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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
152
Citations
93650
World Ranking
27
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Tim H. Clutton-Brock is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within environmental science and biological sciences, focusing heavily on animal behavior and ecology.

The primary fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these, key subfields encompass ecology, evolutionary biology, behavior, and genetics, specifically:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Social Psychology
  • Paleontology

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Tim H. Clutton-Brock has contributed extensively to a variety of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Biology Letters

Selected recent publications demonstrate the scope of their research:

  • "Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals," 2022, Science
  • "Social evolution in mammals," 2021, Science
  • "Diurnal oscillations in gut bacterial load and composition eclipse seasonal and lifetime dynamics in wild meerkats," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Ageing red deer alter their spatial behaviour and become less social," 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Multiple spatial behaviours govern social network positions in a wild ungulate," 2021, Ecology Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Marta B. Manser
  • Jack Thorley
  • Simone Sommer
  • Alice Risely
  • Kerstin Wilhelm

Tim H. Clutton-Brock holds recognition as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of parental care

    T. H. Clutton-Brock

  • Red Deer: Behavior and Ecology of Two Sexes

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;F. E. Guinness;S. D. Albon

  • Inverse density dependence and the Allee effect

    Franck Courchamp;Tim Clutton-Brock;Bryan T. Grenfell

  • Mammalian mating systems.

    Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock

  • Developmental plasticity and human health.

    Patrick Bateson;David Barker;Timothy Clutton-Brock;Debal Deb

  • Reproductive success : studies of individual variation in contrasting breeding systems

    T. H. Clutton-Brock

  • Primate ecology and social organization

    T. H. Clutton‐Brock;Paul H. Harvey

  • Punishment in animal societies.

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;G. A. Parker

  • Breeding together: kin selection and mutualism in cooperative vertebrates.

    Tim Clutton-Brock

  • Cooperation between non-kin in animal societies

    Tim Clutton-Brock

  • Reproductive Effort and Terminal Investment in Iteroparous Animals

    T. H. Clutton-Brock

  • Age, Sex, Density, Winter Weather, and Population Crashes in Soay Sheep

    Tim Coulson;Edward A. Catchpole;Steve D. Albon;Byron J. T. Morgan

  • THE ROARING OF RED DEER AND THE EVOLUTION OF HONEST ADVERTISEMENT

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;S.D. Albon

  • Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology.

    Tim Clutton-Brock;Ben C Sheldon

  • Sexual selection in males and females.

    Tim Clutton-Brock

  • Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Timothy H. Sparks;Morten Frederiksen;Sarah Burthe

  • Potential Reproductive Rates and the Operation of Sexual Selection

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;G. A. Parker

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

  • Sexual selection and the potential reproductive rates of males and females

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;A. C. J. Vincent

  • LIFE HISTORY VARIATION IN PRIMATES.

    Paul H. Harvey;T. H. Clutton-Brock

  • The logical stag: adaptive aspects of fighting in red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.)

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;S.D. Albon;R.M. Gibson;F.E. Guinness

Frequent Co-Authors

Josephine M. Pemberton
Josephine M. Pemberton University of Edinburgh
Loeske E. B. Kruuk
Loeske E. B. Kruuk University of Edinburgh
Steve D. Albon
Steve D. Albon James Hutton Institute
Fiona E. Guinness
Fiona E. Guinness University of Cambridge
Tim Coulson
Tim Coulson University of Oxford
Marta B. Manser
Marta B. Manser University of Zurich
Andrew F. Russell
Andrew F. Russell University of Exeter
Daniel H. Nussey
Daniel H. Nussey University of Edinburgh
Jill G. Pilkington
Jill G. Pilkington University of Edinburgh
Paul H. Harvey
Paul H. Harvey University of Oxford

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