John A. Endler

37.9k total citations · 21 hit papers
186 papers, 28.5k citations indexed

About

John A. Endler is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Endler has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 28.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 37 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John A. Endler's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (100 papers), Plant and animal studies (88 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (34 papers). John A. Endler is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (100 papers), Plant and animal studies (88 papers) and Amphibian and Reptile Biology (34 papers). John A. Endler collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. John A. Endler's co-authors include Philip W. Hedrick, David N. Reznick, Anne E. Houde, G. L. Bush, Daniel Otte, Paul W. Mielke, Johanna Mappes, Robert C. Brooks, Marc Théry and Beryl B. Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John A. Endler

184 papers receiving 26.7k 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.

Natural selection in the wild

1986 2.6k citations John A. Endler Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) profile →
Geographic Variation, Speciation, and Clines.

1978 2.1k citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Signals, Signal Conditions, and the Direction of Evolution

1992 1.5k citations John A. Endler profile →
NATURAL SELECTION ON COLOR PATTERNS INPOECILIA RETICULATA

1980 1.1k citations John A. Endler profile →
On the measurement and classification of colour in studies of animal colour patterns

1990 1.1k citations John A. Endler profile →
Speciation and Its Consequences

1990 1.0k citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
The Color of Light in Forests and Its Implications

1993 997 citations John A. Endler profile →
Experimentally induced life-history evolution in a natural population

1990 929 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Geographic Variation, Speciation, and Clines.

1978 862 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Gene Flow and Population Differentiation

1973 743 citations John A. Endler profile →
THE IMPACT OF PREDATION ON LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION IN TRINIDADIAN GUPPIES ( POECILIA RETICULATA )

1982 712 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Sensory ecology, receiver biases and sexual selection

1998 654 citations John A. Endler profile →
Comparing entire colour patterns as birds see them

2005 638 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Natural and sexual selection on color patterns in poeciliid fishes

1983 608 citations John A. Endler profile →
GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN FEMALE PREFERENCES FOR MALE TRAITS IN POECILIA RETICULATA

1995 568 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Multiple-trait coevolution and environmental gradients in guppies

1995 524 citations John A. Endler profile →
Some general comments on the evolution and design of animal communication systems

1993 504 citations John A. Endler profile →
Natural Selection on Color Patterns in Poecilia reticulata

1980 431 citations John A. Endler profile →
The Impact of Predation on Life History Evolution in Trinidadian Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

1982 396 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
Geographic Variation, Speciation and Clines

1978 370 citations John A. Endler et al. profile →
pavo 2: New tools for the spectral and spatial analysis of colour in r

2019 358 citations Rafael Maia, Hugo Gruson et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Highly defended nudibranchs “escape” to visually distinct background habitats 2024 ·Behavioral Ecology ·Cedric P. van den Berg, (unknown), John A. Endler, Karen L. Cheney	1
2	Cultural attraction in pottery practice: Group-specific shape transformations by potters from three communities 2024 ·PNAS Nexus ·Tetsushi Nonaka, (unknown), John A. Endler, Thelma Coyle, Reinoud J. Bootsma	1
3	Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Cedric P. van den Berg, (unknown), John A. Endler, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Karen L. Cheney	3
4	Signal detectability and boldness are not the same: the function of defensive coloration in nudibranchs is distance-dependent 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Cedric P. van den Berg, John A. Endler, Karen L. Cheney	6
5	Wild Australian magpies learn to pull intact, not broken, strings to obtain food 2023 ·Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John A. Endler, Timothy C. Roth, John A. Lesku	5
6	The price of defence: toxins, visual signals and oxidative state in an aposematic butterfly 2023 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jonathan D. Blount, Hannah M. Rowland, Christopher Mitchell, Michael P. Speed, Graeme D. Ruxton, John A. Endler, Lincoln P. Brower	13
7	Colour discrimination thresholds vary throughout colour space in a reef fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus) 2022 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Daniel Osorio, John A. Endler, N. Justin Marshall, Misha Vorobyev, Karen L. Cheney	15
8	Does conspicuousness scale linearly with colour distance? A test using reef fish 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John A. Endler, Daniel Osorio, N. Justin Marshall, Karen L. Cheney	29
9	Natural Selection in the Wild. (MPB-21), Volume 21 2020 ·Yale University Press eBooks ·John A. Endler	1
10	Natural Selection in the Wild. (MPB-21), Volume 21 2020 ·Princeton University Press eBooks ·John A. Endler	1
11	An Ishihara-style test of animal colour vision 2019 ·Journal of Experimental Biology ·Karen L. Cheney, (unknown), (unknown), Misha Vorobyev, N. Justin Marshall, Daniel Osorio, John A. Endler	42
12	Quantitative Colour Pattern Analysis (QCPA): A comprehensive framework for the analysis of colour patterns in nature 2019 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Cedric P. van den Berg, Jolyon Troscianko, John A. Endler, N. Justin Marshall, Karen L. Cheney	123
13	pavo 2: New tools for the spectral and spatial analysis of colour in r breakdown → 2019 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Rafael Maia, Hugo Gruson, John A. Endler, Thomas E. White	358
14	Boundary strength analysis: Combining colour pattern geometry and coloured patch visual properties for use in predicting behaviour and fitness 2018 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·John A. Endler, (unknown), (unknown)	30
15	Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music 2017 ·Science Advances ·Robert Heinsohn, Christina N. Zdenek, Ross B. Cunningham, John A. Endler, Naomi E. Langmore	47
16	Neutral and selective drivers of colour evolution in a widespread Australian passerine 2016 ·Journal of Biogeography ·Hernán E. Morales, Alexandra Pavlova, Paul Sunnucks, Richard E. Major, (unknown), Leo Joseph, Biao Wang, Alan R. Lemmon, John A. Endler, Kaspar Delhey	17
17	Geographical variation in allometry in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata) 2011 ·Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·(unknown), Geir H. Bolstad, Gunilla Rosenqvist, John A. Endler, Christophe Pélabon	27
18	Integrative commentary on ecology and evolution of poeciliid fishes 2011 ·Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) ·John A. Endler	3
19	Morphological signals of sex and status in Spotted Bowerbirds 2004 ·Emu - Austral Ornithology ·Joah R. Madden, John A. Endler, Francine Jury	12
20	Geographic variation in behavior : perspectives on evolutionary mechanisms 1999 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·Susan A. Foster, John A. Endler	229

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