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Marlene Zuk publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marlene Zuk sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 218 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marlene Zuk 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 Marlene Zuk sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Marlene Zuk is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad areas, their work emphasizes ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, alongside genetics and insect science.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include animal behavior and reproduction, plant and animal studies, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior. Additional focal points include orthoptera research and taxonomy, animal vocal communication and behavior, species distribution and climate change, and evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

Marlene Zuk has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Unlike a virgin: a meta-analytical review of female mating status in studies of female mate choice (2022) in Behavioral Ecology
  • How urbanization affects sexual communication (2021) in Ecology and Evolution
  • How to study parasites and host migration: a roadmap for empiricists (2022) in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Parasite intensity and the evolution of migratory behavior (2020) in Ecology
  • Sexual signal loss, pleiotropy, and maintenance of a male reproductive polymorphism in crickets (2020) in Evolution

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Evolution

Marlene Zuk collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Justa L. Heinen-Kay, Jon Richardson, Nathan W. Bailey, Lili Hagg, and John T. Rotenberry.

The scientist has received recognition in their field, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences awarded in 2019, fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2017, and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1999.

Best Publications

  • Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasites?

    William D. Hamilton;Marlene Zuk

  • Sex differences in parasite infections: Patterns and processes

    Marlene Zuk;Kurt A. McKean

  • Sexual selection and speciation.

    Tami M. Panhuis;Roger Butlin;Marlene Zuk;Tom Tregenza

  • Exploitation of Sexual Signals by Predators and Parasitoids

    Marlene Zuk;Gita R. Kolluru

  • Immune defense and host life history.

    Marlene Zuk;Andrew M. Stoehr

  • Bird-parasite interactions: ecology, evolution and behaviour.

    J. E. Loye;M. Zuk

  • Silent night: adaptive disappearance of a sexual signal in a parasitized population of field crickets

    Marlene Zuk;John T Rotenberry;Robin M Tinghitella

  • Same-sex sexual behavior and evolution

    Nathan W. Bailey;Marlene Zuk

  • Parasites and mate choice in red jungle fowl.

    Marlene Zuk;Randy Thornhill;J. David Ligon;Kristine Johnson

  • Reproductive strategies and disease susceptibility: an evolutionary viewpoint

    M. Zuk

  • The role of male ornaments and courtship behavior in female mate choice of red jungle fowl

    Marlene Zuk

  • ENDOCRINE-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS, ORNAMENTS AND MATE CHOICE IN RED JUNGLE FOWL

    Marlene Zuk;Torgeir S. Johnsen;Troy Maclarty

  • Male−male competition, ornamentation and the role of testosterone in sexual selection in red jungle fowl

    J. David Ligon;Randy Thornhill;Marlene Zuk;Kristine Johnson

  • The Role of Parasites in Sexual Selection: Current Evidence and Future Directions

    Marlene Zuk

  • IMMUNE SUPPRESSION AND THE COST OF REPRODUCTION IN THE GROUND CRICKET, ALLONEMOBIUS SOCIUS

    Kenneth M. Fedorka;Marlene Zuk;Timothy A. Mousseau

  • HABITAT SELECTION, ACOUSTIC ADAPTATION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION

    Michael A. Patten;Michael A. Patten;John T. Rotenberry;Marlene Zuk

  • Acoustic experience shapes female mate choice in field crickets.

    Nathan W Bailey;Marlene Zuk

  • Sex differences in parasitic infections among arthropod hosts: is there a male bias?

    Letitia A. D. Sheridan;Robert Poulin;Darren F. Ward;Marlene Zuk

  • Disease, Endocrine--Immune Interactions, and Sexual Selection

    Marlene Zuk

  • Effects of experimental manipulation of male secondary sex characters on female mate preference in red jungle fowl

    Marlene Zuk;J. David Ligon;Randy Thornhill

Frequent Co-Authors

Leigh W. Simmons
Leigh W. Simmons University of Western Australia
John T. Rotenberry
John T. Rotenberry University of Minnesota
Mark A. Chappell
Mark A. Chappell University of California, Riverside
Randy Thornhill
Randy Thornhill University of New Mexico
Nils Chr. Stenseth
Nils Chr. Stenseth University of Oslo
Michael G. Ritchie
Michael G. Ritchie University of St Andrews
Michael A. Patten
Michael A. Patten Nord University
Tom Tregenza
Tom Tregenza University of Exeter
Scott Pitnick
Scott Pitnick Syracuse University
Karim Gharbi
Karim Gharbi University of Edinburgh

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