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John A. Lesku

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h-index: 30
Works: 90
Citations: 3,471

Most-cited papers

Sleeping under the risk of predation
S. Lima, N. Rattenborg, John A. Lesku, C. Amlaner
2005366 citations
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Adaptive Sleep Loss in Polygynous Pectoral Sandpipers
John A. Lesku, N. Rattenborg, M. Valcu, A. Vyssotski +4 more
2012Science244 citations
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A Phylogenetic Analysis of Sleep Architecture in Mammals: The Integration of Anatomy, Physiology, and Ecology
John A. Lesku, T. Roth, C. Amlaner, S. Lima
2006American Naturalist190 citations
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Sleep research goes wild: new methods and approaches to investigate the ecology, evolution and functions of sleep
N. Rattenborg, H. O. de la Iglesia, B. Kempenaers, John A. Lesku +2 more
2017Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences177 citations Open access
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Artificial light at night desynchronizes strictly seasonal reproduction in a wild mammal
K. Robert, John A. Lesku, J. Partecke, Brian Chambers
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences163 citations Open access
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Avian sleep homeostasis: convergent evolution of complex brains, cognition and sleep functions in mammals and birds.
N. Rattenborg, D. Martı́nez-González, John A. Lesku
2009Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews138 citations
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What is REM sleep?
M. Blumberg, John A. Lesku, P. Libourel, Markus H. Schmidt +1 more
2020Current Biology126 citations Open access
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Local sleep homeostasis in the avian brain: convergence of sleep function in mammals and birds?
John A. Lesku, A. Vyssotski, D. Martı́nez-González, C. Wilzeck +1 more
2011Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences109 citations Open access
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Phylogenetics and the correlates of mammalian sleep: a reappraisal.
John A. Lesku, T. Roth, N. Rattenborg, C. Amlaner +1 more
2008Sleep Medicine Reviews99 citations
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Ostriches Sleep like Platypuses
John A. Lesku, L. Meyer, A. Fuller, S. Maloney +3 more
2011PLoS ONE97 citations Open access
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Impacts of artificial light at night on sleep: A review and prospectus.
Anne E. Aulsebrook, T. Jones, R. Mulder, John A. Lesku
2018Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology96 citations Open access
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A phylogenetic analysis of the correlates of sleep in birds
T. Roth, John A. Lesku, C. Amlaner, S. Lima
2006Journal of Sleep Research93 citations Open access
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Is “cooling then freezing” a humane way to kill amphibians and reptiles?
R. Shine, J. Amiel, A. Munn, Mathew Stewart +2 more
2015Biology Open83 citations Open access
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Sleep Ecophysiology: Integrating Neuroscience and Ecology.
Anne E. Aulsebrook, T. Jones, N. Rattenborg, T. Roth +1 more
2016Trends in Ecology & Evolution82 citations Open access
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History and future of comparative analyses in sleep research.
John A. Lesku, T. Roth, N. Rattenborg, C. Amlaner +1 more
2009Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews75 citations
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Predator-induced plasticity in sleep architecture in wild-caught Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus).
John A. Lesku, Rebekah J. Bark, D. Martı́nez-González, N. Rattenborg +2 more
2008Behavioural Brain Research75 citations
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On the evolution of noise-dependent vocal plasticity in birds
S. Schuster, S. Zollinger, John A. Lesku, H. Brumm
2012Biology Letters71 citations Open access
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White and Amber Light at Night Disrupt Sleep Physiology in Birds.
Anne E. Aulsebrook, Farley Connelly, Robin D. Johnsson, T. Jones +4 more
2020Current Biology70 citations Open access
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Avian sleep.
John A. Lesku, N. Rattenborg
2014Current Biology67 citations Open access
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Validation of ‘Somnivore’, a Machine Learning Algorithm for Automated Scoring and Analysis of Polysomnography Data
G. Allocca, Sherie Ma, D. Martelli, M. Cerri +19 more
2019Frontiers in Neuroscience53 citations Open access
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Asynchronous Eye Closure as an Anti‐Predator Behavior in the Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Christian G. Mathews, John A. Lesku, S. Lima, C. Amlaner
200652 citations
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Local Aspects of Avian Non-REM and REM Sleep
N. Rattenborg, J. van der Meij, G. Beckers, John A. Lesku
2019Frontiers in Neuroscience46 citations Open access
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The cascading pathogenic consequences of Sarcoptes scabiei infection that manifest in host disease
Alynn M. Martin, Tamieka A. Fraser, John A. Lesku, K. Simpson +5 more
2018Royal Society Open Science46 citations Open access
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Evolution and plasticity of sleep
Gianina Ungurean, J. van der Meij, N. Rattenborg, John A. Lesku
2020Current Opinion in Physiology38 citations
