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Jeffrey Alcock

Reader in Product and Service Innovation, Cranfield University
Verified email at cranfield.ac.uk
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Postinsemination associations between males and females in insects: the mate-guarding hypothesis

J Alcock - Annual review of entomology, 1994 - annualreviews.org
A major goal of evolutionary biologists is to identify the evolved function of particular traits.
In developing hypotheses about the possible adaptive value of a characteristic of interest, …

The evolution of the use of tools by feeding animals

J Alcock - Evolution, 1972 - JSTOR
This paper reviews the known cases of the use of tools by animals feeding under natural
conditions and discusses the possible origins, transmission, and subsequent evolution of this …

State-of-the-art in product-service systems

…, A Braganza, A Tiwari, JR Alcock… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
A Product-Service System (PSS) is an integrated combination of products and services. This
Western concept embraces a service-led competitive strategy, environmental sustainability, …

[BOOK][B] The evolution of insect mating systems

R Thornhill, J Alcock - 1983 - degruyter.com
THIS PROJECT grew out of our conviction that there was need for a book that would review
insect reproductive behavior and related topics from an evolutionary perspective, particularly …

[BOOK][B] Animal behavior: An evolutionary approach

J Alcock - 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
This textbook provides a general overview of animal behavior in an evolutionary context.
Some of the topics covered in the chapters include the proximate and ultimate causes of bird …

[BOOK][B] The triumph of sociobiology

J Alcock - 2001 - books.google.com
In The Triumph of Sociobiology, John Alcock reviews the … debate, noted animal behaviorist
John Alcock illuminates how … Alcock challenges the notion that sociobiology depends on …

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

P Abbot, J Abe, J Alcock, S Alizon, JAC Alpedrinha… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Arising from MA Nowak, CE Tarnita & EO Wilson Nature466, 1057–1062 (2010)10.1038/nature09205
; Nowak et al. reply Nowak et al. argue that inclusive fitness theory has been of …

Selenium biofortification of high-yielding winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by liquid or granular Se fertilisation

MR Broadley, J Alcock, J Alford, P Cartwright, I Foot… - Plant and Soil, 2010 - Springer
Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for humans and livestock. In the UK, human Se
intake and status has declined since the 1980s. This is primarily due to the increased use of …

The ecology and evolution of male reproductive behaviour in the bees and wasps

J Alcock, EM Barrows, G Gordh… - Zoological Journal of …, 1978 - academic.oup.com
Males of aculeate Hymenoptera differ in the behavioural adaptations employed to locate and
secure mates. The ecological and evolutionary bases of these differences are explored in …

The impact on parents of a child's admission to intensive care: Integration of qualitative findings from a cross-sectional study

…, J Darkins, J Hesketh, V Bennett, J Alcock… - Intensive and Critical …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: In this study, parents were asked which aspects of their experience of having
a child in intensive care had caused them the most distress and how they continued to be …