2022

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[83] Jarvis, D. M., Pope, E. C., Duteil, M., Fürtbauer, I., Brown, M. R., Davis, R. J., King, A. J. (2022) Elevated CO2 does not alter behavioural lateralization in free-swimming juvenile European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) tested in groups Journal of Fish Biology 

[Fish positional data; Turning data]

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[82] Papadopoulou, M., Fürtbauer, I., King, A.J. (2022) Animals Are Not Particles: Towards a Second Generation of ‘Hetero-Swarm’ Robotics; in: Swarm Intelligence: 13th International Conference, ANTS 2022, Málaga, Spain, November 2–4, 2022, Proceedings

 

[81] King, A. J., Marshall, H. M. (2022) Optimal Foraging. Current Biology 32(12) R680-R683 

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[80] Christensen, C., Bracken, A. M., O’Riain, M. J., Heistermann, M., King, A. J., Fürtbauer, I., (2022) Simultaneous investigation of urinary and faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations reveals short- versus long-term drivers of HPA-axis activity in a wild primate (Papio ursinus) General and Comparative Endocrinology

 

[79] Bracken A. M., Christensen, C., O’Riain, M. J., Fürtbauer, I., King, A. J. (2022) Flexible group cohesion and coordination, but robust leader-follower roles, in a wild social primate using urban space. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences  [Supplemental Information (.docx)] [R Scripts] [Data] [Movie.mp4] [The Conversation] [earth.com] [omny.fm radio interview]

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[78] Collet, J., Pettorelli, N., Baniel, A., Carter, A. J., Huchard, E., King, A. J., Lee, A. Marshall, H., Cowlishaw, G. (2022) Immigrant males’ knowledge acts to reduce ranging overlap and mating competition in wild baboons. Behavioral Ecology arab145 

[Supplementary_Information (.doc)] [Supplementary_Appendix (.xls)]

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2021

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[77] Georgopoulou, D, G., King, A. J., Brown, M. R., Fürtbauer, I. (2021) Emergence and repeatability of leadership and coordinated motion in fish shoals. Behavioral Ecology arab108.  [Supplementary_Material - docx file] [Supplementary_Movie_S1 - avi file] [Dryad - data]

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[76] Bracken, A. M., Christensen, C., O’Riain, M. J., Fehlmann, G., Holton, M. D., Hopkins, P. W., Fürtbauer, I., King, A. J. (2021) Socioecology explains individual variation in urban space-use in response to management in Cape chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology. [Data (.xls)] [Supplemental Information (.doc)] [Movie 1 (.mpeg)] [Movie 2 (.mpeg)]

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[75] Marsden, K. A., Lush, L., Holmberg, J. A., Harris, I. M., Whelan, M. J., Webb, S., King, A. J., Wilson, R. P., Jones, D. L, Charteris, A.F., Cardenas, L. M., Chadwick, D. R. (2021) Quantifying the frequency and volume of urine deposition by grazing sheep using tri-axial accelerometers. Animal [Supplemental data (.pdf)]

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[74] McCann, R., Bracken, A. M., Christensen, C., Fürtbauer, I., King, A. J. (2021) The relationship between GPS sampling interval and estimated daily travel distances in chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). International Journal of Primatology [Movie of data (mp4)] [Collar design and extra analyses (.doc)] [GPS data (.xls)]

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[73] Rafiq, K., Pitcher, B. J., Cornelsen, K., Hansen, W. K., King, A. J., Appleby, R. G., Abrahms, B., Jordan, N. R. (2021) Animal-borne technologies in wildlife research and conservation. In: Conservation Technology, Piel, A., Wich, S (Eds). 

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[72] Bailey, J. D.*, King, A. J.*, Codling, E. A., Short, A. M., Johns, G., Fürtbauer, I. (2021) ‘Micropersonality’ traits and their implications for behavioural and movement ecology research. Ecology and Evolution *joint first and corresponding authors. 

