Catherine Sheard

Catherine Sheard

University of Bristol

H-index: 15

Europe-United Kingdom

About Catherine Sheard

Catherine Sheard, With an exceptional h-index of 15 and a recent h-index of 14 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Bristol, specializes in the field of Evolutionary Biology, Macroecology, Macroevolution, Ornithology, Cultural Evolution.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat

Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds

Primate coloration and colour vision: a comparative approach

Limited ecological opportunity influences the tempo of morphological evolution in birds

Nest architecture influences host use by avian brood parasites and is shaped by coevolutionary dynamics

The evolution of rodent tail morphology

Nest traits for the world's birds

Sex differences in singing behaviour are predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds

Catherine Sheard Information

University

Position

Palaeobiology Research Group

Citations(all)

1667

Citations(since 2020)

1557

Cited By

474

hIndex(all)

15

hIndex(since 2020)

14

i10Index(all)

19

i10Index(since 2020)

18

Email

University Profile Page

University of Bristol

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Catherine Sheard Skills & Research Interests

Evolutionary Biology

Macroecology

Macroevolution

Ornithology

Cultural Evolution

Top articles of Catherine Sheard

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat

Ornithology

Karina Vanadzina

Sally E. Street

Catherine Sheard

2024

Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Catherine Sheard

Lucy Stott

Sally E Street

Susan D Healy

Shoko Sugasawa

...

2024/3/25

Primate coloration and colour vision: a comparative approach

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Robert X MacDonald

Catherine Sheard

Natasha K Howell

Tim Caro

2024

Limited ecological opportunity influences the tempo of morphological evolution in birds

Current Biology

Jonathan P Drury

Julien Clavel

Joseph A Tobias

Jonathan Rolland

Catherine Sheard

...

2024/2/12

Nest architecture influences host use by avian brood parasites and is shaped by coevolutionary dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Mark E Hauber

Jenő Nagy

Catherine Sheard

Nicholas D Antonson

Sally E Street

...

2024/1/10

The evolution of rodent tail morphology

The American Naturalist

Catherine Sheard

Nina Skinner

Tim Caro

2024

Nest traits for the world's birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Catherine Sheard

Sally E. Street

Susan D. Healy

Camille A Troisi

Andrew D. Clark

...

2024

Sex differences in singing behaviour are predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds

Karan Odom

Marcelo Araya Salas

Lauryn Benedict

Kristi Lim

James Dale

...

2024/4/10

Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology

Plos one

Sam Passmore

Wolfgang Barth

Simon J Greenhill

Kyla Quinn

Catherine Sheard

...

2023/5/24

The macroevolutionary dynamics of mammalian sexual size dimorphism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Megan E Jones

Catherine Sheard

2023/11/15

Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

David Ocampo

Thilina N De Silva

Catherine Sheard

Mary Caswell Stoddard

2023/8/28

Beak shape and nest material use in birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

Catherine Sheard

Sally E Street

Caitlin Evans

Kevin N Lala

Susan D Healy

...

2023/8/28

Global drivers of variation in cup nest size in passerine birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Karina Vanadzina

Sally E. Street

Susan D. Healy

Kevin N. Laland

Catherine Sheard

2023/2

Deterministic assembly and anthropogenic extinctions drive convergence of island bird communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Kostas A Triantis

Francois Rigal

Robert J Whittaker

Julian P Hume

Catherine Sheard

...

2022/9

Morphological adaptations linked to flight efficiency and aerial lifestyle determine natal dispersal distance in birds

Functional Ecology

Brian C Weeks

Bruce K O'Brien

Jonathan J Chu

Santiago Claramunt

Catherine Sheard

...

2022/7

AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Ecology Letters

Joseph A Tobias

Catherine Sheard

Alex L Pigot

Adam JM Devenish

Jingyi Yang

...

2022/3

Tempo and mode of morphological evolution are decoupled from latitude in birds

PLoS Biology

Jonathan Drury

Julien Clavel

Joseph A Tobias

Jonathan Rolland

Catherine Sheard

...

2021/8/24

Aposematism in mammals

Evolution

Natasha Howell

Catherine Sheard

Manisha Koneru

Kasey Brockelsby

Konatsu Ono

...

2021

Ecological and behavioural drivers of offspring size in marine teleost fishes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Karina Vanadzina

André Phillips

Bonnie Martins

Kevin N. Laland

Michael M. Webster

...

2021/9/18

Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds

Nature Ecology & Evolution

Alex L Pigot

Catherine Sheard

Eliot T Miller

Tom P Bregman

Benjamin G Freeman

...

2020/2

See List of Professors in Catherine Sheard University(University of Bristol)

Co-Authors

H-index: 110
Kevin Laland

Kevin Laland

University of St Andrews

H-index: 63
Joseph Tobias

Joseph Tobias

Imperial College London

H-index: 49
Professor Nathalie Seddon

Professor Nathalie Seddon

University of Oxford

H-index: 35
Claire Bowern

Claire Bowern

Yale University

H-index: 26
Mary Caswell Stoddard

Mary Caswell Stoddard

Princeton University

H-index: 25
Alex L Pigot

Alex L Pigot

University College London

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