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8348
National Ranking
808

Overview

Keith D. Farnsworth is a researcher affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple domains primarily within Environmental Science, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Keith D. Farnsworth has published in various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Biosystems
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeoBiota
  • Animal Cognition

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Farnsworth include:

  • "Microbial lag phase can be indicative of, or independent from, cellular stress," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "On the RIP: using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species," 2020, NeoBiota
  • "How an information perspective helps overcome the challenge of biology to physics," 2022, Biosystems
  • "Why it hurts: with freedom comes the biological need for pain," 2023, Animal Cognition
  • "An organisational systems-biology view of viruses explains why they are not alive," 2020, Biosystems

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Alexander Sadykov
  • Dinara Sadykova
  • Ross N. Cuthbert
  • Pia Schuchert
  • Nils Chr. Stenseth

Best Publications

  • Assortative Mating as a Mechanism for Rapid Evolution of a Migratory Divide

    Stuart Bearhop;Wolfgang Fiedler;Robert W. Furness;Stephen C. Votier

  • Advancing impact prediction and hypothesis testing in invasion ecology using a comparative functional response approach

    Jaimie T. A. Dick;Mhairi E. Alexander;Jonathan M. Jeschke;Anthony Ricciardi

  • Ecological impacts of an invasive predator explained and predicted by comparative functional responses.

    Jaimie T. A. Dick;Kevin Gallagher;Suncica Avlijas;Hazel C. Clarke

  • Theories of optimization, form and function in branching architecture in plants

    K.D. Farnsworth;K.J. Niklas

  • How many dimensions of biodiversity do we need

    Olga Lyashevska;Keith D. Farnsworth

  • Comparison of the functional responses of invasive and native amphipods.

    Loic Bollache;Loic Bollache;Jaimie T.A Dick;Keith D Farnsworth;W. Ian Montgomery

  • Functional responses of the intertidal amphipod Echinogammarus marinus: effects of prey supply, model selection and habitat complexity

    Mhairi E. Alexander;Jaimie T.A. Dick;Nessa E. O'Connor;Neal R. Haddaway

  • The theoretical foundations for size spectrum models of fish communities

    Ken Haste Andersen;Nis Sand Jacobsen;K.D. Farnsworth

  • How Do Grazers Achieve Their Distribution? A Continuum of Models from Random Diffusion to the Ideal Free Distribution Using Biased Random Walks.

    K. D. Farnsworth;J. A. Beecham

  • Parasitism may enhance rather than reduce the predatory impact of an invader.

    Jaimie T. A. Dick;Michael Armstrong;Hazel C. Clarke;Keith D. Farnsworth

  • Grassland-herbivore interactions: How do grazers coexist?

    Keith Farnsworth;S. Focardi;J.A. Beecham

  • Animal group forces resulting from predator avoidance and competition minimization

    J.A Beecham;K.D Farnsworth

  • Optimal diet choice for large herbivores: an extended contingency model

    K. D. Farnsworth;A. W. Illius

  • Animal foraging from an individual perspective: an object orientated model

    J.A. Beecham;K.D. Farnsworth

  • How community ecology links natural mortality, growth, and production of fish populations

    K.H. Andersen;Keith Farnsworth;M. Pedersen;H. Gislason

  • Large grazers back in the fold : Generalizing the prey model to incorporate mammalian herbivores

    K D Farnsworth;A W Illius

  • Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of fish community indicators to management action

    Jennifer E. Houle;Keith D. Farnsworth;Axel G. Rossberg;David G. Reid

  • The evolutionary pressure from fishing on size at maturation of Baltic cod

    Ken Haste Andersen;K.D. Farnsworth;Uffe Høgsbro Thygesen;Jan Beyer

  • On the RIP: using Relative Impact Potential to assess the ecological impacts of invasive alien species

    J.W.E. Dickey;R.N. Cuthbert;J. South;J.R. Britton

  • The complexity of biodiversity: a biological perspective on economic valuation

    K.D. Farnsworth;A.H. Adenuga;R.S. de Groot

  • Size-selective fishing drives species composition in the Celtic Sea

    Samuel Shephard;Tak Fung;Jennifer E. Houle;Keith D. Farnsworth

  • Why the size structure of marine communities can require decades to recover from fishing

    Tak Fung;Keith D. Farnsworth;Samuel Shephard;David G. Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Reid
David G. Reid Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jaimie T. A. Dick
Jaimie T. A. Dick Queen's University Belfast
Ken Haste Andersen
Ken Haste Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Mark Dickey-Collas
Mark Dickey-Collas Technical University of Denmark
Anthony Ricciardi
Anthony Ricciardi McGill University
Stefano Focardi
Stefano Focardi National Research Council (CNR)
Olaf L. F. Weyl
Olaf L. F. Weyl South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
Carlos Gershenson
Carlos Gershenson Binghamton University
Tancredi Caruso
Tancredi Caruso Queen's University Belfast
George F. R. Ellis
George F. R. Ellis University of Cape Town

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