Reading list

BSCI 360/708B Reading List 2008

The following articles will be discussed each Friday. Click on the authors' name to download the file to your computer to read or print. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to display these files. To download Acrobat Reader click here.

Date

Title

Leader

Sept 5
Wiley, RH 2003 Is there an ideal behavioural experiment? Animal Behaviour 66: 585–588

JW, BA

12

Dai, H, Chen, Y, Chen, S, Mao, Q, Kennedy,D, Landback, P, Eyre-Walker, A, Du, W and Long, M 2008 The evolution of courtship behaviors through the origination of a new gene in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 7478-7483. Supplementary information

19

Robinson, MR, Pilkington, JG, Clutton-Brock, TH, Pemberton, JM, Kruuk, LEB 2008 Environmental heterogeneity generates fluctuating selection on a secondary sexual trait. Current Biology 18: 751-757.

26

Thornton A, Raihani NJ 2008 The evolution of teaching. Animal Behaviour 75: 1823-1836.

Galef, BG and Whiskin, EE 2008 ‘Conformity’ in Norway rats? Animal Behaviour 75: 2035-2039

Oct

3

Thorup, K, Bisson, I-A, Bowlin, MS, Holland, RA, Wingfield, JC, Ramenofsky, M and Wikelski, M. 2007 Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental U.S. in a migratory songbird. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:18115-18119.

10

Halloy, J; Sempo, G; Caprari, G; et al. 2007 Social integration of robots into groups of cockroaches to control self-organized choices. Science 318: 1155-1158.

Ward, AJW; Sumpter, DJT; Couzin, LD; et al. 2008 Quorum decision-making facilitates information transfer in fish shoals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 6948-6953

17

Barrette, S and Giraldeau, LA 2008 Evidence against maximization of gross rate of seed delivery to the burrow in food-hoarding eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus. Animal Behaviour 75: 655-661. Feb 2008.

24

Orpwood, JE; Magurran, AE; Armstrong, JD and Griffiths, SW 2008 Minnows and the selfish herd: effects of predation risk on shoaling behaviour are dependent on habitat complexity. Animal Behaviour 76: 143-152.

31

Elias, DO, Kasumovic, MN, Punzalan, D, Andrade, MCB, and Mason, AC 2008 Assessment during aggressive contests between male jumping spiders. Animal Behaviour 76:901-910.

Nov

7

Smith CL and Evans CS 2008 Multimodal signaling in fowl, Gallus gallus. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 2052-2057.

Tibbetts, EA and Lindsay, R. 2008 Visual signals of status and rival assessment in Polistes dominulus paper wasps. Biology Letters 4: 237-239. movie clip

14

Sherman, CDH, Wapstra, E;,Uller, T and Olsson, M 2008 Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron's tree frog Litoria peronii. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 275: 971-978.

Evans, JP and Rutstein, AN 2008 Postcopulatory sexual selection favours intrinsically good sperm competitors. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 1167-1173.

21

Bro-Jorgensen J 2008 The impact of lekking on the spatial variation in payoffs to resource-defending topi bulls, Damaliscus lunatus. Animal Behaviour 75:1229-1234.

Duval EH and Kempenaers B 2008 Sexual selection in a lekking bird: the relative opportunity for selection by female choice and male competition. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 275: 1995-2003.

Date		Title	Leader
Sept	5	Wiley, RH 2003 Is there an ideal behavioural experiment? Animal Behaviour 66: 585–588	JW, BA
	12	Dai, H, Chen, Y, Chen, S, Mao, Q, Kennedy,D, Landback, P, Eyre-Walker, A, Du, W and Long, M 2008 The evolution of courtship behaviors through the origination of a new gene in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 7478-7483. Supplementary information
	19	Robinson, MR, Pilkington, JG, Clutton-Brock, TH, Pemberton, JM, Kruuk, LEB 2008 Environmental heterogeneity generates fluctuating selection on a secondary sexual trait. Current Biology 18: 751-757.
	26	Thornton A, Raihani NJ 2008 The evolution of teaching. Animal Behaviour 75: 1823-1836. Galef, BG and Whiskin, EE 2008 ‘Conformity’ in Norway rats? Animal Behaviour 75: 2035-2039
Oct	3	Thorup, K, Bisson, I-A, Bowlin, MS, Holland, RA, Wingfield, JC, Ramenofsky, M and Wikelski, M. 2007 Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental U.S. in a migratory songbird. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:18115-18119.
	10	Halloy, J; Sempo, G; Caprari, G; et al. 2007 Social integration of robots into groups of cockroaches to control self-organized choices. Science 318: 1155-1158. Ward, AJW; Sumpter, DJT; Couzin, LD; et al. 2008 Quorum decision-making facilitates information transfer in fish shoals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 6948-6953
	17	Barrette, S and Giraldeau, LA 2008 Evidence against maximization of gross rate of seed delivery to the burrow in food-hoarding eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus. Animal Behaviour 75: 655-661. Feb 2008.
	24	Orpwood, JE; Magurran, AE; Armstrong, JD and Griffiths, SW 2008 Minnows and the selfish herd: effects of predation risk on shoaling behaviour are dependent on habitat complexity. Animal Behaviour 76: 143-152.
	31	Elias, DO, Kasumovic, MN, Punzalan, D, Andrade, MCB, and Mason, AC 2008 Assessment during aggressive contests between male jumping spiders. Animal Behaviour 76:901-910.
Nov	7	Smith CL and Evans CS 2008 Multimodal signaling in fowl, Gallus gallus. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 2052-2057. Tibbetts, EA and Lindsay, R. 2008 Visual signals of status and rival assessment in Polistes dominulus paper wasps. Biology Letters 4: 237-239. movie clip
	14	Sherman, CDH, Wapstra, E;,Uller, T and Olsson, M 2008 Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron's tree frog Litoria peronii. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 275: 971-978. Evans, JP and Rutstein, AN 2008 Postcopulatory sexual selection favours intrinsically good sperm competitors. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 62: 1167-1173.
	21	Bro-Jorgensen J 2008 The impact of lekking on the spatial variation in payoffs to resource-defending topi bulls, Damaliscus lunatus. Animal Behaviour 75:1229-1234. Duval EH and Kempenaers B 2008 Sexual selection in a lekking bird: the relative opportunity for selection by female choice and male competition. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 275: 1995-2003.