| Deconstructing sociality: the types of social connections that predict longevity in a group-living primate S Ellis, N Snyder-Mackler, A Ruiz-Lambides, ML Platt, LJN Brent Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1917), 20191991, 2019 | 145 | 2019 |
| Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in killer whales DP Croft, RA Johnstone, S Ellis, S Nattrass, DW Franks, LJN Brent, ... Current Biology 27 (2), 298-304, 2017 | 140 | 2017 |
| Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in toothed whales S Ellis, DW Franks, S Nattrass, TE Currie, MA Cant, D Giles, KC Balcomb, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 12833, 2018 | 118 | 2018 |
| Mortality risk and social network position in resident killer whales: sex differences and the importance of resource abundance S Ellis, DW Franks, S Nattrass, MA Cant, MN Weiss, D Giles, KC Balcomb, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1865), 20171313, 2017 | 113 | 2017 |
| Postreproductive killer whale grandmothers improve the survival of their grandoffspring S Nattrass, DP Croft, S Ellis, MA Cant, MN Weiss, BM Wright, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (52), 26669-26673, 2019 | 98 | 2019 |
| Postreproductive lifespans are rare in mammals S Ellis, DW Franks, S Nattrass, MA Cant, DL Bradley, D Giles, ... Ecology and evolution 8 (5), 2482-2494, 2018 | 96 | 2018 |
| A simple threshold rule is sufficient to explain sophisticated collective decision-making EJH Robinson, NR Franks, S Ellis, S Okuda, JAR Marshall PloS one 6 (5), e19981, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Attaching and effacing (A/E) lesion formation by enteropathogenic E. coli on human intestinal mucosa is dependent on non-LEE effectors M Cepeda-Molero, CN Berger, ADS Walsham, SJ Ellis, ... PLoS pathogens 13 (10), e1006706, 2017 | 88 | 2017 |
| Common datastream permutations of animal social network data are not appropriate for hypothesis testing using regression models MN Weiss, DW Franks, LJN Brent, S Ellis, MJ Silk, DP Croft Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12 (2), 255-265, 2021 | 72 | 2021 |
| Polydomy in red wood ants S Ellis, EJH Robinson Insectes Sociaux 61, 111-122, 2014 | 72 | 2014 |
| Age and sex influence social interactions, but not associations, within a killer whale pod MN Weiss, DW Franks, DA Giles, S Youngstrom, SK Wasser, KC Balcomb, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1953), 20210617, 2021 | 47 | 2021 |
| Resource redistribution in polydomous ant nest networks: local or global? S Ellis, DW Franks, EJH Robinson Behavioral Ecology 25 (5), 1183-1191, 2014 | 42 | 2014 |
| Kinship dynamics: patterns and consequences of changes in local relatedness DP Croft, MN Weiss, MLK Nielsen, C Grimes, MA Cant, S Ellis, DW Franks, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1957), 20211129, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| Animal social networks: an introduction for complex systems scientists JB Brask, S Ellis, DP Croft Journal of Complex Networks 9 (2), cnab001, 2021 | 36 | 2021 |
| Identification and characterisation of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli subtypes associated with human disease SJ Ellis, LC Crossman, CJ McGrath, MA Chattaway, JM Hölken, B Brett, ... Scientific Reports 10 (1), 7475, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| 4 r Where and why? Wood ant population ecology AC Risch, S Ellis, H Wiswell Wood ant ecology and conservation, 81, 2016 | 33 | 2016 |
| Flagellin Induces β-Defensin 2 in Human Colonic Ex vivo Infection with Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli SB Lewis, A Prior, SJ Ellis, V Cook, SSM Chan, W Gelson, S Schüller Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 6, 68, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Weak effects of common genetic variation in oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes on rhesus macaque social behavior S Madlon‐Kay, MJ Montague, LJN Brent, S Ellis, B Zhong, ... American journal of primatology 80 (10), e22873, 2018 | 29 | 2018 |
| Internest food sharing within wood ant colonies: resource redistribution behavior in a complex system S Ellis, EJH Robinson Behavioral Ecology 27 (2), 660-668, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Inferring polydomy: a review of functional, spatial and genetic methods for identifying colony boundaries S Ellis, DS Procter, P Buckham-Bonnett, EJH Robinson Insectes Sociaux 64, 19-37, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
Darren P CroftProfessor of Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, UKVerified email at exeter.ac.uk