F. Stephen Dobson

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

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F. Stephen Dobson is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Stephen Dobson has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Ecology, 119 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in F. Stephen Dobson's work include Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (88 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (78 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (62 papers). F. Stephen Dobson is often cited by papers focused on Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (88 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (78 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (62 papers). F. Stephen Dobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. F. Stephen Dobson's co-authors include Madan K. Oli, Jan O. Murie, Pierre Jouventin, John L. Hoogland, Ronald K. Chesser, Derrick W. Sugg, W. Thomas Jones, Thomas S. Risch, Gail R. Michener and Jinping Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

F. Stephen Dobson

164 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Competition for mates and predominant juvenile male dispersal in mammals

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. Stephen Dobson United States	42	4.9k	3.7k	1.3k	1.2k	692	169	6.6k
Dustin R. Rubenstein United States	35	2.6k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	605 0.5×	565 0.8×	113	5.1k
Alexandre Roulin Switzerland	55	4.3k 0.9×	6.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.0×	544 0.5×	596 0.9×	268	9.6k
Peter B. Banks Australia	45	4.9k 1.0×	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	493 0.7×	191	6.4k
Ronald C. Ydenberg Canada	40	4.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	273 0.4×	152	6.3k
Arie J. van Noordwijk Netherlands	37	5.2k 1.1×	6.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	599 0.9×	77	9.2k
Jerry O. Wolff United States	45	4.8k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	889 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 2.0×	119	6.9k
Daniel H. Nussey United Kingdom	41	3.7k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	748 0.6×	619 0.9×	97	7.8k
Jon E. Brommer Finland	41	3.1k 0.6×	3.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	264 0.4×	152	5.7k
Sievert Rohwer United States	50	4.6k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	266 0.4×	168	7.5k
Eivin Røskaft Norway	55	7.6k 1.6×	4.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	706 1.0×	267	9.5k

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Dobson, F. Stephen, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary influences on multiple paternity in mammals. Animal Behaviour. 229. 123351–123351.

Viblanc, Vincent A., et al.. (2024). Down-regulating the stress axis: Living in the present while preparing for the future. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 354. 114541–114541.

Dobson, F. Stephen, et al.. (2024). The Demographic Basis of Population Growth: A 32‐Year Transient Life Table Response Experiment. Ecology Letters. 27(12). e14512–e14512. 2 indexed citations

Dobson, F. Stephen, et al.. (2024). How much multiple paternity should we expect? A study of birds and contrast with mammals. Ecology and Evolution. 14(3). e11054–e11054. 3 indexed citations

Neuhaus, Peter, Rudy Boonstra, Rupert Palme, et al.. (2023). Weathering the storm: Decreased activity and glucocorticoid levels in response to inclement weather in breeding Columbian ground squirrels. Hormones and Behavior. 155. 105426–105426.

Dobson, F. Stephen, Claire Saraux, & Vincent A. Viblanc. (2023). Phenotypic plasticity in reproductive and somatic efforts of female Columbian ground squirrels. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 102(3). 228–238. 2 indexed citations

Dobson, F. Stephen, Asheber Abebe, Manu Prakash, et al.. (2023). Effect of age on wingbeat frequency of Aedes aegypti and potential application for age estimation of mosquitoes. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 37(3). 491–498. 2 indexed citations

Viblanc, Vincent A., F. Stephen Dobson, Peter Neuhaus, et al.. (2022). Integrating microclimatic variation in phenological responses to climate change: A 28‐year study in a hibernating mammal. Ecosphere. 13(5). 8 indexed citations

Viblanc, Vincent A., et al.. (2021). Parental investment in the Columbian ground squirrel: empirical tests of sex allocation models. Ecology. 102(11). e03479–e03479. 6 indexed citations

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Sosa, Sebastiàn, F. Stephen Dobson, Peter Neuhaus, et al.. (2020). Social stress in female Columbian ground squirrels: density-independent effects of kin contribute to variation in fecal glucocorticoid metabolites. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74(4). 6 indexed citations

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Roth, Jeffrey D., F. Stephen Dobson, François Criscuolo, et al.. (2019). Subtle short-term physiological costs of an experimental augmentation of fleas in wild Columbian ground squirrels. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(12). 3 indexed citations

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Zinner, Bertram, et al.. (2018). Alternative reproductive tactics and lifetime reproductive success in a polygynandrous mammal. Behavioral Ecology. 30(2). 474–482. 7 indexed citations

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Schull, Quentin, et al.. (2017). Experimental stress during molt suggests the evolution of condition‐dependent and condition‐independent ornaments in the king penguin. Ecology and Evolution. 8(2). 1084–1095. 7 indexed citations

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Viblanc, Vincent A., Quentin Schull, Jeffrey D. Roth, et al.. (2017). Maternal oxidative stress and reproduction: Testing the constraint, cost and shielding hypotheses in a wild mammal. Functional Ecology. 32(3). 722–735. 22 indexed citations

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Viblanc, Vincent A., Cristian Pasquaretta, Cédric Sueur, Rudy Boonstra, & F. Stephen Dobson. (2016). Aggression in Columbian ground squirrels: relationships with age, kinship, energy allocation, and fitness. Behavioral Ecology. arw098–arw098. 24 indexed citations

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Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, Tim Coulson, Vidar Grøtan, et al.. (2013). How Life History Influences Population Dynamics in Fluctuating Environments. The American Naturalist. 182(6). 743–759. 147 indexed citations

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Dobson, F. Stephen, et al.. (2010). Scent communication by female Columbian ground squirrels, Urocitellus columbianus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65(2). 351–358. 11 indexed citations

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Nolan, Paul M., F. Stephen Dobson, Birgitta Dresp, & Pierre Jouventin. (2006). Immunocompetence is signalled by ornamental colour in king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus. Evolutionary ecology research. 8(7). 1325–1332. 25 indexed citations

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McGraw, Kevin J., Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Shosuke Ito, et al.. (2004). YOU CAN'T JUDGE A PIGMENT BY ITS COLOR: CAROTENOID AND MELANIN CONTENT OF YELLOW AND BROWN FEATHERS IN SWALLOWS, BLUEBIRDS, PENGUINS, AND DOMESTIC CHICKENS. Ornithological Applications. 106(2). 390–390. 90 indexed citations

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McGraw, Kevin J., Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Shosuke Ito, et al.. (2004). You Can't Judge a Pigment by its Color: Carotenoid and Melanin Content of Yellow and Brown Feathers in Swallows, Bluebirds, Penguins, and Domestic Chickens. Ornithological Applications. 106(2). 390–395. 42 indexed citations

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