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Benjamin Ashton

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  • The University of Western Australia (M084), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

  • 55 Citations
  • 2 h-Index
20152019
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breeding Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Research Output 2015 2019

  • 55 Citations
  • 2 h-Index
  • 5 Article
  • 1 Letter
  • 1 Review article
  • 1 Doctoral Thesis

Larger group sizes facilitate the emergence and spread of innovations in a group-living bird

Ashton, B. J., Thornton, A. & Ridley, A. R., Dec 2019, In : Animal Behaviour. 158, p. 1-7 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

group size
innovation
bird
birds
animal
1 Citation (Scopus)

Social and individual factors influence variation in offspring care in the cooperatively breeding Western Australian magpie

Pike, K. N., Ashton, B. J., Morgan, K. V. & Ridley, A. R., 1 Jan 2019, In : Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, APR, 92.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
helping behavior
breeding
fathers
parental behavior
foraging efficiency
11 Citations (Scopus)

An intraspecific appraisal of the social intelligence hypothesis

Ashton, B. J., Thornton, A. & Ridley, A. R., 26 Sep 2018, In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 1756, 20170288.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Open Access
Emotional Intelligence
cognition
Cognition
Research
Genetic Fitness
42 Citations (Scopus)
83 Downloads (Pure)

Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies

Ashton, B. J., Ridley, A. R., Edwards, E. K. & Thornton, A., 15 Feb 2018, In : Nature. 554, 7692, p. 364-367

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
File
Testing
1 Citation (Scopus)

Smarter through group living: A response to Smulders

Ashton, B. J., Ridley, A. R. & Thornton, A., 10 Dec 2018, In : Learning and Behavior.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

cognition
Learning
cognitive development
group size
learning

Datasets

Data from: Cognitive performance is linked to group size and affects fitness in Australian magpies

Ashton, B. (Creator), Ridley, M. (Creator), Edwards, E. K. (Creator), Thornton, A. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 7 Feb 2018

DOI: 10.5061/dryad.ph3h8, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.ph3h8

Dataset