[Supplementary Information (.doc)] [Data (.csv)] [The Weather Channel (India)] [Ebiotrade (China)] [thepoetryofscience - 'Fishy Traits' poem!]

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[71] Sankey, D. W. E., O’Bryan, L. R., Garnier, S., Cowlishaw, G., Hopkins, P., Holton, M., Fürtbauer, I., King, A. J. (2021) Consensus of travel direction is achieved by simple copying, not voting, in free-ranging goats. Royal Society Open Science [supplemental material] [supplemental video] [data - Dryad] some of the news: [New York Times] [GPB Sports Blog] [WEKU (USA)] [Nevada Public Radio (USA)]

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2020

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[70] Fürtbauer, I., Christensen, C., Bracken, A. M., O'Riain, M.J., Heistermann, M., King, A. J. (2020) Energetics at the urban edge: Environmental and individual predictors of urinary C-peptide levels in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). Hormones and Behavior 126: 104846.

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[69]  Fehlmann, G., O’Riain, M. J., Fürtbauer, I., King, A. J. (2020) Behavioural causes, ecological consequences, and management challenges associated with wildlife foraging in human-modified landscapes. BioScience biaa129

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[68] Marsden, K. A., Lush, L., Holmberg, J. A., Charteris, A., Cardenas, L., King, A. J., Wilson, R. P., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D. R. (2020) Sheep urination frequency, volume, N excretion and chemical composition: implications for subsequent agricultural N losses. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 302: 107073 

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[67] Zhang, J. King, A. J., Fürtbauer, I., Wang, Y-W., He, Y-Q., Zhang, Z-W., Wan, D-M., Yin, Y-X. (2020) Facilitative effects of social partners on Java sparrow activity. Animal Behaviour 161: 33-38

 

2019

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[66] Jolles, J. W., King, A. J., Killen, S. (2019) The role of individual heterogeneity in collective animal behaviour. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35: 278-291

 

[65] Tuci, E., Trianni, V., King, A. J., Garnier, S. (2019) Editorial: Novel technological and methodological tools for the understanding of collective behaviours. Frontiers in Robotics and AI  6:139 

 

[64] de la O, C., Fürtbauer, I., King, A. J., Valenzuela-Galván, D. (2019) A resident-nepotistic-tolerant dominance style in wild white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica)? Behaviour 156(9)

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[63] O'Bryan, L. R., Abaid, N., Nakayama, S., Dey, T., King, A. J., Cowlishaw, G., Rubenstein, D., Garnier, S. (2019) Contact calls facilitate group contraction in free-ranging goats (Capra aegagrus hircus). Frontiers Ecology and Evolution 7(Article 73) [data]

 

2018

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[62] Williams, H. J., King, A. J., Duriez, O., Börger, L., Shepard, E. L. C. (2018) Social eavesdropping allows for a more risky gliding strategy by thermal-soaring birds. Journal of the Royal Society Interface  15: 20180578 [Data - Figshare] [Data - Movebank 'Gyps Vultures']

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[61] Ramos-Fernandez, G., King, A. J., Beehner, J. C., Bergman, T. J., Crofoot, M. C., Di Fiore, A., Lehmann, J. Schafner, C. M., Snyder-Mackler, N., Zuberbühler, K., Aureli, F., Boyer, D. (2018) Quantifying uncertainty due to fission-fusion dynamics as a component of social complexity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285: 1879. [Data - Dryad]   

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[60] Lush, L., Chadwick, D.,  Hopkins, P., Marsden, K., Holton, M., Wilson, R. P., King, A. J. (2018) Classification of sheep urination events using accelerometers to aid improved measurements of livestock contributions to nitrous oxide emissions.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 150: 170–177. 

