Matthew R. E. Symonds

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

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Matthew R. E. Symonds is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew R. E. Symonds has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 58 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Matthew R. E. Symonds's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (29 papers). Matthew R. E. Symonds is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (40 papers), Plant and animal studies (29 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (29 papers). Matthew R. E. Symonds collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Matthew R. E. Symonds's co-authors include Adnan Moussalli, Mark A. Elgar, Glenn J. Tattersall, Michael A. Weston, Neil J. Gemmell, Kylie L. Gorringe, Janet L. Gardner, Christopher N. Johnson, Bregje Wertheim and Devi Stuart‐Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Matthew R. E. Symonds

100 papers receiving 5.1k citations

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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.

A brief guide to model selection, multimodel inference and model averaging in behavioural ecology using Akaike’s information criterion

2010 1.9k citations Matthew R. E. Symonds et al. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew R. E. Symonds Australia	33	2.3k	2.1k	1.1k	760	689	103	5.2k
Sarah E. Diamond United States	36	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	838 1.1×	736 1.1×	84	4.4k
Adnan Moussalli Australia	28	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	921 0.9×	769 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	54	4.7k
David C. Haak United States	20	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	692 0.9×	848 1.2×	52	5.3k
Daniel W. A. Noble Australia	34	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	790 0.7×	800 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	121	4.6k
Thomas N. Sherratt Canada	43	4.6k 2.0×	2.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.8×	168	7.4k
David W. Stephens United States	31	2.9k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	887 1.2×	604 0.9×	72	6.2k
Bob B. M. Wong Australia	45	4.3k 1.9×	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	1.9k 2.5×	1.7k 2.5×	219	8.0k
Owen R. Jones United Kingdom	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.6×	632 0.9×	87	4.9k
Jarrod D. Hadfield United Kingdom	32	4.1k 1.8×	2.8k 1.3×	2.5k 2.3×	1.5k 1.9×	870 1.3×	61	7.9k
A. P. Møller France	46	3.7k 1.6×	3.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	759 1.0×	565 0.8×	87	6.5k

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Symonds, Matthew R. E., Glenn J. Tattersall, Danny I. Rogers, et al.. (2025). Shape‐shifting in relative wing length of juvenile shorebirds: no evidence of developmental temperatures driving morphological changes. Ecography. 2025(9).

Klaassen, Marcel, et al.. (2024). Long‐ and short‐term responses to climate change in body and appendage size of diverse Australian birds. Global Change Biology. 30(10). e17517–e17517. 6 indexed citations

Symonds, Matthew R. E., Suzanne M. Prober, Timothée Bonnet, et al.. (2024). Spatial variation in avian bill size is associated with temperature extremes in a major radiation of Australian passerines. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2015). 20232480–20232480. 6 indexed citations

Klaassen, Marcel, Glenn J. Tattersall, R. Atkinson, et al.. (2024). Shorebirds Are Shrinking and Shape‐Shifting: Declining Body Size and Lengthening Bills in the Past Half‐Century. Ecology Letters. 27(12). e14513–e14513. 4 indexed citations

Tattersall, Glenn J., et al.. (2024). Measuring avian bill size: comparing and evaluating 3D surface scanning with traditional size estimates in Australian birds. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(1). 2 indexed citations

Moore, Andrew, Matthew R. E. Symonds, & Scarlett R. Howard. (2024). Leveraging social media and community science data for environmental niche models: A case study with native Australian bees. Ecological Informatics. 84. 102857–102857. 1 indexed citations

Fröhlich, Arkadiusz, Dorota Kotowska, Rafał Martyka, & Matthew R. E. Symonds. (2023). Allometry reveals trade-offs between Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules, and different avian adaptive strategies for thermoregulation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1101–1101. 19 indexed citations

Symonds, Matthew R. E., et al.. (2023). Birds are better at regulating heat loss through their legs than their bills: implications for body shape evolution in response to climate. Biology Letters. 19(11). 20230373–20230373. 13 indexed citations

Ekanayake, Kasun B., et al.. (2022). Ecological and environmental predictors of escape among birds on a large tropical island. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76(2). 11 indexed citations

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Hughes, Kira, et al.. (2022). Impact of Fungal Spores on Asthma Prevalence and Hospitalization. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(8). 4313–4313. 39 indexed citations

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Symonds, Matthew R. E., Marta Vidal‐García, Timothée Bonnet, et al.. (2021). Repeatability and Validity of Phenotypic Trait Measurements in Birds. Evolutionary Biology. 48(1). 100–114. 9 indexed citations

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Birch, Joanne L., et al.. (2021). A field-based investigation of simple phenol variation in Australian Agaricus xanthodermus. Mycologia. 113(6). 1123–1135. 2 indexed citations

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Weston, Michael A., et al.. (2020). The importance of wetland margin microhabitat mosaics; the case of shorebirds and thermoregulation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(2). 382–391. 8 indexed citations

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Durrant, Kate L., Tom Reader, & Matthew R. E. Symonds. (2020). Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology. Biology Letters. 16(1). 20190568–20190568. 4 indexed citations

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Symonds, Matthew R. E., et al.. (2017). Anticipatory flexibility: larval population density in moths determines male investment in antennae, wings and testes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1866). 20172087–20172087. 27 indexed citations

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Symonds, Matthew R. E., et al.. (2017). Sexual selection on receptor organ traits: younger females attract males with longer antennae. Die Naturwissenschaften. 104(5-6). 44–44. 27 indexed citations

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Cardilini, Adam P. A., Katherine L. Buchanan, Craig D. H. Sherman, Phillip Cassey, & Matthew R. E. Symonds. (2016). Tests of ecogeographical relationships in a non-native species: what rules avian morphology?. Oecologia. 181(3). 783–793. 27 indexed citations

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Symonds, Matthew R. E.. (2014). Lecturing and other face-to-face teaching – too much or too little? An assessment based on student feedback and fail rates. Higher Education Research & Development. 33(6). 1221–1231. 11 indexed citations

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Symonds, Matthew R. E., Michael A. Weston, Randall W. Robinson, & Patrick‐Jean Guay. (2014). Comparative Analysis of Classic Brain Component Sizes in Relation to Flightiness in Birds. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91960–e91960. 17 indexed citations

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Symonds, Matthew R. E.. (2007). Quantity, quality and equality. The New Scientist. 194(2611). 48–49.

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