Tim Clutton‐Brock

53.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
340 papers, 35.4k citations indexed

About

Tim Clutton‐Brock is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Clutton‐Brock has authored 340 papers receiving a total of 35.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 222 papers in Ecology, 200 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 86 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tim Clutton‐Brock's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (195 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (182 papers) and Plant and animal studies (64 papers). Tim Clutton‐Brock is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (195 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (182 papers) and Plant and animal studies (64 papers). Tim Clutton‐Brock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Switzerland. Tim Clutton‐Brock's co-authors include S. D. Albon, F. E. Guinness, Josephine M. Pemberton, Paul Harvey, Bryan T. Grenfell, Tim Coulson, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Franck Courchamp, Adam Watson and Ben C. Sheldon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tim Clutton‐Brock

337 papers receiving 33.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Red Deer. Behavior and Ecology of Two Sexes

1983 2.1k citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. Journal of Animal Ecology profile →
Inverse density dependence and the Allee effect

1999 1.4k citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. profile →
Reproductive Effort and Terminal Investment in Iteroparous Animals

1984 750 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock profile →
Punishment in animal societies

1995 717 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. profile →
Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology

2010 703 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. profile →
Primate ecology and social organization

1977 696 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. profile →
The Roaring of Red Deer and the Evolution of Honest Advertisement

1979 689 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. profile →
Breeding Together: Kin Selection and Mutualism in Cooperative Vertebrates

2002 670 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock profile →
The logical stag: Adaptive aspects of fighting in red deer (Cervus elaphus L.)

1979 654 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Sexual Selection in Males and Females

2007 646 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock profile →
Cooperation between non-kin in animal societies

2009 600 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock profile →
Sex Ratio Variation in Mammals

1986 535 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock et al. profile →
Sexual selection in females

2008 475 citations Tim Clutton‐Brock Animal Behaviour profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Clutton‐Brock

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Twenty years of tuberculosis-driven selection shaped the evolution of the meerkat major histocompatibility complex 2025 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·(unknown), Alice Risely, Kerstin Wilhelm, (unknown), Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton‐Brock, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Simone Sommer	0
2	Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats 2025 ·Oikos ·Jack Thorley, (unknown), David Gaynor, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton‐Brock	3
3	Androgen-mediated maternal effects and trade-offs: postnatal hormone development, growth, and survivorship in wild meerkats 2024 ·Frontiers in Endocrinology ·Charli S. Davies, (unknown), Lydia K. Greene, Jessica Mitchell, (unknown), Vivian C. Goerlich, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Christine M. Drea	2
4	A female‐biased gene expression signature of dominance in cooperatively breeding meerkats 2024 ·Molecular Ecology ·C. Ryan Campbell, Marta B. Manser, Mari Shiratori, Kelly L. Williams, Luis B. Barreiro, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Jenny Tung	1
5	Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis 2024 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Amy E. Leedale, (unknown), (unknown), Markus Zöttl, Gaétan Glauser, Tim Clutton‐Brock	1
6	Pregnancy reduces concurrent pup care behaviour in meerkats, generating differences between dominant and subordinate females 2023 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Shay Rotics, Frank Groenewoud, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton‐Brock	2
7	Damaraland mole-rats do not rely on helpers for reproduction or survival 2023 ·Evolution Letters ·Jack Thorley, Hanna M. Bensch, Kyle T. Finn, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Markus Zöttl	13
8	Dominance loss and tenure maintenance in Kalahari meerkats 2023 ·Behavioral Ecology ·(unknown), Jack Thorley, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton‐Brock	4
9	Two decades of tuberculosis surveillance reveal disease spread, high levels of exposure and mortality and marked variation in disease progression in wild meerkats 2022 ·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases ·(unknown), Alice Risely, D. Schmid, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Simone Sommer	4
10	Multiple spatial behaviours govern social network positions in a wild ungulate 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·Gregory F. Albery, Alison Morris, Seán Morris, Josephine M. Pemberton, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Daniel H. Nussey, Josh A. Firth	40
11	Breeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats 2020 ·Biology Letters ·(unknown), Jack Thorley, Kyle T. Finn, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Markus Zöttl	26
12	Meerkat helpers buffer the detrimental effects of adverse environmental conditions on fecundity, growth and survival 2020 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Frank Groenewoud, Tim Clutton‐Brock	31
13	Drought decreases cooperative sentinel behavior and affects vocal coordination in meerkats 2019 ·Behavioral Ecology ·R. Rauber, Tim Clutton‐Brock, Marta B. Manser	10
14	The development of individual differences in cooperative behaviour: maternal glucocorticoid hormones alter helping behaviour of offspring in wild meerkats 2019 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Ben Dantzer, Constance Dubuc, Inês Braga Gonçalves, Dominic L. Cram, Nigel C. Bennett, André Ganswindt, Michael Heistermann, (unknown), David Gaynor, Tim Clutton‐Brock	17
15	A unified-models analysis of the development of sexual size dimorphism in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis 2019 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·Jack Thorley, Tim Clutton‐Brock	6
16	Long‐term movements and home‐range changes: Rapid territory shifts in meerkats 2019 ·Journal of Animal Ecology ·Bart Kranstauber, Gabriella E. C. Gall, (unknown), Tim Clutton‐Brock, Marta B. Manser	11
17	Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats 2018 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Jack Thorley, (unknown), (unknown), Markus Zöttl, Tim Clutton‐Brock	19
18	No task specialization among helpers in Damaraland mole-rats 2018 ·Animal Behaviour ·Jack Thorley, (unknown), (unknown), Miquel Torrents‐Ticó, Markus Zöttl, David Gaynor, Tim Clutton‐Brock	23
19	Increased food availability raises eviction rate in a cooperative breeding mammal 2017 ·Biology Letters ·Constance Dubuc, Sinéad English, N. Thavarajah, Ben Dantzer, Stuart P. Sharp, (unknown), David Gaynor, Tim Clutton‐Brock	12
20	Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks 2016 ·Biology Letters ·Markus Zöttl, Jack Thorley, David Gaynor, Nigel C. Bennett, Tim Clutton‐Brock	19

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