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[59] Strömbom, D. , King, A. J. (2018) Robot collection and transport of objects: a biomimetic process. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, section Evolutionary Robotics 5: 48 [The Conversation] [Video: robot trials]

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[58] King, A. J., Fehlmann, G., Biro, D. Ward, A.J., Fürtbauer, I. (2018) Re-wilding collective behaviour: an ecological perspective.  Trends in Ecology & Evolution 33: 349-359 [Cover image] [Electronics360] [Science News Online]

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2017

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[57] Fehlmann, G., O’Riain, M. J., Kerr-Smith, C., Hailes, S., Luckman, A., Shepard, E. L. C., King, A. J. (2017) Extreme behavioural shifts by baboons exploiting risky, resource-rich, human-modified environments. Scientific Reports 7:15057 [Supplementary material & R code] [Data - Dryad] [Video: summary] [TimesLive - South Africa] [Newsweek - US] [Der Standard - Austria] [Telegraph - India]

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[56] Walker, R. H., King A. J., McNutt, J. W., Jordan, N. R. (2017) Sneeze to leave:  African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) use variable quorum thresholds facilitated by sneezes in collective decisions Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences  284: 20170347  [Data - Dryad]. [Cover Image] Some(!) of the news: [ITV News] [BBC News] [Earth Times] [Seeker] [Cosmos] [New Atlas] [International Business Times] [National Geographic] [The Times] [New York Times] [Freakanomics] 

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[55] King, A. J., Kosfeld, M., Dall, S. R. X., Greiner, B., Kameda, T., Khalmetski, K., Leininger, W., Wedekind, C., & Winterhalder, B. (2017). Exploitative Strategies: Consequences for Individual Behavior, Social Structure, and Design of Institutions. In: Investors and Exploiters in Ecology and Economics: Principles and Applications. Eds. L-A. Giraldeau, P. Heeb, M. Kosfeld. MIT Press.

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[54] King, A. J. & Fürtbauer, I. (2017). Collective decision-making. In: International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley-Liss. 

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[53] King, A. J. & Fürtbauer, I. (2017). Social networks. In: International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley-Liss.

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[52] Fehlmann, G., O’Riain, M. J., Hopkins, P. W., O’Sullivan, J., Holton, M. D., Shepard, E. L. C., King, A. J. (2017) Identification of behaviours from accelerometer data in a wild social primate. Animal Biotelemetry 5:6. [R code] [Collar build guide] [Random forest workflow] [Trees and error rate] [Acceleration metrics] [BBC News] [Science Daily] [Cosmos] [IOL South Africa] [Discovery Channel Canada] 

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[51] Couzin, I. D. & King, A. J. (2017) Group Movement, In: Reference Module in Life Sciences, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-809633-8.

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[50] Fehlmann, G., O'Riain, J., Kerr-Smith, C., King, A. J. (2017) Adaptive space use by baboons (Papio ursnius) in response to management interventions in a human-changed landscape. Animal Conservation 20: 101–109. [Supplemental information/code]

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2016

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[49] Duteil, M., Pope, E. C., Pérez-Escudero, A., de Polavieja, G. G., Fürtbauer, I., Brown, M. R., King, A. J. (2016) 

European sea bass show behavioural resilience to near-future ocean acidification. Royal Society Open Science 3(11), 160656 [Data] [Supplementary Material]

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[48] Al Nahdi, A., Garcia De Leaniz, C., King, A. J. (2016) Spatio-temporal variation in length-weight relationships and condition of the ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758): Implications for fisheries management. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161989. 
 

[47] Fehlmann, G. & King, A. J. (2016) Bio-logging. Current Biology 26(18): pR830–R831.

 

[46] Al Nahdi, A., Garcia De Leaniz, C., King, A. J. (2016) Two distinct hyperostosis shapes in ribbonfish, Trichiurus lepturus (Linnaeus, 1758). Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 36(3) 128-132.

