Peter Cotgreave

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Peter Cotgreave is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Cotgreave has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Peter Cotgreave's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Peter Cotgreave is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers) and Plant and animal studies (7 papers). Peter Cotgreave collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Peter Cotgreave's co-authors include Paul Harvey, Dale H. Clayton, Roger Price, Richard D. Gregory, Bruno Walther, Robert A. Hutchinson, Peter Armbruster, Sam Droege, Jeff Price and Arne Ø. Mooers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Cotgreave

28 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world

1991 768 citations Paul Harvey, Peter Cotgreave Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Cotgreave United Kingdom	20	1.2k	686	608	482	325	29	1.9k
Josep del Hoyo Spain	6	1.1k 0.9×	541 0.8×	431 0.7×	348 0.7×	226 0.7×	9	1.7k
Paul A. Johnsgard United States	27	1.9k 1.6×	900 1.3×	591 1.0×	540 1.1×	209 0.6×	188	2.8k
Robert Prŷs‐Jones United Kingdom	25	900 0.8×	561 0.8×	382 0.6×	575 1.2×	310 1.0×	64	1.7k
Andrew Elliott	3	949 0.8×	489 0.7×	376 0.6×	315 0.7×	199 0.6×	3	1.5k
Howard L. Snell United States	30	1.0k 0.9×	816 1.2×	619 1.0×	632 1.3×	356 1.1×	69	2.2k
Gilles Seutin Canada	16	1.3k 1.1×	872 1.3×	433 0.7×	1.1k 2.3×	250 0.8×	31	2.4k
Ned K. Johnson United States	25	1.2k 1.0×	765 1.1×	524 0.9×	731 1.5×	312 1.0×	81	2.0k
Timothy M. Crowe South Africa	27	1.4k 1.2×	716 1.0×	842 1.4×	969 2.0×	438 1.3×	122	2.6k
W. Andrew Cox United States	13	1.2k 1.0×	786 1.1×	577 0.9×	428 0.9×	300 0.9×	29	2.2k
Juan Carlos Illera Spain	29	975 0.8×	779 1.1×	488 0.8×	875 1.8×	451 1.4×	88	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Cotgreave

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All Works

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Petrie, Marion, Peter Cotgreave, & Thomas W. Pike. (2007). Variation in the peacock’s train shows a genetic component. Genetica. 135(1). 7–11. 11 indexed citations

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Armbruster, Peter, Robert A. Hutchinson, & Peter Cotgreave. (2002). Factors influencing community structure in a South American tank bromeliad fauna. Oikos. 96(2). 225–234. 100 indexed citations

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Nee, Sean & Peter Cotgreave. (2002). Does the species/area relationship account for the density/area relationship?. Oikos. 99(3). 545–551. 21 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (2000). MCGIRR, NICOLA (2000) Nature's Connections. Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-565-09144-1, £12.95, 216pp.. Animal Conservation. 3(4). 365–365. 1 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1998). WINNER TAKES ALL? SOCIAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION IN CO‐OPERATIVE BREEDERS. Journal of Zoology. 244(1). 155–156. 2 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1998). WINNER TAKES ALL? SOCIAL CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION IN CO-OPERATIVE BREEDERS. Journal of Zoology. 244(1). 155–156. 1 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1997). ZSL Scientific Meetings: short reports Sexual selection, genetic variation and speciation. Journal of Zoology. 243(2). 435–436. 1 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter & Nicholas J. Gotelli. (1996). A Primer of Ecology. Journal of Animal Ecology. 65(5). 671–671. 45 indexed citations

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Petrie, Marion, Peter Cotgreave, & Iain A. Stewart. (1996). Variation in the train morphology of peacocks (Pavo cristatus). Journal of Zoology. 238(2). 365–371. 19 indexed citations

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Walther, Bruno, Peter Cotgreave, Roger Price, Richard D. Gregory, & Dale H. Clayton. (1995). Sampling Effort and Parasite Species Richness. Parasitology Today. 11(8). 306–310. 208 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1995). Population Density, Body Mass and Niche Overlap in Australian Birds. Functional Ecology. 9(2). 285–285. 21 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1995). Relative importance of avian groups in the diets of British and Irish predators. Bird Study. 42(3). 246–252. 8 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1994). Migration, body‐size and abundance in bird communities. Ibis. 136(4). 493–496. 9 indexed citations

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Mooers, Arne Ø. & Peter Cotgreave. (1994). Sibley and Ahlquist's tapestry dusted off. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 9(12). 458–459. 45 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter & Paula Stockley. (1994). Body Size, Insectivory and Abundance in Assemblages of Small Mammals. Oikos. 71(1). 89–89. 26 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter. (1993). The relationship between body size and population abundance in animals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 8(7). 244–248. 108 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter, Michael J. Hill, & David A.J. Middleton. (1993). The relationship between body size and population size in bromeliad tank faunas. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 49(4). 367–380. 21 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter & Paul Harvey. (1992). Relationships Between Body Size, Abundance and Phylogeny in Bird Communities. Functional Ecology. 6(3). 248–248. 47 indexed citations

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Cotgreave, Peter & Paul Harvey. (1991). Bird community structure. Nature. 353(6340). 123–123. 28 indexed citations

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Harvey, Paul & Peter Cotgreave. (1991). Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 6(8). 268–269. 768 indexed citations breakdown →

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