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Jeffrey R. Lucas

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1980
Animal Behavior and ReproductionAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPlant and animal studiesMarine animal studies overviewAvian ecology and behavior

Publications

141

Citations

4,595

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

47

Publishing since 1980

Research summary
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Jeffrey R. Lucas studies how animals communicate using sound and chemical signals, with much recent work focusing on bats (especially leaf-nosed bat species) and how their calls and scent secretions convey information such as identity, dominance, and body size. His broader work also covers social behavior in birds, including how mixed-species flocks interact and respond to social and environmental pressures. This research area would suit students interested in animal behavior, communication signals, and the ecology of social groups.

Animal acoustic and chemical communicationBat social behavior and signalingBird flocking and social dynamicsSignal information content (identity, dominance, quality)Evolution of animal display and aggression

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade with a peak in 2018 and another burst in 2021, followed by lower but continuing output through 2024–2026, suggesting an active but variable publication pace rather than steady annual growth.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 12 publications12182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 5 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Animal Behaviour×4
  • PLoS ONE×4
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology×2
  • Ecology and Evolution×2
  • Poultry Science×2
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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