Michael S. Webster

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
155 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Michael S. Webster is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Webster has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 92 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Webster's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (98 papers), Plant and animal studies (75 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (58 papers). Michael S. Webster is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (98 papers), Plant and animal studies (75 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (58 papers). Michael S. Webster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Brazil. Michael S. Webster's co-authors include Richard T. Holmes, Peter P. Marra, Glenn R. Almany, Susan M. Haig, Staffan Bensch, Daniel E. Schindler, Thomas P. Quinn, Ray Hilborn, Stephen Pruett‐Jones and Lauren A. Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Webster

153 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species

2010 1.2k citations Michael S. Webster et al. profile →
Links between worlds: unraveling migratory connectivity

2002 1.0k citations Michael S. Webster, Richard T. Holmes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael S. Webster United States	45	4.7k	3.5k	1.9k	1.7k	1.4k	155	7.5k
Ronald C. Ydenberg Canada	40	4.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	152	6.3k
Ulrika Candolin Finland	36	2.4k 0.5×	4.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	104	6.1k
Tamar Dayan Israel	49	5.1k 1.1×	3.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	151	8.9k
D. Ryan Norris Canada	46	5.8k 1.3×	3.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	870 0.6×	181	7.7k
Jan Lindström United Kingdom	42	3.7k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	109	6.3k
Joseph A. Tobias United Kingdom	54	4.4k 0.9×	4.3k 1.2×	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	159	9.2k
Ken Norris United Kingdom	40	4.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	562 0.4×	99	7.6k
Kenneth B. Armitage United States	45	4.7k 1.0×	4.1k 1.2×	936 0.5×	723 0.4×	726 0.5×	169	7.1k
David Fletcher New Zealand	42	2.3k 0.5×	2.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	971 0.6×	2.5k 1.7×	132	5.8k
Stephen C. Lougheed Canada	38	2.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.7×	157	5.4k

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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Lauryn Benedict, et al.. (2025). Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6157–6157. 1 indexed citations

Bates, John M., Andrew Bentley, Dori L. Contreras, et al.. (2025). Integrating biological and environmental data to solve key scientific and societal challenges. BioScience. 76(1). 13–20.

Sin, Simon Yung Wa, Fushi Ke, Guoling Chen, et al.. (2024). Genetic Basis and Evolution of Structural Color Polymorphism in an Australian Songbird. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(3). 3 indexed citations

Bentley, Andrew, Barbara M. Thiers, William E. Moser, et al.. (2024). Community Action: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals. BioScience. 74(7). 435–439. 1 indexed citations

Huff, C. G., et al.. (2024). A photographic guide for determining egg incubation stage in the Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus. Australian field ornithology. 41. 150–154.

Clark, Anne B., et al.. (2024). Symbiosis between the Javan rhinoceros and slender‐billed crow: A novel inferred cleaning mutualism. Ecology and Evolution. 14(9). e70224–e70224. 1 indexed citations

Barron, Douglas G., Hubert Schwabl, Patrick A. Carter, et al.. (2024). Females with Attractive Mates Gain Environmental Benefits That Increase Lifetime and Multigenerational Fitness. The American Naturalist. 205(3). 265–279. 2 indexed citations

Enbody, Erik D., Carolina Frankl‐Vilches, Rebecca E. Koch, et al.. (2023). Testosterone Coordinates Gene Expression Across Different Tissues to Produce Carotenoid-Based Red Ornamentation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(4). 9 indexed citations

Rubenstein, Dustin R., et al.. (2022). Intersexual social dominance mimicry drives female hummingbird polymorphism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1982). 20220332–20220332. 10 indexed citations

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Karubian, Jordan, et al.. (2022). Photoperiod and rainfall are associated with seasonal shifts in social structure in a songbird. Behavioral Ecology. 34(1). 136–149. 9 indexed citations

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Enbody, Erik D., Simon Yung Wa Sin, Scott V. Edwards, et al.. (2022). The evolutionary history and mechanistic basis of female ornamentation in a tropical songbird. Evolution. 76(8). 1720–1736. 11 indexed citations

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Cooper, Robert J., Richard B. Chandler, Michael T. Hallworth, et al.. (2022). Climate‐mediated population dynamics of a migratory songbird differ between the trailing edge and range core. Ecological Monographs. 93(1). e1559–e1559. 10 indexed citations

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Odom, Karan J., Kristal E. Cain, Michelle L. Hall, et al.. (2021). Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy‐wrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11(24). 17901–17919. 14 indexed citations

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Odom, Karan J., Marcelo Araya‐Salas, Janelle L. Morano, et al.. (2021). Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 96(4). 1135–1159. 39 indexed citations

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Karubian, Jordan, et al.. (2021). Social and abiotic factors differentially affect plumage ornamentation of young and old males in an Australian songbird. Animal Behaviour. 182. 173–188. 6 indexed citations

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Keen, Sara, et al.. (2021). A machine learning approach for classifying and quantifying acoustic diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(7). 1213–1225. 32 indexed citations

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Webster, Michael S., et al.. (2020). Developmental polychlorinated biphenyl exposure influences adult zebra finch reproductive behaviour. PLoS ONE. 15(3). e0230283–e0230283. 6 indexed citations

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Butcher, Bronwyn G., et al.. (2018). Double‐digest RAD sequencing outperforms microsatellite loci at assigning paternity and estimating relatedness: A proof of concept in a highly promiscuous bird. Molecular Ecology Resources. 18(5). 953–965. 72 indexed citations

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Araya‐Salas, Marcelo, Grace Smith‐Vidaurre, & Michael S. Webster. (2017). Assessing the effect of sound file compression and background noise on measures of acoustic signal structure. Bioacoustics. 28(1). 57–73. 44 indexed citations

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Baldassarre, Daniel T., Emma I. Greig, & Michael S. Webster. (2016). The couple that sings together stays together: duetting, aggression and extra-pair paternity in a promiscuous bird species. Biology Letters. 12(2). 20151025–20151025. 20 indexed citations

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