 

[45] Hansen, M. J., Ward, A. J. W., Fürtbauer, I.*, King, A. J.* (2016) Environmental quality determines finder-joiner dynamics in socially foraging three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 70: 889-899 *equal contribution

 

2015

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[44] King, A. J., Myatt, J. P., Fürtbauer, I., Oesch, N., Dunbar, R. I. M., Sumner, S., Usherwood, J. R., Brown, M. R. (2015) Social density processes regulate the functioning and performance of foraging human teams. Scientific Reports 5: 18260 [Video: summary]

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[43] Johnson, C. J., Piel, A. K., Forman, D. W., Stewart, F. A., King, A. J. (2015) The ecological determinants of baboon troop movements at local and continental scales. Movement Ecology 3:14 [Additional file 1] [Additional file 2] [Additional file 3] [Additional file 4]

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[42] Fürtbauer, I., King A. J., Heistermann, M. (2015) Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) tagging and simulated predation risk elicit similar physiological stress responses in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Journal of Fish Biology 86: 1644–1649  

 

[41] Fürtbauer, I., Pond, A., Heistermann, M., King A. J. (2015) Personality, plasticity, and predation: linking endocrine and behavioural reaction norms in stickleback fish. Functional Ecology 29: 931-940. [Video: example]

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[40] King, A. J.*, Williams, L. J.*, & Mettke-Hofman, C. (2015) The effects of social conformity on Gouldian finch personality. Animal Behaviour 99: 25-31. *equal contribution  [Phys.org]

 

[39] Mamuneas, D., Spence, A. J., Manica, A., King, A. J. (2015) Bolder stickleback fish make faster decisions, but they are not less accurate. Behavioral Ecology 6: 91-96. [Data] [Video: example] [BBC News Wales] [BEEP! podcast]

 

2014

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[38] Wilson, R. P., Richards, R., Hartnell, A., King, A. J., Piasecka, J., Gaihre, Y. K., Butt, T. (2014) A new approach to quantify semiochemical effects on insects based on energy landscapes. PLoS ONE 9(8): e106276   

 

[37] Strömbom. D., Mann, R. P., Wilson, A. M., Hailes, S., Morton, A. J., Sumpter, D. J. T., King, A. J. (2014) Solving the shepherding problem: Heuristics for herding autonomous, interacting agents. Journal of the Royal Society Interface (Top 10 most downloaded in 2014) 11: 20140719   [Movie 1] [Movie 2] [Movie 3] [SUMMARY OF NEWS] e.g. [Time Magazine] [The Telegraph] [The Independent] [BBC News] [The Sydney Morning Herald] [Daily News] [Spiegel] Plus interviews on >15 Radio and TV shows

 

2013

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[36] King, A. J., Fürtbauer, I., Mamuneas, D., James, C., Manica, A. (2013). Sex-differences and temporal consistency in stickleback fish boldness. PLoS ONE 8(12): e81116  [Dataset] [Planet Earth] [Wales Online] [WIRED]

 

[35] Jolles, J. W., King, A. J., Manica, A., Thornton, A. (2013) Heterogeneous structure in mixed-species corvid flocks in flight. Animal Behaviour 85: 743–750.  [Planet Earth]

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[34] Huchard, E., Charpentier, M. J. E., Marshall, H. H., King, A. J., Knapp, L. G., Cowlishaw, G. (2013) Paternal effects on access to resources in a promiscuous primate society. Behavioral Ecology 24: 229-236.  [Supplementary Information] [BBC Nature] [Planet Earth]

 

[33] Sueur, C., King, A. J., Pelé, M. Petit, O. (2013) Fast and accurate decisions as a result of scale-free network properties in two primate species. Springer Proceedings in Complexity 2013: 579-584. [New Scientist]

