Christiaan Both

15.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
132 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Christiaan Both is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Christiaan Both has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Ecology, 82 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 37 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Christiaan Both's work include Avian ecology and behavior (109 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (77 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers). Christiaan Both is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (109 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (77 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (37 papers). Christiaan Both collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany. Christiaan Both's co-authors include Marcel E. Visser, Niels J. Dingemanse, Piet J. Drent, Joost M. Tinbergen, C. M. Lessells, Sandra Bouwhuis, Rob G. Bijlsma, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Theunis Piersma and Kees van Oers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christiaan Both

127 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Climate change and population declines in a long-distance migratory bird

2006 1.1k citations Christiaan Both, Marcel E. Visser et al. profile →
Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: the need for a yardstick

2005 1.1k citations Marcel E. Visser, Christiaan Both profile →
Adjustment to climate change is constrained by arrival date in a long-distance migrant bird

2001 804 citations Christiaan Both, Marcel E. Visser profile →
Fitness consequences of avian personalities in a fluctuating environment

2004 693 citations Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both et al. profile →
Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great tits from the wild

2002 639 citations Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both et al. profile →
Climate change and unequal phenological changes across four trophic levels: constraints or adaptations?

2008 519 citations Christiaan Both, Marcel E. Visser et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
Natal dispersal and personalities in great tits (Parus major)

2003 513 citations Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Christiaan Both

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christiaan Both

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christiaan Both

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christiaan Both. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christiaan Both based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christiaan Both. Christiaan Both is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Effect of Different Mammalian Predator Management Regimes on the Reproductive Success of Black-Tailed Godwits Limosa limosa limosa 2024 ·Ardea ·A. H. Jelle Loonstra, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christiaan Both, (unknown)	0
2	Translocation of shorebird siblings shows intraspecific variation in migration routines to arise after fledging 2023 ·Current Biology ·A. H. Jelle Loonstra, Mo A. Verhoeven, Christiaan Both, Theunis Piersma	19
3	The conservation of Afro‐Palaearctic migrants: What we are learning and what we need to know? 2023 ·Ibis ·Juliet A. Vickery, John W. Mallord, William M. Adams, Alison E. Beresford, Christiaan Both, Will Cresswell, (unknown), Steven R. Ewing, Richard D. Gregory, Catriona A. Morrison, Fiona J. Sanderson, Kasper Thorup, Rien E. van Wijk, Chris M. Hewson	23
4	DNA metabarcoding quantifies the relative biomass of arthropod taxa in songbird diets: Validation with camera‐recorded diets 2022 ·Ecology and Evolution ·Yvonne I. Verkuil, Marion Nicolaus, Richard Ubels, Maurine W. Dietz, Jelmer M. Samplonius, (unknown), (unknown), Peter de Knijff, Christiaan Both	34
5	Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird 2021 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Mo A. Verhoeven, A. H. Jelle Loonstra, (unknown), (unknown), Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, Christiaan Both, Nathan R. Senner, Theunis Piersma	32
6	Morph‐dependent fitness and directional change of morph frequencies over time in a Dutch population of Common buzzards Buteo buteo 2020 ·Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sylvia Kuhn, Mihai Vâlcu, Bart Kempenaers, Christiaan Both	4
7	Geolocators lead to better measures of timing and renesting in black‐tailed godwits and reveal the bias of traditional observational methods 2020 ·Journal of Avian Biology ·Mo A. Verhoeven, A. H. Jelle Loonstra, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, (unknown), Christiaan Both, Nathan R. Senner, Theunis Piersma	22
8	Migration route, stopping sites, and non-breeding destinations of adult Black-tailed Godwits breeding in southwest Fryslân, The Netherlands 2020 ·Journal für Ornithologie ·Mo A. Verhoeven, A. H. Jelle Loonstra, (unknown), Christiaan Both, Nathan R. Senner, Theunis Piersma	20
9	Scrutinizing assortative mating in birds 2019 ·PLoS Biology ·Daiping Wang, Wolfgang Forstmeier, Mihai Vâlcu, Niels J. Dingemanse, Martin Bulla, Christiaan Both, Renée A. Duckworth, (unknown), Patrik Karell, Tomáš Albrecht, Bart Kempenaers	35
10	Warming springs and habitat alteration interact to impact timing of breeding and population dynamics in a migratory bird 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·Rosemarie Kentie, Tim Coulson, Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, Ruth A. Howison, A. H. Jelle Loonstra, Mo A. Verhoeven, Christiaan Both, Theunis Piersma	39
11	A circannual perspective on daily and total flight distances in a long-distance migratory raptor, the Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus 2017 ·Biology Letters ·(unknown), Willem Bouten, Vincent Bretagnolle, Henning Heldbjerg, Raymond H. G. Klaassen, (unknown), Alexandre Villers, Christiaan Both	18
12	Eerste resultaten van het jaarrond volgen van Blauwe Kiekendieven broedend in het Oost-Groningse akkerland 2014 ·UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) ·Raymond H. G. Klaassen, (unknown), Willem Bouten, Christiaan Both, Ben J. Koks	1
13	Flexibility of Timing of Avian Migration to Climate Change Masked by Environmental Constraints En Route 2010 ·Current Biology ·Christiaan Both	126
14	Mistimed reproduction due to global climate change 2006 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Marcel E. Visser, Christiaan Both, Phillip Gienapp	1
15	Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca travelling from Africa to breed in Europe: Differential effects of winter and migration conditions on breeding date 2006 ·Ardea ·Christiaan Both, Juan José Sanz, (unknown), (unknown), Richard J. Cowie, (unknown), Anders Enemar, Antero Järvinen, N. Erik I. Nyholm, Jaime Potti, Pierre‐Alain Ravussin, Bengt Silverin, Frederick Maurice Slater, Л. В. Соколов, Marcel E. Visser, Wolfgang Winkel, Jonathan Wright, Herwig Zang	41
16	Grutto’s het jaar rond: balans tussen reproductie en sterfte 2006 ·University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) ·Christiaan Both, Julia Schroeder, Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, Niko M. Groen, Theunis Piersma	2
17	Climatic change explains much of the 20th century advance in laying date of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in The Netherlands 2005 ·Ardea ·Christiaan Both, Theunis Piersma, (unknown)	35
18	Fitness costs of polygyny in female Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca 2002 ·Ardea ·Christiaan Both	11
19	De opkomst en ondergang van een populatie Ringmussen Passer montanus 2002 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Christiaan Both, Marcel E. Visser, (unknown)	2
20	Oude mezen met gebreken 1999 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Christiaan Both	1

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