Nick Davies: Publications

1. Davies, N.B. 1976. Food, flocking and territorial behaviour of the pied wagtail (Motacilla alba Yarrellii) in winter. Journal of Animal Ecology 45: 235-253.

2. Davies, N.B. 1976. Parental care and the transition to independent feeding in the young spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata. Behaviour 59: 280-295.

3. Davies, N.B. and Green, R.E. 1976. The development and ecological significance of feeding techniques in the reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Animal Behaviour 24: 213-229.

4. Davies, N.B. 1977. Prey selection and social behaviour in wagtails. (Aves: Motacillidae). Journal of Animal Ecology 46: 37-57.

5. Davies, N.B. 1977. Prey selection and the search strategy of the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata: a field study on optimal foraging. Animal Behaviour 25: 1016-1033.

6. Davies, N.B. and Halliday, T.R. 1977. Optimal mate selection in the toad, Bufo bufo. Nature 269: 56-58.

7. Davies, N.B. 1978. Territorial defence in the speckled wood butterfly, Pararge aegeria: the resident always wins. Animal Behaviour 26: 138-147.

8. Davies, N.B. 1978. Parental meanness and offspring independence: an experiment with hand-reared great tits, Parus major. Ibis 120: 509-514.

9. Davies, N.B. and Halliday, T.R. 1978. Deep croaks and fighting assessment in toads, Bufo bufo. Nature 274: 683-685.

10. Krebs, J.R. and Davies, N.B. (eds.) 1978. Behavioural Ecology: an Evolutionary approach. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

11. Davies, N.B. 1978. Ecological questions about territorial behaviour. pp. 317-350 in (10) above.

12. Davies, N.B. and Krebs, J.R. 1978. Ecology, natural selection and social behaviour. pp. 1-18 in (10) above.

13. Davies, N.B. and Halliday, T.R. 1979. Competitive mate searching in male common toads, Bufo bufo. Animal Behaviour 27: 1253-1267.

14. Davies, N.B. 1979. Game theory and territorial behaviour in speckled wood butterflies. Animal Behaviour 27: 961-962.

15. Davies, N.B. 1980. The economics of territorial behaviour in birds. Ardea 68: 63-74.

16. Krebs, J.R. and Davies, N.B. 1981. An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford. pp. x + 292.

17. Davies, N.B. 1981. Territory. In: The Oxford Companion to Animal Behaviour, ed. McFarland, D.pp. 550-556. Oxford University Press.

18. Davies, N.B. and Houston, A.I. 1981. Owners and satellites: the economics of territory defence in the pied wagtail. Journal of Animal Ecology 50: 157-180.

19. Davies, N.B. 1981. Calling as an ownership convention on pied wagtail territories. Animal Behaviour 29: 529-534.

20. Davies, N.B. 1982. Cooperation and conflict in breeding groups. Nature (News and Views article) 296, 702-703.

21. Davies, N.B. 1982. Territorial behaviour of pied wagtails in winter. British Birds 75, 261-267.

22. Davies, N.B. 1982. Behaviour and competition for scarce resources. In: Current problems in sociobiology, pp. 363-380. (Ed. King's College Sociobiology group, Cambridge University Press).

23. Davies, N.B. 1983. Aerial acrobat. Birds 9(5), 34-36.

24. Davies, N.B. and Houston, A.I. 1983. Time allocation between territories and flocks and owner-satellite conflict in foraging pied wagtails. Journal of Animal Ecology 52, 621-634.

25. Davies, N.B. 1983. Polyandry, cloaca-pecking and sperm competition in dunnocks. Nature 302, 334-336.

26. Krebs, J.R. and Davies, N.B. (eds.) 1984. Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach. 2nd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publication.

27. Davies, N.B. and Houston, A.I. 1984. Territory economics (in (26) above).

28. Davies, N.B. and Lundberg, A. 1984. Food distribution and a variable mating system in the dunnock, Prunella modularis. Journal of Animal Ecology 53, 895-912.

