Philipp Sprau

1.1k total citations
25 papers, 746 citations indexed

About

Philipp Sprau is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Philipp Sprau has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 746 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 16 papers in Developmental Biology and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Philipp Sprau's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Philipp Sprau is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (16 papers) and Plant and animal studies (12 papers). Philipp Sprau collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. Philipp Sprau's co-authors include Marc Naguib, Niels J. Dingemanse, Tobias Roth, Valentin Amrhein, Rouven Schmidt, Mathieu Amy, Piet de Goede, Sue Anne Zollinger, Henrik Brumm and Petri T. Niemelä and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Philipp Sprau

25 papers receiving 728 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philipp Sprau Germany 16 456 410 313 150 89 25 746
Ivett Pipoly Hungary 13 340 0.7× 378 0.9× 47 0.2× 118 0.8× 76 0.9× 23 577
Márcio Borges Martins Brazil 16 165 0.4× 395 1.0× 87 0.3× 289 1.9× 144 1.6× 56 623
Cristian Pérez‐Granados Spain 19 352 0.8× 792 1.9× 673 2.2× 97 0.6× 119 1.3× 81 1.1k
Paul C. James Canada 16 295 0.6× 663 1.6× 122 0.4× 111 0.7× 188 2.1× 57 795
Letizia Campioni Portugal 13 263 0.6× 521 1.3× 80 0.3× 70 0.5× 78 0.9× 39 635
Fernando Vargas‐Salinas Colombia 15 311 0.7× 158 0.4× 188 0.6× 404 2.7× 69 0.8× 62 553
Daniel P. Shustack United States 12 239 0.5× 539 1.3× 46 0.1× 166 1.1× 185 2.1× 16 688
Louise Gentle United Kingdom 15 201 0.4× 518 1.3× 71 0.2× 70 0.5× 82 0.9× 31 684
Kristine Kaiser United States 12 213 0.5× 130 0.3× 156 0.5× 170 1.1× 33 0.4× 17 370
Camille Desjonquères United States 14 162 0.4× 422 1.0× 406 1.3× 78 0.5× 64 0.7× 31 652

Countries citing papers authored by Philipp Sprau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philipp Sprau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philipp Sprau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philipp Sprau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philipp Sprau based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Philipp Sprau. Philipp Sprau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ibáñez‐Álamo, Juan Diego, Yanina Benedetti, Marja‐Liisa Kaisanlahti‐Jokimäki, et al.. (2023). Urban landscape organization is associated with species-specific traits in European birds. The Science of The Total Environment. 908. 167937–167937. 9 indexed citations
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Naguib, Marc, Mieke Titulaer, Joseph R. Waas, et al.. (2022). Prior territorial responses and home range size predict territory defense in radio-tagged great tits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76(3). 12 indexed citations
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Salmón, Pablo, Arne Jacobs, Dag Ahrén, et al.. (2021). Continent-wide genomic signatures of adaptation to urbanisation in a songbird across Europe. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2983–2983. 53 indexed citations
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Morelli, Federico, Yanina Benedetti, Juan Diego Ibáñez‐Álamo, et al.. (2020). Insurance for the future? Potential avian community resilience in cities across Europe. Climatic Change. 159(2). 195–214. 20 indexed citations
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Ibáñez‐Álamo, Juan Diego, Federico Morelli, Yanina Benedetti, et al.. (2019). Biodiversity within the city: Effects of land sharing and land sparing urban development on avian diversity. The Science of The Total Environment. 707. 135477–135477. 58 indexed citations
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Caorsi, Valentina, Philipp Sprau, Sue Anne Zollinger, & Henrik Brumm. (2019). Nocturnal resting behaviour in urban great tits and its relation to anthropogenic disturbance and microclimate. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 73(2). 19 indexed citations
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Brumm, Henrik, Sue Anne Zollinger, Petri T. Niemelä, & Philipp Sprau. (2017). Measurement artefacts lead to false positives in the study of birdsong in noise. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(11). 1617–1625. 61 indexed citations
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Señar, Juan Carlos, László Zsolt Garamszegi, Vallo Tilgar, et al.. (2017). Urban Great Tits (Parus major) Show Higher Distress Calling and Pecking Rates than Rural Birds across Europe. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5. 35 indexed citations
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Vincze, Ernő, Gábor Seress, Malgorzata Lagisz, et al.. (2017). Does Urbanization Affect Predation of Bird Nests? A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5. 61 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Alexia Mouchet, & Niels J. Dingemanse. (2016). Multidimensional environmental predictors of variation in avian forest and city life histories. Behavioral Ecology. 28(1). 59–68. 43 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2013). Effects of previous intrusion pressure on territorial responses in Nightingales. Journal für Ornithologie. 155(1). 111–119. 4 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2013). The predictive value of trill performance in a large repertoire songbird, the nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos. Journal of Avian Biology. 44(6). 567–574. 23 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Marc Naguib, & Valentin Amrhein. (2012). Communication in the Third Dimension: Song Perch Height of Rivals Affects Singing Response in Nightingales. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32194–e32194. 12 indexed citations
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Roth, Tobias, Philipp Sprau, Marc Naguib, & Valentin Amrhein. (2012). Sexually selected signaling in birds: A case for Bayesian change-point analysis of behavioral routines. The Auk. 129(4). 660–669. 6 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2012). Distance-dependent responses by eavesdroppers on neighbour–stranger interactions in nightingales. Animal Behaviour. 83(4). 961–968. 13 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Rouven Schmidt, Tobias Roth, Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2010). Effects of Rapid Broadband Trills on Responses to Song Overlapping in Nightingales. Ethology. 116(4). 300–308. 15 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp, Tobias Roth, Rouven Schmidt, Valentin Amrhein, & Marc Naguib. (2010). Communication across territory boundaries: distance-dependent responses in nightingales. Behavioral Ecology. 21(5). 1011–1017. 28 indexed citations
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Sprau, Philipp & Roger Mundry. (2010). Song type sharing in common nightingales, Luscinia megarhynchos, and its implications for cultural evolution. Animal Behaviour. 80(3). 427–434. 15 indexed citations
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Amy, Mathieu, Philipp Sprau, Piet de Goede, & Marc Naguib. (2010). Effects of personality on territory defence in communication networks: a playback experiment with radio-tagged great tits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1700). 3685–3692. 82 indexed citations
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Roth, Tobias, Philipp Sprau, Rouven Schmidt, Marc Naguib, & Valentin Amrhein. (2009). Sex-specific timing of mate searching and territory prospecting in the nightingale: nocturnal life of females. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 276(1664). 2045–2050. 44 indexed citations

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