Stephan T. Leu

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Stephan T. Leu is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan T. Leu has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 13 papers in Ecology and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Stephan T. Leu's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Stephan T. Leu is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (27 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (13 papers) and Plant and animal studies (13 papers). Stephan T. Leu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. Stephan T. Leu's co-authors include C. Michael Bull, Andrew Sih, Orr Spiegel, Peter M. Kappeler, Stephanie S. Godfrey, Shweta Bansal, Pratha Sah, Damien R. Farine, Paul C. Cross and Peter J. Hudson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Stephan T. Leu

43 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

What's your move? Movement as a link between personality and spatial dynamics in animal populations

2016 293 citations Orr Spiegel, Stephan T. Leu et al. profile →

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Peter Neuhaus Canada

Sandra Hamel Canada

Roger Jovani Spain

Richard James United Kingdom

Stephen S. Ditchkoff United States

Rowan O. Martin South Africa

Hannah L. Dugdale United Kingdom

Erin E. Boydston United States

James W. Cain United States

Jos. J. Schall United States

Peter Neuhaus Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan T. Leu

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Wierucka, Kaja, Stuart K. Watson, Claudia Fichtel, et al.. (2025). Same data, different results? Machine learning approaches in bioacoustics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16(8). 1574–1586. 2 indexed citations

Sinn, David L., Orr Spiegel, Stephan T. Leu, et al.. (2025). Personality, space use, and networks directly and indirectly explain tick infestation in a wild population of lizards. Ecological Monographs. 95(1). 1 indexed citations

Blyton, Michaela D. J., Stephanie S. Godfrey, Andrew Sih, et al.. (2024). Enterobacteriaceae community dynamics in sleepy lizards: Richness, prevalence and co‐occurrence over time. Austral Ecology. 49(12).

Wettere, W. H. E. J. van, Alyce M. Swinbourne, Stephan T. Leu, et al.. (2024). Heat stress from current and predicted increases in temperature impairs lambing rates and birth weights in the Australian sheep flock. Nature Food. 5(3). 206–210. 4 indexed citations

Wierucka, Kaja & Stephan T. Leu. (2024). Robust encoding of acoustic identity in alpaca hums – a basis for individual recognition. Bioacoustics. 33(6). 498–509. 2 indexed citations

Leu, Stephan T., et al.. (2024). The presence of informed conspecifics improves individual foraging efficiency in naïve sheep. Behavioural Processes. 215. 104994–104994.

Whiting, Martin J., et al.. (2023). Are whole‐organism performance and thermal preference linked to endo‐ and ectoparasites in a short‐lived lizard?. Ethology. 129(8). 432–443. 2 indexed citations

Strandburg‐Peshkin, Ariana, et al.. (2023). Fission–fusion dynamics in sheep: the influence of resource distribution and temporal activity patterns. Royal Society Open Science. 10(7). 230402–230402. 6 indexed citations

Leu, Stephan T., et al.. (2021). What Are Sheep Doing? Tri-Axial Accelerometer Sensor Data Identify the Diel Activity Pattern of Ewe Lambs on Pasture. Sensors. 21(20). 6816–6816. 15 indexed citations

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Sinn, David L., Orr Spiegel, Stephan T. Leu, et al.. (2021). Consistent after all: behavioural repeatability in a long-lived lizard across a 6-year field study. Animal Behaviour. 174. 263–277. 18 indexed citations

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Sah, Pratha, et al.. (2021). Revealing mechanisms of infectious disease spread through empirical contact networks. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(12). e1009604–e1009604. 13 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Stephanie S., et al.. (2020). Spatial proximity and asynchronous refuge sharing networks both explain patterns of tick genetic relatedness among lizards, but in different years. Austral Ecology. 45(4). 493–501. 5 indexed citations

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Pomroy, W.E., et al.. (2020). Gastrointestinal nematode infection affects overall activity in young sheep monitored with tri-axial accelerometers. Veterinary Parasitology. 283. 109188–109188. 28 indexed citations

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Mourier, Johann, et al.. (2019). Evidence for non-random co-occurrences in a white shark aggregation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 73(10). 29 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Orr, Stephan T. Leu, Andrew Sih, & C. Michael Bull. (2016). Socially interacting or indifferent neighbours? Randomization of movement paths to tease apart social preference and spatial constraints. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 7(8). 971–979. 93 indexed citations

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Leu, Stephan T. & C. Michael Bull. (2016). Artificial Water Point for Livestock Influences Spatial Ecology of a Native Lizard Species. PLoS ONE. 11(1). e0147433–e0147433. 10 indexed citations

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Leu, Stephan T., et al.. (2015). Mate Familiarity Affects Pairing Behaviour in a Long‐Term Monogamous Lizard: Evidence from Detailed Bio‐Logging and a 31‐Year Field Study. Ethology. 121(8). 760–768. 29 indexed citations

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Leu, Stephan T., et al.. (2013). Testing the robustness of transmission network models to predict ectoparasite loads. One lizard, two ticks and four years. International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and Wildlife. 2. 271–277. 15 indexed citations

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Leu, Stephan T., Martin J. Whiting, & Michael Mahony. (2013). Making Friends: Social Attraction in Larval Green and Golden Bell Frogs, Litoria aurea. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56460–e56460. 12 indexed citations

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Leu, Stephan T., Peter M. Kappeler, & C. Michael Bull. (2011). Pair-living in the Absence of Obligate Biparental Care in a Lizard: Trading-off Sex and Food?. Ethology. 117(9). 758–768. 13 indexed citations

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