Peter A. Cotton

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Peter A. Cotton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter A. Cotton has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 22 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Peter A. Cotton's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (22 papers), Plant and animal studies (19 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (13 papers). Peter A. Cotton is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (22 papers), Plant and animal studies (19 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (13 papers). Peter A. Cotton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Peter A. Cotton's co-authors include Debby Cotton, J. Reuben Shipway, Alex Kacelnik, Jonathan Wright, Simon D. Rundle, Sarah Dalesman, Sophie L. Mowles, Bryant, Mark Briffa and Martin J. Attrill and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Peter A. Cotton

50 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Chatting and cheating: Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Plastic or natural? The impact of marine debris on the shell preference of a terrestrial hermit crab 2025 ·Animal Behaviour ·Peter A. Cotton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert Puschendorf, Mark Briffa	0
2	Chatting and cheating: Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT breakdown → 2023 ·Innovations in Education and Teaching International ·Debby Cotton, Peter A. Cotton, J. Reuben Shipway	1025
3	Hidden in plain sight: species richness and habitat characterisation of sublittoral pebble beds 2018 ·Marine Biology ·Julian Evans, Martin J. Attrill, Joseph A. Borg, Peter A. Cotton, Patrick J. Schembri	4
4	The Effects of a Competitor on the Foraging Behaviour of the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Leela J. Chakravarti, Peter A. Cotton	12
5	Specialization in Plant-Hummingbird Networks Is Associated with Species Richness, Contemporary Precipitation and Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Bo Dalsgaard, (unknown), Jon Fjeldså, Ana M. Martín González, Carsten Rahbek, Jens M. Olesen, Jeff Ollerton, Rubén Alarcón, Andréa Cardoso Araujo, Peter A. Cotton, Carlos Lara, Caio Graco Machado, Iván Sazima, Marlies Sazima, Allan Timmermann, Stella Watts, Brody Sandel, William J. Sutherland, Jens‐Christian Svenning	127
6	Susceptibility to Predation Affects Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions by Reversing Interspecific Competition 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Sophie L. Mowles, Simon D. Rundle, Peter A. Cotton	27
7	Using Observational Methods to Research the Student Experience 2010 ·Journal of Geography in Higher Education ·Debby Cotton, Alison Stokes, Peter A. Cotton	57
8	Crawl-out behaviour in response to predation cues in an aquatic gastropod: insights from artificial selection 2008 ·Evolutionary Ecology ·Sarah Dalesman, Simon D. Rundle, Peter A. Cotton	17
9	PHYLOGENETIC RELATEDNESS AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS DETERMINE ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR 2007 ·Ecology ·Sarah Dalesman, Simon D. Rundle, David T. Bilton, Peter A. Cotton	52
10	Ontogenetic changes in metabolism may determine diet shifts for a sit‐and‐wait predator 2004 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Angus Jackson, Simon D. Rundle, Martin J. Attrill, Peter A. Cotton	37
11	TRAIT COMPENSATION IN MARINE GASTROPODS: SHELL SHAPE, AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR, AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PREDATION 2004 ·Ecology ·Peter A. Cotton, Simon D. Rundle, Kathryn E. Smith	78
12	Avian migration phenology and global climate change 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Peter A. Cotton	410
13	The Behavior and Interactions of Birds Visiting Erythrina fusca Flowers in the Colombian Amazon1 2001 ·Biotropica ·Peter A. Cotton	5
14	Instability of signaling resolution models of parent–offspring conflict 1998 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Miguel A. Rodrı́guez-Gironés, Magnus Enquist, Peter A. Cotton	18
15	Quality vs. quantity: energetic and nutritional trade‐offs in parental provisioning strategies 1998 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·(unknown), (unknown), Peter A. Cotton, Bryant	185
16	Temporal partitioning of a floral resource by territorial hummingbirds 1998 ·Ibis ·Peter A. Cotton	52
17	Nestling Sex Ratio in the European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1997 ·Journal of Avian Biology ·Richard B. Bradbury, Peter A. Cotton, Jonathan C. Wright, Richard Griffiths	37
18	Chick begging as a signal: are nestlings honest? 1996 ·Behavioral Ecology ·Peter A. Cotton, Alex Kacelnik, Jonathan Wright	104
19	Measuring the Impact of Parental Foraging by Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) on Soil Invertebrate Prey Availability: An Exclosure Experiment 1996 ·Oikos ·(unknown), Jonathan C. Wright, Peter A. Cotton, (unknown)	16
20	Experimentally induced sex differences in parental care: an effect of certainty of paternity? 1994 ·Animal Behaviour ·Jonathan Wright, Peter A. Cotton	35

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