Research
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Latest papers
Ecology needs a causal overhaul
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025 · senior author
The optimal time to approach an unfamiliar object: a Bayesian model
Behavioral Ecology · 2023 · first author
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022
38 publications.
Ecology needs a causal overhaul
Daniel Wayne Franks, Graeme D. Ruxton, Tom N. Sherratt
The optimal time to approach an unfamiliar object: a Bayesian model
Tom N. Sherratt, Ian Dewan, John Skelhorn
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour
Eleanor Drinkwater, William L. Allen, John A. Endler, Roger T. Hanlon, Grace G. Holmes, Nicholas T. Homziak, Changku Kang, Brian C. Leavell, Jussi P. Lehtonen, Karl Loeffler‐Henry, John M. Ratcliffe, Candy Rowe, Graeme D. Ruxton, Tom N. Sherratt, John Skelhorn, Chelsea Skojec, Hannah R. Smart, Thomas E. White, Jayne E. Yack, Catherine Young, Kate D. L. Umbers
Coping with Danger and Deception: Lessons from Signal Detection Theory
Øistein Haugsten Holen, Tom N. Sherratt
When should receivers follow multiple signal components? A closer look at the “flag” model
Tom N. Sherratt, Øistein Haugsten Holen
Behavioural Ecology: Spiders Play the Imitation Game
Tom N. Sherratt
The ecology of multiple colour defences
Tim Caro, Tom N. Sherratt, Martin Stevens
How residency duration affects the outcome of a territorial contest: Complementary game-theoretic models
Mike Mesterton‐Gibbons, Tom N. Sherratt
State-dependent optimization: a comment on Skelhorn et al.
Tom N. Sherratt
Toward a Unified Ecology. Second Edition. Complexity in Ecological Systems Series. By Timothy F. H. Allen and Thomas W. Hoekstra; illustrated by Joyce V. VanDeWater. New York: Columbia University Press. $150.00 (hardcover); $50.00 (paper). xvii + 486 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-231-16888-5 (hc); 978-0-231-16889-2 (pb); 978-0-231-53846-6 (eb). 2015.
Tom N. Sherratt
Frequent collaborators
- Thomas Sherratt and Tom Sherratt: 38 shared papers
- Thomas Sherratt and Jayne Yack: 3 shared papers
- Thomas Sherratt and John Ratcliffe: 1 shared paper
- Jayne Yack and John Ratcliffe: 1 shared paper
- Jayne Yack and Tom Sherratt: 1 shared paper
- John Ratcliffe and Tom Sherratt: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biology
- Centre for Urban Environments
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