Group publications

PDFs are available where indicated. All Francis Gilbert's PDFs are available here.

2009

Barnard, C. J., Collins S. A., Daisley, J. N. and Behnke, J. M. (2009). Immunodepression reduces learning performance in male laboratory mice (Mus musculus). Physiology and Behavior, 29: 362-369. PDF

Curno, O., Behnke, J. M., McElligott, A. G., Reader, T. and Barnard, C. J. (2009). Mothers produce more resistant offspring when there is a threat of disease during pregnancy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Online Early PDF.

Davison, A., Frend, H. T., Moray, C., Wheatley, H., Searle, L. J. and Eichhorn, M. P. (2009) Mating behaviour in Lymnaea stagnalis pond snails is a maternally inherited, lateralized trait. Biology Letters. Online Early PDF.

Fitchett, A. E., Barnard, C. J. and Cassaday, H. J. (2009). Corticosterone differences rather than social housing predict performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-1 mice. Animal Welfare, 18: 21-23. PDF

Higginson, A. D. and Reader, T. (2009). Environmental heterogeneity, gene-by-environment interactions and the reliability of sexual traits as indicators of mate quality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Online Early PDF.

2008

Collins, S. A., Archer, J. A. and Barnard, C. J. (2008). Welfare and mate choice in zebra finches: effect of handling regime and presence of cover. Animal Welfare. 17: 11-17. PDF

Dawe, AS, Nylund, R, Leszczynski, D, Kuster, N, Reader, T, and De Pomerai, D. (2008). Continuous wave and simulated GSM exposure at 1.8 W/kg and 1.8 GHz do not induce hsp16-1 heat-shock gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans. Bioelectromagnetics, 29: 92-9. PDF

Eichhorn, M. P., Compton, S. G. and Hartley, S. E., 2008. The Influence of Soil Type on Rain Forest Insect Herbivore Communities. Biotropica, 40(6), 707-713. PDF

Phillips, T., Barnard, C. J., Ferguson, E., Reader, T. (2008). Do Humans Prefer Altruistic Mates? Testing a Link between Sexual Selection and Altruism towards Non-Relatives. British Journal of Psychology, 99, 555–572. PDF.

Ruttimann, S., Giacometti, M. and McElligott, A. G. (2008). Effect of domestic sheep on chamois activity, distribution and abundance on sub-alpine pastures. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54, 110-116. Published on-line here.

Vannoni, E. and McElligott, A. G. (2008). Low frequency groans indicate larger and more dominant fallow deer (Dama dama) males. PLoS One, 3(9): e3113. PDF on-line here.

2007 

Bain, R.S., Rashed, A., Cowper, V.J., Gilbert, F.S. and Sherratt, T.N., 2007. The key mimetic features of hoverflies through avian eyes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 274(1621), 1949-1954. 

Barnard, C. J. (2007). Ethical regulation and animal science: why animal behaviour is special. Animal Behaviour, 74, 5-13. PDF

Barnard, C., Gilbert, F. and McGregor, P., 2007. Asking questions in biology: a guide to hypothesis testing, experimental design and presentation in practical work and research projects. 3rd ed. Harlow: Pearson Education. Available in all good book shops!

Decristophoris, P.M.A., Von Hardenberg, A. and McElligott, A.G., (2007). Testosterone is positively related to the output of nematode eggs in male alpine ibex (Capra ibex) feces. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 9, 1277-1292. On-line here.

Eichhorn M.P., Fagan K.C, Dent D.H., Compton S.G. & Hartley S.E. (2007). Explaining leaf herbivory rates on tree seedlings in a Malaysian rain forest. Biotropica, 39, 416-421. PDF

Higginson, A. D., Gilbert, F. S., Reader, T. and Barnard, C. J. (2007). Reduction of visitation rates by honeybees (Apis mellifera) to individual inflorescences of lavender (Lavandula stoechas) upon removal of coloured accessory bracts (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia Generalis, 29(1), 165-178. PDF

Holland S, Lodwig E, Sideri T, Reader T, Clarke I, Gkargkas K, Hoyle DC, Delneri D, Oliver SG and Avery SV (2007). Application of the comprehensive set of heterozygous yeast deletion mutants to elucidate the molecular basis of cellular chromium toxicity. Genome Biology 8: R268. PDF

