Pierre‐Paul Bitton

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Pierre‐Paul Bitton is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre‐Paul Bitton has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Pierre‐Paul Bitton's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (7 papers). Pierre‐Paul Bitton is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (7 papers). Pierre‐Paul Bitton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Pierre‐Paul Bitton's co-authors include Stéphanie M. Doucet, Chad M. Eliason, Matthew D. Shawkey, Rafael Maia, Russell D. Dawson, Erin L. O’Brien, Daniel J. Mennill, Jeffrey Podos, David R. Wilson and Nico K. Michiels and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Pierre‐Paul Bitton

30 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

pavo: an R package for the analysis, visualization and organization of spectral data

2013 540 citations Rafael Maia, Chad M. Eliason et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre‐Paul Bitton Canada	12	793	377	168	168	129	32	1.0k
Chad M. Eliason United States	17	773 1.0×	298 0.8×	231 1.4×	205 1.2×	138 1.1×	37	1.3k
Roi Dor Israel	21	661 0.8×	504 1.3×	320 1.9×	110 0.7×	147 1.1×	45	1.1k
Olle Håstad Sweden	19	700 0.9×	348 0.9×	100 0.6×	235 1.4×	107 0.8×	26	1.0k
Genevieve M. Kozak United States	17	650 0.8×	235 0.6×	428 2.5×	111 0.7×	159 1.2×	27	967
Hannah M. Rowland United Kingdom	20	977 1.2×	200 0.5×	338 2.0×	184 1.1×	118 0.9×	59	1.4k
William L. Allen United Kingdom	18	710 0.9×	361 1.0×	252 1.5×	272 1.6×	156 1.2×	35	1.3k
Sarah Hunt United Kingdom	10	992 1.3×	727 1.9×	127 0.8×	131 0.8×	75 0.6×	11	1.2k
Tom N. Sherratt Canada	13	1.1k 1.3×	296 0.8×	425 2.5×	264 1.6×	148 1.1×	28	1.4k
Anders Ödeen Sweden	21	1.1k 1.4×	574 1.5×	300 1.8×	283 1.7×	163 1.3×	36	1.6k
Russell A. Ligon United States	17	557 0.7×	248 0.7×	112 0.7×	169 1.0×	46 0.4×	34	853

Countries citing papers authored by Pierre‐Paul Bitton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre‐Paul Bitton

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Bayse, Shannon M., et al.. (2024). Light Intensity of Phosphorescent-Netting Pots and Determining Their Visibility to Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Using Visual Modeling Techniques. Fishes. 9(5). 185–185.

Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2023). Bill color is dynamic across the breeding season but not condition‐dependent in Atlantic puffins. Ethology. 130(2).

Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2020). Small benthic fish strike at prey over distances that fall within theoretical predictions for active sensing using light. Journal of Fish Biology. 97(4). 1201–1208. 5 indexed citations

Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2019). Visual modelling supports the potential for prey detection by means of diurnal active photolocation in a small cryptobenthic fish. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8089–8089. 4 indexed citations

Madliger, Christine L., et al.. (2018). Baseline corticosterone does not reflect iridescent plumage traits in female tree swallows. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 270. 123–130. 4 indexed citations

Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2018). Daytime eyeshine contributes to pupil camouflage in a cryptobenthic marine fish. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7368–7368. 8 indexed citations

Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2018). Do the fluorescent red eyes of the marine fish Tripterygion delaisi stand out? In situ and in vivo measurements at two depths. Ecology and Evolution. 8(9). 4685–4694. 4 indexed citations

Ullmann, Jeremy F.P., et al.. (2017). Optic-nerve-transmitted eyeshine, a new type of light emission from fish eyes. Frontiers in Zoology. 14(1). 14–14. 9 indexed citations

Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2017). Assessing Sexual Dicromatism: The Importance of Proper Parameterization in Tetrachromatic Visual Models. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169810–e0169810. 27 indexed citations

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Sandoval, Luis, et al.. (2017). Phenotypic variation and vocal divergence reveals a species complex in White-eared Ground-sparrows (Cabanis) (Aves: Passerellidae). Zootaxa. 4291(1). 8 indexed citations

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Bitton, Pierre‐Paul & Russell D. Dawson. (2016). Age‐related prenatal maternal effects and postnatal breeding experience have different influences on nestling development in an altricial passerine. Journal of Avian Biology. 48(5). 660–668. 5 indexed citations

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Bitton, Pierre‐Paul & Stéphanie M. Doucet. (2016). Sympatric black-headed and elegant trogons focus on different plumage characteristics for species recognition. Animal Behaviour. 116. 213–221. 6 indexed citations

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Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos P., Pierre‐Paul Bitton, Stéphanie M. Doucet, & L. Lacey Knowles. (2016). Mimics here and there, but not everywhere: Müllerian mimicry inCeroglossusground beetles?. Biology Letters. 12(9). 20160429–20160429. 14 indexed citations

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Maia, Rafael, Chad M. Eliason, & Pierre‐Paul Bitton. (2015). Perceptual Analysis, Visualization and Organization of SpectralColor Data in R. 1 indexed citations

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Sandoval, Luis, Pierre‐Paul Bitton, Stéphanie M. Doucet, & Daniel J. Mennill. (2014). Analysis of plumage, morphology, and voice reveals species-level differences between two subspecies of Prevost’s Ground-sparrow Melozone biarcuata (Prévost and Des Murs) (Aves: Emberizidae). Zootaxa. 3895(1). 103–16. 9 indexed citations

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Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, et al.. (2014). Change in wing morphology of the European starling during and after colonization of North America. Journal of Zoology. 295(4). 254–260. 22 indexed citations

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Wilson, David R., Pierre‐Paul Bitton, Jeffrey Podos, & Daniel J. Mennill. (2013). Uneven Sampling and the Analysis of Vocal Performance Constraints. The American Naturalist. 183(2). 214–228. 67 indexed citations

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Eliason, Chad M., Pierre‐Paul Bitton, & Matthew D. Shawkey. (2013). How hollow melanosomes affect iridescent colour production in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1767). 20131505–20131505. 70 indexed citations

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Bitton, Pierre‐Paul & Russell D. Dawson. (2008). Age‐related differences in plumage characteristics of male tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor : hue and brightness signal different aspects of individual quality. Journal of Avian Biology. 39(4). 446–452. 48 indexed citations

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Bitton, Pierre‐Paul, Erin L. O’Brien, & Russell D. Dawson. (2007). Plumage brightness and age predict extrapair fertilization success of male tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor. Animal Behaviour. 74(6). 1777–1784. 51 indexed citations

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