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Elissa Z. Cameron

Elissa Z. Cameron

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
40
Citations
6230
World Ranking
6128
National Ranking
486

Overview

Elissa Z. Cameron is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals, and Equine studies.

The scientist's main areas of study focus on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and Animal Studies, and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock.

Among frequent publication venues for their research are the Journal of Zoology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Mammalian Biology, Animal Production Science, and Global Ecology and Conservation.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Africa's drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape" (2022, Global Ecology and Conservation)
  • "Infectious disease and sickness behaviour: tumour progression affects interaction patterns and social network structure in wild Tasmanian devils" (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • "Individual identification and photographic techniques in mammalian ecological and behavioural research-Part 1: Methods and concepts" (2022, Mammalian Biology)
  • "Endangered Australian top predator is frequently exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Individual identification and photographic techniques in mammalian ecological and behavioural research-Part 2: Field studies and applications" (2022, Mammalian Biology)

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • James M. Pay
  • Todd E. Katzner
  • Clare E. Hawkins
  • Jason M. Wiersma
  • Amelia J. Koch

Best Publications

  • Social bonds between unrelated females increase reproductive success in feral horses

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Trine H. Setsaas;Wayne L. Linklater

  • Facultative adjustment of mammalian sex ratios in support of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis: evidence for a mechanism.

    Elissa Z. Cameron

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

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

  • Stallion harassment and the mating system of horses.

    Wayne L. Linklater;Elissa Z. Cameron;Edward O. Minot;Kevin J. Stafford

  • Is suckling behaviour a useful predictor of milk intake? A review☆

    Elissa Z Cameron

  • 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

  • Aging and improving reproductive success in horses: declining residual reproductive value or just older and wiser?

    E. Z. Cameron;W. L. Linklater;K. J. Stafford;E. O. Minot

  • Social influences on vigilance behaviour in giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Johan T. du Toit

  • Experimental alteration of litter sex ratios in a mammal

    Elissa Z Cameron;Patrick R Lemons;Philip W Bateman;Nigel C Bennett

  • The potential for large carnivores to act as biodiversity surrogates in southern Africa

    Fredrik Dalerum;Michael J. Somers;Kyran E. Kunkel;Elissa Z. Cameron

  • Biologically meaningful scents: a framework for understanding predator–prey research across disciplines

    Michael H. Parsons;Michael H. Parsons;Raimund Apfelbach;Peter B. Banks;Elissa Z. Cameron

  • Winning by a neck: tall giraffes avoid competing with shorter browsers.

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Johan T. du Toit

  • Estimating Brown Hyaena Occupancy Using Baited Camera Traps

    Michelle Thorn;Dawn M. Scott;Matthew Green;Philip W. Bateman

  • Solving the Productivity and Impact Puzzle: Do Men Outperform Women, or are Metrics Biased?

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Angela M. White;Meeghan E. Gray

  • Extreme sex ratio variation in relation to change in condition around conception

    Elissa Z Cameron;Wayne L Linklater

  • A Trivers-Willard Effect in Contemporary Humans: Male-Biased Sex Ratios among Billionaires

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Fredrik Dalerum

  • Social and spatial structure and range use by Kaimanawa wild horses (Equus caballus: Equidae).

    Wayne L. Linklater;Elissa Z. Cameron;Kevin J. Stafford;Clare J. Veltman

  • Birth sex ratios relate to mare condition at conception in Kaimanawa horses

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Wayne L. Linklater;Kevin J. Stafford;Clare J. Veltman

  • Maternal investment results in better foal condition through increased play behaviour in horses

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Elissa Z. Cameron;Wayne L. Linklater;Kevin J. Stafford;Edward O. Minot

  • Diversity and depletions in continental carnivore guilds: implications for prioritizing global carnivore conservation

    Fredrik Dalerum;Elissa Z. Cameron;Kyran Kunkel;Michael J. Somers

  • Suckling behaviour does not measure milk intake in horses, Equus caballus.

    Elissa Z. Cameron;Kevin J. Stafford;Wayne L. Linklater;Clare J. Veltman

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne L. Linklater
Wayne L. Linklater California State University, Sacramento
Kevin J. Stafford
Kevin J. Stafford Massey University
Andre Ganswindt
Andre Ganswindt University of Pretoria
Philip W. Bateman
Philip W. Bateman Curtin University
Menna E. Jones
Menna E. Jones University of Tasmania
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Christopher N. Johnson
Christopher N. Johnson University of Tasmania
Erik Wapstra
Erik Wapstra University of Tasmania
Wayne M. Getz
Wayne M. Getz University of California, Berkeley

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