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Overview

Michael A. Cant is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research centers on agricultural and biological sciences with a significant focus on environmental science. The scientist's work spans various subfields, prominently including ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, as well as genetics and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their main topics of research cover:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Recent publications highlight their involvement in studies related to social and ecological dynamics across various species. Notable papers include:

  • "Network-level consequences of outgroup threats in banded mongooses: Grooming and aggression between the sexes" (2020), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Age and sex influence social interactions, but not associations, within a killer whale pod" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Kinship dynamics: patterns and consequences of changes in local relatedness" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Exploitative leaders incite intergroup warfare in a social mammal" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biology Letters
  • Animal Behaviour

Among frequent collaborators are Hazel J. Nichols, Faye J. Thompson, Francis Mwanguhya, Darren P. Croft, and Daniel W. Franks. Their collaborative work reflects interdisciplinary approaches across behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology.

Michael A. Cant has contributed to academic literature through book publication as well, notably with Cambridge University Press, having authored The Evolution of Social Behaviour (2021).

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

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

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

  • Reproductive conflict and the separation of reproductive generations in humans.

    Michael A. Cant;Rufus A. Johnstone

  • Social control of reproduction in banded mongooses

    Michael A. Cant

  • The evolution of menopause in cetaceans and humans: the role of demography

    Rufus A. Johnstone;Michael A. Cant

  • Reproductive skew and the threat of eviction: a new perspective

    Rufus A. Johnstone;Michael A. Cant

  • The evolution of prolonged life after reproduction

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

  • Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction.

    Jonathan D. Blount;Emma I. K. Vitikainen;Iain Stott;Michael A. Cant

  • Helping effort and future fitness in cooperative animal societies

    Michael A. Cant;Jeremy Field

  • Fighting and mating between groups in a cooperatively breeding mammal, the banded mongoose

    M. A. Cant;E. Otali;F. Mwanguhya

  • A model for the evolution of reproductive skew without reproductive suppression

    Michael A Cant

  • The role of threats in animal cooperation

    Michael A. Cant

  • Scent marking within and between groups of wild banded mongooses

    N. R. Jordan;F. Mwanguhya;S. Kyabulima;P. Rüedi

  • Eviction and dispersal in co-operatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo)

    Michael A. Cant;Emily Otali;Francis Mwanguhya

  • A new perspective on size hierarchies in nature: patterns, causes, and consequences.

    Peter M. Buston;Peter M. Buston;Michael A. Cant;Michael A. Cant

  • Demography and Social Evolution of Banded Mongooses

    Michael A. Cant;Emma Vitikainen;Hazel J. Nichols

  • Intragroup competition predicts individual foraging specialisation in a group-living mammal.

    Catherine E. Sheppard;Richard Inger;Robbie A. McDonald;Sam Barker

  • Reproductive Conflict and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales

    Darren P. Croft;Rufus A. Johnstone;Samuel Ellis;Stuart Nattrass

  • Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses

    Michael A. Cant;Sarah J. Hodge;Matthew B. V. Bell;Jason S. Gilchrist

  • Individual variation in social aggression and the probability of inheritance: theory and a field test

    Michael A. Cant;Justine B. Llop;Jeremy Field

  • Mortality risk and social network position in resident killer whales: sex differences and the importance of resource abundance.

    S. Ellis;D. W. Franks;S. Nattrass;M. A. Cant

Frequent Co-Authors

Rufus A. Johnstone
Rufus A. Johnstone University of Cambridge
Darren P. Croft
Darren P. Croft University of Exeter
Jeremy Field
Jeremy Field University of Exeter
Robbie A. McDonald
Robbie A. McDonald University of Exeter
Richard Inger
Richard Inger University of Exeter
Hudson K. Reeve
Hudson K. Reeve Cornell University
Marta B. Manser
Marta B. Manser University of Zurich
Jan Komdeur
Jan Komdeur University of Groningen
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
John K. B. Ford
John K. B. Ford Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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