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Inactivity Is Nycthemeral, Endogenously Generated, Homeostatically Regulated, and Melatonin Modulated in a Free-Living Platyhelminth Flatworm
S. Omond, Linh M. T. Ly, Russell Beaton, Jonathan J. Storm +2 more
2017Sleep38 citations
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Sleep Locally, Act Globally
N. Rattenborg, S. Lima, John A. Lesku
2012The Neuroscientist38 citations
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Light, Sleep and Performance in Diurnal Birds
Anne E. Aulsebrook, Robin D. Johnsson, John A. Lesku
2021Clocks & Sleep37 citations Open access
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Urban noise restricts, fragments, and lightens sleep in Australian magpies.
Farley Connelly, Robin D. Johnsson, Anne E. Aulsebrook, R. Mulder +3 more
2020Environmental Pollution37 citations Open access
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The evolution of sleep
C. Amlaner, John A. Lesku, N. Rattenborg
200934 citations
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The low-down on sleeping down low: pigeons shift to lighter forms of sleep when sleeping near the ground
Ryan K. Tisdale, John A. Lesku, G. Beckers, A. Vyssotski +1 more
2018Journal of Experimental Biology33 citations Open access
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Neurotransmitters of sleep and wakefulness in flatworms
S. Omond, M. Hale, John A. Lesku
2022Sleep30 citations Open access
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Streetlights Disrupt Night-Time Sleep in Urban Black Swans
Anne E. Aulsebrook, John A. Lesku, R. Mulder, W. Goymann +2 more
2020Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution30 citations Open access
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Sleep loss impairs cognitive performance and alters song output in Australian magpies
Robin D. Johnsson, Farley Connelly, Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi, A. Vyssotski +3 more
2022Scientific Reports29 citations Open access
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Cassowary casques act as thermal windows
D. L. Eastick, G. Tattersall, S. Watson, John A. Lesku +1 more
2019Scientific Reports27 citations Open access
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Plumes of neuronal activity propagate in three dimensions through the nuclear avian brain
G. Beckers, J. van der Meij, John A. Lesku, N. Rattenborg
2014BMC Biology27 citations Open access
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The non-trivial functions of sleep.
N. Rattenborg, John A. Lesku, D. Martı́nez-González, S. Lima
2007Sleep Medicine Reviews27 citations
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Energetic costs and benefits of sleep.
John A. Lesku, Markus H. Schmidt
2022Current Biology26 citations Open access
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Evidence for Sleep in Sharks and Rays: Behavioural, Physiological, and Evolutionary Considerations
Michael L. Kelly, S. Collin, J. Hemmi, John A. Lesku
2019Brain, Behavior and Evolution26 citations Open access
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Bird-like propagating brain activity in anesthetized Nile crocodiles
Ryan K. Tisdale, John A. Lesku, G. Beckers, N. Rattenborg
2018Sleep25 citations Open access
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Unihemispheric sleep in crocodilians?
Michael L. Kelly, Richard A. Peters, Ryan K. Tisdale, John A. Lesku
2015Journal of Experimental Biology25 citations Open access
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Behavioural sleep in two species of buccal pumping sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni and Cephaloscyllium isabellum)
Michael L. Kelly, Stefan Spreitzenbarth, C. C. Kerr, J. Hemmi +3 more
2020Journal of Sleep Research23 citations Open access
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Sleep-Related Electrophysiology and Behavior of Tinamous (Eudromia elegans): Tinamous Do Not Sleep Like Ostriches
Ryan K. Tisdale, A. Vyssotski, John A. Lesku, N. Rattenborg
2017Brain, Behavior and Evolution23 citations
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Evolution of Sleep and Adaptive Sleeplessness
John A. Lesku, Anne E. Aulsebrook, Michael L. Kelly, Ryan K. Tisdale
2019Handbook of Sleep Research19 citations Open access
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The missing cost of ecological sleep loss
John A. Lesku, N. Rattenborg
2022SLEEP Advances18 citations Open access
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Diverse Activity Rhythms in Sharks (Elasmobranchii)
Michael L. Kelly, E. R. Murray, C. C. Kerr, C. Radford +3 more
2020Journal of Biological Rhythms18 citations Open access
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Sleep Origins: Restful Jellyfish Are Sleeping Jellyfish.
John A. Lesku, Linh M. T. Ly
2017Current Biology17 citations Open access
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Energy conservation characterizes sleep in sharks
Michael L. Kelly, Selwyn P. Collins, John A. Lesku, J. Hemmi +2 more
2022Biology Letters16 citations Open access
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Homeostatic regulation of NREM sleep, but not REM sleep, in Australian magpies.
Robin D. Johnsson, Farley Connelly, A. Vyssotski, T. Roth +1 more
2021Sleep16 citations Open access
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Social approach, anxiety, and altered tryptophan hydroxylase 2 activity in juvenile BALB/c and C57BL/6J mice
Adrian M. Russo, Adam J. Lawther, Benjamin M. Prior, Luke Isbel +7 more
2019Behavioural Brain Research15 citations Open access
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Plumage color manipulation has no effect on social dominance or fitness in zebra finches
Sofia Jerónimo, Mehdi Khadraoui, Dai-Ping Wang, Katrin Martin +5 more
201814 citations Open access
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