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Reginald B. Cocroft is affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on agricultural and biological sciences with significant contributions to plant science and ecology. They also engage considerably with biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study for Cocroft include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, Cocroft has worked on various subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Developmental Biology

The scientist's research topics cover multiple aspects of plant and animal interactions and biological electrophysiology, including:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Cocroft include:

  • "Leaf vibrations produced by chewing provide a consistent acoustic target for plant recognition of herbivores," 2020, Oecologia
  • "Plant ecoacoustics: a sensory ecology approach," 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Plant protection and biotremology: fundamental and applied aspects," 2023, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Eating to the beat of the drum: vibrational parameters of toe tapping behavior in Dendrobates truncatus (Anura: Dendrobatidae)," 2023, Evolutionary Ecology
  • "Bridging biotremology and chemical ecology: a new terminology," 2024, Trends in Plant Science

The frequent publication venues where Cocroft's work appears include:

  • Oecologia
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • The American Naturalist
  • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Coauthorships highlight collaboration with several researchers, with the most frequent coauthors being:

  • Heidi M. Appel
  • Carlos F. Pinto
  • Apostolos Pekas
  • Valerio Mazzoni
  • Rachele Nieri

Best Publications

  • The Behavioral Ecology of Insect Vibrational Communication

    Reginald B. Cocroft;Rafael L. Rodríguez

  • Patterns of advertisement call evolution in toads and chorus frogs

    Reginald B. Cocroft;Michael J. Ryan

  • Plants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insect herbivore chewing

    H. M. Appel;R. B. Cocroft

  • THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SELECTION IN INTRASPECIFIC DIVERGENCE OF MATE RECOGNITION SIGNALS IN THE CRICKET FROG, ACRIS CREPITANS.

    Michael J. Ryan;Reginald B. Cocroft;Walter Wilczynski

  • Evidence that female preferences have shaped male signal evolution in a clade of specialized plant-feeding insects

    Rafael L Rodríguez;Karthik Ramaswamy;Reginald B Cocroft

  • Vibrational communication and reproductive isolation in the Enchenopa binotata species complex of treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae).

    Rafael L. Rodríguez;Laura E. Sullivan;Reginald B. Cocroft

  • Host shifts and signal divergence: mating signals covary with host use in a complex of specialized plant‐feeding insects

    Reginald B. Cocroft;Rafael L. Rodríguez;Rafael L. Rodríguez;Randy E. Hunt

  • Studying Vibrational Communication

    Reginald B. Cocroft;Matija Gogala;Peggy S.M. Hill;Andreas Wessel

  • Insect vibrational defence signals

    Reginald B. Cocroft

  • THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ANCESTRAL CHARACTER STATES.

    Ted R. Schultz;Reginald B. Cocroft;Gary A. Churchill

  • Wind-induced noise alters signaler and receiver behavior in vibrational communication

    Gabriel D. McNett;Gabriel D. McNett;Lucia H. Luan;Reginald B. Cocroft

  • Host shifts favor vibrational signal divergence in Enchenopa binotata treehoppers

    Gabriel D. McNett;Reginald B. Cocroft

  • Variation in Plant Substrates and its Consequences for Insect Vibrational Communication

    R. B. Cocroft;H. J. Shugart;K. T. Konrad;K. Tibbs

  • Vibrational communication and the ecology of group-living, herbivorous insects'

    Reginald B. Cocroft

  • Directionality in the mechanical response to substrate vibration in a treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Umbonia crassicornis).

    Reginald B. Cocroft;Tai D. Tieu;Ronald R. Hoy;Ronald N. Miles

  • THE IMPORTANCE OF FEMALE CHOICE, MALE-MALE COMPETITION, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION AS CAUSES OF SELECTION ON MALE MATING SIGNALS

    Laura Sullivan-Beckers;Reginald B. Cocroft

  • 7. Host Shifts, The Evolution Of Communication, And Speciation In The Enchenopa Binotata Species Complex Of Treehoppers

    Randy E. Hunt;Rafael L. Rodríguez;Reginald B. Cocroft

  • SPECIES IDENTITY IN THE GENUS ADENOMERA (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) IN SOUTHEASTERN PERU

    Ariadne Angulo;Reginald B. Cocroft;Steffen Reichle

  • Vibrational communication facilitates cooperative foraging in a phloem-feeding insect

    Reginald B Cocroft

  • Comparison of acoustical signals in Maculinea butterfly caterpillars and their obligate host Myrmica ants

    P. J. Devries;R. B. Cocroft;J. Thomas

  • OFFSPRING-PARENT COMMUNICATION IN A SUBSOCIAL TREEHOPPER (HEMIPTERA: MEMBRACIDAE: UMBONIA CRASSICORNIS)

    Reginald B. Cocroft

  • Antipredator defense as a limited resource: unequal predation risk in broods of an insect with maternal care

    Reginald B. Cocroft

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Rodríguez
Rafael Rodríguez University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Michael J. Ryan
Michael J. Ryan The University of Texas at Austin
Hermann M. Niemeyer
Hermann M. Niemeyer University of Chile
Jack C. Schultz
Jack C. Schultz University of Toledo
Walter Wilczynski
Walter Wilczynski Georgia State University
Ronald R. Hoy
Ronald R. Hoy Cornell University
Thomas K. Wood
Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University
Christopher K. Wikle
Christopher K. Wikle University of Missouri
Philip J. DeVries
Philip J. DeVries University of New Orleans
Gary A. Churchill
Gary A. Churchill The Jackson Laboratory

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