Marolf B., McElligott A. G., Müller A. (2007) Female social dominance in two Eulemur species with different social organizations. Zoo Biology 26, 201-204. PDF

Newbold, T., Meregalli, M., Colonnelli, E., Barclay, M., Elbanna, S., Abu Fandud, N., Flegg, F., Fouad, R., Gilbert, F., Hall, V., Hancock, C., Ismail, M., Osamy, S., Saber, I., Semida, F. & Zalat, S. (2007). Redescription of a weevil Paramecops sinaitus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from the Sinai and an ecological study of its interaction with the Sinai milkweed Asclepias sinaica (Gentianales: Asclepiadaceae). European Journal of Entomology, 10, 505-515. Reprint on request.

Vannoni, E. and McElligott, A. G., (2007). Individual acoustic variation in fallow deer (Dama dama) common and harsh groans: a source-filter theory perspective. Ethology, 113(3), 223-234. PDF

Vanwambeke S.O., Lambin E.F., Eichhorn M.P., Flasse S. P., Harbach R.E., Oskam L., Somboon P., van Beers S., van Benthem B.H.B., Walton C. and Butlin R.K. (2007). Impact of land-use change on dengue and malaria in Northern Thailand. Ecohealth 4, 37-51. PDF

2006

Barnard, C. J., Collins, S. A., Daisley, J. N. and Behnke, J. M., (2006). Odour learning and immunity costs in mice. Behavioural Processes, 72(1), 74-83.

Barnard,C.J. and Behnke,J.M., (2006). Behaviour, life history strategies and parasite infection in rodents. In: Morand,S., Krasnov,B.R., Poulin, R., eds. Micromammals and macroparasites: from evolutionary ecology to management. Springer-Verlag Berlin, Berlin, Germany, pp. 475-514.

Bebié, N. and McElligott, A. G., (2006). Female aggression in red deer: Does it indicate competition for mates?. Mammalian Biology, 71(6), 347-355. PDF

Eichhorn M.P., Compton S.G. and Hartley S.E. (2006). Seedling species determines rates of leaf herbivory in a Malaysian rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22,513-519.

Eichhorn M.P., Paris P., Herzog F., Incoll L.D., Liagre F., Mantzanas K., Mayus M., Moreno G., Papanastasis V.P., Pilbeam D.J., Pisanelli A. and Dupraz C. (2006). Silvoarable systems in Europe – past, present and future prospects. Agroforestry Systems, 67, 29-50.

Higginson, A.D., Gilbert, F.S. and Barnard, C.J., (2006). Morphological correlates of nectar production used by honeybees. Ecological Entomology, 31(3), 269-276.

Lyons, C. and Barnard, C.J., (2006). A learned response to sperm competition in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus (de Geer). Animal Behaviour, 72(3), 673-680.

McElligott, A.G., Birrer, M. and Vannoni, E., (2006). Retraction of the mobile descended larynx during groaning enables fallow bucks (Dama dama) to lower their formant frequencies. Journal of Zoology, 270(2), 340-345. PDF

Reader, T., Higginson, A.D., Barnard, C.J., Gilbert, F.S. and The Behavioural Ecology Field Course, (2006). The effects of predation risk from crab spiders on bee foraging behavior. Behavioral Ecology, 17(6), 933-937. PDF

Reader,T., Cornell, S.J. and Rohani,P., (2006). Aggregation, intraguild interactions and the coexistence of competitors on small ephemeral patches. Oikos, 115(2), 321-333. PDF

Ruckstuhl, K.E., Manica, A., Maccoll, A.D.C., Pilkington, J.G. and Clutton-Brock, T.H., (2006). The effects of castration, sex ratio and population density on social segregation and habitat use in Soay sheep. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 59(5), 694-703. PDF

Torrani, M.V.G., Vannoni, E. and McElligott, A.G., (2006). Mother-young recognition in an ungulate hider species: a unidirectional process. American Naturalist, 168(3), 412-420. PDF

2005

Barnard, C.J., Collins, S.A., Daisley, J.N. and Behnke, J.M., (2005). Maze performance and immunity costs in mice. Behaviour, 142(2), 241-263.

Behnke, J.M., Gilbert, F.S., Abu-Madi, M.A. and Lewis, J.W., (2005). Do the helminth parasites of wood mice interact?. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74(5), 982-993.

