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Alex Thornton

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Publications

76

Citations

6.6K

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39

Active since

1999

Affiliations

University of Exeter(Current)

University of Cambridge

The University of Western Australia

Macquarie University

Stanford University

Alex Thornton is an author at University of Exeter specializing in animal behavior, education, and evolutionary biology.

Top concepts

Animal BehaviorEvolutionary BiologySocial SciencesBehavioral ScienceEducationSocial BehaviorCognitive SciencePsychologyFitnessCognition

Publications per year

1999–2024

76

Publications

76

Experimentally induced innovations lead to persistent culture via conformity in wild birds

Lucy M. Aplin, Damien R. Farine, Julie Morand‐Ferron et al. · Nature · 2014 · 717 citations · Full text

Biology, Induced Innovations, Pattern Formation +8

Applications of machine learning in animal behaviour studies

John Joseph Valletta, Colin J. Torney, Michael Kings et al. · Animal Behaviour · 2017 · 508 citations · Full text

Teaching in Wild Meerkats

Alex Thornton, Katherine McAuliffe · Science · 2006 · 403 citations

Education, Teaching Method, Social Sciences +19

Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies

Benjamin J. Ashton, Amanda R. Ridley, Emily K. Edwards et al. · Nature · 2018 · 322 citations · Full text

Cognitive Science, Cognitive Performance, Fitness +12

Technology portfolio management: optimizing interdependent projects over multiple time periods

Matthew Dickinson, Alex Thornton, Stephen C. Graves · IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management · 2001 · 288 citations

Project-based Organization, Engineering, Project Scheduling +25

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