M. de L. Brooke

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
127 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

M. de L. Brooke is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, M. de L. Brooke has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Ecology, 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in M. de L. Brooke's work include Avian ecology and behavior (63 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (35 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (31 papers). M. de L. Brooke is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (63 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (35 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (31 papers). M. de L. Brooke collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. M. de L. Brooke's co-authors include N. B. Davies, Nigel Davies, Alejandro Kacelnik, Nicholas B. Davies, Anne E. Storey, David G. Noble, Sylvanus Hanley, Simon B. Laughlin, Andrew F. G. Bourke and Geoff M. Hilton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

M. de L. Brooke

126 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

Cuckoos versus reed warblers: Adaptations and counteradaptations

1988 589 citations M. de L. Brooke et al. profile →
An Experimental Study of Co-Evolution Between the Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its Hosts. I. Host Egg Discrimination

1989 457 citations Nigel Davies, M. de L. Brooke Journal of Animal Ecology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. de L. Brooke United Kingdom	36	4.2k	2.6k	1.1k	995	673	127	5.6k
Richard Griffiths United Kingdom	35	4.4k 1.0×	3.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	684 0.7×	785 1.2×	82	6.3k
Yoram Yom‐Tov Israel	47	5.9k 1.4×	3.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	516 0.8×	213	7.9k
Ronald C. Ydenberg Canada	40	4.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	253 0.4×	152	6.3k
Stephen I. Rothstein United States	38	4.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	656 0.6×	730 0.7×	945 1.4×	122	6.1k
Ian G. Jamieson New Zealand	38	3.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.4×	263 0.4×	143	6.0k
C. M. Perrins United Kingdom	20	4.2k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	506 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	504 0.7×	27	5.4k
Raleigh J. Robertson Canada	54	5.8k 1.4×	5.3k 2.0×	933 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	565 0.8×	177	7.8k
Sievert Rohwer United States	50	4.6k 1.1×	4.6k 1.7×	2.1k 2.0×	1.2k 1.2×	545 0.8×	168	7.5k
Jon E. Brommer Finland	41	3.1k 0.7×	3.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	317 0.5×	152	5.7k
Fred Cooke Canada	46	5.7k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	545 0.8×	216	6.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. de L. Brooke

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cavill, Emily Louisa, Hernán E. Morales, Xin Sun, et al.. (2024). When birds of a feather flock together: Severe genomic erosion and the implications for genetic rescue in an endangered island passerine. Evolutionary Applications. 17(7). e13739–e13739. 7 indexed citations

Negro, Juan J., Jorge Doña, M. Carmen Blázquez, et al.. (2020). Contrasting stripes are a widespread feature of group living in birds, mammals and fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1936). 20202021–20202021. 16 indexed citations

Stervander, Martin, et al.. (2020). High MHC gene copy number maintains diversity despite homozygosity in a Critically Endangered single‐island endemic bird, but no evidence of MHC‐based mate choice. Molecular Ecology. 29(19). 3578–3592. 16 indexed citations

Sin, Simon Yung Wa, H. Pieter J. van Veelen, M. de L. Brooke, et al.. (2020). Genetic diversity, demographic history and neo-sex chromosomes in the Critically Endangered Raso lark. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 287(1922). 20192613–20192613. 24 indexed citations

Sigeman, Hanna, et al.. (2019). Repeated sex chromosome evolution in vertebrates supported by expanded avian sex chromosomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1916). 20192051–20192051. 40 indexed citations

Robinson, Robert A., et al.. (2019). Survival of a long-lived single island endemic, the Raso lark Alauda razae, in relation to age, fluctuating population and rainfall. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19557–19557. 7 indexed citations

Clay, Thomas A., Steffen Oppel, Jennifer L. Lavers, Richard A. Phillips, & M. de L. Brooke. (2018). Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy’s petrel. Marine Biology. 166(1). 8–8. 28 indexed citations

Amos, William, et al.. (2016). Rat eradication comes within a whisker! A case study of a failed project from the South Pacific. Royal Society Open Science. 3(4). 160110–160110. 22 indexed citations

Cuthbert, Richard, et al.. (2012). Overcoming hermit-crab interference during rodent-baiting operations: a case study from Henderson Island, South Pacific. Wildlife Research. 39(1). 70–77. 13 indexed citations

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Brooke, M. de L., Geoff M. Hilton, & T. L. F. Martins. (2007). The complexities of costing eradications: a reply to Donlan & Wilcox. Animal Conservation. 10(2). 157–158. 7 indexed citations

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Gibbs, H. Lisle, Michael D. Sorenson, Karen Marchetti, et al.. (2000). Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo. Nature. 407(6801). 183–186. 207 indexed citations

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Pain, Deborah J., et al.. (2000). Effects of Brodifacoum on the Land Crab of Ascension Island. Journal of Wildlife Management. 64(2). 380–380. 30 indexed citations

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Brooke, M. de L., et al.. (1998). The acquisition of host-specific feather lice by common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus). Journal of Zoology. 244(2). 167–173. 3 indexed citations

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Hayes, B. P., Graham R. Martin, & M. de L. Brooke. (1991). Novel Area Serving Binocular Vision in the Retinae of Procellariiform Seabirds. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 37(2). 79–84. 30 indexed citations

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Hayes, B. P. & M. de L. Brooke. (1990). Retinal ganglion cell distribution and behaviour in procellariiform seabirds. Vision Research. 30(9). 1277–1289. 49 indexed citations

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Brooke, M. de L.. (1988). DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS OF THE MASAFUERA RAYADITO APHRASTURA-MASAFUERAE ON ISLA ALEJANDRO SELKIRK JUAN FERNANDEZ ARCHIPELAGO CHILE. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club. 108. 4–9. 4 indexed citations

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Brooke, M. de L.. (1987). Population Estimates and Breeding Biology of the Petrels Pterodroma externa and P. longirostris on Isla Alejandro Selkirk, Juan Fernandez Archipelago. Ornithological Applications. 89(3). 581–581. 16 indexed citations

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Harris, M. P., et al.. (1987). The pair bond and divorce among Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus on Skokholm Island, Wales. Ibis. 129(1). 45–57. 38 indexed citations

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Brooke, M. de L.. (1981). How an Adult Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Uses its Territory When Feeding Nestlings. Journal of Animal Ecology. 50(3). 683–683. 26 indexed citations

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Brooke, M. de L.. (1978). Inland observations on Barau's petrel Pterodroma baraui on Reunion. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 3 indexed citations

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