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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6963
World Ranking
6072
National Ranking
641

Best Publications

  • COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife.

    Christian Rutz;Christian Rutz;Matthias-Claudio Loretto;Matthias-Claudio Loretto;Amanda E. Bates;Sarah C. Davidson;Sarah C. Davidson

  • New frontiers in biologging science

    Christian Rutz;Graeme C. Hays

  • Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research

    Hannah J Williams;Lucy A Taylor;Lucy A Taylor;Simon Benhamou;Allert I Bijleveld

  • Reality mining of animal social systems.

    Jens Krause;Stefan Krause;Robert Arlinghaus;Robert Arlinghaus;Ioannis Psorakis

  • Behavioural ecology: tool manufacture by naive juvenile crows.

    Ben Kenward;Alex A. S. Weir;Christian Rutz;Alex Kacelnik

  • Development of tool use in New Caledonian crows: inherited action patterns and social influences

    Ben Kenward;Christian Rutz;Alex A.S. Weir;Alex Kacelnik

  • Animal cultures matter for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Sasha R. X. Dall;Lucy M. Aplin;Stuart Bearhop

  • Cognitive processes associated with sequential tool use in New Caledonian crows.

    Joanna H. Wimpenny;Alex A. S. Weir;Lisa Clayton;Christian Rutz

  • The evolutionary origins and ecological context of tool use in New Caledonian crows

    Christian Rutz;James J.H. St Clair

  • The establishment of an urban bird population

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  • Automated mapping of social networks in wild birds.

    Christian Rutz;Christian Rutz;Zackory T. Burns;Zackory T. Burns;Richard James;Stefanie M.H. Ismar

  • Video Cameras on Wild Birds

    Christian Rutz;Lucas A. Bluff;Alex A. S. Weir;Alex Kacelnik

  • Identifying governance strategies that effectively support ecosystem services, resource sustainability, and biodiversity

    R. E. Kenward;M. J. Whittingham;S. Arampatzis;B. D. Manos

  • Discovery of species-wide tool use in the Hawaiian crow

    Christian Rutz;Barbara Christina Klump;Lisa Komarczyk;Rosanna Leighton

  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Emma L. Carroll;Emma L. Carroll;Sasha R. X. Dall;Sally A. Keith

  • Extreme binocular vision and a straight bill facilitate tool use in New Caledonian crows

    Jolyon Troscianko;Auguste Marie Philippa von Bayern;Jackie Chappell;Christian Rutz;Christian Rutz

  • Food-limitation in a generalist predator.

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  • Tool use by wild New Caledonian crows Corvus moneduloides at natural foraging sites

    Lucas A. Bluff;Jolyon Troscianko;Alex A. S. Weir;Alex Kacelnik

  • Home range size, habitat use, activity patterns and hunting behaviour of urban-breeding Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis

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  • Age-dependent diet choice in an avian top predator.

    Christian Rutz;Mark J Whittingham;Ian Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen B. W. Wolf
Jochen B. W. Wolf Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Francesca Cagnacci
Francesca Cagnacci Fondazione Edmund Mach
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Paul R. Wade
Paul R. Wade National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Andrew Whiten
Andrew Whiten University of St Andrews
Brian Otis
Brian Otis University of Washington

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