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Stephen Pruett-Jones

Stephen Pruett-Jones

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
36
Citations
4185
World Ranking
1651
National Ranking
478

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
4204
World Ranking
7210
National Ranking
2428

Overview

Stephen Pruett-Jones is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant number of publications in Nature and Landscape Conservation as well as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics including Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect and Pesticide Research, Poxvirus research and outbreaks, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, and Academic Publishing and Open Access.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen Pruett-Jones include C. Preston, Jessica R. Eberhard, Jennifer J. Uehling, Jason Tallant, and Katherine L. Buchanan.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publication venues, with notable appearances in:

  • Emu - Austral Ornithology
  • The Auk
  • Diversity
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Behavioral Ecology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen Pruett-Jones include:

  • "The Number and Distribution of Introduced and Naturalized Parrots," 2021, Diversity
  • "Ornithology and open access publishing," 2023, Emu - Austral Ornithology
  • "Trends and lessons from thirty years of Australian threatened bird action plans," 2024, Emu - Austral Ornithology
  • "The Sensory Ecology of Birds," 2021, The Auk
  • "Emma Ileana Greig, 1981-2024," 2025, The Auk

Best Publications

  • Independent versus nonindependent mate choice: do females copy each other?

    Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF PAIRING SUCCESS, EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS AND MATE QUALITY ON THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEXUAL SELECTION

    Michael S. Webster;Stephen Pruett‐Jones;David F. Westneat;Stevan J. Arnold

  • Sex ratio and habitat limitation promote delayed dispersal in superb fairy-wrens

    S. G. Pruett-Jones;M. J. Lewis

  • Female copying increases the variance in male mating success

    Michael J. Wade;Stephen G. Pruett-Jones

  • Promiscuity drives sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird.

    Michael S. Webster;Keith A. Tarvin;Elaina M. Tuttle;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • SEXUAL SELECTION THROUGH FEMALE CHOICE IN LAWES' PAROTIA, A LEK-MATING BIRD OF PARADISE.

    S. G. Pruett-Jones;M. A. Pruett-Jones

  • Species Richness Covaries with Mating System in Birds

    Shaibal Mitra;Hans Landel;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Exponential Population Growth of Monk Parakeets in the United States

    Sunshine Van Bael;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Reproductive promiscuity in the splendid fairy-wren: effects of group size and auxiliary reproduction

    Michael S. Webster;Keith A. Tarvin;Elaina M. Tuttle;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Genetic similarity of social mates predicts the level of extrapair paternity in splendid fairy-wrens

    Keith A. Tarvin;Michael S. Webster;Elaina M. Tuttle;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Monk Parakeet Management at Electric Utility Facilities in South Florida

    Michael L. Avery;Ellis C. Greiner;James R. Lindsay;James R. Newman

  • Sperm Competition Selects for Sperm Quantity and Quality in the Australian Maluridae

    Melissah Rowe;Melissah Rowe;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Cloacal protuberances and extreme sperm production in Australian fairy-wrens

    Elaina M. Tuttle;Stephen Pruett-Jones;Michael S. Webster

  • Display dispersion and diet of birds of paradise: a comparison of nine species

    Bruce Beehler;Bruce Beehler;Stephen G. Pruett-Jones;Stephen G. Pruett-Jones

  • The Evolution of Bower-building and the Assessment of Male Quality

    Gerald Borgia;Stephen G. Pruett-Jones;Melinda A. Pruett-Jones

  • PATTERNS OF FLOCK SIZE, DIET, AND VIGILANCE OF NATURALIZED MONK PARAKEETS IN HYDE PARK, CHICAGO

    Jason M. South;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MONK PARAKEET IN HYDE PARK, CHICAGO

    Jeremy Hyman;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Multiple shifts between violet and ultraviolet vision in a family of passerine birds with associated changes in plumage coloration

    Anders Ödeen;Stephen Pruett-Jones;Amy C. Driskell;Jessica K. Armenta

  • Avian Chemical Defense

    John P. Dumbacher;Stephen Pruett-Jones

  • Parasites and sexual selection in birds of paradise.

    S. G. Pruett-Jones;M. A. Pruett-Jones;H. I. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

M. S. Webster
M. S. Webster Vanderbilt University
Anne Peters
Anne Peters Monash University
Michelle L. Hall
Michelle L. Hall University of Melbourne
John P. Swaddle
John P. Swaddle William & Mary
Jordan Karubian
Jordan Karubian Tulane University
Emily S. Minor
Emily S. Minor University of Illinois at Chicago
Janette A Norman
Janette A Norman Southern Cross University
Jerry A. Coyne
Jerry A. Coyne University of Chicago
Leslie Christidis
Leslie Christidis Southern Cross University
Ellis C. Greiner
Ellis C. Greiner University of Florida

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