Andrew Radford: Publications
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Refereed Papers
- Radford, A.N. (2012) Post-allogrooming reductions in self-directed behaviour are affected by role and status in the green woodhoopoe. Biology Letters 8: 24-27. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material) | Daily Mail | Planet Earth, NERC | Live Science
- Hollén, L.I., Bell, M.B.V., Wade, H.M., Rose, R., Russell, A., Niven, F., Ridley, A.R. & Radford, A.N. (2012) Ecological conditions influence sentinel decisions. Animal Behaviour 82:1435-1441.
- Golabek, K.A., Ridley, A.R. & Radford, A.N. (2012) Food availability affects strength of seasonal territorial behaviour in a cooperatively breeding bird. Animal Behaviour. Online early. Planet Earth, NERC
- Hollén, L.I., Bell, M.B.V., Russell, A., Niven, F., Ridley, A.R. & Radford, A.N. (2011) Calling by concluding sentinels: coordinating cooperation or revealing risk? PLoS ONE 6: e25010. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N., Bell, M.B.V., Hollén, L.I. & Ridley, A.R. (2011) Singing for your supper: sentinel calling by kleptoparasites can mitigate the cost to victims. Evolution 65: 900-906. Download PDF | Nature Highlights | BBC Wildlife
- Radford, A.N. (2011) Preparing for battle? Potential intergroup conflict promotes current intragroup affiliation. Biology Letters 7: 26-29. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material) | The BBC | The Independent | Planet Earth, NERC.
- Simpson, S.D., Radford, A.N., Tickle, E.J., Meekan, M.G. & Jeffs, A.G. (2011) Adaptive avoidance of reef noise. PLoS One 6: e16625. Download PDF | Science | Planet Earth, NERC | Coral.
- Purser, J. & Radford, A.N. (2011) Acoustic noise induces attention shifts and reduces foraging performance in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). PLoS One 6: e17478. Download PDF | Scientific American.
- Bezerra, B.M., Souto, A.S., Radford, A.N. & Jones, G. (2011) Brevity is not always a virtue in primate communication. Biology Letters 7: 23-25. Download PDF | Supplementary Material.
- Bell, M.B.V., Radford, A.N., Smith, R.A., Thompson, A.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2010) Bargaining babblers: vocal negotiation of cooperative behaviour in a social bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 277: 3223-3228. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material).
- Wright, J. & Radford, A.N. (2010) Variance-sensitive green woodhoopoes: a new explanation for sex differences in foraging? Ethology 116: 941-950. Download PDF.
- Hollén, L.I. & Radford, A.N. (2009) The development of alarm-call behaviour in birds and mammals. Animal Behaviour 78: 791-800. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2009) Selective prey delivery to incubating females by dominant males, but not helpers, in the cooperatively breeding green woodhoopoe. Ethology 115: 1082-1090. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N., Hollén, L.I. & Bell, M.B.V. (2009) The higher the better: sentinel height influences foraging success in a social bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 276: 2437-2442. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material) | Current Biology News Focus
- Bell, M.B.V, Radford, A.N., Rose, R., Wade, H.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2009) The value of constant surveillance in a risky environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 276: 2997-3005. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material)
- Radford, A.N. (2008) Duration and outcome of intergroup conflict influences intragroup affiliative behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 275: 2787-2791. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material) | The Times | The Independent | The Telegraph | The Guardian | The Daily Express
- Radford, A.N. (2008) Age-related changes in nestling diet of the cooperatively breeding green woodhoopoe. Ethology 114: 907-915. Download PDF.
- Hollén, L.I., Bell, M.B.V. & Radford, A.N. (2008) Cooperative sentinel calling? Foragers gain increased biomass intake. Current Biology 18: 576-579. Download PDF | The BBC | The Times | The Telegraph | The Daily Mail | Nature.
