Heather E. Watts

1.7k total citations
37 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heather E. Watts is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather E. Watts has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 28 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Heather E. Watts's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers). Heather E. Watts is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers). Heather E. Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Kenya. Heather E. Watts's co-authors include Kay E. Holekamp, Susan C. Alberts, Jeanne Altmann, Thomas P. Hahn, Christopher C. Strelioff, Jennifer E. Smith, R Horn, Micaela Szykman Gunther, Karen M. Kapheim and Erin E. Boydston and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Heather E. Watts

35 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather E. Watts United States 18 687 621 517 166 161 37 1.2k
Maren Huck United Kingdom 23 486 0.7× 455 0.7× 614 1.2× 275 1.7× 140 0.9× 42 1.1k
Martin P. Gammell Ireland 19 589 0.9× 753 1.2× 350 0.7× 180 1.1× 170 1.1× 51 1.2k
Loren D. Hayes United States 25 924 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 813 1.6× 105 0.6× 218 1.4× 75 1.8k
Anne A. Carlson United States 16 420 0.6× 601 1.0× 410 0.8× 101 0.6× 128 0.8× 24 994
Melanie Dammhahn Germany 24 922 1.3× 1.3k 2.0× 612 1.2× 183 1.1× 184 1.1× 58 1.9k
Sarah Benson‐Amram United States 15 349 0.5× 612 1.0× 638 1.2× 207 1.2× 193 1.2× 27 1.1k
Jakob Bro‐Jørgensen United Kingdom 21 706 1.0× 1.0k 1.7× 273 0.5× 209 1.3× 269 1.7× 38 1.5k
Philip Muruthi Kenya 12 451 0.7× 379 0.6× 619 1.2× 248 1.5× 126 0.8× 30 1.1k
Jurgi Cristóbal‐Azkarate United Kingdom 22 522 0.8× 540 0.9× 877 1.7× 315 1.9× 68 0.4× 37 1.4k
Safi K. Darden United Kingdom 19 456 0.7× 699 1.1× 299 0.6× 213 1.3× 222 1.4× 38 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather E. Watts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather E. Watts

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather E. Watts. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather E. Watts 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 Heather E. Watts. Heather E. Watts is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tir, Jaroslav & Heather E. Watts. (2025). Declining food availability alters vocal behavior of a nomadic finch. Behavioral Ecology. 36(3). 1 indexed citations
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Cornelius, Jamie M., Ben J. Vernasco, Nicola Mori, & Heather E. Watts. (2024). Response to Food Restriction, but Not Social Information Use, Varies Seasonally in Captive Cardueline Finches. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 64(6). 1780–1791. 2 indexed citations
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Vernasco, Ben J., Jamie M. Cornelius, & Heather E. Watts. (2024). Food and social cues modulate reproductive development but not migratory behavior in a nomadic songbird, the Pine Siskin. The Auk. 141(2). 3 indexed citations
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Vernasco, Ben J., et al.. (2024). Are urbanization and brood parasitism associated with differences in telomere lengths in song sparrows?. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(1).
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2023). Integration of social and temperature cues alters facultative migratory response to declining food availability. Animal Behaviour. 198. 153–164. 5 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2022). Social environment influences termination of nomadic migration. Biology Letters. 18(3). 20220006–20220006. 8 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2022). Environmental Cue Integration and Phenology in a Changing World. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 62(4). 972–979. 7 indexed citations
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Vernasco, Ben J. & Heather E. Watts. (2022). Telomere length predicts timing and intensity of migratory behaviour in a nomadic songbird. Biology Letters. 18(8). 20220176–20220176. 7 indexed citations
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Gomulkiewicz, Richard, et al.. (2021). Effect of social information on an individual's assessment of its environment. Animal Behaviour. 178. 267–277. 4 indexed citations
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Bauer, Carolyn M. & Heather E. Watts. (2021). Corticosterone's roles in avian migration: Assessment of three hypotheses. Hormones and Behavior. 135. 105033–105033. 23 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E.. (2020). Seasonal regulation of behaviour: what role do hormone receptors play?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1930). 20200722–20200722. 21 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2019). Variation in chronotype is associated with migratory timing in a songbird. Biology Letters. 15(8). 20190453–20190453. 8 indexed citations
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Hotaling, Scott, Peter Wimberger, Joanna L. Kelley, & Heather E. Watts. (2019). Macroinvertebrates on glaciers: a key resource for terrestrial food webs?. Ecology. 101(4). e02947–e02947. 10 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2018). Temperature‐correlated shifts in the timing of egg‐laying in House Finches Haemorhous mexicanus. Ibis. 161(2). 428–434. 3 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2018). Increasing photoperiod stimulates the initiation of spring migratory behaviour and physiology in a facultative migrant, the pine siskin. Royal Society Open Science. 5(8). 180876–180876. 33 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2018). Effects of temperature on the timing of breeding and molt transitions in house finches. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 18). 11 indexed citations
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Squire, Maria E., et al.. (2016). Estrogen levels influence medullary bone quantity and density in female house finches and pine siskins. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 246. 249–257. 16 indexed citations
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Holekamp, Kay E., Jennifer E. Smith, Christopher C. Strelioff, R Horn, & Heather E. Watts. (2011). Society, demography and genetic structure in the spotted hyena. Molecular Ecology. 21(3). 613–632. 151 indexed citations
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Watts, Heather E., et al.. (2009). Post-weaning maternal effects and the evolution of female dominance in the spotted hyena. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1665). 2291–2298. 63 indexed citations
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Hahn, Thomas P., et al.. (2009). Evolution of environmental cue response mechanisms: Adaptive variation in photorefractoriness. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 163(1-2). 193–200. 29 indexed citations

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