William E. Feeney

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

William E. Feeney is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Feeney has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in William E. Feeney's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers). William E. Feeney is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (12 papers). William E. Feeney collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. William E. Feeney's co-authors include Naomi E. Langmore, Alecia J. Carter, Robert Heinsohn, Harry H. Marshall, Guy Cowlishaw, Justin A. Welbergen, Rohan M. Brooker, Rebecca M. Kilner, Marius Somveille and Michelle L. Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William E. Feeney

40 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Animal personality: what are behavioural ecologists measuring?

2012 519 citations Alecia J. Carter, William E. Feeney et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William E. Feeney Australia	15	904	760	231	217	184	42	1.4k
Gábor Markó Hungary	21	958 1.1×	848 1.1×	272 1.2×	115 0.5×	201 1.1×	66	1.5k
Ella F. Cole United Kingdom	18	922 1.0×	548 0.7×	185 0.8×	213 1.0×	139 0.8×	31	1.4k
Regina H. Macedo Brazil	24	1.2k 1.3×	864 1.1×	165 0.7×	220 1.0×	146 0.8×	104	1.6k
François‐Xavier Dechaume‐Moncharmont France	22	858 0.9×	439 0.6×	202 0.9×	393 1.8×	177 1.0×	52	1.4k
Eliot T. Miller United States	24	806 0.9×	959 1.3×	280 1.2×	251 1.2×	530 2.9×	60	1.9k
Mėta M. Landys United States	12	1.2k 1.3×	843 1.1×	223 1.0×	115 0.5×	75 0.4×	16	1.5k
Jesús Martínez‐Padilla Spain	27	1.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	164 0.7×	220 1.0×	194 1.1×	81	1.9k
Nikolaus von Engelhardt Germany	16	1.2k 1.3×	771 1.0×	82 0.4×	235 1.1×	98 0.5×	32	1.6k
Jane M. Waterman United States	22	897 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	94 0.4×	164 0.8×	113 0.6×	79	1.5k
María Moirón Germany	14	866 1.0×	469 0.6×	199 0.9×	213 1.0×	119 0.6×	34	1.1k

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Parsons, Miles, Rohan M. Brooker, Robert D. McCauley, et al.. (2025). Soundscape analysis reveals fine ecological differences among coral reef habitats. Ecological Indicators. 171. 113120–113120. 1 indexed citations

Feeney, William E., et al.. (2025). Ornamentation is associated with social costs in male red-backed fairywrens ( Malurus melanocephalus ). Behavioral Ecology. 36(6). 1 indexed citations

Grutter, Alexandra S., Simon P. Blomberg, William E. Feeney, et al.. (2024). Parental care reduces parasite-induced mortality in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2033).

Huff, C. G., et al.. (2024). A photographic guide for determining egg incubation stage in the Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus. Australian field ornithology. 41. 150–154.

Fulford, Anthony J. C., et al.. (2023). Chase-away evolution maintains imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite–host system despite rapid evolution of mimics. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(12). 1978–1982. 2 indexed citations

Somveille, Marius, et al.. (2022). The overlooked complexity of avian brood parasite–host relationships. Ecology Letters. 25(8). 1889–1904. 16 indexed citations

Besson, Marc, William E. Feeney, Cécile Berthe, et al.. (2022). Anemone bleaching impacts the larval recruitment success of an anemone-associated fish. Coral Reefs. 42(1). 195–203. 5 indexed citations

Coulson, Tim, et al.. (2022). Insular nestling growth and its relationship to parental care effort in Silvereyes,Zosterops lateralis. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 122(3-4). 193–202. 1 indexed citations

Bertucci, Frédéric, William E. Feeney, Zara‐Louise Cowan, et al.. (2022). Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on the observed density of coral reef fish along coastal habitats of Moorea, French Polynesia. Regional Environmental Change. 23(1). 16–16. 4 indexed citations

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Feeney, William E., Frédéric Bertucci, Gilles Siu, et al.. (2021). Long term relationship between farming damselfish, predators, competitors and benthic habitat on coral reefs of Moorea Island. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 14548–14548. 11 indexed citations

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Walsh, Jennifer, et al.. (2021). Patterns of genetic divergence and demographic history shed light on island‐mainland population dynamics and melanic plumage evolution in the white‐winged Fairywren*. Evolution. 75(6). 1348–1360. 7 indexed citations

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Brooker, Rohan M., Jordan M. Casey, Zara‐Louise Cowan, et al.. (2020). Domestication via the commensal pathway in a fish-invertebrate mutualism. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6253–6253. 11 indexed citations

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Besson, Marc, William E. Feeney, Rohan M. Brooker, et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic stressors impact fish sensory development and survival via thyroid disruption. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3614–3614. 53 indexed citations

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Grutter, Alexandra S., William E. Feeney, Kate S. Hutson, et al.. (2020). Practical methods for culturing parasitic gnathiid isopods. International Journal for Parasitology. 50(10-11). 825–837. 9 indexed citations

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Feeney, William E. & Christina Riehl. (2019). Monogamy without parental care? Social and genetic mating systems of avian brood parasites. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1769). 20180201–20180201. 17 indexed citations

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Brooker, Rohan M. & William E. Feeney. (2019). Animal domesticators. Current Biology. 29(22). R1168–R1169. 5 indexed citations

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Feeney, William E. & Rohan M. Brooker. (2017). Anemonefishes. Current Biology. 27(1). R6–R8. 6 indexed citations

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Brooker, Rohan M., William E. Feeney, James R. White, et al.. (2016). Using insights from animal behaviour and behavioural ecology to inform marine conservation initiatives. Animal Behaviour. 120. 211–221. 14 indexed citations

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Cortesi, Fabio, William E. Feeney, Maud C. O. Ferrari, et al.. (2015). Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic. Current Biology. 25(7). 949–954. 45 indexed citations

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Carter, Alecia J. & William E. Feeney. (2012). Taking a Comparative Approach: Analysing Personality as a Multivariate Behavioural Response across Species. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e42440–e42440. 29 indexed citations

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