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[32] King, A. J., Wilson, A. M., Wilshin, S. D., Lowe, J., Haddadi, H., Hailes, S., Morton, A. J. (2012). Selfish-herd behaviour of sheep under threat. Current Biology 22: R561-R562.  [Supplementary Model & Information] [Movie S1] [Movie S2] [Movie S3] widely reported by media, e.g. [Science] [BBC] [Scientific American] [Daily Telegraph] [Planet Earth] [ABC Science] [BBC Radio 4 - 23 mins]

 

2012

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[31] King, A. J., Cheng, L., Starke, S. D., Myatt, J. P. (2012) Is the true “wisdom of the crowd” to copy successful individuals? Biology Letters 8: 197-200.  [Sup.Figure.pdf] [Software.zip] [Discover Magazine] [ScienceNews]

 

[30] Williams, L. J., King, A. J. & Mettke-Hofman, C. (2012) Colourful characters: Head colour reflects personality in a social bird, the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae). Animal Behaviour 84: 159-165.  [Planet Earth] [BBC Nature] [Daily Mail] [Cosmos Magazine] [Financial Times]

 

[29] Stevens, J. R. & King, A. J. (2012) The lives of others: Social rationality in animals. In: Simple heuristics in a social world. Edited by Ralph Hertwig, Ulrich Hoffrage, ABC Research Group. Oxford University Press. 

 

[28] Clark, F. E., Fitzpatrick, M., Hartley, A., King, A. J., Lee, T., Routh, A., Walker, S., & George, K. (2012). The relationship between behavior, adrenal activity and environment in zoo-housed Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Zoo Biology 31: 306-321. 

 

[27] Hobbs-Chell, H., King, A. J., Sharratt, H., Haddadi, H., Rudiger, S. R., Hailes, S., Morton, A. J., Wilson, A. M. (2012) Data-loggers carried on a harness do not adversely affect sheep locomotion. Research in Veterinary Science 93: 549–552. 

 

[26] King, A. J. & Sumpter, D. J. T. (2012) Murmurations. Current Biology 22: R112-R114. [The Huffington Post]

 

[25] Benavides, J., Huchard, E., Pettorelli, N., King, A. J., Brown, M. E., Archer, C. E., Appleton, C. C., Raymond, M., Cowlishaw, G. (2012) From parasite encounter to infection: multiple-scale drivers of parasite richness in a wild social primate population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 147: 52-63. 

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2011

 

[24] King, A. J., Sueur, C., Huchard, E., Cowlishaw. G. (2011) A rule-of-thumb based on social affiliation explains collective movements in desert baboons. Animal Behaviour 82: 1337-1345.  [Basic model: NetLogo] [Planet Earth] [Earth Times] [EarthSky] [AskWhy!]

 

[23] Kaplan, B. S., O'Riain, J., van Eeden, R. & King A. J. (2011) A low-cost manipulation of food resources reduces spatial overlap between baboons (Papio ursinus) and humans in conflict. International Journal of Primatology 32: 1397-1412.  [Planet Earth]

 

[22] Pyritz, L. W., King A. J., Sueur, C. & Fichtel, C. F. (2011) Reaching a consensus: terminology and concepts used in coordination and decision-making research. International Journal of Primatology 32: 1268-1278. 

  

[21] King, A. J. & Sueur, C. (2011). Where next? Group coordination and collective decision-making by primates. International Journal of Primatology 32: 1245-1267. [Top cited paper in 2011-12] 

 

[20] Sueur, C. King, A. J., Conradt, L., Kerth, G., Lusseau, D., Mettke-Hoffmann, C., Schaffner, C.M., Williams, L. J., Zinner, D., Aureli, F. (2011) Collective decision-making and fission-fusion dynamics: a conceptual framework. Oikos 120: 1608-1617. 

  

[19] Sumner, S. & King, A. J. (2011). Actions speak louder than words in socially foraging human groups. Communicative & Integrative Biology 6: 755-757. 

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[18] Haddadi, H., King, A. J., Wills, A. P., Fay, D., Lowe, J., Morton, A. J., Hailes, S. & Wilson, A. M. (2011) Determining association networks in social animals: choosing spatial-temporal criteria and sampling rates. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 65: 1659-1668.  

