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James A. Nicholls

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Publications

85

Citations

4.7K

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Active since

1957

Affiliations

University of Edinburgh(Current)

National Food Chain Safety Office

University of Michigan

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Plant Protection Institute

James A. Nicholls is an author at University of Edinburgh specializing in evolutionary biology, natural sciences, and biology.

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Evolutionary BiologyBiologyNatural SciencesPhylogeneticsEntomologyEngineeringBiodiversityMolecular EcologyBiogeographyGenetics

Publications per year

1957–2023

85

Publications

85

Aerodynamic shattering of liquid drops.

James A. Nicholls, A. A. Ranger · AIAA Journal · 1969 · 515 citations

Rarefied Flow, Disintegration Rate, Engineering +14

The evolution of cooperative and pair breeding in thornbills <i>Acanthiza</i> (Pardalotidae)

James A. Nicholls, Michael C. Double, David Rowell et al. · Journal of Avian Biology · 2000 · 253 citations

Breeding Behavior, Genetics, Cooperative Breeding +18

Intermittent Detonation as a Thrust-Producing Mechanism

James A. Nicholls, Harry R. Wilkinson, Rebecca Morrison · Jet propulsion · 1957 · 250 citations

Aeroacoustics, Engineering, Detonation Phenomenon +12

Coevolutionary arms race versus host defense chase in a tropical herbivore–plant system

María‐José Endara, Phyllis D. Coley, Gabrielle Ghabash et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 168 citations · Full text

EXTREME HOST PLANT CONSERVATISM DURING AT LEAST 20 MILLION YEARS OF HOST PLANT PURSUIT BY OAK GALLWASPS

Graham N. Stone, Antonio Hernández‐López, James A. Nicholls et al. · Evolution · 2009 · 149 citations

Botany, Genetics, Plant Toxins +16

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