2025

• Thorley J, Duncan C, Gaynor D, Manser MB & Clutton-Brock T. 2024. Disentangling the effects of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Kalahari meerkats. Oikos e10988. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10988

2024

• Gillies N, Thorley J, Weimerskirch H, Jenouvrier S, Barbraud C, Delord K, & Patrick SC. 2024. Plastic behaviour buffers climate variability in the wandering albatross. Ecol. Evol. 14(12): 270631. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70631
• Seager D, Leedale A., Thorley J, Vullioud P, Zöttl M & Clutton-Brock T. 2024. Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats. Biol. Lett. 20: 20240407. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0407
• Rijal, S, Neuhaus P, Thorley J, Caulkett N, Kutz S & Ruckstuhl K. 2024. Patterns of gastrointestinal parasite infections in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, with respect to host sex and seasonality. Int. J. Parasitol.: Parasites Wildl. 24: 100950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100950
• Ewers R, … Thorley J, et al. 2024. Thresholds for adding degraded forest to the conservation estate. Nature 631: 808-813. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07657-w 
• Bensch H, Thorley J, Finn KF & Zöttl M. 2024. Within-group sex ratios predict growth of social mole-rats. J. Zool. 324:63-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13196

2023

• Thorley J, Bensch HM, Finn K, Clutton-Brock T, Zöttl M. (2023) Damaraland mole-rats do no rely on helpers for reproduction or survival. Evolution Letters 7(4), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad023
• Duncan C, Thorley J, Manser MB, Clutton-Brock T. (2023) Dominance loss and tenure maintenance in Kalahari meerkats. Behavioural Ecology 34(6), 979-991. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad066
• Gillies N,Weimerkirsch H, Thorley J, Clay TA, Martin Lopez LM, Joo R, Basille M, Patrick SC. (2023). Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds. Journal of Animal Ecology 92(9), 1730-1742. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13968

2022

• Wearn OR, Bell TEM, Bolitho A, Durrant J, Haysom JK, Nijhawan S, Thorley J, Rowcliffe JM. (2022) Estimating animal density for a community of species using information obtained only from camera-traps. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13930
• Zöttl M, Bensch HM, Finn KT, Hart DW, Thorley J, Bennett NC and Braude S. (2022) Capture order across social bathyergids indicates similarities in division of labour and spatial organisation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 546(10), 877221. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.877221
• Finn KT, Thorley J, Bensch HM, and Zöttl M. (2022) Subterranean lifestyle does not limit long distance dispersal in African mole-rats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 544 (10), 879014. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.879014

2021

• Leedale AE*, Thorley J*, and Clutton-Brock T. (2021) Odour-based social recongition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. Anim. Behav. 179, 83-96. https://doi.org/10/1016/j.anbehav.2021.06.019 * equal contributions
• Spence-Jones HC, Brehm AM, Cram D, Gaynor D, Thorley J, Manser MB, and Clutton-Brock T. (2021) Deferred benefits of dominance for natal males in a cooperative breeder, the Kalahari meerkat. Journal of Zoology 35, 236-245.https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12918
• Granweiler J, Thorley J, and Rotics S. (2021) Sparring dynamics and individual laterality in male South African giraffes. Ethology 127, 651-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13199
• Johnston R, Vullioud P, Thorley J, Kirveslahti H, Shen L, Mukherjee S, Karner C, Clutton-Brock T, and Tung J. (2021) Morphological and genomic shifts in mole-rat 'queens' increase fecundity but reduce skeletal integrity. eLife 10, e65760. https://elifesciences.org/articles/65760
• Thorley J. (2021) Age-related changed in the performance of bowlers in Test match cricket. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541211001726

      2020

• Thorley J, Duncan C, Sharp SP, Gaynor D, Manser MB, Clutton-Brock T. (2020) Sex-independent senescence in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 1080-1093. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13173
• Francioli Y, Thorley J, Finn K, Clutton-Brock T, Zöttl M. (2020) Beeders are less active foragers than non-breeders in wild Damaraland mole-rats. Biology Letters 16: 20200475. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0475
• Stervander M*, Dierickx EG*, Thorley J*, de L Brooke M, Westerdahl, H. (2020). High MHC gene copy number maintains diversity despite homozygosity in a Critically Endangered single-island endemic bird, but no evidence of MHC-based mate choice. 2020. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15471 *equal contributions
• Thorley J (2020) The case for extended lifespan in cooperatively breeding mammals: a re-appraisal. PeerJ, 8:e9214. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9214

      2019

• Radchuk V... Thorley J... et al. (2019) Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient. Nature Communications 10: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4     
• Dyble M, Thorley J, Page AE, Smith D, & Migliano AB (2019) Engagement in agricultural work is associated with reduced leisure time among Agta hunter-gatherers. Nature Human Behaviour 3: 792-796. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0614-6  
• Thorley J & T Clutton-Brock (2019) A unified-models analysis of the development of sexual size dimorphism in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis. J. Mammalogy  100: 1374-1386. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz082

     2018

•  Thorley J, Mendonça R, Vullioud P, Torrents-Tico M, Zottl M, Gaynor D, & T Clutton-Brock (2018) No task specialization among helpers in Damaraland mole-rats. Anim. Behav. 143: 9-24.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.07.004
• Thorley J, Katlein N, Goddard K, Zöttl M, & Clutton-Brock T (2018) Reproduction triggers adaptive increases in body size in female mole-rats. Proc. R. Soc. B. 285: 20180897. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0897

     2017

• Thorley J & Clutton-Brock T (2017) Kalahari vulture declines, through the eyes of meerkats. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology. Ostrich, 88(2): 177-181. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2016.1257516

      2016

• Zöttl M, Thorley J, Gaynor D, Bennett NC, & Clutton-Brock T (2016) Variation in growth of Damaraland mole-rats is explained by competition rather than by functional specialization for different tasks. Biol. Lett. 12: 20160820. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0820

     2015

• Thorley J & Lord AM (2015) Laying date is a plastic and repeatable trait in a  population of Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus. Ardea 103: 69–78. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v103i1.a7