Ellis CJ, Crittenden P.D., Scrimgeour CM, Ashcroft CJ. (2005). Translocation of 15N indicates nitrogen recycling in the mat-forming lichen Cladonia portentosa. New Phytologist 168: 423-434.

Fitchett, A. E., Collins, S. A., Mason, H., Barnard, C. J. and Cassaday, H. J., (2005). Urinary corticosterone measures: Effects of strain and social rank in BKW and CD-1 mice. Behavioural Processes, 70(2), 168-176.

Gilbert, F.S., (2005). The evolution of imperfect mimicry. In: Fellowes, M.D.E, Holloway, G.J., Roitt, J., eds. Insect evolutionary ecology: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Scoiety's 22nd symposium, University of Reading, UK. Wallingford; CAB International, pp. 231-288

Gilbert,F.S., (2005). Syrphid aphidophagous predators in a food-web context. European Journal of Entomology, 102(3), 325-333.

Reader, T., Macleod, I., Elliott, P.T., Robinson, O.J. and Manica, A., (2005). Inter-order interactions between flower-visiting insects: foraging bees avoid flowers previously visited by hoverflies. Journal of Insect Behavior, 18(1), 51-57. PDF

Saunders, F. C., McElligott, A. G., Safi, K. and Hayden, T. J., (2005). Mating tactics of male feral goats (Capra hircus): risks and benefits. Acta Ethologia, 8(2), 103-110. PDF

Seymour FA, Crittenden P.D., Dickinson MJ, Paoletti M, Montiel D, Cho L, Dyer PS. (2005). Breeding systems in the lichen-forming fungal genus Cladonia. Fungal Genetics and Biology 42: 554-563.

2004

Barnard,C.J., (2004). Animal behaviour: mechanism, development, function and evolution. Harlow; Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Behnke, J. M., Harris, P. D., Bajer, A., Barnard, C. J., Sherif, N., Cliffe, L., Hurst, J., Lamb, M., Rhodes, A. and James, M., (2004). Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Parasitology (Cambridge), 129(3), 379-361.

Clutton-Brock,T.H., Grenfell,B.T., Coulson,T., Maccoll, A.D.C., Illius,A.W., Forchhammer,M.C., Wilson,K., Lindström,J., Crawley,M.J. and Albon,S.D., (2004). Population dynamics in Soay sheep. In: Clutton-Brock,T.H., Pemberton,J.M., eds. Soay sheep: dynamics and selection in an island population. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 52-88

Ellis CJ, Crittenden P.D., Scrimgeour CM. (2004). Soil as a potential source of nitrogen for mat-forming lichens. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 145-149.

Hatchwell, B.J., Russell, A.F., MacColl, A.D.C., Ross, D.J., Fowlie, M.K. & MCGowan, A., 2004. Helpers increase long-term but not short-term productivity in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits. Behavioral Ecology, 15(1), 1-10. PDF

Higginson, A.D. and Gilbert, F., (2004). Paying for nectar with wingbeats: a new model of honeybee foraging. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 271(1557), 2595-2604.

Howarth, B., Edmunds, M. and Gilbert, F., (2004). Does the abundance of hoverfly (Syrphidae) mimics depend on the numbers of their Hymenopteran models?. Evolution, 58(2), 367-375.

Higginson, A.D. & Barnard, C.J. (2004) Accumulating wing damage affects foraging
decisions in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). Ecol. Ent. 29: 52-59

Howarth B, Edmunds M & Gilbert F. (2004) Does the abundance of hoverfly mimics (Syrphidae) depend on the numbers of the hymenopteran models? Evolution 58(2): 367-375.

Hoyle, M. and Gilbert, F., (2004). Species richness of moss landscapes unaffected by short-term fragmentation. Oikos, 105(2), 359-367.

Lüpold, S., McElligott, A.G. and Hosken, D.J., 2004. Bat genitalia: allometry, variation and good genes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83(4), 497-507. PDF

MacColl, A.D.C. & Hatchwell, B.J. (2004) Determinants of lifetime fitness in a cooperative breeder, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus. J. Anim. Ecol. 73: 1137-1148. PDF

McElligott, A. G., Maggini, I., Hunziker, L. and Konig, B., 2004. Interactions Between Red-Billed Oxpeckers and Black Rhinos in Captivity. Zoo Biology, 23(4), 347-354. PDF

Pawelczyk, A., Bajer, A., Behnke, J. M., Gilbert, F. S. and Sinski, E., (2004). Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in common voles (Microtus arvalis) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland. Parasitology Research, 92(4), 270-284.

