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Rachel K. Clifton is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary science, contributing to a total of 20 and 7 publications respectively in these areas.

The subfields of study in which Rachel K. Clifton has been active include Small Animals, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Animal Science and Zoology. These subfields highlight a range of interests from animal biology to agricultural systems and ecological dynamics.

The main topics addressed in their work focus on Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Insect and Pesticide Research, Agriculture and Farm Safety, Rabies Epidemiology and Control, and Bee Products Chemical Analysis. This indicates a multidisciplinary approach intersecting animal health, disease control, and agricultural practices.

Recent notable publications by Rachel K. Clifton include:

  • Differences in composition of interdigital skin microbiota predict sheep and feet that develop footrot, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Lameness in sheep: a practical guide to non-contagious foot diseases, 2021, Livestock

Other papers in related fields with co-authorship or relevance have appeared in venues such as Animals, Journal of Dairy Science, and Veterinary Record, with publications dated up to 2024. These works contribute to ongoing research in animal health and farm management.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Martin Green
  • Laura Green
  • Emma M. Monaghan
  • Kate Lewis
  • Kevin J. Purdy

Rachel K. Clifton's work is frequently published in the journals Veterinary Record, Animals, Scientific Reports, Livestock, and Journal of Dairy Science, demonstrating engagement with diverse and relevant academic communities in veterinary and agricultural sciences.

Best Publications

  • Heart-rate change as a component of the orienting response.

    Frances K. Graham;Rachel K. Clifton

  • The role of perceived spatial separation in the unmasking of speech.

    Richard L. Freyman;Karen S. Helfer;Daniel D. McCall;Rachel K. Clifton

  • Problem solving in infancy: the emergence of an action plan.

    Michael E. McCarty;Rachel K. Clifton;Roberta R. Collard

  • The beginnings of tool use by infants and toddlers.

    Michael E. McCarty;Rachel K. Clifton;Roberta R. Collard

  • Is Visually Guided Reaching in Early Infancy a Myth

    Rachel K. Clifton;Darwin W. Muir;Daniel H. Ashmead;Marsha G. Clarkson

  • Visual Information and Object Size in the Control of Reaching.

    Neil E. Berthier;Rachel K. Clifton;Vijaykumar Gullapalli;Daniel D. McCall

  • Object representation guides infants' reaching in the dark.

    Rachel K. Clifton;Philippe Rochat;Ruth Y. Litovsky;Eve E. Perris

  • Dynamic processes in the precedence effect

    Richard L. Freyman;Rachel K. Clifton;Ruth Y. Litovsky

  • Where's the ball? Two- and three-year-olds reason about unseen events.

    N. E. Berthier;S. DeBlois;C. R. Poirier;M. A. Novak

  • Proximodistal structure of early reaching in human infants.

    Neil E. Berthier;Rachel K. Clifton;Daniel D. McCall;Daniel J. Robin

  • Multimodal Perception in the Control of Infant Reaching

    Rachel K. Clifton;Philippe Rochat;Daniel J. Robin;Neil E. Berthier

  • Breakdown of echo suppression in the precedence effect.

    Rachel K. Clifton

  • How infants use vision for grasping objects.

    Michael E. McCarty;Rachel K. Clifton;Daniel H. Ashmead;Philip Lee

  • The development of a human auditory localization response: a U-shaped function.

    Darwin W. Muir;Rachel K. Clifton;Marsha G. Clarkson

  • Newborns' orientation toward sound: possible implications for cortical development.

    Rachel K. Clifton;Barbara A. Morrongiello;John W. Kulig;John M. Dowd

  • Listeners Expectations About Echoes Can Raise Or Lower Echo Threshold

    Rachel K. Clifton;Richard L. Freyman;Ruth Y. Litovsky;Daniel McCall

  • Trading relations in the perception of speech by 5-year-old children

    Barbara A. Morrongiello;Rick C. Robson;Catherine T. Best;Rachel K. Clifton

  • Infants' Perception of Auditory Space.

    Rachel K. Clifton;Eve E. Perris;Andre Bullinger

  • Reaching in the dark toward sound as a measure of auditory localization in infants

    Eve E. Perris;Rachel K. Clifton

  • Infant pitch perception: evidence for responding to pitch categories and the missing fundamental.

    Marsha G. Clarkson;Rachel K. Clifton

Frequent Co-Authors

Frances K. Graham
Frances K. Graham University of Wisconsin–Madison
Darwin W. Muir
Darwin W. Muir Queen's University
Bennett I. Bertenthal
Bennett I. Bertenthal Indiana University
Barbara A. Morrongiello
Barbara A. Morrongiello University of Guelph
Philippe Rochat
Philippe Rochat Emory University
Tiffany Field
Tiffany Field University of Miami
Catherine T. Best
Catherine T. Best Haskins Laboratories
Daniel R. Anderson
Daniel R. Anderson University of Massachusetts Amherst
Marshall M. Haith
Marshall M. Haith University of Denver

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