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11866
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2717
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314

Overview

Darren P. Croft is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions totaling 47 and 43 publications respectively. Their focus includes subfields such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Genetics, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics addressed in Darren P. Croft's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Marine animal studies overview, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, and Plant and animal studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Common datastream permutations of animal social network data are not appropriate for hypothesis testing using regression models," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Importance of old bulls: leaders and followers in collective movements of all-male groups in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana)," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Network-level consequences of outgroup threats in banded mongooses: Grooming and aggression between the sexes," 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Age and sex influence social interactions, but not associations, within a killer whale pod," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Calculating effect sizes in animal social network analysis," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Michael N. Weiss, Daniel W. Franks, Samuel Ellis, Michael A. Cant, and David K. Ellifrit.

Darren P. Croft's publications are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Current Biology, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Social network theory in the behavioural sciences: potential applications

    J Krause;D P Croft;Richard James

  • Hypothesis testing in animal social networks

    Darren P. Croft;Joah R. Madden;Daniel W. Franks;Richard James

  • Ecological Knowledge, Leadership, and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales

    Lauren J.N. Brent;Daniel W. Franks;Emma A. Foster;Kenneth C. Balcomb

  • Social networks in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata).

    Darren P. Croft;Jens Krause;Richard James

  • Assortative interactions and social networks in fish.

    D P Croft;R James;A J W Ward;M S Botham

  • Behavioural trait assortment in a social network: patterns and implications

    Darren P. Croft;Darren P. Croft;Jens Krause;Safi K. Darden;Safi K. Darden;Indar W. Ramnarine

  • Animal Social Networks

    Jens Krause;Richard James;Daniel Franks;Darren Croft

  • Social structure and co-operative interactions in a wild population of guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

    D P Croft;Richard James;P O R Thomas;C Hathaway

  • Mechanisms underlying shoal composition in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

    Darren P. Croft;Bethany. J. Arrowsmith;Jon Bielby;K. Skinner

  • The evolutionary and ecological consequences of animal social networks: emerging issues.

    Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers;Jens Krause;Darren P. Croft;Alexander D.M. Wilson

  • Consensus decision making in human crowds

    John R. G. Dyer;Christos C. Ioannou;Lesley J. Morrell;Darren P. Croft;Darren P. Croft

  • Shoal composition determines foraging success in the guppy

    John R.G. Dyer;Darren P. Croft;Lesley J. Morrell;Jens Krause

  • Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales

    Emma A. Foster;Daniel W. Franks;Sonia Mazzi;Safi K. Darden

  • Developing a deeper understanding of animal movements and spatial dynamics through novel application of network analyses

    David M. P. Jacoby;David M. P. Jacoby;Edward J. Brooks;Edward J. Brooks;Darren P. Croft;David W. Sims;David W. Sims

  • Sex-biased movement in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

    Darren P. Croft;Brett Albanese;Brett Albanese;Bethany J. Arrowsmith;Marc Botham

  • The evolution of prolonged life after reproduction

    Darren P. Croft;Lauren J.N. Brent;Daniel W. Franks;Michael A. Cant

  • Social behaviour in sharks and rays: analysis, patterns and implications for conservation

    David M P Jacoby;David M P Jacoby;Darren P Croft;David W Sims;David W Sims

  • Potential banana skins in animal social network analysis

    Richard James;Darren P. Croft;Jens Krause;Jens Krause;Jens Krause

  • Social network correlates of food availability in an endangered population of killer whales, Orcinus orca

    Emma A. Foster;Daniel W. Franks;Lesley J. Morrell;Ken C. Balcomb

  • Using Social Network Measures in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Epidemiology, and Management

    Matthew J Silk;Darren P Croft;Richard J Delahay;David J Hodgson

  • Fish shoal composition: mechanisms and constraints

    Jens Krause;Daniel J. Hoare;Darren Croft;James Lawrence

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Krause
Jens Krause Technical University of Berlin
Indar W. Ramnarine
Indar W. Ramnarine University of the West Indies
Michael A. Cant
Michael A. Cant University of Exeter
Mike Boots
Mike Boots University of California, Berkeley
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Robbie A. McDonald
Robbie A. McDonald University of Exeter
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
Alexander D. M. Wilson
Alexander D. M. Wilson Plymouth University
Charles R. Tyler
Charles R. Tyler University of Exeter

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