William L. Allen

Employment

• Swansea University Associate Professor
  2016 - Present
• University of Hull Postdoctoral Researcher
  2014 - 2016
• New York University Postdoctoral Researcher
  2012 - 2014

Education

• University of Bristol PhD “What Drives Variety in Animal Camouflage Colouration?”
  2008 - 2012
• University of Bristol MRes Vision Science
  2007 - 2008
• University of Bristol BSc Experimental Psychology
  2002 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (52)

• Ornaments evolve faster than weapons
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2026 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2026.1143
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• Global selection on insect antipredator coloration
  Iliana Medina, Alice Exnerová, Klára Daňková +53 more
  Science 2025 DOI: 10.1126/science.adr7368
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• Can macroevolution inform contemporary extinction risk?
  2025 DOI: 10.22541/au.175692115.55799824/v1
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• Can macroevolution inform contemporary invasion potential?
  Biological Invasions 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-025-03653-x
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• Can Macroevolution Inform Contemporary Extinction Risk?
  Ecology Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70171
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• Visual modelling can optimise sticky trap design for simultaneous monitoring of multiple species of insect pests
  Scientific Reports 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-01954-8
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• Modeling spatial acuity improves trap capture of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
  Journal of Insect Science 2025 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaf049
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• Insect visual perception and pest control: opportunities and challenges
  Current Opinion in Insect Science 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101331
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• Evolutionary Drivers of Conspicuous Spots in Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Dasymutilla)
  Ecology and Evolution 2025 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70896
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• Can macroevolution inform contemporary extinction risk?
  2024 DOI: 10.22541/au.173255306.60919757/v1
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• Optimising the colour of traps requires an insect's eye view
  Pest Management Science 2024 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7790
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• Body size and life history shape the historical biogeography of tetrapods
  Nature Ecology & Evolution 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02150-5
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• Multiple opportunities arise from multiple color defense strategies: a comment on Postema et al.
  Behavioral Ecology 2023 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arac070
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• Human activities favour prolific life histories in both traded and introduced vertebrates
  Nature Communications 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35765-6
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• A synthesis of deimatic behaviour
  Biological Reviews 2022 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12891
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• Chameleon biogeographic dispersal is associated with extreme life history strategies
  Ecography 2022 DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06323
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• Principled, practical, flexible, fast: A new approach to phylogenetic factor analysis
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2022 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13920
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• Analytical and Observational Investigation of Colors Effects on Drag Reduction in Penguins
  Journal of Bionic Engineering 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s42235-022-00188-y
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• Orienting to the sun improves camouflage for bilaterally symmetrical prey
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2021 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab130
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• Tail autotomy works as a pre‐capture defense by deflecting attacks
  Ecology and Evolution 2021 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7213
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