William O. C. Symondson

13.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
161 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

William O. C. Symondson is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, William O. C. Symondson has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Insect Science, 79 papers in Ecology and 64 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in William O. C. Symondson's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (40 papers), Mollusks and Parasites Studies (36 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (33 papers). William O. C. Symondson is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (40 papers), Mollusks and Parasites Studies (36 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (33 papers). William O. C. Symondson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. William O. C. Symondson's co-authors include K. D. Sunderland, Matthew H. Greenstone, R. Andrew King, James D. Harwood, D. M. Glen, Michael Traugott, J. Liddell, David S. Brown, Simon Jarman and Samuel K. Sheppard and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

William O. C. Symondson

159 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Can Generalist Predators be Effective Biocontrol Agents?

2002 1.1k citations William O. C. Symondson, K. D. Sunderland et al. profile →
Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

2011 924 citations William O. C. Symondson et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Molecular identification of prey in predator diets

2002 632 citations William O. C. Symondson Molecular Ecology profile →
INVITED REVIEW: Molecular analysis of predation: a review of best practice for DNA‐based approaches

2008 552 citations Michael Traugott, William O. C. Symondson et al. Molecular Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William O. C. Symondson United Kingdom	52	5.2k	5.0k	4.1k	2.8k	1.9k	161	10.5k
Winnie Hallwachs United States	32	3.2k 0.6×	3.2k 0.6×	4.6k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	952 0.5×	143	9.1k
Chris Simon United States	44	2.7k 0.5×	3.7k 0.8×	6.0k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	138	11.3k
George Roderick United States	47	2.2k 0.4×	3.7k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	121	7.7k
Paul Sunnucks Australia	54	4.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	3.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	194	11.3k
Francesco Frati Italy	32	2.8k 0.5×	3.3k 0.7×	4.8k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	136	9.4k
Graham N. Stone United Kingdom	51	2.3k 0.4×	4.5k 0.9×	7.1k 1.7×	868 0.3×	2.0k 1.1×	197	9.6k
Wolfgang Nentwig Switzerland	45	2.4k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	959 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	168	7.5k
Judith H. Myers Canada	46	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	161	7.7k
Andrew R. Weeks Australia	44	2.2k 0.4×	3.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	994 0.5×	154	7.2k
J. S. Bale United Kingdom	44	3.3k 0.6×	3.8k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	583 0.2×	2.0k 1.1×	179	7.6k

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Cuff, Jordan P., Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel, Ian P. Vaughan, et al.. (2024). Prey nutrient content is associated with the trophic interactions of spiders and their prey selection under field conditions. Oikos. 2025(2). 3 indexed citations

Young, Rebecca, Jenny C. Dunn, Ian P. Vaughan, et al.. (2023). Investigating the association between diet and infection with Trichomonas gallinae in the European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur). Environmental DNA. 6(1). 3 indexed citations

Tercel, Maximillian P. T. G., Jordan P. Cuff, William O. C. Symondson, & Ian P. Vaughan. (2023). Non‐native ants drive dramatic declines in animal community diversity: A meta‐analysis. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 16(6). 733–744. 17 indexed citations

Cuff, Jordan P., et al.. (2023). Otterly delicious: Spatiotemporal variation in the diet of a recovering population of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) revealed through DNA metabarcoding and morphological analysis of prey remains. Ecology and Evolution. 13(5). e10038–e10038. 13 indexed citations

Bellamy, Paul E., Ian P. Vaughan, Angela Marchbank, et al.. (2023). Multi‐marker DNA metabarcoding reveals spatial and sexual variation in the diet of a scarce woodland bird. Ecology and Evolution. 13(5). e10089–e10089. 4 indexed citations

Vaughan, Ian P., et al.. (2022). Seasonal and ontological variation in diet and age‐related differences in prey choice, by an insectivorous songbird. Ecology and Evolution. 12(8). e9180–e9180. 15 indexed citations

Vaughan, Ian P., Nik C. Cole, Vikash Tatayah, et al.. (2021). Impacts of herbivory by ecological replacements on an island ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(9). 2245–2261. 13 indexed citations

Cuff, Jordan P., et al.. (2021). An assessment of minimum sequence copy thresholds for identifying and reducing the prevalence of artefacts in dietary metabarcoding data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). 694–710. 94 indexed citations

Cuff, Jordan P., Shawn M. Wilder, Maximillian P. T. G. Tercel, et al.. (2021). MEDI: Macronutrient Extraction and Determination from invertebrates, a rapid, cheap and streamlined protocol. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(4). 593–601. 19 indexed citations

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Cuff, Jordan P., Colette Bertrand, Laia Mestre, et al.. (2020). Insights into aphid prey consumption by ladybirds: Optimising field sampling methods and primer design for high throughput sequencing. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0235054–e0235054. 11 indexed citations

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Roslin, Tomas, Michael Traugott, Mattias Jonsson, et al.. (2018). Introduction: Special issue on species interactions, ecological networks and community dynamics – Untangling the entangled bank using molecular techniques. Molecular Ecology. 28(2). 157–164. 12 indexed citations

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Dunn, Jenny C., Jennifer E. Stockdale, Helen Hipperson, et al.. (2018). The decline of the Turtle Dove: Dietary associations with body condition and competition with other columbids analysed using high‐throughput sequencing. Molecular Ecology. 27(16). 3386–3407. 43 indexed citations

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Nyffeler, Martin, E. J. Olson, & William O. C. Symondson. (2016). Plant-eating by spiders. Journal of Arachnology. 44(1). 15–27. 63 indexed citations

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Lavigne, Claire, et al.. (2012). Early-season predation on aphids by winter-active spiders in apple orchards revealed by diagnostic PCR. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 103(2). 148–154. 35 indexed citations

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Pearce, Sarina, et al.. (2007). Plant diversity and land use under organic and conventional agriculture: a whole‐farm approach. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44(4). 792–803. 82 indexed citations

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Harwood, James D., et al.. (2005). Detection of scavenged material in the guts of predators using monoclonal antibodies: a significant source of error in measurement of predation?. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 95(1). 57–62. 39 indexed citations

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Agustí, Núria, et al.. (2003). Collembola as alternative prey sustaining spiders in arable ecosystems: prey detection within predators using molecular markers. Molecular Ecology. 12(12). 3467–3475. 243 indexed citations

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Kidd, N. A. C., et al.. (2000). Coleópteros depredadores y su incidencia sobre Prays oleae (Lepidóptera, Plutellidae) en el olivar. Phytoma España: La revista profesional de sanidad vegetal. 43–53. 2 indexed citations

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Kidd, N. A. C., et al.. (1999). Las arañas y su incidencia sobre Prays oleae en el olivar. Hispana. 25(4). 475–489. 17 indexed citations

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Kidd, N. A. C., et al.. (1997). Heterópteros depredadores presentes en el olivar y su incidencia sobre "Prays oleae" (Lepidóptera, "Plutellidae"). 32–41. 2 indexed citations

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