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h-index: 32
Works: 76
Citations: 4,609

Most-cited papers

An inverse latitudinal gradient in speciation rate for marine fishes
D. Rabosky, Jonathan Chang, Pascal O. Title, P. Cowman +7 more
2018Nature807 citations
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Quantifying Phylogenetic Beta Diversity: Distinguishing between ‘True’ Turnover of Lineages and Phylogenetic Diversity Gradients
F. Leprieur, C. Albouy, J. de Bortoli, P. Cowman +2 more
2012PLoS ONE243 citations Open access
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The historical biogeography of coral reef fishes: global patterns of origination and dispersal
P. Cowman, D. Bellwood
2013240 citations Open access
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Coral reefs as drivers of cladogenesis: expanding coral reefs, cryptic extinction events, and the development of biodiversity hotspots
P. Cowman, D. Bellwood
2011Journal of Evolutionary Biology219 citations Open access
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Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity
L. Pellissier, F. Leprieur, V. Parravicini, P. Cowman +6 more
2014Science186 citations
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Human-mediated loss of phylogenetic and functional diversity in coral reef fishes.
S. D'agata, D. Mouillot, M. Kulbicki, S. Andréfouët +6 more
2014Current Biology168 citations Open access
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Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics
F. Leprieur, Patrice Descombes, T. Gaboriau, P. Cowman +8 more
2016Nature Communications165 citations Open access
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Vicariance across major marine biogeographic barriers: temporal concordance and the relative intensity of hard versus soft barriers
P. Cowman, D. Bellwood
2013Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences160 citations Open access
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Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs.
P. Cowman, D. Bellwood, L. van Herwerden
2009Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution153 citations
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Parasitic plants have increased rates of molecular evolution across all three genomes
L. Bromham, P. Cowman, R. Lanfear
2013BMC Evolutionary Biology141 citations Open access
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Evolutionary history of the butterflyfishes (f: Chaetodontidae) and the rise of coral feeding fishes
D. Bellwood, S. Klanten, P. Cowman, M. Pratchett +2 more
2010Journal of Evolutionary Biology141 citations
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Phylogenomics, Origin and Diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria).
C. McFadden, A. Quattrini, M. Brugler, P. Cowman +5 more
2021Systematic Biology139 citations Open access
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Palaeoclimate ocean conditions shaped the evolution of corals and their skeletons through deep time
A. Quattrini, E. Rodríguez, B. Faircloth, P. Cowman +8 more
2020Nature Ecology & Evolution128 citations
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The biogeography of tropical reef fishes: endemism and provinciality through time
P. Cowman, V. Parravicini, M. Kulbicki, S. Floeter
2017Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society119 citations Open access
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An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives
P. Cowman, A. Quattrini, T. Bridge, G. Watkins-Colwell +6 more
2020bioRxiv109 citations Open access
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Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous
A. Ghezelayagh, R. Harrington, E. Burress, M. Campbell +16 more
2022Nature Ecology & Evolution104 citations Open access
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Exploring the Relationships between Mutation Rates, Life History, Genome Size, Environment, and Species Richness in Flowering Plants
L. Bromham, X. Hua, R. Lanfear, P. Cowman
2015American Naturalist104 citations Open access
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Trophic innovations fuel reef fish diversification
Alexandre C. Siqueira, Renato A. Morais, D. Bellwood, P. Cowman
2020Nature Communications93 citations Open access
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The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: Testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns
Eric D. Crandall, Cynthia Riginos, C. Bird, L. Liggins +17 more
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography86 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic perspectives on reef fish functional traits
S. Floeter, M. Bender, Alexandre C. Siqueira, P. Cowman
2018Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society82 citations
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Effects of coral bleaching and coral loss on the structure and function of reef fish assemblages
M. Pratchett, Cassandra A. Thompson, A. Hoey, P. Cowman +1 more
201880 citations
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Global marine protected areas do not secure the evolutionary history of tropical corals and fishes
D. Mouillot, V. Parravicini, D. Bellwood, F. Leprieur +6 more
2016Nature Communications74 citations Open access
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Historical factors that have shaped the evolution of tropical reef fishes: a review of phylogenies, biogeography, and remaining questions
P. Cowman
2014Frontiers in Genetics64 citations Open access
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The evolution of traits and functions in herbivorous coral reef fishes through space and time
Alexandre C. Siqueira, D. Bellwood, P. Cowman
2019Proceedings of the Royal Society B63 citations Open access
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Chemical Alarm Cues Are Conserved within the Coral Reef Fish Family Pomacentridae
M. Mitchell, P. Cowman, M. McCormick
2012PLoS ONE53 citations Open access
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Planktivores as trophic drivers of global coral reef fish diversity patterns
Alexandre C. Siqueira, Renato A. Morais, D. Bellwood, P. Cowman
2021Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America52 citations Open access
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Historical biogeography of herbivorous coral reef fishes: The formation of an Atlantic fauna
Alexandre C. Siqueira, D. Bellwood, P. Cowman
2019Journal of Biogeography48 citations
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Correction: Quantifying Phylogenetic Beta Diversity: Distinguishing between ‘True’ Turnover of Lineages and Phylogenetic Diversity Gradients
F. Leprieur, C. Albouy, J. de Bortoli, P. Cowman +2 more
2012PLoS ONE48 citations Open access
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Solving the Coral Species Delimitation Conundrum.
