Gavin M. Leighton

519 total citations
22 papers, 348 citations indexed

About

Gavin M. Leighton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin M. Leighton has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 348 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 8 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gavin M. Leighton's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (4 papers). Gavin M. Leighton is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (17 papers), Plant and animal studies (15 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (4 papers). Gavin M. Leighton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Gavin M. Leighton's co-authors include Russell A. Ligon, Eliot T. Miller, Alexander Charles Lees, Michael S. Webster, Benjamin G. Freeman, Anna Dornhaus, Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Daniel Charbonneau, Timothy J. Fahey and Nicole A. Freidenfelds and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gavin M. Leighton

21 papers receiving 343 citations

Peers

Gavin M. Leighton
Sara E. Lipshutz United States
Lars Erik Johannessen Norway
Amanda L. Ensminger United States
Malcolm F. Rosenthal United States
Kristina B. Beck Germany
Edwin Scholes United States
Peter Santema Germany
Monica Anderson Berdal United States
Marcela Osorio‐Beristain Mexico
Rudy M. Jonker Netherlands
Sara E. Lipshutz United States
Gavin M. Leighton
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2024). Unfamiliarity generates costly aggression in interspecific avian dominance hierarchies. Nature Communications. 15(1). 335–335. 3 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2022). Both morphological and behavioral traits predict interspecific social dominance in birds. Journal für Ornithologie. 164(1). 163–169. 7 indexed citations
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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Janelle L. Morano, et al.. (2021). Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(4). 1135–1159. 39 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2021). Sociality and migration predict hybridization across birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 288(1947). 20201946–20201946. 6 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2020). Multiple factors affect the evolution of repertoire size across birds. Behavioral Ecology. 32(3). 380–385. 18 indexed citations
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Miller, Eliot T., Gavin M. Leighton, Benjamin G. Freeman, Alexander Charles Lees, & Russell A. Ligon. (2019). Ecological and geographical overlap drive plumage evolution and mimicry in woodpeckers. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1602–1602. 56 indexed citations
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MacLeod, Kirsty J., Nicole A. Freidenfelds, Gavin M. Leighton, & Tracy Langkilde. (2018). Tree selection is linked to locomotor performance and associated noise production in a lizard. Journal of Zoology. 307(3). 195–202. 6 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., Alexander Charles Lees, & Eliot T. Miller. (2018). The hairy–downy game revisited: an empirical test of the interspecific social dominance mimicry hypothesis. Animal Behaviour. 137. 141–148. 24 indexed citations
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Webster, Michael S., Russell A. Ligon, & Gavin M. Leighton. (2018). Social costs are an underappreciated force for honest signalling in animal aggregations. Animal Behaviour. 143. 167–176. 33 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M.. (2017). Cooperative breeding influences the number and type of vocalizations in avian lineages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1868). 20171508–20171508. 47 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., Daniel Charbonneau, & Anna Dornhaus. (2016). Task switching is associated with temporal delays inTemnothorax rugatulusants. Behavioral Ecology. 28(1). 319–327. 26 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2016). Sociable Weavers Increase Cooperative Nest Construction after Suffering Aggression. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150953–e0150953. 11 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2015). Relatedness predicts multiple measures of investment in cooperative nest construction in sociable weavers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 69(11). 1835–1843. 4 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2015). Population genomics of Sociable Weavers Philetairus socius reveals considerable admixture among colonies. Journal für Ornithologie. 157(2). 483–492. 4 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M., et al.. (2015). Stable Isotope Signatures Reveal Cryptic Differences in Diet of Sociable Weavers. Avian Biology Research. 8(2). 104–108. 4 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M.. (2015). The evolutionary maintenance of cooperative nest construction in sociable weavers (Philetairus socius).
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Leighton, Gavin M.. (2014). Sex and individual differences in cooperative nest construction of sociable weavers Philetairus socius. Journal für Ornithologie. 155(4). 927–935. 9 indexed citations
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Leighton, Gavin M.. (2014). Multiple interactive public goods games allows for exploration of evolutionary mechanisms that maintain cooperation. Evolution Education and Outreach. 7(1). 1 indexed citations
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Hopfensperger, Kristine N., Gavin M. Leighton, & Timothy J. Fahey. (2011). Influence of Invasive Earthworms on Above and Belowground Vegetation in a Northern Hardwood Forest. The American Midland Naturalist. 166(1). 53–62. 26 indexed citations

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