 

[17] Sueur, C., Jacobs, A., Petit, O, Amblard, F. & King, A. J. (2011) How can social network analysis improve the study of primate behavior? American Journal of Primatology 73: 703-719. (Front cover).  

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[16] King, A. J., Clark, F. E. & Cowlishaw, G. (2011) The dining etiquette of desert baboons: the roles of social bonds, kinship, and dominance in co-feeding networks. American Journal of Primatology 73: 768-774. [Planet Earth] [BBC Nature] 

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[15] King, A. J., Narraway, C., Hodgson, L., Weatherill, A., Sommer, V. & Sumner, S. (2011) Performance of human groups in social foraging: the role of communication in consensus decision-making. Biology Letters 7: 237-240.  [The Economist]

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2010

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[14] Katsikopoulos, K. & King, A. J. (2010) Swarm intelligence in animal groups: When can a collective out-perform an expert? PLoS ONE 5: e15505.   [Output of Model 1. xls] [Output of Model 3. xls]

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[13] Couzin, I. D. & King, A. J. (2010) Animal group movement. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior  Michael D. Breed and Janice Moore (Eds). Pages 25-32. Elsevier: Academic Press.

 

[12] King, A. J. (2010) Follow me! I'm a leader if you do; I'm a failed initiator if you don't? Behavioural Processes 84: 671-674.   

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2009

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[11] King, A. J., Johnson, D. D. P. & Van Vugt, M. (2009) The origins and evolution of leadership. Current Biology 19: R911-R916.  [Science Daily]

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[10] King, A. J., Isaac, N. J. B. & Cowlishaw, G. (2009) Ecological, social, and reproductive factors shape producer-scrounger dynamics in baboons. Behavioral Ecology 20: 1039-1049. (Cover image).  [Planet Earth]

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[9] Huchard, E., Benavides, J., Setchell, J. M., Charpentier, M. J. E., Alvergne, A., King, A. J., Knapp, L. G., Cowlishaw, G., & Raymond, M. (2009) Studying shape in sexual signals: the case of primate sexual swellings. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 63: 1231-1242.  

 

[8] King, A. J. & Cowlishaw, G. (2009c) All together now: behavioural synchrony in baboons. Animal Behaviour 78: 1381-1387.  [BBC Radio World Service] [BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme] [BBC Radio Wales]

 

[7] King, A. J. & Cowlishaw, G. (2009b) Leaders, followers and group decision-making. Communicative & Integrative Biology 2: 147-150. (Cover image).  

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[6] King, A. J. & Cowlishaw, G. (2009a) Foraging opportunities drive interspecific associations between rock kestrels and desert baboons. Journal of Zoology 277: 111-118. (Cover image).  [Podcast]

 

2008

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[5] King, A. J. (2008) Leadership, coordinated behaviour, and information use in a social primate. PhD Thesis, UCL: London. [Abstract]

 

[4] King, A. J., Douglas, C. M. S., Isaac, N. J. B., Huchard, E. & Cowlishaw, G. (2008) Dominance and affiliation mediate despotism in a social primate. Current Biology 18: 1833-1838. (Cover image).  [Commentary] [Science Daily] [New Scientist]

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[3] Clark, F. E. & King, A. J. (2008) A critical review of zoo-based olfactory enrichment. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11 Hurst, J. L., Beynon, R. J., Roberts, C. S. & Wyatt, T. D. (Eds), Springer.

 

[2] King, A. J. (2008) Dictators of the Desert. BBC Wildlife Magazine 26, 50-55. This article was also translated for Elethyrotipia magazine (Greece), and WWF Eko magazine (Sweden).

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2007

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[1] King, A. J. & Cowlishaw, G. (2007) When to use social information: the advantage of large group size in individual decision-making. Biology Letters 3: 137–13.