John Skelhorn

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

38h-index4.3kcitations82works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(53), Plant and animal studies(45), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(11), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(11), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(10)

Publications82 total

Unlearned responses of chicks, Gallus gallus domesticus, towards aposematic insect-like stimuli
Animal Behaviour·2026Open Access
Mapping the adaptive landscape of Batesian mimicry using 3D-printed stimuli
Nature·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
A computational neuroscience framework for quantifying warning signals
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Author response for "A computational neuroscience framework for quantifying warning signals"
2023
Author response for "A computational neuroscience framework for quantifying warning signals"
2023
The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2023· 63 citedOpen Access
The optimal time to approach an unfamiliar object: a Bayesian model
Behavioral Ecology·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Author response for "The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences"
2023
Eyespot configuration and predator approach direction affect the antipredator efficacy of eyespots
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
A synthesis of deimatic behaviour
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2022· 56 cited
The peppered moth Biston betularia
Current Biology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Dietary wariness
Current Biology·2021Open Access
Understanding the design of warning signals: a predator’s view
Research Square (Research Square)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Variable crab camouflage patterns defeat search image formation
Communications Biology·2021· 31 citedOpen Access
The antipredator benefits of postural camouflage in peppered moth caterpillars
Scientific Reports·2020· 16 citedOpen Access
Frequency-tuned animal warning signals
Journal of Vision·2020Open Access
Pattern contrast influences wariness in naïve predators towards aposematic patterns
Scientific Reports·2020· 32 citedOpen Access
Data for Halpin et al, 'Pattern contrast influences wariness in naïve predators towards aposematic patterns'
Figshare·2020Open Access
Data for Halpin et al, 'Pattern contrast influences wariness in naïve predators towards aposematic patterns'
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2020Open Access
Distaste and disgust responses
Current Biology·2019· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Candy Rowe(26), Graeme D. Ruxton(14), Hannah M. Rowland(8), Christina G. Halpin(7), Thomas N. Sherratt(5), Michael P. Speed(4), Martin Stevens(4), Jolyon Troscianko(4), Thomas J. Hossie(4), Grace G. Holmes(4), William L. Allen(3), Innes C. Cuthill(2), Kevin Arbuckle(2), Jon Delf(2), Brian C. Leavell(2), Olivier Penacchio(2), Hannah R. Smart(2), Kate D. L. Umbers(2), Barbara A. Caspers(1), George Chaplin(1)