Phil F. Battley

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Phil F. Battley is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Phil F. Battley has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Phil F. Battley's work include Avian ecology and behavior (78 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (32 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (28 papers). Phil F. Battley is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (78 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (32 papers) and Animal Behavior and Reproduction (28 papers). Phil F. Battley collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Netherlands and Australia. Phil F. Battley's co-authors include Theunis Piersma, Jesse R. Conklin, Murray A. Potter, James W. Fox, Anne Dekinga, Maurine W. Dietz, Jan A. van Gils, Danny I. Rogers, Kees Hulsman and Sixian Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Phil F. Battley

88 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Breeding latitude drives individual schedules in a trans-hemispheric migrant bird

2010 472 citations Jesse R. Conklin, Phil F. Battley et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phil F. Battley New Zealand	30	2.7k	1.1k	585	498	480	90	3.4k
Mark Bolton United Kingdom	34	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	527 0.9×	652 1.3×	402 0.8×	116	3.5k
Kyle H. Elliott Canada	36	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	666 1.1×	539 1.1×	262 0.5×	172	4.3k
Jonathan A. Green United Kingdom	31	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	588 1.0×	724 1.5×	213 0.4×	116	3.4k
Scott A. Hatch United States	40	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	845 1.4×	474 1.0×	193 0.4×	142	4.1k
Paulo Catry Portugal	40	3.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	1.0k 2.0×	390 0.8×	173	4.5k
Roberto Ambrosini Italy	43	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.9×	463 0.8×	531 1.1×	878 1.8×	216	5.8k
Guðmundur A. Guðmundsson Iceland	29	1.9k 0.7×	769 0.7×	430 0.7×	332 0.7×	252 0.5×	73	2.4k
Philip W. Atkinson United Kingdom	32	3.1k 1.1×	866 0.8×	842 1.4×	1.3k 2.6×	828 1.7×	111	4.3k
Peter Pyle United States	30	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	779 1.3×	974 2.0×	381 0.8×	163	3.2k
Steffen Hahn Switzerland	33	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	375 0.6×	555 1.1×	932 1.9×	113	3.3k

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Lisovski, Simeon, Bethany J. Hoye, Jesse R. Conklin, et al.. (2024). Predicting resilience of migratory birds to environmental change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(19). e2311146121–e2311146121. 12 indexed citations

Conklin, Jesse R., Yvonne I. Verkuil, Phil F. Battley, et al.. (2024). High dispersal ability versus migratory traditions: Fine‐scale population structure and post‐glacial colonisation in bar‐tailed godwits. Molecular Ecology. 33(15). e17452–e17452. 3 indexed citations

Peng, He‐Bo, Zhijun Ma, Eldar Rakhimberdiev, et al.. (2023). Arriving late and lean at a stopover site is selected against in a declining migratory bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology. 92(10). 2109–2118. 5 indexed citations

Conklin, Jesse R., Yvonne I. Verkuil, Phil F. Battley, et al.. (2022). Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium. Molecular Ecology. 31(7). 2124–2139. 8 indexed citations

Chilvers, B. Louise, et al.. (2022). Diet plasticity and links to changing foraging behaviour in the conservation of subantarctic yellow‐eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes). Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 32(5). 753–765. 4 indexed citations

Chilvers, B. Louise, et al.. (2020). Population estimate for yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) in the subantarctic Auckland Islands, New Zealand. Notornis. 67(1). 299–299. 7 indexed citations

Battley, Phil F., et al.. (2019). Survival rates of oil-rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated little penguins after the C/V Rena oil spill, New Zealand. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 146. 317–325. 12 indexed citations

Chilvers, B. Louise & Phil F. Battley. (2019). Species prioritization index for oiled wildlife response planning in New Zealand. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 149. 110529–110529. 10 indexed citations

Battley, Phil F., et al.. (2019). Post-release breeding success of oil-rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated little blue penguins, Eudyptula minor, following the M/V Rena oil spill, New Zealand. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 149. 110553–110553. 7 indexed citations

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Battley, Phil F., et al.. (2019). No evidence for an association between Clock gene allelic variation and migration timing in a long-distance migratory shorebird (Limosa lapponica baueri). Oecologia. 191(4). 843–859. 7 indexed citations

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Szabo, Judit K., Phil F. Battley, Katherine L. Buchanan, & Danny I. Rogers. (2016). What does the future hold for shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway?. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 116(2). 95–99. 12 indexed citations

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Parsons, Stuart & Phil F. Battley. (2013). Impacts of wind energy developments on wildlife: a southern hemisphere perspective. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 40(1). 1–4. 9 indexed citations

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Battley, Phil F. & Jesse R. Conklin. (2010). Post-fledging growth in a migrating juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 117(3). 186–187. 2 indexed citations

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Conklin, Jesse R. & Phil F. Battley. (2010). Attachment of geolocators to Bar-tailed Godwits: a tibia-mounted method with no survival effects or loss of units. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 117(1). 56–58. 11 indexed citations

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Schuckard, Rob, et al.. (2006). Dual sand sources on Farewell Spit intertidal sand flats, New Zealand: Partitioning during redistribution. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 49(1). 91–99. 2 indexed citations

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Gils, Jan A. van, Theunis Piersma, Anne Dekinga, & Phil F. Battley. (2006). Modelling phenotypic flexibility : an optimality analysis of gizzard size in Red Knots Calidris canutus. Ardea. 94(3). 409–420. 27 indexed citations

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Rogers, Danny I., Phil F. Battley, Theunis Piersma, Jan A. van Gils, & Ken G. Rogers. (2006). High-tide habitat choice: insights from modelling roost selection by shorebirds around a tropical bay. Animal Behaviour. 72(3). 563–575. 85 indexed citations

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Battley, Phil F., Danny I. Rogers, Jan A. van Gils, et al.. (2005). How do red knots Calidris canutus leave Northwest Australia in May and reach the breeding grounds in June? Predictions of stopover times, fuelling rates and prey quality in the Yellow Sea. Journal of Avian Biology. 36(6). 494–500. 44 indexed citations

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Piersma, Theunis, Maurine W. Dietz, Anne Dekinga, et al.. (1999). Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: when, to what extent, and why?. Acta Ornithologica. 34(2). 175–181. 41 indexed citations

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Battley, Phil F. & Theunis Piersma. (1997). Body composition of lesser knots (Calidris canutus rogersi) preparing to take off on migration from northern New Zealand. Notornis. 44(3). 137–137. 43 indexed citations

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