Wouter Halfwerk

3.6k citations

60 papers · 2.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 22

Impact in

Developmental Biology top 0.05%
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 0.5%
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant and animal studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Developmental Biology 50
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior 50
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 46
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction 38
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies 13
- Plant and animal studies 8

Co-authors: Hans Slabbekoorn (11 shared papers)Leonard J. M. Holleman (1 shared paper)C. M. Lessells (1 shared paper)Rachel A. Page (14 shared papers)Michael J. Ryan (13 shared papers)Ryan C. Taylor (8 shared papers)Sander Bot (3 shared papers)Caroline Dingle (3 shared papers)
Journals: Behavioral Ecology (6 papers)Journal of Experimental Biology (5 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (4 papers)Animal Behaviour (4 papers)Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (4 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Panama United States

In The Last Decade

Wouter Halfwerk

57 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology 2020 · 180 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.

2020 Nature Ecology & Evolution
2010 Journal of Applied Ecology

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1	Negative impact of traffic noise on avian reproductive success Journal of Applied Ecology ·Wouter Halfwerk, Leonard J. M. Holleman, C. M. Lessells, Hans Slabbekoorn Hit paper breakdown →	2010	375
2	Low-frequency songs lose their potency in noisy urban conditions Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wouter Halfwerk, Sander Bot, Jasper Buikx, Marco van der Velde, Jan Komdeur, Carel ten Cate, Hans Slabbekoorn	2011	233
3	A behavioural mechanism explaining noise-dependent frequency use in urban birdsong Animal Behaviour ·Wouter Halfwerk, Hans Slabbekoorn	2009	203
4	Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Davide M. Dominoni, Wouter Halfwerk, Emily Baird, Rachel T. Buxton, Esteban Fernández‐Juricic, Kurt M. Fristrup, Megan F. McKenna, Daniel J. Mennitt, Elizabeth K. Perkin, Brett Seymoure, David C. Stoner, Jennifer B. Tennessen, Cory A. Toth, Luke P. Tyrrell, Ashley Wilson, Clinton D. Francis, Neil Carter, Jesse R. Barber Hit paper breakdown →	2020	180
5	Pollution going multimodal: the complex impact of the human-altered sensory environment on animal perception and performance Biology Letters ·Wouter Halfwerk, Hans Slabbekoorn	2015	178
6	SONG DIVERGENCE BY SENSORY DRIVE IN AMAZONIAN BIRDS Evolution ·Joseph A. Tobias, Job Aben, Robb T. Brumfield, Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Wouter Halfwerk, Hans Slabbekoorn, Nathalie Seddon	2010	147
7	Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display Science ·Wouter Halfwerk, Patricia L. Jones, Ryan C. Taylor, Michael J. Ryan, Rachel A. Page	2014	86
8	Bats perceptually weight prey cues across sensory systems when hunting in noise Science ·Dylan Gomes, Rachel A. Page, Inga Geipel, Ryan C. Taylor, Michael J. Ryan, Wouter Halfwerk	2016	84
9	Adaptive changes in sexual signalling in response to urbanization Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Wouter Halfwerk, Michiel Blaas, Lars Krämer, Nadia Hijner, Paula A. Trillo, Ximena E. Bernal, Rachel A. Page, Sandra Goutte, Michael J. Ryan, Jacintha Ellers	2018	83
10	Habitat‐dependent song divergence at subspecies level in the grey‐breasted wood‐wren Journal of Evolutionary Biology ·Caroline Dingle, Wouter Halfwerk, Hans Slabbekoorn	2008	75
11	Multisensory pollution: Artificial light at night and anthropogenic noise have interactive effects on activity patterns of great tits (Parus major) Environmental Pollution ·Davide M. Dominoni, Judith A. H. Smit, Marcel E. Visser, Wouter Halfwerk	2019	73
12	Vocal responses to noise reveal the presence of the Lombard effect in a frog Behavioral Ecology ·Wouter Halfwerk, Amanda M. Lea, M. A. GUERRA, Rachel A. Page, Michael J. Ryan	2015	71
13	ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE PATTERNS TO SUBSPECIES-SPECIFIC SONG DIFFERENCES IN ALLOPATRY AND PARAPATRY IN THE GRAY-BREASTED WOOD-WREN Evolution ·Caroline Dingle, Jelmer W. Poelstra, Wouter Halfwerk, Dušan Milan Brinkhuizen, Hans Slabbekoorn	2010	65
14	Male great tit song perch selection in response to noise‐dependent female feedback Functional Ecology ·Wouter Halfwerk, Sander Bot, Hans Slabbekoorn	2012	50
15	Toward Testing for Multimodal Perception of Mating Signals Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ·Wouter Halfwerk, Judith Varkevisser, Ralph Simon, Ezequiel Mendoza, Constance Scharff, Katharina Riebel	2019	47
16	Noise as an informational cue for decision-making: the sound of rain delays bat emergence Journal of Experimental Biology ·Inga Geipel, Marcus J. Smeekes, Wouter Halfwerk, Rachel A. Page	2019	34
17	A comprehensive overview of the effects of urbanisation on sexual selection and sexual traits Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Andrew D. Cronin, Judith A. H. Smit, Matías I. Muñoz, Armand Poirier, Peter A. Moran, Paul Jerem, Wouter Halfwerk	2022	33
18	Collateral damage or a shadow of safety? The effects of signalling heterospecific neighbours on the risks of parasitism and predation Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Paula A. Trillo, Ximena E. Bernal, Michael S. Caldwell, Wouter Halfwerk, Mallory O. Wessel, Rachel A. Page	2016	32
19	Crossmodal Comparisons of Signal Components Allow for Relative-Distance Assessment Current Biology ·Wouter Halfwerk, Rachel A. Page, Ryan C. Taylor, Preston S. Wilson, Michael J. Ryan	2014	31
20	Risks of multimodal signaling: bat predators attend to dynamic motion in frog sexual displays Journal of Experimental Biology ·Wouter Halfwerk, M. May Dixon, Kristina J. Ottens, Ryan C. Taylor, Michael J. Ryan, Rachel A. Page, Patricia L. Jones	2014	26

About Wouter Halfwerk

Wouter Halfwerk is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 60 papers that have together received 2.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (50 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (38 papers), Marine animal studies overview (28 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (13 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (9 papers), Plant and animal studies (8 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (3 papers) and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Biology (1.6k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.6k citations), Ecology (1.4k citations), Global and Planetary Change (441 citations) and Speech and Hearing (122 citations). Wouter Halfwerk has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Panama and United States. Frequent co-authors include Hans Slabbekoorn, Leonard J. M. Holleman, C. M. Lessells, Rachel A. Page, Michael J. Ryan, Ryan C. Taylor, Sander Bot, Caroline Dingle, Jan Komdeur and Judith A. H. Smit. Their work appears in journals such as Behavioral Ecology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Animal Behaviour and Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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