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Darrell J. Kemp

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
5230
World Ranking
6438
National Ranking
505

Darrell J. Kemp publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 115 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Darrell J. Kemp D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Darrell J. Kemp sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Darrell J. Kemp is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research within agricultural and biological sciences, with a specialization in ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Their work spans a diverse range of subfields including genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and global and planetary change.

Their research topics encompass several areas related to animal behavior and reproduction, plant and animal studies, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior. Additionally, their work covers neurobiology and insect physiology research, wildlife ecology and conservation, amphibian and reptile biology, and plant physiology and cultivation studies.

Darrell J. Kemp's recent publications include:

  • How to generate and test hypotheses about colour: insights from half a century of guppy research, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Variation in boldness behaviour across individuals, sexes and strains of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata), 2022, Marine and Freshwater Research

Other related works co-authored or relevant to the research context include:

  • Macroecological patterns in flower colour are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors, 2020, New Phytologist
  • The flashy escape: support for dynamic flash coloration as anti-predator defence, 2024, Biology Letters
  • Additive genetic variation, but not temperature, influences warning signal expression in Amata nigriceps moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae), 2022, Ecology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in Kemp's research projects include Thomas E. White, Sanni Silvasti, Marie E. Herberstein, Nina Wedell, and Rhiannon L. Dalrymple.

Darrell J. Kemp's work has been published multiple times in prominent scientific venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Evolution
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Method for detection of specific RNAs in agarose gels by transfer to diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper and hybridization with DNA probes

    James C. Alwine;David J. Kemp;George R. Stark

  • [15] Detection of specific RNAs or specific fragments of DNA by fractionation in gels and transfer to diazobenzyloxymethyl paper

    James C. Alwine;David J. Kemp;Barbara A. Parker;Jakob Reiser

  • Can older males deliver the good genes

    Robert Brooks;Darrell J. Kemp

  • An Integrative Framework for the Appraisal of Coloration in Nature

    Darrell J. Kemp;Marie E. Herberstein;Leo J. Fleishman;John A. Endler;John A. Endler

  • Fighting without weaponry: a review of male-male contest competition in butterflies

    Darrell J. Kemp;Christer Wiklund

  • Residency effects in animal contests

    Darrell J. Kemp;Christer Wiklund

  • Female butterflies prefer males bearing bright iridescent ornamentation

    Darrell J Kemp

  • CONDITION DEPENDENCE, QUANTITATIVE GENETICS, AND THE POTENTIAL SIGNAL CONTENT OF IRIDESCENT ULTRAVIOLET BUTTERFLY COLORATION

    Darrell J. Kemp;Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Female mating biases for bright ultraviolet iridescence in the butterfly Eurema hecabe (Pieridae)

    Darrell J. Kemp

  • Gaping Displays Reveal and Amplify a Mechanically Based Index of Weapon Performance

    A. Kristopher Lappin;Yoni Brandt;Jerry F. Husak;Joseph M. Macedonia

  • Multimodal signalling: structural ultraviolet reflectance predicts male mating success better than pheromones in the butterfly Colias eurytheme L. (Pieridae)

    Randi S. Papke;Darrell J. Kemp;Ronald L. Rutowski

  • Information in the Biosphere: Biological and Digital Worlds.

    Michael R. Gillings;Martin Hilbert;Darrell J. Kemp

  • Contest behavior in territorial male butterflies: does size matter?

    Darrell J. Kemp

  • Stress-mediated covariance between nano-structural architecture and ultraviolet butterfly coloration

    D. J. Kemp;P. Vukusic;R. L. Rutowski

  • Female mate choice determines reproductive isolation between sympatric butterflies

    Magne Friberg;Namphung Vongvanich;Anna Karin Borg-Karlson;Darrell J. Kemp

  • Predicting the direction of ornament evolution in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    Darrell J. Kemp;David N. Reznick;Gregory F. Grether;John A. Endler;John A. Endler

  • Signal design and courtship presentation coincide for highly biased delivery of an iridescent butterfly mating signal.

    Thomas E. White;Jochen Zeil;Darrell J. Kemp

  • Conspicuousness of Dickerson's collared lizard (Crotaphytus dickersonae) through the eyes of conspecifics and predators

    Joseph M. Macedonia;A. Kristopher Lappin;Ellis R. Loew;Jimmy A. Mcguire

  • Mating success of resident versus non-resident males in a territorial butterfly

    Martin Bergman;Karl Gotthard;David Berger;Martin Olofsson

  • Twilight fighting in the evening brown butterfly, Melanitis leda (L.) (Nymphalidae): age and residency effects

    Darrell J. Kemp;Darrell J. Kemp

  • Iridescent ultraviolet signal in the orange sulphur butterfly (Colias eurytheme): spatial, temporal and spectral properties

    Ronald L. Rutowski;Joseph M. Macedonia;Justin W. Merry;Nathan I. Morehouse

  • The Butterflies of Australia

    Darrell J. Kemp;Andrew Beattie

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald L. Rutowski
Ronald L. Rutowski Arizona State University
Marie E. Herberstein
Marie E. Herberstein Macquarie University
John Alcock
John Alcock Arizona State University
Angela T. Moles
Angela T. Moles University of New South Wales
Andrew K. Krockenberger
Andrew K. Krockenberger James Cook University
John A. Endler
John A. Endler Deakin University
Gregory F. Grether
Gregory F. Grether University of California, Los Angeles
David N. Reznick
David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside
Shawn W. Laffan
Shawn W. Laffan University of New South Wales
Christer Wiklund
Christer Wiklund Stockholm University

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