María Moirón

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

María Moirón is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, María Moirón has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 19 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in María Moirón's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (11 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). María Moirón is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (11 papers) and Plant and animal studies (11 papers). María Moirón collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. María Moirón's co-authors include Niels J. Dingemanse, Petri T. Niemelä, Kimberley J. Mathot, Kate L. Laskowski, Max Wolf, Pierre‐Olivier Montiglio, Andrew Sih, Yimen G. Araya‐Ajoy, Sandra Bouwhuis and Alexia Mouchet and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, The Science of The Total Environment and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

María Moirón

32 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Animal personality and state–behaviour feedbacks: a review and guide for empiricists

2014 439 citations Andrew Sih, Kimberley J. Mathot et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →
Individual differences in behaviour explain variation in survival: a meta‐analysis

2019 208 citations María Moirón, Kate L. Laskowski et al. Ecology Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
María Moirón Germany	14	866	469	213	199	164	34	1.1k
Kavita Isvaran India	17	630 0.7×	589 1.3×	166 0.8×	138 0.7×	169 1.0×	47	1.1k
William E. Feeney Australia	15	904 1.0×	760 1.6×	217 1.0×	231 1.2×	150 0.9×	42	1.4k
François‐Xavier Dechaume‐Moncharmont France	22	858 1.0×	439 0.9×	393 1.8×	202 1.0×	98 0.6×	52	1.4k
Safi K. Darden United Kingdom	19	699 0.8×	456 1.0×	222 1.0×	143 0.7×	299 1.8×	38	1.1k
M. M. Humphries Canada	15	987 1.1×	823 1.8×	189 0.9×	224 1.1×	147 0.9×	21	1.4k
Cédric Zimmer United States	20	710 0.8×	402 0.9×	143 0.7×	152 0.8×	228 1.4×	44	1.1k
Jason Gilchrist United Kingdom	18	596 0.7×	409 0.9×	266 1.2×	121 0.6×	245 1.5×	26	947
Martin P. Gammell Ireland	19	753 0.9×	589 1.3×	170 0.8×	143 0.7×	350 2.1×	51	1.2k
Aurélie Cohas France	19	600 0.7×	565 1.2×	264 1.2×	139 0.7×	201 1.2×	40	1.1k
Jakob Bro‐Jørgensen United Kingdom	21	1.0k 1.2×	706 1.5×	269 1.3×	194 1.0×	273 1.7×	38	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by María Moirón

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Moirón

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Wynn, Joe, et al.. (2025). Selective disappearance based on navigational efficiency in a long‐lived seabird. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94(4). 535–544. 2 indexed citations

Bichet, Coraline, et al.. (2025). Mercury levels in chicks of a long-lived seabird – parental effects and links with growth and survival. Environmental Research. 285(Pt 1). 122283–122283.

Bichet, Coraline, et al.. (2025). Parental blood mercury levels are correlated, and predictive of those in eggs in a long-lived seabird. Environmental Research. 275. 121437–121437. 1 indexed citations

Reichert, Michael S., Iván de la Hera, & María Moirón. (2024). Partitioning variance in a signaling trade-off under sexual selection reveals among-individual covariance in trait allocation. Evolution. 78(6). 1150–1160.

Moirón, María, et al.. (2024). Does inbreeding affect personality traits? An experimental study in a precocial bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 78(12). 1 indexed citations

Bichet, Coraline, et al.. (2024). Sex- and age-specific mercury accumulation in a long-lived seabird. The Science of The Total Environment. 927. 172330–172330. 7 indexed citations

Moirón, María, et al.. (2024). Mercury concentrations in blood and back feathers are repeatable, heritable and correlated in a long-lived seabird. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 176939–176939. 2 indexed citations

Santostefano, Francesca, María Moirón, Alfredo Sánchez‐Tójar, & David N. Fisher. (2024). Indirect genetic effects increase the heritable variation available to selection and are largest for behaviors: a meta-analysis. Evolution Letters. 9(1). 89–104. 7 indexed citations

Moirón, María & Sandra Bouwhuis. (2024). Age-dependent shaping of the social environment in a long-lived seabird: a quantitative genetic approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1916). 20220465–20220465. 6 indexed citations

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Vedder, Oscar, Barbara Tschirren, Erik Postma, & María Moirón. (2023). Rapid decline of prenatal maternal effects with age is independent of postnatal environment in a precocial bird. Evolution. 77(11). 2484–2491. 11 indexed citations

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Chang, Chia‐Chen, María Moirón, Alfredo Sánchez‐Tójar, Petri T. Niemelä, & Kate L. Laskowski. (2023). What is the meta‐analytic evidence for life‐history trade‐offs at the genetic level?. Ecology Letters. 27(1). e14354–e14354. 25 indexed citations

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Urban, Mark C., Janne Swaegers, Robby Stoks, et al.. (2023). When and how can we predict adaptive responses to climate change?. Evolution Letters. 8(1). 172–187. 30 indexed citations

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Meyer, Britta, María Moirón, William Chow, et al.. (2023). Sex-specific changes in autosomal methylation rate in ageing common terns. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations

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Moirón, María, et al.. (2022). Sexual selection moderates heat stress response in males and females. Functional Ecology. 36(12). 3096–3106. 10 indexed citations

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Hau, Michaela, Caroline Deimel, & María Moirón. (2022). Great tits differ in glucocorticoid plasticity in response to spring temperature. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1986). 20221235–20221235. 10 indexed citations

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Vedder, Oscar, María Moirón, Coraline Bichet, et al.. (2021). Telomere length is heritable and genetically correlated with lifespan in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology. 31(23). 6297–6307. 40 indexed citations

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Laskowski, Kate L., María Moirón, & Petri T. Niemelä. (2020). Integrating Behavior in Life-History Theory: Allocation versus Acquisition?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 36(2). 132–138. 67 indexed citations

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Moirón, María, Kate L. Laskowski, & Petri T. Niemelä. (2019). Individual differences in behaviour explain variation in survival: a meta‐analysis. Ecology Letters. 23(2). 399–408. 208 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moirón, María, César González‐Lagos, Hans Slabbekoorn, & Daniel Sol. (2015). Singing in the city: high song frequencies are no guarantee for urban success in birds. Behavioral Ecology. 26(3). 843–850. 30 indexed citations

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Sih, Andrew, Kimberley J. Mathot, María Moirón, et al.. (2014). Animal personality and state–behaviour feedbacks: a review and guide for empiricists. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30(1). 50–60. 439 indexed citations breakdown →

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