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Overview

Sasha R. X. Dall is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with significant contributions to ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, sociology, political science, cultural studies, and social psychology.

The scholar's work addresses topics including evolutionary game theory and cooperation, animal behavior and reproduction, language and cultural evolution, primate behavior and ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation, culture, economy, and development studies, as well as marine animal studies overview.

Recent publications by Sasha R. X. Dall include:

  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Underappreciated features of cultural evolution (2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Behavioural specialization and learning in social networks (2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • The evolution of social learning as phenotypic cue integration (2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Cultural processes and demography: implications for conservation and beyond (2025, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Their frequently appearing co-authors include John M. McNamara, Olof Leimar, Peter Hammerstein, Bram Kuijper, and Alasdair I. Houston.

Publication venues where Sasha R. X. Dall has multiple contributions are:

  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Animal Behaviour

Best Publications

  • Information and its use by animals in evolutionary ecology

    Sasha R.X. Dall;Luc Alain Giraldeau;Ola Olsson;John M. McNamara

  • The behavioural ecology of personality: consistent individual differences from an adaptive perspective

    Sasha R. X. Dall;Alasdair I. Houston;John M. McNamara

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Sexual selection and animal personality

    Wiebke Schuett;Tom Tregenza;Sasha R. X. Dall

  • An evolutionary ecology of individual differences

    Sasha R. X. Dall;Alison M. Bell;Daniel I. Bolnick;Francis L. W. Ratnieks

  • The ecology of information: an overview on the ecological significance of making informed decisions

    Kenneth A. Schmidt;Sasha R. X. Dall;Jan A. Van Gils

  • Estimating individual contributions to population growth: evolutionary fitness in ecological time

    T Coulson;T G Benton;Per Lundberg;S R X Dall

  • Sex differences, social context and personality in zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata

    Wiebke Schuett;Sasha R.X. Dall

  • The Evolution of Individual and Cultural Variation in Social Learning

    Alex Mesoudi;Lei Chang;Sasha R.X. Dall;Alex Thornton

  • Animal cultures matter for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Sasha R. X. Dall;Lucy M. Aplin;Stuart Bearhop

  • Pairs of zebra finches with similar ‘personalities’ make better parents

    Wiebke Schuett;Sasha R.X. Dall;Nick J. Royle

  • Evolution of trust and trustworthiness: social awareness favours personality differences

    John M McNamara;Philip A Stephens;Sasha R.X Dall;Alasdair I Houston

  • Predictive systems ecology

    Matthew R. Evans;Mike Bithell;Stephen J. Cornell;Sasha R. X. Dall

  • Badger social networks correlate with tuberculosis infection

    Nicola Weber;Stephen P. Carter;Sasha R.X. Dall;Richard J. Delahay

  • The information costs of generalism

    Sasha R. X. Dall;Innes C. Cuthill

  • An empiricist guide to animal personality variation in ecology and evolution

    Sasha R.X. Dall;Simon C. Griffith

  • A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation.

    Philippa Brakes;Emma L. Carroll;Emma L. Carroll;Sasha R. X. Dall;Sally A. Keith

  • Managing uncertainty: information and insurance under the risk of starvation.

    Sasha R. X. Dall;Rufus A. Johnstone

  • Personality variation in a clonal insect: the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum.

    Wiebke Schuett;Sasha R.X. Dall;Jana Baeumer;Michaela H. Kloesener

  • Genes as cues: phenotypic integration of genetic and epigenetic information from a Darwinian perspective

    Sasha R.X. Dall;John M. McNamara;John M. McNamara;Olof Leimar

  • Do Female Zebra Finches, Taeniopygia guttata, Choose Their Mates Based on Their 'Personality'?

    Wiebke Schuett;Jean-Guy J. Godin;Sasha R. X. Dall

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. McNamara
John M. McNamara University of Bristol
Olof Leimar
Olof Leimar Stockholm University
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Innes C. Cuthill
Innes C. Cuthill University of Bristol
Alex Thornton
Alex Thornton University of Exeter
Franz J. Weissing
Franz J. Weissing University of Groningen
Tim G. Benton
Tim G. Benton Chatham House
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Robbie A. McDonald
Robbie A. McDonald University of Exeter
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency

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