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Richard A. Pettifor

RA

24

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2.2K

Citations

22

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1983

Active since

Affiliations

Zoological Society of London(Current)

University of Cambridge

University College London

University of Bristol

Richard A. Pettifor is an author at Zoological Society of London specializing in evolutionary biology, animal behavior, and fitness.

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Evolutionary BiologyAnimal BehaviorFitnessBiologyNatural SciencesBehavioral SciencePublic HealthSocial BehaviorEngineeringPopulation Genetics

Publications per year

1983–2008

24

Publications

24

Individual optimization of clutch size in great tits

Richard A. Pettifor, Christopher M. Perrins, R. H. McCleery · Nature · 1988 · 362 citations

Breeding Behavior, Reproductive Success, Individual Optimization +3

Spontaneous emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs

Sean A. Rands, Guy Cowlishaw, Richard A. Pettifor et al. · Nature · 2003 · 341 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Foraging, Social Behavior +5

Components of Variance Underlying Fitness in a Natural Population of the Great Tit<i>Parus major</i>

R. H. McCleery, Richard A. Pettifor, Peter Armbruster et al. · The American Naturalist · 2004 · 205 citations

Residual Variation, Breeding Behavior, Fitness +16

The effects of avian mobbing on a potential predator, the European kestrel, Falco tinnunculus

Richard A. Pettifor · Animal Behaviour · 1990 · 115 citations

Potential Predator, Foraging, European Kestrel +6

The individual optimization of fitness: variation in reproductive output, including clutch size, mean nestling mass and offspring recruitment, in manipulated broods of great tits <i>Parus major</i>

Richard A. Pettifor, Christopher M. Perrins, R. H. McCleery · Journal of Animal Ecology · 2001 · 108 citations · Full text

Breeding Behavior, Fitness, Functional Prediction +16

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