Toby A. Patterson

5.5k citations

67 papers · 3.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Ecology top 0.5%
- Marine animal studies overview
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 1%
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Papers in

Nature and Landscape Conservation 32
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 28
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 14
Ecology 49
- Marine animal studies overview 32
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 14
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 8
- Avian ecology and behavior 7

Co-authors: Roland Langrock John Gunn Mark V. Bravington Théo Michelot Mark A. Hindell Mary‐Anne Lea Marinelle Basson Sophie Bestley
Journals: Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography (7 papers)Ecology (5 papers)Methods in Ecology and Evolution (5 papers)Scientific Reports (4 papers)Marine Biology (4 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Toby A. Patterson

65 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation 2023 · 70 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2016 Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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1	Persistence of breeding philopatry and cultural memory of the Great Barrier Reef as a humpback whale breeding ground Biological Conservation ·Joshua N. Smith, Komal B. Patil, Toby A. Patterson, Natalie Kelly	2025	0
2	Evaluating risks to seabirds on the urban–coastal interface: Modelling dog attacks on little penguin populations in Tasmania Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·Laura K. Blamey, Cathy Bulman, Geoffrey N. Tuck, Eric J. Woehler, Michael H. Davidson, Toby A. Patterson	2024	1
3	Ontogenetic change in body shape for white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, in Australian waters Journal of Fish Biology ·赵利萍, Russell W. Bradford, David J. Booth, Prudencia C. Kintaudi, Toby A. Patterson, Victor M. Peddemors	2024	1
4	aniMotum, an R package for animal movement data: Rapid quality control, behavioural estimation and simulation Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Ian D. Jonsen, W. James Grecian, Lachlan Phillips, Gemma Carroll, Clive R. McMahon, Robert Harcourt, Mark A. Hindell, Toby A. Patterson Hit paper breakdown →	2023	70
5	Forecast‐ready models to support fisheries' adaptation to global variability and change Fisheries Oceanography ·Kylie L. Scales, Thomas Moore, Bernadette M. Sloyan, Claire M. Spillman, J. Paige Eveson, Toby A. Patterson, Ashley J. Williams, Alistair J. Hobday, Jason R. Hartog	2023	8
6	Uncovering ecological state dynamics with hidden Markov models Ecology Letters ·Brett T. McClintock, Roland Langrock, Olivier Giménez, Emmanuelle Cam, David L. Borchers, Richard Glennie, Toby A. Patterson	2020	129
7	Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Scientific Reports ·Julia L. Y. Spaet, Toby A. Patterson, Russell W. Bradford, Paul A. Butcher	2020	65
8	Environmental Influences on Long-term Movement Patterns of a Euryhaline Elasmobranch (Carcharhinus leucas) Within a Subtropical Estuary Estuaries and Coasts ·Richard D. Pillans, Gary C. Fry, 奈良なぎさ, Toby A. Patterson	2020	19
9	Sea surface temperature predicts the movements of an Arctic cetacean: the bowhead whale Scientific Reports ·Philippine Chambault, Christoffer Moesgaard Albertsen, Toby A. Patterson, Rikke G. Hansen, Outi M. Tervo, Kristin L. Laidre, Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen	2018	60
10	moveHMM: an R package for the statistical modelling of animal movement data using hidden Markov models Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Théo Michelot, Roland Langrock, Toby A. Patterson Hit paper breakdown →	2016	288
11	Statistical modelling of animal movement: a myopic review and a discussion of good practice arXiv (Cornell University) ·Toby A. Patterson, Natrajan Paramasivam, Roland Langrock, Paul G. Blackwell, Len Thomas, Ruth King	2016	10
12	Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania) ·Rosa Georgina Cabrales Martínez, Mary‐Anne Lea, Toby A. Patterson	2013	205
13	Spatial Variation in Foraging Behaviour of a Marine Top Predator (Phoca vitulina) Determined by a Large-Scale Satellite Tagging Program PLoS ONE ·Eun Lak Choi, Simon Moss, Toby A. Patterson, Philip S. Hammond	2012	71
14	Recent advances in bio-logging science: Technologies and methods for understanding animal behaviour and physiology and their environments Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography ·Karen Evans, Mary‐Anne Lea, Toby A. Patterson	2012	43
15	Accounting for Location Error in Kalman Filters: Integrating Animal Borne Sensor Data into Assimilation Schemes PLoS ONE ·Aritra Sengupta, Scott D. Foster, Toby A. Patterson, Mark V. Bravington	2012	6
16	Reproductive Schedules in Southern Bluefin Tuna: Are Current Assumptions Appropriate? PLoS ONE ·Karen Evans, Toby A. Patterson, Nicholas Tonui, Shelton J. Harley	2012	17
17	Predicting feeding success in a migratory predator: integrating telemetry, environment, and modeling techniques Ecology ·Sophie Bestley, Toby A. Patterson, Mark A. Hindell, John Gunn	2010	65
18	Classifying movement behaviour in relation to environmental conditions using hidden Markov models Journal of Animal Ecology ·Toby A. Patterson, Marinelle Basson, Mark V. Bravington, John Gunn	2009	217
19	Feeding ecology of wild migratory tunas revealed by archival tag records of visceral warming Journal of Animal Ecology ·Sophie Bestley, Toby A. Patterson, Mark A. Hindell, John Gunn	2008	84
20	Short-term movement and behaviour of black marlin Makaira indica in the Coral Sea as determined through a pop-up satellite archival tagging experiment Marine and Freshwater Research ·John Gunn, Toby A. Patterson, Julian G. Pepperell	2003	48

About Toby A. Patterson

Toby A. Patterson is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Oceanography, having authored 67 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine animal studies overview (32 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (28 papers), Marine and fisheries research (27 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (14 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (7 papers) and Diffusion and Search Dynamics (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (2.4k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.1k citations), Developmental Biology (174 citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations) and Ecological Modeling (229 citations). Toby A. Patterson has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Roland Langrock, John Gunn, Mark V. Bravington, Théo Michelot, Mark A. Hindell, Mary‐Anne Lea, Marinelle Basson, Sophie Bestley, Uffe Høgsbro Thygesen and Karen Evans. Their work appears in journals such as Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Ecology, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Scientific Reports and Marine Biology.

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