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Graeme D Ruxton

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Top papers

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1 Collective memory and spatial sorting in animal groups. J Theor Biol 2002 8.85
2 Swarm intelligence in animals and humans. Trends Ecol Evol 2009 4.20
3 Masquerade: camouflage without crypsis. Science 2010 2.48
4 Deception in plants: mimicry or perceptual exploitation? Trends Ecol Evol 2009 2.35
5 Dazzle coloration and prey movement. Proc Biol Sci 2008 2.18
6 Interspecific information transfer influences animal community structure. Trends Ecol Evol 2010 1.90
7 Egg-laying substrate selection for optimal camouflage by quail. Curr Biol 2013 1.88
8 Natural selection on unpalatable species imposed by state-dependent foraging behaviour. J Theor Biol 2004 1.69
9 Carry-over effects reveal reproductive costs in a long-distance migrant. J Anim Ecol 2010 1.61
10 Motion dazzle and camouflage as distinct anti-predator defenses. BMC Biol 2011 1.46
11 Temporal and intrapopulation variation in prey choice of wintering geese determined by stable isotope analysis. J Anim Ecol 2006 1.42
12 Linking the evolution and form of warning coloration in nature. Proc Biol Sci 2011 1.35
13 Setting tool use within the context of animal construction behaviour. Trends Ecol Evol 2008 1.30
14 Can't tell the caterpillars from the trees: countershading enhances survival in a woodland. Proc Biol Sci 2008 1.28
15 Fatal attraction: carnivorous plants roll out the red carpet to lure insects. Biol Lett 2008 1.26
16 Warning displays in spiny animals: one (more) evolutionary route to aposematism. Evolution 2005 1.26
17 The effect of social facilitation on foraging success in vultures: a modelling study. Biol Lett 2008 1.22
18 How bright and how nasty: explaining diversity in warning signal strength. Evolution 2007 1.21
19 Aposematic signals and the relationship between conspicuousness and distinctiveness. J Theor Biol 2006 1.20
20 The effect of prey density on predators: conspicuousness and attack success are sensitive to spatial scale. Am Nat 2009 1.19
21 Resistance is useless?--Extensions to the game theory of kleptoparasitism. Bull Math Biol 2004 1.12
22 The confusion effect in predatory neural networks. Am Nat 2005 1.10
23 Why are small males aggressive? Proc Biol Sci 2005 1.10
24 Understanding selection for long necks in different taxa. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2011 1.09
25 Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information. Anim Behav 2013 1.06
26 Accidental island voyagers. Science 2013 1.05
27 Mimicry between unequally defended prey can be parasitic: evidence for quasi-Batesian mimicry. Ecol Lett 2010 1.04
28 Warning displays may function as honest signals of toxicity. Proc Biol Sci 2009 1.00
29 Unified effects of aggregation reveal larger prey groups take longer to find. Proc Biol Sci 2011 1.00
30 Structural correlates of increased adhesive efficiency with adult size in the toe pads of hylid tree frogs. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 2006 0.99
31 Animal behaviour: evolution of suicidal signals. Nature 2002 0.96
32 Imperfect Batesian mimicry and the conspicuousness costs of mimetic resemblance. Am Nat 2010 0.96
33 The temporal selfish herd: predation risk while aggregations form. Proc Biol Sci 2010 0.95
34 Growth and reproductive costs of larval defence in the aposematic lepidopteran Pieris brassicae. J Anim Ecol 2010 0.95
35 The need for stochastic replication of ecological neural networks. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2007 0.94
36 Why are defensive toxins so variable? An evolutionary perspective. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2012 0.92
37 Density-dependent predation influences the evolution and behavior of masquerading prey. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 0.92
38 Is food worth fighting for? ESS's in mixed populations of Kleptoparasites and Foragers. Bull Math Biol 2007 0.90
39 Aposematism: what should our starting point be? Proc Biol Sci 2005 0.90
40 Optimal defensive coloration strategies during the growth period of prey. Evolution 2009 0.87
41 Three-Dimensional Camouflage: Exploiting Photons to Conceal Form. Am Nat 2015 0.87
42 Why did some ichthyosaurs have such large eyes? J Exp Biol 2002 0.87
43 Introduction. The use of artificial neural networks to study perception in animals. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2007 0.86
44 The dual benefits of aposematism: predator avoidance and enhanced resource collection. Evolution 2009 0.86
45 Prey community structure affects how predators select for Mullerian mimicry. Proc Biol Sci 2012 0.86
46 Evolution: a taste for mimicry. Nature 2005 0.83
47 Warning signals evolve to disengage Batesian mimics. Evolution 2008 0.83
48 Individuals from different-looking animal species may group together to confuse shared predators: simulations with artificial neural networks. Proc Biol Sci 2007 0.82
49 A communication-based spatial model of antipredator vigilance. J Theor Biol 2003 0.82
50 Diversification of honest signals in a predator-prey system. Ecol Lett 2010 0.82
51 A reassessment of the predation risk allocation hypothesis: a comment on Lima and Bednekoff. Am Nat 2010 0.82
52 Evolution of anti-predator traits in response to a flexible targeting strategy by predators. Proc Biol Sci 2006 0.81
53 Could methane produced by sauropod dinosaurs have helped drive Mesozoic climate warmth? Curr Biol 2012 0.81
54 Theoretical predictions strongly support decision accuracy as a major driver of ecological specialization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 0.81
55 Predators are less likely to misclassify masquerading prey when their models are present. Biol Lett 2010 0.80
56 A game-theoretic model of kleptoparasitic behavior in polymorphic populations. J Theor Biol 2008 0.80
57 When more is less: the fitness consequences of predators attacking more unpalatable prey when more are presented. Biol Lett 2010 0.79
58 The impact of flower-dwelling predators on host plant reproductive success. Oecologia 2010 0.79
59 Fenestration: a window of opportunity for carnivorous plants. Biol Lett 2014 0.79
60 Signal verification can promote reliable signalling. Proc Biol Sci 2013 0.78
61 Artificial neural network properties associated with wiring patterns in the visual projections of vertebrates and arthropods. Am Nat 2006 0.76
62 Death on the roads: no strong support for risk compensation. BMJ 2006 0.75
63 Avian predators attack aposematic prey more forcefully when they are part of an aggregation. Biol Lett 2006 0.75
64 Statement on reduced risk is misleading. BMJ 2012 0.75
65 Experiments with humans indicate that decision accuracy drives the evolution of niche width. Proc Biol Sci 2011 0.75
66 Zoology: Why are whales big? Nature 2011 0.75
67 The dynamics of collective human behaviour. Lancet 2011 0.75
68 Florivory as an Opportunity Benefit of Aposematism. Am Nat 2015 0.75
69 Behavioural ecology: Winged warnings. Nature 2009 0.75
70 Body Size as a Driver of Scavenging in Theropod Dinosaurs. Am Nat 2016 0.75
71 Effects of anti-predator defence through toxin sequestration on use of alternative food microhabitats by small herbivores. J Theor Biol 2012 0.75
72 Some mistakes go unpunished: the evolution of "all or nothing" signalling. Evolution 2011 0.75
73 Body plan of consumed organisms influences ecological range of consumers through neural processing bias. Am Nat 2008 0.75
74 Optimal investment across different aspects of anti-predator defences. J Theor Biol 2010 0.75
75 Perceptual advertisement by the prey of stalking or ambushing predators. J Theor Biol 2012 0.75
76 Antipredator vigilance in birds: modelling the 'edge' effect. Math Biosci 2005 0.75
77 How robust are neural network models of stimulus generalization? Biosystems 2008 0.75