William M. Shields
Impact in
- Developmental Biology top 2%
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- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant and animal studies
Papers in
- Ecology 18
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 8
- Avian ecology and behavior 7
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies 6
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- Plant and animal studies 9
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 8
- Co-authors
- Jin Yoshimura (5 shared papers)Christopher M. Whipps (3 shared papers)Helmut Hemmer (1 shared paper)Georgina M. Mace (1 shared paper)Alan R. Templeton (1 shared paper)David S. Woodruff (1 shared paper)Ulysses S. Seal (1 shared paper)Keith L. Bildstein (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Animal Behaviour (4 papers)Evolution (4 papers)Ecology (3 papers)The Auk (2 papers)Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaGermany
In The Last Decade
William M. Shields
30 papers receiving 1.3k citations
William M. Shields's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 94
- Developmental Biology 111
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 757
- Ecology 821
- Parasitology 161
- Nature and Landscape Conservation 253
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Co-authors
The 14 scholars most cited alongside William M. Shields, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philopatry, Inbreeding, and the Evolution of Sex Hit paper breakdown → | 1983 | 448 |
| 2 | 1983 | 154 | |
| 3 | 1984 | 147 | |
| 4 | 1987 | 120 | |
| 5 | 1984 | 111 | |
| 6 | 1986 | 99 | |
| 7 | 1985 | 71 | |
| 8 | 1977 | 51 | |
| 9 | 2003 | 37 | |
| 10 | 1977 | 37 | |
| 11 | 1987 | 36 | |
| 12 | 2015 | 33 | |
| 13 | 2015 | 31 | |
| 14 | 1979 | 30 | |
| 15 | 1980 | 23 | |
| 16 | 2012 | 17 | |
| 17 | 2010 | 16 | |
| 18 | 1977 | 16 | |
| 19 | 1987 | 14 | |
| 20 | 1992 | 12 |
About William M. Shields
William M. Shields is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Social Psychology and Developmental Biology, having authored 33 papers that have together received 1.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant and animal studies (9 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (8 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (7 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (6 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (3 papers), Primate Behavior and Ecology (3 papers) and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (111 citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (757 citations), Ecology (821 citations), Parasitology (161 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (253 citations). William M. Shields has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Jin Yoshimura, Christopher M. Whipps, Helmut Hemmer, Georgina M. Mace, Alan R. Templeton, David S. Woodruff, Ulysses S. Seal, Keith L. Bildstein, Stephen V. Stehman and Susan E. Wade. Their work appears in journals such as Animal Behaviour, Evolution, Ecology, The Auk and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
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