Prof Graeme Ruxton

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 4825

Email

graeme.ruxton@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I am interested in the evolutionary ecology of sensory interactions between species. Examples include camouflage in the natural world, signalling between predators and their prey and how plants can communicate with pollinators and seed dispersers.

PhD supervision

• Chon I Kam

Selected publications

• Open access

  A model of optimal digestive strategy in infrequently-feeding snakes

  Wood, M. E. & Ruxton, G. D., 15 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Ecology. Online First, 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring the importance of stochasticity to hybrid equilibria in a discrete signaling game

  Chisausky, J., Zollman, K. & Ruxton, G. D., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38, 2, p. 157-166

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Functional and evolutionary synergy of trait components can explain the existence of leaf masquerade in katydids

  Wainwright, J. B., Rolfe, C. E. J., Ruxton, G. D. & Bailey, N. W., 3 Nov 2025, In: PLoS Biology. 23, 11, p. 1-16 16 p., e3003468.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Non-visual crypsis: an updated review of current understanding

  Day-Dell’Olio, I., Neirink, S., McKenna, R. K. & Ruxton, G. D., 22 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Evolutionary Ecology. Online first

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Zebra stripes: the questions raised by the answers

  Ireland, H. M. & Ruxton, G. D., Dec 2025, In: Biological Reviews. 100, 6, p. 2660-2680 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A note on the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test and tied observations

  Neuhäuser, M. & Ruxton, G. D., 21 Aug 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 8, 6 p., e0309074.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Classical tests, linear models, and their extensions for the analysis of 2x2 contingency tables

  Nagel, R., Ruxton, G. D. & Morrissey, M. B., May 2024, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 5, p. 843-855 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Feelings and flirtations foster long-term cooperation

  Bergstrom, C. T. & Ruxton, G. D., 30 Jan 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 5, 3 p., e2318584121.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Refining our understanding of the diversity of plant specialised metabolites

  Speed, M. & Ruxton, G., 9 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Phytologist. Early View, 3 p., nph.20173.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Commentary: Parasite-mediated mate preferences in a cooperatively breeding rodent

  Ruxton, G. D. & Colegrave, N., 19 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 3 p., 1108008.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

 

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