Robert L. Thomson

3.2k total citations
82 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Thomson is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Thomson has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Ecology, 56 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 17 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Thomson's work include Avian ecology and behavior (60 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (45 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (34 papers). Robert L. Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (60 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (45 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (34 papers). Robert L. Thomson collaborates with scholars based in Finland, South Africa and Netherlands. Robert L. Thomson's co-authors include Jukka T. Forsman, Mikko Mönkkönen, Janne‐Tuomas Seppänen, Erkki Korpimäki, Chiara Morosinotto, Jakub Szymkowiak, Juan Diego Ibáñez‐Álamo, Francesc Sardà‐Palomera, Kari Koivula and Lechosław Kuczyński and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Thomson

79 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert L. Thomson Finland 25 1.7k 1.3k 441 339 268 82 2.2k
Jukka T. Forsman Finland 32 1.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.5× 626 1.4× 683 2.0× 388 1.4× 79 2.8k
Lyanne Brouwer Netherlands 24 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.0× 270 0.6× 158 0.5× 221 0.8× 49 1.9k
D. Philip Whitfield United Kingdom 28 2.2k 1.3× 957 0.7× 503 1.1× 116 0.3× 264 1.0× 92 2.5k
Mark C. Mainwaring United Kingdom 28 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 278 0.6× 185 0.5× 328 1.2× 69 2.2k
Gilberto Pasinelli Switzerland 24 1.3k 0.8× 773 0.6× 480 1.1× 225 0.7× 314 1.2× 68 1.7k
Reuven Yosef Israel 23 1.6k 0.9× 783 0.6× 438 1.0× 100 0.3× 353 1.3× 204 2.1k
Andrew McGowan United Kingdom 24 865 0.5× 790 0.6× 449 1.0× 165 0.5× 94 0.4× 37 1.5k
Matthew Low Sweden 26 1.4k 0.8× 904 0.7× 361 0.8× 97 0.3× 424 1.6× 102 2.2k
Marty L. Leonard Canada 33 2.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.5× 293 0.7× 1.1k 3.2× 187 0.7× 95 3.0k
Mikael Hake Sweden 23 1.9k 1.1× 976 0.7× 414 0.9× 131 0.4× 537 2.0× 33 2.2k

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All Works

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Samaš, Peter, et al.. (2024). Can nest design hinder brood parasitism success?. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(2).
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Thomson, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Breeding biology of the African Pygmy Falcon: long-term variation and seasonal decline in breeding performance of an arid zone raptor. Journal für Ornithologie. 164(3). 689–704. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Alan TK, et al.. (2023). Using generalised additive models to visualise the annual cycle of primary feather moult patterns. Ostrich. 94(4). 324–332. 2 indexed citations
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Thomson, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Costs and benefits in extreme nesting associations: do Sociable Weavers benefit from hosting African Pygmy Falcons?. Ibis. 166(3). 801–813. 1 indexed citations
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Hsu, Bin‐Yan, Veli‐Matti Pakanen, Winnie Boner, et al.. (2022). Maternally transferred thyroid hormones and life‐history variation in birds. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(7). 1489–1506. 6 indexed citations
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Cramer, Michael D., et al.. (2022). Positive feedbacks between savanna tree size and the nutritional characteristics of “Islands of fertility” are amplified by sociable weaver colonies. Journal of Arid Environments. 209. 104903–104903. 3 indexed citations
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Morosinotto, Chiara, et al.. (2021). Choice of nest attributes as a frontline defense against brood parasitism. Behavioral Ecology. 32(6). 1285–1295. 8 indexed citations
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Laaksonen, Toni, Malcolm D. Burgess, Alejandro Cantarero, et al.. (2021). Population differences in the length and early‐life dynamics of telomeres among European pied flycatchers. Molecular Ecology. 31(23). 5966–5978. 10 indexed citations
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Pakanen, Veli‐Matti, Angela Pauliny, Robert L. Thomson, et al.. (2021). Genetic differentiation in an endangered and strongly philopatric, migrant shorebird. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21(1). 125–125. 6 indexed citations
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Ibáñez‐Álamo, Juan Diego, Blanca Jimeno, Diego Gil, et al.. (2020). Physiological stress does not increase with urbanization in European blackbirds: Evidence from hormonal, immunological and cellular indicators. The Science of The Total Environment. 721. 137332–137332. 25 indexed citations
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Santangeli, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Perceptions of vulture supplementary feeding site managers and potential hidden risks to avian scavengers. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(8). 5 indexed citations
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Morosinotto, Chiara, Robert L. Thomson, Erkki Korpimäki, Rafael Mateo, & Suvi Ruuskanen. (2019). Maternal food supplementation and perceived predation risk modify egg composition and eggshell traits but not offspring condition. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 19). 2 indexed citations
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Thomson, Robert L., et al.. (2019). Helpers improve fledgling body condition in bigger broods of cooperatively breeding African pygmy falcon. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 73(2). 11 indexed citations
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Thomson, Robert L., et al.. (2018). Factors associated with leucism in the common blackbird Turdus merula. Journal of Avian Biology. 49(9). 19 indexed citations
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Willemoes, Mikkel, Robert L. Thomson, Jarkko Rutila, et al.. (2016). First-Time Migration in Juvenile Common Cuckoos Documented by Satellite Tracking. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0168940–e0168940. 39 indexed citations
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Pakanen, Veli‐Matti, et al.. (2015). No strong effects of leg-flagged geolocators on return rates or reproduction of a small long-distance migratory shorebird. Ornis Fennica. 92(3). 5 indexed citations
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Mönkkönen, Mikko, Magne Husby, Risto Tornberg, Pekka Helle, & Robert L. Thomson. (2007). Predation as a landscape effect: the trading off by prey species between predation risks and protection benefits. Journal of Animal Ecology. 76(3). 619–629. 54 indexed citations

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