2003

Ellis CJ, Crittenden PD, Scrimgeour CM, Ashcroft CJ (2003). The natural abundance of 15N in mat-forming lichens. Oecologia 136: 115-123.

James M, Gilbert F & Zalat S (2003) Thyme and isolation for the Sinai Baton Blue butterfly (Pseudophilotes sinaicus). Oecologia 134: 445-453.

MacColl, A.D.C. & Hatchwell, B.J. (2003) Heritability of parental effort in a passerine bird. Evolution. 57: 2191-2195. PDF

MacColl, A.D.C. & Hatchwell, B.J. (2003). Sharing of caring: nestling provisioning behaviour of long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus, parents and helpers. Animal Behaviour, 66(5), 955-964. PDF

MacColl, A.D.C. & Stevenson, I.R. (2003) Stasis in the morph ratio cline in the bananaquit on Grenada, West Indies. Condor, 105: 821-825. PDF

Mallard, S.T. & Barnard, C.J. (2003) Competition, fluctuating asymmetry and sperm
transfer in male gryllid crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus and Gryllodes sigillatus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 53: 190-197.

McElligott, A. G., Naulty, F., Clarke, W. V. and Hayden, T. J., (2003). The somatic cost of reproduction: what determines reproductive effort in prime-aged fallow bucks?. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 5(8), 1239-1250. PDF

Reader,T., (2003). Strong interactions between species of phytophagous fly: a case of intraguild kleptoparasitism. Oikos, 103(1), 101-112. PDF

Reader, T. and Hochuli, D.F., (2003). Understanding gregariousness in a larval Lepidopteran: the roles of host plant, predation, and microclimate. Ecological Entomology, 28(6), 729-737. PDF

Walker TR, Crittenden PD, Young SD (2003). Regional variation in the chemical composition of winter snow pack and terricolous lichens in relation to sources of acid emissions in the Usa river basin, northeast European Russia. Environmental Pollution 125: 401-412.

Selected publications from before 2003

2002

HATCHWELL,B.J. and MACCOLL,A.D., 2002. Seasonal variation in reproductive success and the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds. In: Abstracts of the Ninth Biennial Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Universite du Québec a Montreal, Montreal, Canada. pp. 53-54

MACCOLL, A.D., 2002. The heritability of parental care in a cooperative breeder: an animal model approach. In: Ninth Biennial Congress of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Montreal, Canada. pp. 81

MACCOLL, A.D.C. and HATCHWELL, B.J., 2002. Temporal variation in fitness payoffs promotes cooperative breeding in long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus. American Naturalist, 160(2), 186-194. PDF

MCELLIGOTT, A.G., ALTWEGG, R. and HAYDEN, T.J., 2002. Age-specific survival and reproductive probabilities: evidence for senescence in male fallow deer (Dama dama). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 269(1496), 1129-1138. PDF

2001

MACCOLL,A.D. and HATCHWELL,B.J., 2001. Seasonal variation in reproductive success and the evolution of cooperative bredding in long-tailed tits. In: Eight Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark. pp. 289

MCELLIGOTT, A.G., GAMMELL, M.P., HARTY, H.C., PAINI, D.R., MURPHY, D.T., WALSH, J.T. and HAYDEN, T.J., 2001. Sexual size dimorphism in fallow deer (Dama dama): do larger, heavier males gain greater mating success?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49(4), 266-272. PDF

MCELLIGOTT, A.G. and HAYDEN, T.J., 2001. Postcopulatory vocalizations of fallow bucks: who is listening?. Behavioral Ecology, 12(1), 41-46. PDF

2000

MACCOLL, A. D. C., PIERTNEY, S. B., MOSS, R. and LAMBIN, X., 2000. Spatial arrangement of kin affects recruitment success in young male red grouse. Oikos, 90(2), 261-270. PDF

MCELLIGOTT, A. G. and HAYDEN, T. J., 2000. Lifetime mating success, sexual selection and life history of fallow bucks (Dama dama). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 48(3), 203-210. PDF

