Peter A. Biro

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Peter A. Biro is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter A. Biro has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 39 papers in Ecology and 33 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Peter A. Biro's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (39 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (33 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 papers). Peter A. Biro is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (39 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (33 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (16 papers). Peter A. Biro collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and France. Peter A. Biro's co-authors include Judy A. Stamps, John R. Post, Christa Beckmann, Eric A. Parkinson, Mark V. Abrahams, Mark Briffa, Bart Adriaenssens, David J. Booth, David J. Mitchell and Danielle Bridger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Peter A. Biro

85 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Are animal personality traits linked to life-history productivity?

2008 879 citations Peter A. Biro et al. profile →
Do consistent individual differences in metabolic rate promote consistent individual differences in behavior?

2010 635 citations Peter A. Biro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter A. Biro Australia	34	3.3k	2.6k	2.0k	1.6k	933	87	5.6k
Martin Plath Germany	40	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	247	6.1k
Ulrika Candolin Finland	36	4.2k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	104	6.1k
Jan Lindström United Kingdom	42	3.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	109	6.3k
James W. A. Grant Canada	38	1.9k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	3.5k 1.7×	1.5k 0.9×	457 0.5×	121	5.2k
Jörgen I. Johnsson Sweden	40	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	3.0k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	968 1.0×	134	5.2k
F. Helen Rodd Canada	36	3.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	77	5.0k
Julien Côté France	35	3.8k 1.2×	2.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	78	5.7k
Indar W. Ramnarine Trinidad and Tobago	34	2.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	968 0.5×	898 0.6×	756 0.8×	107	3.8k
Vincent Careau Canada	33	2.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	656 0.3×	757 0.5×	772 0.8×	82	4.3k
Maud C. O. Ferrari Canada	49	5.1k 1.6×	4.2k 1.6×	2.4k 1.2×	3.7k 2.3×	596 0.6×	211	9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter A. Biro

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Dujon, Antoine M., Peter A. Biro, Beáta Újvári, & Frédéric Thomas. (2025). Towards a more robust comparative oncology: a Bayesian reanalysis of Peto’s paradox and discussion of comparative cancer risk studies in vertebrates. Royal Society Open Science. 12(7). 250840–250840. 1 indexed citations

Bels, Vincent, et al.. (2025). Comparative display behaviour of the native Iguana delicatissima with the non-native Iguana in the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Lesser Antilles). Zoology. 169. 126239–126239.

Biro, Peter A.. (2024). Testing personality—pace-of-life associations via artificial selection: insights from selected lines of rainbow trout on the context-dependence of correlations. Biology Letters. 20(6). 20240181–20240181. 4 indexed citations

Biro, Peter A., David J. Mitchell, Beáta Újvári, et al.. (2024). Behavioural ecology meets oncology: quantifying the recovery of animal behaviour to a transient exposure to a cancer risk factor. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2016). 20232666–20232666. 6 indexed citations

Schultz, Aaron G., Peter A. Biro, Christa Beckmann, et al.. (2023). The effect of mitochondrial recombination on fertilization success in blue mussels. The Science of The Total Environment. 913. 169491–169491.

Mitchell, David J., Christa Beckmann, & Peter A. Biro. (2023). Maintenance of Behavioral Variation under Predation Risk: Effects on Personality, Plasticity, and Predictability. The American Naturalist. 203(3). 347–361. 2 indexed citations

Biro, Peter A., Frédéric Thomas, Beáta Újvári, & Christa Beckmann. (2022). A novel perspective suggesting high sustained energy expenditure may be net protective against cancer. Evolution Medicine and Public Health. 10(1). 170–176. 3 indexed citations

Thomas, Frédéric, Mathieu Giraudeau, Nolwenn M. Dheilly, et al.. (2020). Rare and unique adaptations to cancer in domesticated species: An untapped resource?. Evolutionary Applications. 13(7). 1605–1614. 18 indexed citations

Biro, Peter A., Frédéric Thomas, Beáta Újvári, Bart Adriaenssens, & Christa Beckmann. (2019). Spontaneous activity rates and resting metabolism: Support for the allocation model of energy management at the among‐individual level. Ethology. 126(1). 32–39. 13 indexed citations

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McCarthy, Ian, et al.. (2018). The influence of environmental gradients on individual behaviour: Individual plasticity is consistent across risk and temperature gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88(4). 511–520. 28 indexed citations

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Thomas, Frédéric, Camille Jacqueline, Simon Blanchet, et al.. (2017). The importance of cancer cells for animal evolutionary ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(11). 1592–1595. 38 indexed citations

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Újvári, Beáta, Christa Beckmann, Peter A. Biro, et al.. (2016). Cancer and life-history traits: lessons from host–parasite interactions. Parasitology. 143(5). 533–541. 33 indexed citations

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Nematollahi, Mohammad Ali, et al.. (2016). Individual boldness traits influenced by temperature in male Siamese fighting fish. Physiology & Behavior. 165. 267–272. 30 indexed citations

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Careau, Vincent, Peter A. Biro, Camille Bonneaud, Eric B. Fokam, & Anthony Herrel. (2014). Individual variation in thermal performance curves: swimming burst speed and jumping endurance in wild-caught tropical clawed frogs. Oecologia. 175(2). 471–480. 33 indexed citations

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Biro, Peter A.. (2012). Do rapid assays predict repeatability in labile (behavioural) traits?. Animal Behaviour. 83(5). 1295–1300. 73 indexed citations

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Biro, Peter A., et al.. (2011). Introgression of domesticated alleles into a wild trout genotype and the impact on seasonal survival in natural lakes. Evolutionary Applications. 5(1). 76–88. 21 indexed citations

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Biro, Peter A. & John R. Post. (2008). Rapid depletion of genotypes with fast growth and bold personality traits from harvested fish populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(8). 2919–2922. 336 indexed citations

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Biro, Peter A., Mark V. Abrahams, John R. Post, & Eric A. Parkinson. (2006). Behavioural trade‐offs between growth and mortality explain evolution of submaximal growth rates. Journal of Animal Ecology. 75(5). 1165–1171. 192 indexed citations

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Biro, Peter A., et al.. (1986). MODELLING OF SECULAR VARIATIONS IN GRAVITY AND IN GEOIDAL UNDULATIONS. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering. 30. 23–36. 4 indexed citations

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Biro, Peter A.. (1980). DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF REPEATED GEODETIC LEVELLINGS. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering. 24. 3–12. 1 indexed citations

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