29. Davies, N.B. and Lundberg, A. 1985. The influence of food on time budgets and timing of breeding in the dunnock, Prunella modularis. Ibis 127, 100-110.

30. Houston, A.I., McCleery, R.H. and Davies, N.B. 1985. Territory size, prey renewal and feeding rates: interpretation of observations on the pied wagtail (Motacilla alba) by simulation. Journal of Animal Ecology 54, 227-239.

31. Davies, N.B. 1985. Cooperation and conflict among dunnocks, Prunella modularis, in a variable mating system. Animal Behaviour 33, 628-648.

32. Houston, A.I. and Davies, N.B. 1985. Evolution of cooperation and life history in dunnocks, Prunella modularis. In Behavioural Ecology: (Ed. by R.Sibly and R.H.Smith). pp. 471-487. British Ecological Society Symposium. Blackwell Scientific Publication, Oxford.

33. Davies, N.B. 1986. Reproductive success of dunnocks, Prunella modularis, in a variable mating system. I. Factors influencing provisioning rate, nestling weight and fledging success. Journal of Animal Ecology 55, 123-138.

34. Davies, N.B. and Houston, A.I. 1986. Reproductive success of dunnocks, Prunella modularis, in a variable mating system. II. Conflicts of interest among breeding adults. Journal of Animal Ecology 55, 139-154.

35. Krebs, J.R. and Davies, N.B. 1987. An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology. 2nd edition. Blackwell Scientific Publication, Oxford.

36. Davies, N.B. 1987. Studies of West Palearctic birds: Dunnock, Prunella modularis. British Birds 80, 604-624.

37. Bradbury, J.W. & Davies, N.B. 1987. Relative roles of intra- and intersexual selection. In Sexual Selection: Testing the Alternatives (ed. by J. W. Bradbury & M. Andersson). pp 143-163. Dahlem Konferenzen, Wiley.

38. Brooke, M. de L. & Davies, N.B. 1987. Recent changes in host usage by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in Britain. Journal of Animal Ecology 56, 873-883.

39. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. 1988. Cuckoos versus reed warblers: adaptations and counteradaptations. Animal Behaviour 36, 262-284.

40. Davies, N.B. 1988. Dumping eggs on conspecifics. Nature (News and Views article) 331, 19.

41. Brooke, M. de L. & Davies, N.B. 1988. Egg mimicry by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in relation to discrimination by hosts. Nature 335, 630-632.

42. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. 1989. An experimental study of co-evolution between the cuckoo Cuculus canorus and its hosts. I. Host egg discrimination. Journal of Animal Ecology 58, 207-224.

43. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. 1989. An experimental study of co-evolution between the cuckoo Cuculus canorus and its hosts. II. Host egg markings, chick discrimination and general discussion. Journal of Animal Ecology 58, 225-236.

44. Brooke, M. de L. & Davies, N.B. 1989. Provisioning of nestling cuckoos Cuculus canorus by reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus hosts. Ibis 131, 250-256.

45. Davies, N.B. 1989. Sexual conflict and the polygamy threshold. Animal Behaviour 38, 226-234.

46. Burke, T., Davies, N.B., Bruford, M.W. & Hatchwell, B.J. 1989. Parental care and mating behaviour of polyandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis related to paternity by DNA fingerprinting. Nature 338, 249-251.

47. Davies, N.B., Bourke, A.F.G. & Brooke, M. de L. 1989. Cuckoos and parasitic ants: interspecific brood parasitism as an evolutionary arms race. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 4, 274-278.

48. Davies, N.B. 1990. Dunnocks: cooperation and conflict among males and females in a variable mating system. pp. 457-485. In: Cooperative Breeding In Birds. Eds P.B. Stacey & W.D. Koenig. Cambridge University Press.

49. Hatchwell, B.J. & Davies, N.B. 1990. Provisioning of nestlings by dunnocks Prunella modularis in pairs and trios: Compensation reactions by males and females. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 27, 199-209.

50. Brown, R.J., Brown, M.N., Brooke, M. de L. & Davies, N.B. 1990. Reactions of parasitized and unparasitized populations of Acrocephalus warblers to model cuckoo eggs. Ibis 132, 109-111.

51. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. 1991. Co-evolution of the cuckoo and its hosts. Scientific American. 264(1), 92-98.

52. Davies, N.B. 1991. Mating systems. In: Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach. 3rd edition (Eds J.R. Krebs & N.B. Davies). pp. 263-294. Blackwell Scientific Publications.

53. Krebs, J.R. & Davies, N.B. (eds) 1991 Behavioural Ecology : an evolutionary approach. (3rd edition). Blackwell Scientific Publications.

54. Birkhead, T.R., Hatchwell, B.J. & Davies, N.B. 1991. Sperm competition and the reproductive organs of the male and female dunnock Prunella modularis. Ibis 133: 306-311.

55. Davies, N.B. 1991. Studying behavioural adaptations. In. The Tinbergen Legacy (ed. M. Dawkins, T.R. Halliday, & R., Dawkins). Chapman & Hall. p. 18-30.

56. Wiley, R.H., Hatchwell, B.J. & Davies, N.B. 1991. Recognition of individual males' songs by female dunnocks : a mechanism increasing the number of copulatory partners and reproductive success. Ethology 88, 145-153.

57. Brooke, M. de L. & Davies, N.B. 1991. A failure to demonstrate host imprinting in the cuckoo Cuculus canorus and alternative hypotheses for the maintenance of egg mimicry. Ethology 89, 154-166.

58. Hatchwell, B.J. & Davies, N.B. 1992. An experimental study of mating competition in monogamous and polyandrous dunnocks; Prunella modularis. I. Mate guarding and copulations. Animal Behaviour. 43, 595-609.

59. Hatchwell, B.J. & Davies, N.B. 1992. An experimental study of mating competition in monogamous and polyandrous dunnocks, Prunella modularis. II Influence of removal and replacement on mating systems. Animal Behaviour. 43, 611-622.

60. Davies, N.B. & Hatchwell, B.J. 1992. The value of male parental care and its influence on reproductive allocation by male and female dunnocks, Prunella modularis. Journal of Animal Ecology. 61, 259-272.

61. Davies, N.B., Hatchwell, B.J., Robson, T. & Burke, T. 1992. Paternity and parental effort in dunnocks Prunella modularis: how good are male chick-feeding rules? Animal Behaviour. 43, 729-745.

62. Davies, N.B. 1992. Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution. Oxford University Press, pp. xiv + 272.

63. Krebs, J.R. & Davies, N.B. 1993. An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology. 3rd edition, Blackwell Scientific Publications.

64. Hartley, I.R. & Davies, N.B. 1994. Limits to cooperative polyandry in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 257, 67-73

65. Davies, N.B. 1995. Backyard battle of the sexes. Natural History, 104, 68-73.

66. Davies, N.B., Hartley, I.R., Hatchwell, B.J., Desrochers, A., Skeer, J. & Nebel, D. 1995. The polygynandrous mating system of the alpine accentor Prunella collaris. I. Ecological causes and reproductive conflicts. Animal Behaviour, 49, 769-788.

67. Hartley, I.R., Davies, N.B., Hatchwell, B.J., Desrochers, A., Nebel, D. & Burke, T. 1995. The polygynandrous mating system of the alpine accentor Prunella collaris. II. Multiple paternity and parental effort. Animal Behaviour, 49, 789-803.

68. Davies, N.B., Hartley, I.R., Hatchwell, B.J. & Langmore, N.E. 1996. Female control of copulations to maximize male help : a comparison of polygynandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis and alpine accentors Prunella collaris. Animal Behaviour, 51, 27-47.

69. Gibbs, H.L., Brooke, M. de L. & Davies, N.B. 1996. Analysis of genetic differentiation of host races of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus using mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA variation. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 263, 89-96.

70. Langmore, N.E., Davies, N.B., Hatchwell, B.J. & Hartley, I.R. 1996. Female song attracts males in the alpine accentor Prunella collaris. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 263, 141-146.

71. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. & Kacelnik, A. 1996. Recognition errors and probability of parasitism determine whether reed warblers should accept or reject mimetic cukoo eggs. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 263, 925-931.

72. Davies, N.B. & Hartley, I.R. 1996. Food patchiness, territory overlap and social systems: an experiment with dunnocks, Prunella modularis. Journal of Animal Ecology, 65, 837-846.

73. Langmore, N.E. & Davies, N.B. 1997. Female dunnocks use vocalizations to compete for males. Animal Behaviour, 53, 881-890.

74. Krebs, J.R. & Davies, N.B. (eds) 1997. Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach (fourth edition), Blackwell Science.

75. Krebs, J.R. & Davies, N.B. 1997. The evolution of behavioural ecology. In: Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach (fourth edition), pp. 3-12. Blackwell Science.

76. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. 1997. Cuckoos and reed warblers. In: Wicken Fen : The Making of a Wetland Nature Reserve. edited by L. Friday. pp. 165-172. Harley Books, Colchester.

77. Davies, N.B., Kilner, R.M. & Noble, D.G. 1998. Nestling cuckoos Cuculus canorus exploit hosts with begging calls that mimic a brood. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 265, 673-678.

78. Kilner, R.M. & Davies, N.B. 1998. Nestling mouth colour : ecological correlates of a begging signal. Animal Behaviour, 56, 705-712.

79. Davies, N.B. & Brooke, M. de L. 1998. Cuckoos versus hosts : experimental evidence for co-evolution. pp. 59-79 In: Parasitic Birds and their Hosts : Studies in Coevolution. ed. S.I. Rothstein & S.K. Robinson. Oxford University Press.

80. Brooke, M. de L., Davies, N.B. & Noble, D.G. 1998. Rapid decline of host defences in response to reduced cuckoo parasitism : behavioural flexibility of reed warblers in a changing world. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 265, 1277-1282.

81. Kilner, R.M., Noble, D.G. & Davies, N.B. 1999. Signals of need in parent-offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo. Nature 397, 667-672.

82. Davies, N.B. 1999. Cuckoos and cowbirds versus hosts : coevolutionary lag and equilibrium. Plenary lecture to International Ornithological Congress, Durban. Ostrich, 70, 71-79.

83. Kilner, R.M. & Davies, N.B. 1999. How selfish is a cuckoo chick? Animal Behaviour 58, 797-808.

84. Noble, D.G., Davies, N.B., Hartley, I.R. & McRae, S.B. 1999. The red gape of the nestling cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not a supernormal stimulus for three common hosts. Behaviour 136, 759-77.

85. Kilner, R.M., Noble, D.G. & Davies, N.B. 1999. How should cuckoo chicks signal in different host nests? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14, 322.

86. Davies, N.B. 2000. Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats. pp.310. T. & A.D. Poyser.

87. Davies, N.B. 2000. Multi-male breeding groups in birds : ecological causes and social conflicts. pp. 11-20. In: Primate Males. ed. P. Kappeler. Cambridge University Press.

88. Gibbs, H.L., Sorenson, M.D., Marchetti, K., Brooke, M. de L., Davies, N.B. & Nakamura, H. 2000. Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo. Nature 407, 183-186.

89. Krüger, O. & Davies, N.B. 2002. The evolution of cuckoo parasitism : a comparative analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B; 269, 375-381.

90. Davies, N.B. 2002. Cuckoo tricks with eggs and chicks. British Birds 95, 101-115.

91. Butchart, S.H.M., Kilner, R.M., Fuisz, T. & Davies, N.B. 2003. Differences in the nestling begging calls of hosts and host-races of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus. Animal Behaviour 65.

92. Davies, N.B., Butchart, S.H.M., Burke, T.A., Chaline, N. & Stewart, I.R.K. 2003. Reed warblers guard against cuckoos and cuckoldry. Animal Behaviour 65. 285-295.

93. Krüger, O. & Davies, N.B. 2004 The evolution of egg size in the brood parasitic cuckoos. Behavioral Ecology 15: 210-218.

