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Robert E. Simmons

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58

Publications

2K

Citations

27

H-Index

1984

Active since

Affiliations

University of Cape Town(Current)

Ministry of Environment and Tourism

South African National Biodiversity Institute

University of the Witwatersrand

Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos

Robert E. Simmons is an author at University of Cape Town specializing in evolutionary biology, biology, and natural sciences.

Top concepts

Evolutionary BiologyBiologyAnimal BehaviorEngineeringNatural SciencesConservation BiologyFitnessBiodiversityBiogeographySocial Sciences

Publications per year

1984–2023

58

Publications

58

Winning by a Neck: Sexual Selection in the Evolution of Giraffe

Robert E. Simmons, L. Scheepers · The American Naturalist · 1996 · 160 citations

Biology, Breeding Behavior, Animal Behaviour +13

Offspring quality and the evolution of cainism

Robert E. Simmons · Ibis · 1988 · 111 citations

Biology, Breeding Behavior, Reproductive Success +13

Climate change and birds: perspectives and prospects from southern Africa

Robert E. Simmons, Phoebe Barnard, W J Richard Dean et al. · Ostrich · 2004 · 104 citations

Biodiversity Loss, Biodiversity, Engineering +11

A molecular phylogeny of the harriers (Circus, Accipitridae) indicate the role of long distance dispersal and migration in diversification

Graeme Oatley, Robert E. Simmons, Jérôme Fuchs · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2015 · 92 citations

Biology, Biodiversity, Phylogenetics +10

Can bird atlas data be used to estimate population size? A case study using Namibian endemics

Robert E. Simmons, Andy Jarvis, Catherine Brown · Biological Conservation · 1995 · 75 citations

Atlas Data, Biodiversity, Population Size +6

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