- Krüger, O. & Radford, A.N. (2008) Doomed to die? Predicting extinction risk in the true hawks Accipitridae. Animal Conservation 11: 83-91. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2008) Type of threat influences postconflict allopreening in a social bird. Current Biology 18: R114-115. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material)
- Radford, A.N. & Ridley, A.R. (2008) Close calling regulates spacing between foraging competitors in the group-living pied babbler. Animal Behaviour 75: 519-527. Download PDF
- Thornton, A., Raihani, N.J. & Radford, A.N. (2007) Teachers in the wild: some clarification. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11: 272-273. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & Ridley, A.R. (2007) Individuals in foraging groups may use vocal cues when assessing their need for anti-predator vigilance. Biology Letters 3: 249-252. Download PDF.
- Hawn, A.T., Radford, A.N. & du Plessis, M.A. (2007) Delayed breeding affects lifetime reproductive success differently in male and female green woodhoopoes. Current Biology 17: 844-849. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (dispatches article).
- Du Plessis, M.A., Simmons, R.E. & Radford, A.N. (2007) Behavioural ecology of the Namibian violet woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis). Ostrich 78: 1-5. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & Ridley, A.R. (2006) Recruitment calling: a novel form of extended parental care in an altricial species. Current Biology 16: 1700-1704. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material) | Download PDF 3 (dispatches article).
- Radford, A.N. & du Plessis, M.A. (2006) Dual function of allopreening in the cooperatively breeding green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 221-230. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2005) Neighbour-stranger discrimination in the group-living green woodhoopoe. Animal Behaviour 70: 1227-1234. Download PDF.
- Krüger, O., Radford, A.N., Anderson, C. & Liversidge, R. (2005) Sexy sons or superior daughters: sex-ratio manipulation in springbok. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272: 375-381. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & du Plessis, M.A. (2004) Territorial vocal rallying in the green woodhoopoe: factors affecting the contest length and outcome. Animal Behaviour 68: 803-810. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2004) Voice breaking in males results in sexual dimorphism of green woodhoopoe calls. Behaviour 141 :555-569. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2004) Vocal mediation of foraging competition in the cooperatively breeding green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 279-285. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2004) Incubation feeding by helpers influences female nest attendance in the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55: 583-588. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & du Plessis, M.A. (2004) Extreme sexual dimorphism in green woodhoopoe bill length: a case of sexual selection? Auk 121: 178-183. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & du Plessis, M.A. (2004) Green woodhoopoe territories remain stable despite group-size fluctuations. Journal of Avian Biology 35: 262-268. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2004) Vocal co-ordination of group movement by green woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus). Ethology 110: 11-20. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. (2003) Territorial vocal rallying in the green woodhoopoe: influence of rival group size and composition. Animal Behaviour 66: 1035-1044. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & du Plessis, M.A. (2003) The importance of rainfall to a cavity nesting species. Ibis 145: 692-694. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & du Plessis M.A. (2003) Bill dimorphism and foraging niche partitioning in the green woodhoopoe. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 258-269. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N., McCleery, R.H., Woodburn R.J.W. & Morecroft, M.D. (2001) Activity patterns of parent Great Tits Parus major feeding their young during rainfall. Bird Study 48: 214-220. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & Blakey, J.K. (2000) Is variation in brood sex ratios adaptive in the great tit (Parus major)? Behavioral Ecology 11: 294-298. Download PDF.
- Radford, A.N. & Blakey, J.K. (2000) Intensity of nest defence is related to offspring sex ratio in the great tit Parus major. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267: 535-538. Download PDF.
Book reviews
- Radford, A.N. (1999) Review of C. Ortega. Cowbirds & Other Brood Parasites. Ibis 141: 697.
Popular articles relating to my work
- Cooperative breeding and competitive feeding? Africa Birds & Birding Oct/Nov 2003. Download PDF.
- What are woodhoopoes shouting about? Africa Birds & Birding Dec 2004/Jan 2005. Download PDF.
- Going gangbusters. Africa Birds & Birding June/July 2006. Download PDF.
- Caring and sharing. Africa Birds & Birding Oct/Nov 2006. Download PDF.
- Scratch my back and maybe I'll scratch yours. Africa Birds & Birding Feb/Mar 2007. Download PDF.