Skip to content

Home Search Authors Pakistan News Saved

SciRah

SciRah does not host or store research papers. Results come live from free, official scholarly APIs, and every paper links back to its original source.

Data sources

OpenAlex
Semantic Scholar
Crossref
CORE
arXiv
PubMed

Privacy policy Terms of service

C. Spottiswoode · SciRah

Researcher profile · Semantic Scholar

C. Spottiswoode

Share profile

C. Spottiswoode — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 35
Works: 148
Citations: 4,133

Most-cited papers

Camouflage predicts survival in ground-nesting birds
J. Troscianko, Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, M. Stevens, C. Spottiswoode
2016Scientific Reports170 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism
C. Spottiswoode, K. Begg, C. Begg
2016Science102 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection
M. Stevens, J. Troscianko, C. Spottiswoode
2013Nature Communications88 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Improvement of individual camouflage through background choice in ground-nesting birds
M. Stevens, J. Troscianko, Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, C. Spottiswoode
2017Nature Ecology & Evolution82 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Carotenoid-based plumage coloration reflects hemoparasite infection and local survival in breeding great tits
Peeter Hõrak, I. Ots, Helen Vellau, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2017Oecologia78 citations
Semantic Scholar
High temperatures drive offspring mortality in a cooperatively breeding bird
A. Bourne, S. Cunningham, C. Spottiswoode, A. Ridley
2020bioRxiv62 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperation
D. Cram, J. E. M. van der Wal, N. Uomini, M. Cantor +38 more
2022People and Nature51 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Escape Distance in Ground-Nesting Birds Differs with Individual Level of Camouflage
Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, J. Troscianko, M. Stevens, C. Spottiswoode
2016American Naturalist51 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Hot droughts compromise interannual survival across all group sizes in a cooperatively breeding bird
A. Bourne, S. Cunningham, C. Spottiswoode, A. Ridley
2019bioRxiv50 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Antagonistic effect of helpers on breeding male and female survival in a cooperatively breeding bird
M. Paquet, C. Doutrelant, B. Hatchwell, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2015Journal of Animal Ecology44 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Breeding decisions and output are correlated with both temperature and rainfall in an arid-region passerine, the sociable weaver
R. Mares, C. Doutrelant, M. Paquet, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2017Royal Society Open Science43 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Fine‐scale genetic structure reflects sex‐specific dispersal strategies in a population of sociable weavers (Philetairus socius)
René E. Dijk, R. Covas, C. Doutrelant, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2015Molecular Ecology43 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The discovery, biodiversity and conservation of Mabu forest—the largest medium-altitude rainforest in southern Africa
J. Bayliss, J. Timberlake, W. Branch, Carl Bruessow +19 more
2014Oryx38 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Safeguarding human–wildlife cooperation
J. E. M. van der Wal, C. Spottiswoode, N. Uomini, M. Cantor +39 more
2022Conservation Letters35 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Relative advantages of dichromatic and trichromatic color vision in camouflage breaking
J. Troscianko, Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, David Griffiths, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2017Behavioral Ecology35 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved egg signatures with elevated information content
Eleanor M. Caves, M. Stevens, E. Iversen, C. Spottiswoode
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences35 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Nest covering in plovers: How modifying the visual environment influences egg camouflage
J. Troscianko, Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, C. Spottiswoode, M. Stevens
2016Ecology and Evolution34 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor
A. Bourne, A. Ridley, A. McKechnie, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2021Conservation Physiology30 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Why Do Migratory Birds Sing on Their Tropical Wintering Grounds?
Marjorie C. Sorensen, S. Jenni-Eiermann, C. Spottiswoode
2016American Naturalist29 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Evidence for aggressive mimicry in an adult brood parasitic bird, and generalized defences in its host
W. E. Feeney, J. Troscianko, N. E. Langmore, C. Spottiswoode
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences28 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
The coevolutionary biology of brood parasitism: a call for integration
R. Thorogood, C. Spottiswoode, S. Portugal, R. Gloag
2019Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences27 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Compensatory Breeding in Years Following Drought in a Desert-Dwelling Cooperative Breeder
A. Bourne, S. Cunningham, C. Spottiswoode, A. Ridley
2020Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution26 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Multimodal mimicry of hosts in a radiation of parasitic finches *
G. Jamie, S. V. Van Belleghem, Benedict G. Hogan, Silky Hamama +5 more
2020Evolution; international journal of organic evolution26 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
A rare study from the wintering grounds provides insight into the costs of malaria infection for migratory birds
Marjorie C. Sorensen, M. Asghar, S. Bensch, Graham D. Fairhurst +2 more
201626 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Genetic architecture facilitates then constrains adaptation in a host–parasite coevolutionary arms race
C. Spottiswoode, Wenfei Tong, G. Jamie, K. F. Stryjewski +7 more
2022Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America23 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Climate, social factors and research disturbance influence population dynamics in a declining sociable weaver metapopulation
R. Altwegg, C. Doutrelant, M. D. Anderson, C. Spottiswoode +1 more
