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Maud C. O. Ferrari

Maud C. O. Ferrari

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
61
Citations
13622
World Ranking
2192
National Ranking
140

Overview

Maud C. O. Ferrari is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. A significant portion of their work focuses on ecological and behavioral studies in animals and plants, contributing to various subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, social psychology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior

Ferrari has contributed to multiple publication venues with recurring appearances in journals such as:

  • Animal Behaviour
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Animal Cognition
  • Functional Ecology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ferrari include:

  • "Microplastic exposure interacts with habitat degradation to affect behaviour and survival of juvenile fish in the field" (2020), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Uncertainty about predation risk: a conceptual review" (2023), Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Effects of common antiepileptic drugs on teleost fishes" (2023), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Reproductive fitness of honey bee queens exposed to thiamethoxam during development" (2021), Veterinary Pathology
  • "Proportional fitness loss and the timing of defensive investment: a cohesive framework across animals and plants" (2020), Oecologia

Throughout their career, Ferrari has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Douglas P. Chivers
  • Adam L. Crane
  • Gabrielle H. Achtymichuk
  • Mark I. McCormick
  • G. E. Brown

Best Publications

  • Evolution and behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change.

    Andrew Sih;Maud C. O. Ferrari;David J. Harris

  • Chemical ecology of predator–prey interactions in aquatic ecosystems: a review and prospectusThe present review is one in the special series of reviews on animal–plant interactions.

    Maud C.O. FerrariM.C.O. Ferrari;Maud C.O. FerrariM.C.O. Ferrari;Brian D. WisendenB.D. Wisenden;Brian D. WisendenB.D. Wisenden;Douglas P. ChiversD.P. Chivers;Douglas P. ChiversD.P. Chivers

  • Replenishment of fish populations is threatened by ocean acidification

    Philip L. Munday;Danielle L. Dixson;Mark I. McCormick;Mark Meekan

  • Anthropogenic noise increases fish mortality by predation

    Stephen D. Simpson;Andrew N. Radford;Sophie L. Nedelec;Maud C. O. Ferrari

  • The paradox of risk allocation: a review and prospectus

    Maud C.O. Ferrari;Andrew Sih;Douglas P. Chivers

  • Phenotypically plastic neophobia: a response to variable predation risk

    Grant E. Brown;Maud C. O. Ferrari;Chris K. Elvidge;Indar Ramnarine

  • The role of learning in the development of threat-sensitive predator avoidance by fathead minnows

    Maud C.O. Ferrari;Jennifer J. Trowell;Grant E. Brown;Douglas P. Chivers

  • Generalization of learned predator recognition: an experimental test and framework for future studies

    Maud C.O Ferrari;Adega Gonzalo;François Messier;Douglas P Chivers

  • The dynamic nature of antipredator behavior: prey fish integrate threat-sensitive antipredator responses within background levels of predation risk

    Grant E. Brown;Alix C. Rive;Maud C. O. Ferrari;Douglas P. Chivers

  • Putting prey and predator into the CO2 equation – qualitative and quantitative effects of ocean acidification on predator–prey interactions

    Maude C.O. Ferrari;Mark I. McCormick;Philip L. Munday;Mark G. Meekan

  • Intrageneric variation in antipredator responses of coral reef fishes affected by ocean acidification: implications for climate change projections on marine communities

    Maud C. O. Ferrari;Danielle L. Dixson;Philip L. Munday;Mark I. McCORMICK

  • Impaired learning of predators and lower prey survival under elevated CO2: a consequence of neurotransmitter interference

    Douglas P. Chivers;Mark I. McCormick;Göran E. Nilsson;Philip L. Munday

  • Epidermal ‘alarm substance’ cells of fishes maintained by non-alarm functions: possible defence against pathogens, parasites and UVB radiation

    Douglas P Chivers;Brian D Wisenden;Carrie J Hindman;Tracy A Michalak

  • Effects of ocean acidification on learning in coral reef fishes.

    Maud C. O. Ferrari;Rachel P. Manassa;Danielle L. Dixson;Philip L. Munday

  • Effects of acidification on olfactory-mediated behaviour in freshwater and marine ecosystems: a synthesis.

    Antoine O. H. C. Leduc;Philip L. Munday;Grant E. Brown;Maud C. O. Ferrari

  • Learn and live: predator experience and feeding history determines prey behaviour and survival

    Oona M. Lönnstedt;Mark I. McCormick;Mark G. Meekan;Maud C. O. Ferrari

  • Effects of ocean acidification on visual risk assessment in coral reef fishes

    Maud C. O. Ferrari;Mark I. McCormick;Philip L. Munday;Mark G. Meekan

  • Learning by embryos and the ghost of predation future

    Alicia Mathis;Maud C.O Ferrari;Nathan Windel;François Messier

  • Aerobic scope predicts dominance during early life in a tropical damselfish

    Shaun S. Killen;Matthew D. Mitchell;Jodie L. Rummer;Douglas P. Chivers

  • Predator-induced changes in morphology of a prey fish: the effects of food level and temporal frequency of predation risk

    Douglas P. Chivers;Xiaoxia Zhao;Grant E. Brown;Tracy A. Marchant

  • Responses of American toad tadpoles to predation cues: behavioural response thresholds, threat-sensitivity and acquired predation recognition

    Reehan S. Mirza;Maud C.O. Ferrari;Joseph M. Kiesecker;Douglas P. Chivers

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas P. Chivers
Douglas P. Chivers University of Saskatchewan
Mark I. McCormick
Mark I. McCormick Southern Cross University
Grant E. Brown
Grant E. Brown Concordia University
Mark G. Meekan
Mark G. Meekan Australian Institute of Marine Science
Philip L. Munday
Philip L. Munday James Cook University
François Messier
François Messier University of Saskatchewan
Danielle L. Dixson
Danielle L. Dixson University of Delaware
Andrew Sih
Andrew Sih University of California, Davis
Indar W. Ramnarine
Indar W. Ramnarine University of the West Indies
Alicia Mathis
Alicia Mathis Missouri State University

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