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D-Index
53
Citations
10000
World Ranking
3315
National Ranking
367

Overview

Andrew F. Russell is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology fields. Within these broader fields, they focus extensively on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics, as well as on Parasitology, Developmental Biology, and Genetics.

Their work covers several main topics, including Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior. Additional topics addressed in their research include Bird Parasitology and Diseases, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Vector-borne Infectious Diseases.

Andrew F. Russell has published articles in multiple scientific venues, with a notable frequency in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Animal Ecology, and Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Other venues include Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution and PLoS ONE.

  • "Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub" (2020, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • "Elevational Gradients as a Model for Understanding Associations Among Temperature, Breeding Phenology and Success" (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Contrasting the seasonal and elevational prevalence of generalist avian haemosporidia in co-occurring host species" (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Avian disease surveillance on the island of San Cristóbal, Galápagos" (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Methylation patterns at fledging predict delayed dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird" (2021, PLoS ONE)

Frequent collaborators include Alexis S. Chaine, Camille Bonneaud, Andrea L. Liebl, Louis G. O'Neill, and Léa Lejeune. The number of joint publications ranges from three to five with these coauthors.

Best Publications

  • Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women

    Mirkka Lahdenperä;Virpi Lummaa;Virpi Lummaa;Samuli Helle;Marc Tremblay

  • Egg investment is influenced by male attractiveness in the mallard

    Emma J. A. Cunningham;Emma J. A. Cunningham;Andrew F. Russell;Andrew F. Russell

  • Cooperation, Control, and Concession in Meerkat Groups

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;P. N. M. Brotherton;A. F. Russell;M. J. O'Riain

  • Stress and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperatively breeding meerkats

    Andrew J. Young;Anne A. Carlson;Steven L. Monfort;Andrew F. Russell

  • Intrasexual competition and sexual selection in cooperative mammals

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;S. J. Hodge;Göran Spong;Göran Spong;A. F. Russell;A. F. Russell

  • Integrating cooperative breeding into theoretical concepts of cooperation

    Ralph Bergmüller;Rufus A. Johnstone;Andrew F. Russell;Redouan Bshary

  • Effects of helpers on juvenile development and survival in meerkats.

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;A. F. Russell;L. L. Sharpe;P. N. M. Brotherton

  • Evolution and Development of Sex Differences in Cooperative Behavior in Meerkats

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;A. F. Russell;L. L. Sharpe;A. J. Young

  • Experimental evidence for kin-biased helping in a cooperatively breeding vertebrate.

    Andrew F. Russell;Ben J. Hatchwell

  • Reduced Egg Investment Can Conceal Helper Effects in Cooperatively Breeding Birds

    A.F. Russell;Naomi Langmore;Andrew Cockburn;Lee B Astheimer

  • Factors affecting pup growth and survival in co-operatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta

    A. F. Russell;T. H. Clutton-Brock;P. N. M. Brotherton;L. L. Sharpe;L. L. Sharpe

  • Breeding success in cooperative meerkats: effects of helper number and maternal state

    A. F. Russell;P. N. M. Brotherton;G. M. McIlrath;L. L. Sharpe

  • Behavioural tactics of breeders in cooperative meerkats

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;T.H. Clutton-Brock;A.F. Russell;L.L. Sharpe

  • Effects of predation risk on foraging behaviour and group size: adaptations in a social cooperative species

    Enrico Sorato;Philippa R. Gullett;Simon C. Griffith;Simon C. Griffith;Andrew F. Russell;Andrew F. Russell

  • Rapid evolution of disease resistance is accompanied by functional changes in gene expression in a wild bird

    Camille Bonneaud;Susan L. Balenger;Andrew F. Russell;Andrew F. Russell;Jiangwen Zhang

  • Helpers increase long-term but not short-term productivity in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits

    Ben J. Hatchwell;Andrew F. Russell;Andrew D.C. MacColl;Douglas J. Ross

  • Correlations between ultraviolet coloration, overwinter survival and offspring sex ratio in the blue tit.

    Simon C. Griffith;J. Örnborg;A. F. Russell;S. Andersson

  • When fecundity does not equal fitness: evidence of an offspring quantity versus quality trade-off in pre-industrial humans

    Duncan O.S Gillespie;Andrew F Russell;Virpi Lummaa

  • Severe intergenerational reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause.

    Mirkka Lahdenperä;Duncan O. S. Gillespie;Virpi Lummaa;Andrew F. Russell;Andrew F. Russell

  • REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND NEST-SITE SELECTION IN A COOPERATIVE BREEDER: EFFECT OF EXPERIENCE AND A DIRECT BENEFIT OF HELPING

    B. J. Hatchwell;A. F. Russell;M. K. Fowlie;D. J. Ross

  • Factors affecting pup growth and survival in co-operatively breeding meerkats

    Russell Af;Clutton-Brock Th;Brotherton Pnm;Sharpe L

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon C. Griffith
Simon C. Griffith Macquarie University
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Edward Fieldhouse
Edward Fieldhouse University of Manchester
Virpi Lummaa
Virpi Lummaa University of Turku
David Cutts
David Cutts Brown University
Rufus A. Johnstone
Rufus A. Johnstone University of Cambridge
Ben J. Hatchwell
Ben J. Hatchwell University of Sheffield
Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Elissa Z. Cameron
Elissa Z. Cameron University of Tasmania
Naomi E. Langmore
Naomi E. Langmore Australian National University

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