C. Ramírez-Portilla, A. Baird, P. Cowman, A. Quattrini +3 more
2021Systematic Biology45 citations Open access
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Evolutionary processes underlying latitudinal differences in reef fish biodiversity
Alexandre C. Siqueira, L. G. Oliveira-Santos, P. Cowman, S. Floeter
201645 citations Open access
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Longevity Is Linked to Mitochondrial Mutation Rates in Rockfish: A Test Using Poisson Regression.
X. Hua, P. Cowman, D. Warren, L. Bromham
2015Molecular biology and evolution43 citations Open access
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Colour pattern divergence in reef fish species is rapid and driven by both range overlap and symmetry.
C. Hemingson, P. Cowman, Jennifer R. Hodge, D. Bellwood
2018Ecology Letters41 citations Open access
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The evolution of fishes on coral reefs: fossils, phylogenies, and functions
D. Bellwood, Christopher H. R. Goatley, P. Cowman, O. Bellwood
201528 citations
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The tables have turned: taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of the Acropora hyacinthus (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) complex.
Sage H. Rassmussen, P. Cowman, Andrew H. Baird, Augustine J. Crosbie +12 more
2025Invertebrate systematics25 citations Open access
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Historical and contemporary determinants of global phylogenetic structure in tropical reef fish faunas
F. Leprieur, Simona Colosio, Patrice Descombes, V. Parravicini +5 more
201624 citations Open access
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The influence of habitat association on swimming performance in marine teleost fish larvae
Adam T. Downie, J. Leis, P. Cowman, M. McCormick +1 more
2021Fish and Fisheries23 citations Open access
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Variation in social systems within Chaetodon butterflyfishes, with special reference to pair bonding
J. Nowicki, Lauren A. O’Connell, P. Cowman, S. Walker +2 more
2018PLoS ONE21 citations Open access
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Ancestral biogeography and ecology of marine angelfishes (F: Pomacanthidae).
L. Baraf, M. Pratchett, P. Cowman
2019Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution20 citations
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Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Blastopathes) from Papua New Guinea.
J. Horowitz, M. Brugler, T. Bridge, P. Cowman
2020Zootaxa18 citations Open access
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Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time
J. Horowitz, A. Quattrini, M. Brugler, David J. Miller +3 more
2023Proceedings of the Royal Society B17 citations Open access
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Phylogenomic Analysis of Concatenated Ultraconserved Elements Reveals the Recent Evolutionary Radiation of the Fairy Wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus).
Yi-Kai Tea, Xin Xu, J. Dibattista, N. Lo +2 more
2021Systematic Biology17 citations Open access
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Biogeography, reproductive biology and phylogenetic divergence within the Fungiidae (mushroom corals).
Mila Grinblat, I. Cooke, T. Shlesinger, Or Ben‐Zvi +3 more
2021Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution17 citations
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Predation drives recurrent convergence of an interspecies mutualism.
W. E. Feeney, R. Brooker, Lane N. Johnston, J. Gilbert +5 more
2018Ecology Letters16 citations Open access
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Ice ages and butterflyfishes: Phylogenomics elucidates the ecological and evolutionary history of reef fishes in an endemism hotspot
J. Dibattista, M. Alfaro, L. Sorenson, J. Choat +8 more
2018Ecology and Evolution15 citations Open access
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Types, topotypes and vouchers are the key to progress in coral taxonomy: Comment on Wepfer et al. 2020.
V. Bonito, A. Baird, T. Bridge, P. Cowman +1 more
2021Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution14 citations
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Drivers of eyespot evolution in coral reef fishes
C. Hemingson, Alexandre C. Siqueira, P. Cowman, D. Bellwood
2021Evolution; international journal of organic evolution13 citations
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Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity
C. Brownstein, R. Harrington, Laura R. V. Alencar, D. Bellwood +8 more
2025Science Advances12 citations Open access
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Analysing biological colour patterns from digital images: An introduction to the current toolbox
C. Hemingson, P. Cowman, D. Bellwood
2024Ecology and Evolution11 citations Open access
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Widespread sympatry in a species-rich clade of marine fishes (Carangoidei)
J. Glass, R. Harrington, P. Cowman, B. Faircloth +1 more
2022bioRxiv11 citations Open access
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Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity — Source link
L. Pellissier, F. Leprieur, V. Parravicini, P. Cowman +6 more
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