×	244 0.5×	196 0.7×	133 0.9×	109 0.8×	17	822
Adam L. Crane Canada	18	332 0.7×	591 1.2×	257 0.9×	53 0.4×	52 0.4×	71	900
Roman Fuchs Czechia	23	293 0.6×	953 2.0×	806 2.8×	141 1.0×	205 1.5×	75	1.5k
Penelope J. Watt United Kingdom	25	358 0.7×	767 1.6×	340 1.2×	68 0.5×	176 1.3×	46	1.3k
Yeong‐Choy Kam Taiwan	19	700 1.4×	484 1.0×	350 1.2×	47 0.3×	77 0.6×	49	956
Cody J. Dey Canada	17	168 0.3×	583 1.2×	457 1.6×	51 0.4×	157 1.1×	39	1.1k
Sean M. Ehlman United States	14	159 0.3×	361 0.8×	361 1.3×	127 0.9×	112 0.8×	24	927
Paul F. Nicoletto United States	19	409 0.8×	921 1.9×	458 1.6×	47 0.3×	239 1.7×	23	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Brett Seymoure

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brett Seymoure

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brett Seymoure

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mead, J., et al.. (2025). From Fear to Feast: Rattlesnakes Navigate the Landscape of Fear to Optimize Foraging. The American Naturalist. 207(2). 281–295. 1 indexed citations

Seymoure, Brett, Rachel T. Buxton, Kurt M. Fristrup, et al.. (2025). Global artificial light masks biologically important light cycles of animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 23(4). 3 indexed citations

Seymoure, Brett, et al.. (2025). Light modulates population differences in alternative mating tactics in Trinidadian guppies. Animal Behaviour. 223. 123143–123143. 1 indexed citations

Seymoure, Brett, et al.. (2025). Butterflies at porch lights: Exploring nocturnal light visitation in butterflies using community science data from iNaturalist. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18(4). 604–616.

Owens, Avalon C. S., Michael J. O. Pocock, & Brett Seymoure. (2024). Current evidence in support of insect-friendly lighting practices. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 66. 101276–101276. 3 indexed citations

Seymoure, Brett, Anthony I. Dell, Franz Hölker, & Gregor Kalinkat. (2023). A framework for untangling the consequences of artificial light at night on species interactions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1892). 20220356–20220356. 12 indexed citations

Rutowski, Ronald L., et al.. (2023). Male behavior in a swallowtail butterfly (Battus philenor) ensures directional iridescent sexual signal is visible to females during courtship. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 77(10). 1 indexed citations

Ditmer, Mark A., Clinton D. Francis, Jesse R. Barber, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Vulnerabilities of Vertebrate Species to Light and Noise Pollution: Expert Surveys Illuminate the Impacts on Specialist Species. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(3). 1202–1215. 10 indexed citations

Griffin‐Nolan, Robert J., et al.. (2021). Effects of Low-Level Artificial Light at Night on Kentucky Bluegrass and an Introduced Herbivore. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9. 13 indexed citations

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Broder, E. Dale, Damian O. Elias, Rafael L. Rodrı́guez, et al.. (2021). Evolutionary novelty in communication between the sexes. Biology Letters. 17(2). 20200733–20200733. 21 indexed citations

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Dominoni, Davide M., Wouter Halfwerk, Emily Baird, et al.. (2020). Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(4). 502–511. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jones, Beryl M., Brett Seymoure, Troy J. Comi, & Ellis R. Loew. (2020). Species and sex differences in eye morphometry and visual responsivity of two crepuscular sweat bee species (Megaloptaspp., Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130(3). 533–544. 6 indexed citations

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Seymoure, Brett, et al.. (2019). Connecting spectral radiometry of anthropogenic light sources to the visual ecology of organisms. Journal of Zoology. 308(2). 93–110. 23 indexed citations

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Briolat, Emmanuelle S., Emily Burdfield‐Steel, Katja Rönkä, et al.. (2018). Diversity in warning coloration: selective paradox or the norm?. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 94(2). 388–414. 99 indexed citations

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Seymoure, Brett. (2018). Enlightening Butterfly Conservation Efforts: The Importance of Natural Lighting for Butterfly Behavioral Ecology and Conservation. Insects. 9(1). 22–22. 22 indexed citations

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Aiello, Annette, et al.. (2016). Cool Bands: Wing bands decrease rate of heating, but not equilibrium temperature in Anartia fatima. Journal of Thermal Biology. 56. 100–108. 7 indexed citations

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Thurman, Timothy J. & Brett Seymoure. (2015). A bird's eye view of two mimetic tropical butterflies: coloration matches predator's sensitivity. Journal of Zoology. 298(3). 159–168. 20 indexed citations

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Bergman, Martin, et al.. (2015). Mate detection in a territorial butterfly—the effect of background and luminance contrast. Behavioral Ecology. 26(3). 851–860. 10 indexed citations

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Seymoure, Brett, et al.. (2015). Peripheral eye dimensions in Longwing (Heliconius) butterflies vary with body size and sex but not light environment nor mimicry ring. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 48. 83–92. 15 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, David W., Brett Seymoure, & David W. Pfennig. (2014). Mimicry's palette: widespread use of conserved pigments in the aposematic signals of snakes. Evolution & Development. 16(2). 61–67. 19 indexed citations

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