Jonathan D. Blount

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
107 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Jonathan D. Blount is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan D. Blount has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 50 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Jonathan D. Blount's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (68 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (26 papers). Jonathan D. Blount is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (68 papers), Plant and animal studies (30 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (26 papers). Jonathan D. Blount collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Jonathan D. Blount's co-authors include Peter F. Surai, Neil B. Metcalfe, Anders Pape Møller, David J. Houston, Stuart Bearhop, Pat Monaghan, Richard Inger, T. R. Birkhead, Xavier A. Harrison and D. Ryan Norris and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan D. Blount

104 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Carry-over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals

2010 672 citations Jonathan D. Blount, Stuart Bearhop et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
Carotenoid Modulation of Immune Function and Sexual Attractiveness in Zebra Finches

2003 546 citations Jonathan D. Blount, Neil B. Metcalfe et al. profile →
Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

2012 541 citations Britt J. Heidinger, Jonathan D. Blount et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan D. Blount United Kingdom	41	4.1k	3.2k	908	871	650	107	6.8k
David Costantini United Kingdom	45	3.0k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	842 0.9×	834 1.0×	413 0.6×	181	7.6k
William A. Buttemer Australia	37	2.4k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	669 0.7×	699 0.8×	407 0.6×	113	5.0k
Gabriele Sorci France	55	5.3k 1.3×	4.1k 1.3×	2.1k 2.3×	1.2k 1.4×	578 0.9×	163	9.1k
Carlos Alonso‐Álvarez Spain	35	3.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	765 0.8×	420 0.5×	252 0.4×	85	4.8k
Bruno Faivre France	36	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	508 0.6×	318 0.5×	120	5.2k
Kevin J. McGraw United States	55	7.2k 1.8×	4.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	592 0.9×	264	9.9k
Olivier Chastel France	60	5.8k 1.4×	7.2k 2.2×	1.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.5×	701 1.1×	260	11.4k
Anne Peters Australia	40	3.6k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	440 0.5×	753 0.9×	522 0.8×	122	5.3k
Scott R. McWilliams United States	37	1.4k 0.3×	3.1k 1.0×	693 0.8×	505 0.6×	531 0.8×	168	4.3k
William H. Karasov United States	55	2.9k 0.7×	4.8k 1.5×	804 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	1.4k 2.1×	266	10.3k

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Nichols, Hazel J., et al.. (2024). Lifetime trajectories of male mating effort under reproductive conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2031). 20241499–20241499. 2 indexed citations

Cant, Michael A., et al.. (2023). Defence against the intergenerational cost of reproduction in males: oxidative shielding of the germline. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 99(1). 70–84. 2 indexed citations

Blount, Jonathan D., et al.. (2023). Antioxidant availability trades off with warning signals and toxin sequestration in the large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Ecology and Evolution. 13(4). e9971–e9971. 5 indexed citations

Blount, Jonathan D., Hannah M. Rowland, Christopher Mitchell, et al.. (2023). The price of defence: toxins, visual signals and oxidative state in an aposematic butterfly. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1991). 20222068–20222068. 13 indexed citations

Vitikainen, Emma, Harry H. Marshall, Faye J. Thompson, et al.. (2023). The social formation of fitness: lifetime consequences of prenatal nutrition and postnatal care in a wild mammal population. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1883). 20220309–20220309. 5 indexed citations

Thompson, Faye J., Harry H. Marshall, Hazel J. Nichols, et al.. (2022). Untangling the oxidative cost of reproduction: An analysis in wild banded mongooses. Ecology and Evolution. 12(3). e8644–e8644. 6 indexed citations

Marshall, Harry H., Rufus A. Johnstone, Faye J. Thompson, et al.. (2021). A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3717–3717. 8 indexed citations

Bodey, Thomas W., et al.. (2020). Consistent measures of oxidative balance predict survival but not reproduction in a long‐distance migrant. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89(8). 1872–1882. 8 indexed citations

Blount, Jonathan D., et al.. (2014). Reproduction Is Associated with a Tissue-Dependent Reduction of Oxidative Stress in Eusocial Female Damaraland Mole-Rats (Fukomys damarensis). PLoS ONE. 9(7). e103286–e103286. 40 indexed citations

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Heidinger, Britt J., Jonathan D. Blount, Winnie Boner, et al.. (2012). Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(5). 1743–1748. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moore, Allen J., et al.. (2012). Unusual whitish eggs in the poison frogDendrobates auratusGirard, 1855. Tropical Zoology. 25(2). 67–73. 2 indexed citations

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Müller, Wendt, et al.. (2012). Environmental effects shape the maternal transfer of carotenoids and vitamin E to the yolk. Frontiers in Zoology. 9(1). 17–17. 10 indexed citations

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Losdat, Sylvain, Heinz Richner, Jonathan D. Blount, & Fabrice Helfenstein. (2011). Immune Activation Reduces Sperm Quality in the Great Tit. PLoS ONE. 6(7). e22221–e22221. 45 indexed citations

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Pike, Thomas W., Jonathan D. Blount, Neil B. Metcalfe, & Jan Lindström. (2010). Dietary carotenoid availability and reproductive effort influence the age-related decline in performance. Behavioral Ecology. 21(5). 1048–1053. 11 indexed citations

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Helfenstein, Fabrice, Sylvain Losdat, Anders Pape Møller, Jonathan D. Blount, & Heinz Richner. (2010). Sperm of colourful males are better protected against oxidative stress. Ecology Letters. 13(2). 213–222. 124 indexed citations

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Pike, Thomas W., Jonathan D. Blount, Jan Lindström, & Neil B. Metcalfe. (2009). Dietary carotenoid availability, sexual signalling and functional fertility in sticklebacks. Biology Letters. 6(2). 191–193. 67 indexed citations

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Svensson, P. Andreas, Jonathan D. Blount, Elisabet Forsgren, & Trond Amundsen. (2009). Female ornamentation and egg carotenoids of six sympatric gobies. Journal of Fish Biology. 75(10). 2777–2787. 16 indexed citations

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Pike, Thomas W., Jonathan D. Blount, Jan Lindström, & Neil B. Metcalfe. (2007). Availability of non-carotenoid antioxidants affects the expression of a carotenoid-based sexual ornament. Biology Letters. 3(4). 353–356. 63 indexed citations

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Blount, Jonathan D., et al.. (2002). The adaptive significance of dark plumage for birds in desert environments. Ardea. 90(2). 311–323. 24 indexed citations

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Møller, Anders Pape, Clotilde Biard, Jonathan D. Blount, et al.. (2000). Carotenoid-dependent signals: indicators of foraging efficiency, immunocompetence or detoxification ability?. 11(3). 137–159. 455 indexed citations

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