94. Davies, N.B., Madden, J.R. & Butchart, S.H.M. 2004. Learning fine-tunes a specific response of nestlings to the parental alarms of their own species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 271: 2297-2304.

95. Davies, N.B. 2004. Mating systems: interview. In: Principles of Animal Behaviour by L.A. Dugatkin, p. 247-249. Norton.

96. Langmore, N.E., Kilner, R.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Maurer, G., Davies, N.B., Cockburn, A., Macgregor, N.A., Peters, A., Magrath, M.J.L. & Dowling, D.K. 2005. The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe. Behavioral Ecology 16: 686-692.

97. Madden, J.R., Kilner, R.M. & Davies, N.B. 2005a. Nestling responses to adult food and alarm calls. I. Species specific responses in two cowbird hosts. Animal Behaviour 70: 619-627.

98. Madden, J.R., Kilner, R.M. & Davies, N.B. 2005b. Nestling responses to adult food and alarm calls. II. Cowbirds and red-winged blackbirds raised by eastern phoebe hosts. Animal Behaviour 70: 629-637.

99. Davies, N.B., Madden, J.R., Butchart, S.H.M. & Rutila, J. 2006. A host-race of the cuckoo Cuculus canorus with nestlings attuned to the parental alarm calls of the host species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B: 273: 693-699.

100. Madden, J.R. & Davies, N.B. 2006. A host-race difference in begging calls of nestling cuckoos Cuculus canorus develops through experience and increases host provisioning. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B: 273: 2343-235.

101. Davies, N.B. 2007. Cuckoos (Quick guide). Current Biology 17: R346-R348.

102. Krüger, O., Davies, N.B. & Sorenson, M.D. 2007. The evolution fo sexual dimorphism in parasitic cuckoos: sexual selection or co-evolution? Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 274: 1553-1560.

103. Welbergen, J.A. & Davies, N.B. 2008. Reed warblers discriminate cuckoos from sparrowhawks with graded alarm signals that attract mates and neighbours. Animal Behaviour 76: 811-822.

104. Davies, N.B. & Welbergen, J.A. 2008. Cuckoo-hawk mimicry? An experimental test. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 275: 1817-1822.

105. Welbergen, J.A. & Davies, N.B. 2009. Strategic variation in mobbing as a front line of defense against brood parasitism. Current Biology 19, 235-240.

106. Davies, N.B. & Welbergen, J.A. 2009 Social transmission of a host defense against cuckoo parasitism. Science 324, 1318-1320.

107. Krüger, O., Sorenson, M.D. & Davies, N.B. 2009. Does coevolution promote species richness in parasitic cuckoos? Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 276: 3871-3879.

108. Davies, N.B. 2010. Birds, butterflies and behavioural ecology. In: Leaders in Animal Behavior: The Second Generation. pp. 143-164. Edited by L.C. Drickamer & D. Dewsbury. Cambridge University Press.

109. Davies, N.B. 2010 Mating systems: integrating sexual conflict and ecology. In: Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. Ed. T. Szekely, A.J. Moore and J. Komdeur. pp 55-58. Cambridge Univ. Press

110. Welbergen,J.A. & Davies,N.B. 2011. A parasite in wolf's clothing: hawk mimicry reduces mobbing of cuckoos by hosts. Behav. Ecol. 22, 574-579.

111. Davies, N.B. 2011. Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning. J.Zool. 284, 1-14.

112. Davies, N.B., Krebs, J.R. & West, S.A. 2012. An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology, Fourth edition. Wiley-Blackwell.

113. Welbergen, J.A. & Davies, N.B. 2012. Direct and indirect assessment of parasitism risk by a cuckoo host. Behavioural Ecology, 23, 783- 789.

114. Thorogood, R. & Davies, N.B. 2012. Cuckoos combat socially transmitted defences of reed warbler hosts with a plumage polymorphism. Science, 337, 578- 580.

115. Spottiswoode, C.N., Kilner, R.M. & Davies, N.B. 2012. Brood Parasitism. In:The Evolution of Parental Care. Ed. N.J. Royle, P.T. Smiseth and M. Kölliker. Oxford University Press.