PIERTNEY, S. B., MACCOLL, A. D., BACON, P. J., RACEY, P. A., LAMBIN, X. and DALLAS, J. F., 2000. Matrilineal Genetic Structure and Female-Mediated Gene Flow in Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): An Analysis Using Mitochondrial DNA. Evolution, 54(1), 279-289. PDF

1999

CLUTTON-BROCK, T. H., GAYNOR, D., MCILRATH, G. M., MACCOLL, A. D. C., KANSKY, R., CHADWICK, P., MANSER, M., SKINNER, J. D. and BROTHERTON, P. N. M., 1999. Predation, group size and mortality in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68(4), 672-683. PDF

CLUTTON-BROCK, T. H., MACCOLL, A., CHADWICK, P., GAYNOR, D., KANSKY, R. and SKINNER, J. D., 1999. Reproduction and survival of suricates (Suricata suricatta) in the southern Kalahari. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 37(1), 69-80. PDF

COLTMAN,, SMITH,J.A., BANCROFT,D.R., PILKINGTON,, MACCOLL,A.D.C., CLUTTON-BROCK, T.H. and PEMBERTON,J.M., 1999. Density-Dependent Variation in Lifetime Breeding Success and Natural and Sexual Selection in Soay Rams. American Naturalist, 154(6), 730-746. PDF

MCELLIGOTT, A. G. and HAYDEN, T. J., 1999. Context-related vocalization rates of fallow bucks, Dama dama. Animal Behaviour, 58(5), 1095-1104. PDF

MCELLIGOTT, A. G., O'NEILL, K. P. and HAYDEN, T. J., 1999. Cumulative long-term investment in vocalization and mating success of fallow bucks, Dama dama. Animal Behaviour, 57(5), 1159-1167. PDF

PIERTNEY, S. B., MACCOLL, A. D. C., LAMBIN, X., MOSS, R. and DALLAS, J. F., 1999. Spatial distribution of genetic relatedness in a moorland population of red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68(1/2), 317-331. PDF

1998

CLUTTON-BROCK,T.H., GAYNOR,D., KANSKEY,R., MACCOLL,A.D.C., MACILRATH,G., CHADWICK,P., BROTHERTON,P.N.M., O'RIAIN,J.M., MANSER,M. and SKINNER,J.D., 1998. Costs of cooperative behaviour in suricates, (Suricata suricatta). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, 265(1392), 185-190. PDF

MCELLIGOTT, A. G., MATTIANGELI, V., MATTIELLO, S., VERGA, M., REYNOLDS, C. A. and HAYDEN, T. J., 1998. Fighting tactics of fallow bucks (Dama dama, Cervidae): reducing the risks of serious conflict. Ethology, 104(9), 789-803. PDF

PIERTNEY, S. B., MACCOLL, A. D. C., BACON, P. J. and DALLAS, J. F., 1998. Local genetic structure in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): evidence from microsatellite DNA markers. Molecular Ecology, 7(12), 1645-1654. PDF

1997

CLUTTON-BROCK, T. H., ILLIUS, A. W., WILSON, K., GRENFELL, B. T., MACCOLL, A. D. C. and ALBON, S. D., 1997. Stability and instability in ungulate populations: an empirical analysis. American Naturalist, 149(2), 195-219.

KENT, J. P., MCELLIGOTT, A. G. and BUDGEY, H. V., 1997. Ground-roosting in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) in The Gambia: the anticipation of night. Behavioural Processes, 39(3), 271-278.  PDF

1996

CLUTTON-BROCK, T. H., STEVENSON, I. R., MARROW, P., MACCOLL, A. D., HOUSTON, A. I. and MCNAMARA, J. M., 1996. Population fluctuations, reproductive costs and life-history tactics in female Soay sheep. Journal of Animal Ecology, 65(6), 675-689. PDF

1995

BANCROFT, D. R., PEMBERTON, J. M., ALBON, S. D. and ROBERTSON, A., MACCOLL, A. D.,  SMITH, J. A., STEVENSON, I. R. & CLUTTON-BROCK, T. H. 1995. Molecular genetic variation and individual survival during population crashes of an unmanaged ungulate population. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 347(1321), 263. PDF

1992

CLUTTON-BROCK,T.H., PRICE,O.F. and MACCOLL,A.D.C., 1992. Mate retention, harassment, and the evolution of ungulate leks. Behavioral Ecology, 3(3), 234-242. PDF