Piet J. Drent

6.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Piet J. Drent is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Piet J. Drent has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 10 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Piet J. Drent's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers). Piet J. Drent is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers), Plant and animal studies (10 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (9 papers). Piet J. Drent collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. Piet J. Drent's co-authors include Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both, Kees van Oers, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Joost M. Tinbergen, P.R. Wiepkema, Piet de Goede, Anne Boon, Claudio Carere and Anne L. Rutten and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal of Animal Ecology and Molecular Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Piet J. Drent

20 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Fitness consequences of avian personalities in a fluctuating environment

2004 693 citations Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great tits from the wild

2002 639 citations Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Consistent individual differences in early exploratory behaviour of male great tits

1994 570 citations Piet J. Drent, P.R. Wiepkema et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Natal dispersal and personalities in great tits (Parus major)

2003 513 citations Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Piet J. Drent Netherlands	19	4.1k	2.1k	955	723	677	20	4.8k
Wolfgang Goymann Germany	41	4.1k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	810 1.1×	703 1.0×	145	5.9k
Michaela Hau Germany	48	4.3k 1.1×	3.1k 1.5×	676 0.7×	705 1.0×	587 0.9×	111	6.3k
Kees van Oers Netherlands	41	4.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.2×	983 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	1.3k 2.0×	134	6.5k
Alfred M. Dufty United States	27	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	899 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	393 0.6×	53	4.6k
Donna L. Maney United States	35	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	782 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	691 1.0×	83	5.3k
J. Chadwick Johnson United States	18	4.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	756 0.8×	401 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	36	5.0k
Ton G. G. Groothuis Netherlands	48	5.1k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	985 1.0×	531 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	205	7.8k
John L. Quinn United Kingdom	35	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	818 0.9×	535 0.7×	523 0.8×	92	4.1k
András Liker Hungary	40	3.3k 0.8×	2.8k 1.4×	541 0.6×	520 0.7×	567 0.8×	116	4.9k
Ignacio T. Moore United States	44	4.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.4×	736 0.8×	660 0.9×	742 1.1×	143	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piet J. Drent

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Korsten, Peter, Jakob C. Mueller, Christine Hermannstädter, et al.. (2010). Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations. Molecular Ecology. 19(4). 832–843. 101 indexed citations

Fučíková, Eva, et al.. (2009). Handling Stress as a Measurement of Personality in Great Tit Nestlings (Parus major). Ethology. 115(4). 366–374. 84 indexed citations

Groothuis, Ton G. G., et al.. (2008). Selection on personality in a songbird affects maternal hormone levels tuned to its effect on timing of reproduction. Biology Letters. 4(5). 465–467. 40 indexed citations

Fidler, Andrew E., Kees van Oers, Piet J. Drent, et al.. (2007). Drd4 gene polymorphisms are associated with personality variation in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 274(1619). 1685–1691. 159 indexed citations

Oers, Kees van, et al.. (2005). Context dependence of personalities: risk-taking behavior in a social and a nonsocial situation. Behavioral Ecology. 16(4). 716–723. 208 indexed citations

Both, Christiaan, Niels J. Dingemanse, Piet J. Drent, & Joost M. Tinbergen. (2005). Pairs of extreme avian personalities have highest reproductive success. Journal of Animal Ecology. 74(4). 667–674. 268 indexed citations

Carere, Claudio, Piet J. Drent, Lucia Privitera, Jaap M. Koolhaas, & Ton G.G. Groothuis. (2005). Personalities in great tits, Parus major: stability and consistency. Animal Behaviour. 70(4). 795–805. 210 indexed citations

Groothuis, Ton G.G., Jaap M. Koolhaas, Piet J. Drent, & Claudio Carere. (2005). Epigenetic effects on personality traits: early food provisioning and sibling competition. Behaviour. 142(9-10). 1329–1355. 131 indexed citations

Oers, Kees van, Piet J. Drent, Piet de Goede, & Arie J. van Noordwijk. (2004). Realized heritability and repeatability of risk-taking behaviour in relation to avian personalities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 271(1534). 65–73. 352 indexed citations

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Oers, Kees van, et al.. (2004). Central assumptions of predator–prey models fail in a semi–natural experimental system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 271(suppl_3). S85–7. 27 indexed citations

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Oers, Kees van, Gerdien de Jong, Piet J. Drent, & Arie J. van Noordwijk. (2004). A Genetic Analysis of Avian Personality Traits: Correlated, Response to Artificial Selection. Behavior Genetics. 34(6). 611–619. 99 indexed citations

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Dingemanse, Niels J., Christiaan Both, Piet J. Drent, & Joost M. Tinbergen. (2004). Fitness consequences of avian personalities in a fluctuating environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 271(1541). 847–852. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dingemanse, Niels J., Christiaan Both, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Anne L. Rutten, & Piet J. Drent. (2003). Natal dispersal and personalities in great tits (Parus major). Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(1516). 741–747. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drent, Piet J., et al.. (2002). Functional significance and heritability in coping strategies in a wild territorial passerine: the great tit. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 25–46. 2 indexed citations

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Dingemanse, Niels J., Christiaan Both, Piet J. Drent, Kees van Oers, & Arie J. van Noordwijk. (2002). Repeatability and heritability of exploratory behaviour in great tits from the wild. Animal Behaviour. 64(6). 929–938. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carere, Claudio, et al.. (2001). Effect of social defeat in a territorial bird (Parus major) selected for different coping styles. Physiology & Behavior. 73(3). 427–433. 107 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Chiara & Piet J. Drent. (2000). Individual differences in the use of social information in foraging by captive great tits. Animal Behaviour. 60(1). 131–140. 202 indexed citations

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Goede, Piet de, et al.. (1999). INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DOMINANCE IN AVIARY GROUPS OF GREAT TITS. Behaviour. 136(1). 23–48. 121 indexed citations

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Boon, Anne, et al.. (1996). Exploration, Aggressive Behaviour and Dominance in Pair-Wise Confrontations of Juvenile Male Great Tits. Behaviour. 133(11-12). 945–963. 315 indexed citations

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Drent, Piet J., et al.. (1994). Consistent individual differences in early exploratory behaviour of male great tits. Animal Behaviour. 48(5). 1113–1121. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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