2014Oecologia23 citations
Semantic Scholar
Direct and indirect effects of high temperatures on fledging in a cooperatively breeding bird
A. Bourne, A. Ridley, C. Spottiswoode, S. Cunningham
2021Behavioral Ecology22 citations
Semantic Scholar
Higher-level pattern features provide additional information to birds when recognizing and rejecting parasitic eggs
M. Stoddard, Benedict G. Hogan, M. Stevens, C. Spottiswoode
2019Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences22 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Culturally determined interspecies communication between humans and honeyguides
C. Spottiswoode, Brian M. Wood
2023Science20 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Brain Size and Morphology of the Brood-Parasitic and Cerophagous Honeyguides (Aves: Piciformes)
J. Corfield, T. Birkhead, C. Spottiswoode, A. Iwaniuk +5 more
2013Brain, Behavior and Evolution19 citations
Semantic Scholar
Rediscovery of a long-lost lark reveals the conspecificity of endangered Heteromirafra populations in the Horn of Africa
C. Spottiswoode, U. Olsson, M. Mills, Callan Cohen +8 more
2013Journal of Ornithology19 citations
Semantic Scholar
Awer Honey-Hunting Culture With Greater Honeyguides in Coastal Kenya
J. E. M. van der Wal, I. I. Gedi, C. Spottiswoode
2022Frontiers in Conservation Science18 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
A biogeographical appraisal of the threatened South East Africa Montane Archipelago ecoregion
J. Bayliss, G. Bittencourt-Silva, William R. Branch, Carl Bruessow +22 more
2024Scientific Reports16 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Post-pollination barriers enable coexistence of pollinator-sharing ornithophilous Erica species
A. Coetzee, C. Spottiswoode, C. Seymour
2020Journal of plant research16 citations
Semantic Scholar
Coupled range dynamics of brood parasites and their hosts responding to climate and vegetation changes.
Guillaume Péron, R. Altwegg, G. Jamie, C. Spottiswoode
2016Journal of Animal Ecology16 citations
Semantic Scholar
Facilitation and competition shape a geographical mosaic of flower colour polymorphisms
A. Coetzee, C. Seymour, C. Spottiswoode
202115 citations
Semantic Scholar
Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies
Stephanie C. McClelland, M. Reynolds, Molly Cordall, M. Hauber +10 more
2021Proceedings of the Royal Society B14 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Vive la difference! Self/non-self recognition and the evolution of signatures of identity in arms races with parasites
C. Spottiswoode, R. Busch
2019Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences13 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Toward a scoring system for species delimitation: a response to Remsen
N. Collar, L. Fishpool, J. D. del Hoyo, J. Pilgrim +3 more
201612 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Why and how to apply Weber's Law to coevolution and mimicry
T. Dixit, Eleanor M. Caves, C. Spottiswoode, N. P. C. Horrocks
2021Evolution; international journal of organic evolution11 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Chase-away evolution maintains imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite–host system despite rapid evolution of mimics
T. Dixit, Jess Lund, A. Fulford, Andrei L. Apostol +7 more
2023Nature Ecology & Evolution10 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law
T. Dixit, Andrei L. Apostol, Kuan-Chi Chen, A. Fulford +2 more
2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B10 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Migration distance does not predict blood parasitism in a migratory songbird
Marjorie C. Sorensen, T. Dixit, K. Kardynal, J. Newton +4 more
2019Ecology and Evolution10 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Does coevolution with a shared parasite drive hosts to partition their defences among species?
Eleanor M. Caves, M. Stevens, C. Spottiswoode
2017Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences10 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Guides and cheats: producer–scrounger dynamics in the human–honeyguide mutualism
D. Cram, D. J. Lloyd-Jones, J. E. M. van der Wal, Jess Lund +7 more
2023Proceedings of the Royal Society B9 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
When wax wanes: competitors for beeswax stabilize rather than jeopardize the honeyguide–human mutualism
D. J. Lloyd-Jones, J. J. S. St Clair, D. Cram, Orlando Yassene +2 more
2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B9 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Convergent evolution of reduced eggshell conductance in avian brood parasites
Stephanie C. McClelland, G. Jamie, Katy Waters, L. Caldas +2 more
2019Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences9 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Seasonal rainfall at long-term migratory staging sites is associated with altered carry-over effects in a Palearctic-African migratory bird
Marjorie C. Sorensen, Graham D. Fairhurst, S. Jenni-Eiermann, J. Newton +2 more
2016BMC Ecology9 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Combined measures of mimetic fidelity explain imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite–host system
T. Dixit, G. Choi, S. al-Mosleh, Jess Lund +4 more
2023Biology Letters8 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar
Artificial nectar feeders reduce sunbird abundance and plant visitation in Cape Fynbos adjacent to suburban areas
Monique du Plessis, C. Seymour, C. Spottiswoode, A. Coetzee
2021Global Ecology and Conservation8 citations Open access
Semantic Scholar

Frequent co-authors

Invite them to SciRah by sharing their profile.

J. Troscianko×9
Invite
J. Troscianko — researcher profile on SciRah
M. Stevens×9
Invite
M. Stevens — researcher profile on SciRah
T. Dixit×8
Invite
T. Dixit — researcher profile on SciRah
Jess Lund×6
Invite
Jess Lund — researcher profile on SciRah

Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal

×5

Invite

Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

A. Bourne — researcher profile on SciRah

S. Cunningham×5

Invite

S. Cunningham — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

A. Ridley — researcher profile on SciRah

J. E. M. van der Wal×5

Invite

J. E. M. van der Wal — researcher profile on SciRah

Invite

D. Cram — researcher profile on SciRah

D. J. Lloyd-Jones×4

Invite

D. J. Lloyd-Jones — researcher profile on SciRah

C. Doutrelant×4

Invite

C. Doutrelant — researcher profile on SciRah