Edinburgh Research Explorer

Ally Phillimore

Chancellors Fellow and Reader

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Imperial College London
The ecological basis of speciation and divergence in birds
Bachelor of Science, University of Glasgow

Willingness to take PhD students: Yes

Research outputs

  1. Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  2. No evidence for fitness signatures consistent with increasing trophic mismatch over 30 years in a population of European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. Gradients in richness and turnover of a forest passerine’s diet prior to breeding: A mixed model approach applied to faecal metabarcoding data

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Research activities & awards

  1. Journal of Animal Ecology (Journal)

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity

  2. Royal Meteorological Society National Meeting: From Frost and Frogs to Heatwaves and Hawthorn: Weather and Climate Impacts on Flora and Fauna in the UK

    Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar

  3. Journal of biogeography (Journal)

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity

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Research projects

  1. TRICOMM: Stucture,assembly and evolution of natural tritrophic communitites

    Project: Research

  2. The phenological optimum in space and time

    Project: Research

  3. The effects of plasticity, local adaptation and interspecific interations on fitness in a changing environment

    Project: Research

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Research press coverage

  1. Flexible nesting times can help birds cope with climate change, says Dr Ally Phillimore

    Press/Media: Research

  2. Darwin’s finches help Dr Ally Phillimore gain new insight into biodiversity

    Press/Media: Research

  3. Family log of spring’s arrival helps Dr Ally Phillimore predict climate-driven change

    Press/Media: Research

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Latest datasets

  1. The environmental predictors of spatiotemporal variation in the breeding phenology of a passerine bird

    Dataset

  2. Data from: A spatial perspective on the phenological distribution of the spring woodland caterpillar peak

    Dataset

  3. Data from: Using molecular phylogenies in island biogeography: it’s about time.

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