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Professor Andrew Radford: Publications
Professor of Behavioural Ecology
Tel: +44 117 394 1197
Email: andy.radford at bristol.ac.uk
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Papers and reports
- Radford, A.N. Noise pollution. In: Behavioural Responses to a Changing World: Challenges and Applications. Edited by Wong, B.B.M. & Candolin, U. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Gall, G.E.C., Letherbarrow, M., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Radford, A.N. & Madden, J.R. Exposure to calls before hatching affects the post-hatching behaviour of domestic chickens. Royal Society Open Science
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Davidson, I.K., Williams, B., Stratford, J.E., Chapuis, L., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2024) Context-dependent multimodal behaviour in a coral reef fish. Royal Society Open Science 11: 240151. Download PDF Zhou, Y., Radford, A.N. & Magrath, R.D. (2024) Mechanisms of noise disruption: masking, not distraction or increased vigilance, compromises wild bird communication. Animal Behaviour 214: 55–63. Download PDF Vane, L.S., Morris-Drake, A., Arbon, J.J., Thomson, R.J., Layton, M., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2024) Investigating the impact of anthropogenic noise on the decision-making of dwarf mongoose offspring. Royal Society Open Science 11: 240192. Download PDF Zhou, Y., Radford, A.N. & Magrath, R.D. (2024) Noise constrains heterospecific eavesdropping more than conspecific reception of alarm calls. Biology Letters 20: 20230410. Download PDF 2023
Matchette, S.R., Drerup, C., Davison, I.K., Simpson, S.D., Radford, A.N. & Herbert-Read, J.E. (2023) Predatory trumpetfish conceal themselves from their prey by swimming alongside other fish. Current Biology 33: R801–R802. Download PDF (main paper) | Download Supplementary Material | Press release | The Guardian | The New York Times | New Scientist | The Conversation Kings, M., Arbon, J.J., McIvor, G.E., Whitaker, M., Radford, A.N., Lerner, J. & Thornton, A. (2023) Wild jackdaws can selectively adjust their social associations while preserving valuable long-term relationships. Nature Communications 14: 5103. Download PDF (main paper) | Download Supplementary Material | Press release | The Guardian | CBC radio | Earth.com | BBC Morris-Drake, A., Cobb, B., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2023) A positive effect of cumulative intergroup threat on reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B. 290: 20231853. Download PDF | Press release | Daily Mail Kern, J.M., Morris-Drake, A. & Radford, A.N. (2023) Behavioural, demographic and fitness consequences of social instability in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongoose groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 290: 20230901. Download PDF | Royal Society Blog Kok, A.C.M., Berkhout, B.W., Carlson, N.V., Evans, N.P., Khan, N., Potvin, D.A., Radford, A.N., Sebire, M., Sabet, S.S., Shannon, G. & Wascher, C.A.F. How chronic anthropogenic noise can affect wildlife communities. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 11: 1130075. Download PDF Solé, M., Kaifu, K., Mooney, T.A., Nedelec, S.L., Olivier F., Radford, A.N., Vazzana M., Wale M., Semmens, J.M., Simpson, S.D., Buscaino, G., Hawkins, A., Aguilar De Soto, N., Akamatsu, T., Chauvaud, L., Day, R.D., Fitzgibbon, Q., McCauley, R. & André, M. (2023) Marine invertebrates and noise. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1129057. Download PDF McCloskey, K.P., Radford, A.N., Rose, A., Casiraghi, G., Lubbock, N., Weschke, E., Titus, B.M., Exton, D.A. & Simpson, S.D. (2023) SCUBA noise alters community structure and cooperation at Pederson’s cleaner shrimp cleaning stations. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1058414. Download PDF Richardson, L.E., Lenfant, P., Clarke, L.J., Fontcuberta, A., Gudefin, A., Lecaillon, G., Le Vay, L., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2023) Examining the potential of wild post-larvae capture, culture, and release (PCCR) for fisheries enhancement. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 1058497. Download PDF 2022
Nedelec, S.L., Radford, A.N., Gatenby, P., Davidson, I.K., Jimenez, L.V., Travis, M., Chapman, K.E., McCloskey, K.P., Lamont, T.A.C., Illing, B., McCormick, M.I. & Simpson, S.D. (2022) Limiting motorboat noise on coral reefs boosts fish reproductive success. Nature Communications 13: 2822. Download Main Paper | Download Supplementary Material | Press release | The Independent | New Scientist Braga Goncalves, I. & Radford, A.N. (2022) Experimental evidence that chronic outgroup conflict reduces reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding fish. eLife 11: e72567. Download PDF Braga Goncalves, I., Morris-Drake, A., Kennedy, A. & Radford, A.N. (2022) Fitness consequences of outgroup conflict. eLife 11: e74550. Download PDF Morris-Drake, A., Kennedy, P., Braga Goncalves, I. & Radford, A.N. (2022) Variation between species, populations, groups and individuals in the fitness consequences of outgroup conflict. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B 377: 20210148. Download PDF Braga Goncalves, I. & Radford, A.N. (2022) Intraspecific variation in audience effects during outgroup conflict in a cooperatively breeding fish. Animal Behaviour 190: 81–92. Download PDF Arasco, A.G., Manser, M., Watson, S.K., Kyabulima, S., Radford, A.N., Cant, M.A. & Garcia, M. (2022) Testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis with vocalisations from three mongoose species. Animal Behaviour 187: 71–95. Download PDF Cobb, B., Morris-Drake, A., Kennedy, P., Layton, M., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2022) Factors affecting follower responses to movement calls in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongooses. Animal Behaviour 192: 159–169. Download PDF Williams, B., Lamont, T.A.C., Chapuis, L., Harding, H.R., May, E.B., Prasetya, M.E., Seraphim, M.J., Jompa, J., Smith, D.J., Janetski, N., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2022) Enhancing automated analysis of marine soundscapes using ecoacoustic indices and marine learning. Ecological Indicators 140: 108986. Download PDF | Press release | The Times | Sky News | Reuters | Forbes 2021
Duarte, C.M., Chapuis, L., Collin, S.P., Costa, D.P., Devassy, R.P., Eguiluz, V.M., Erbe, C., Halpern, B.S., Harding, H.R., Havlik, M.N., Gordon, T.A.C., Merchant, N.D., Meekan, M., Miksis-Olds, J.L., Parsons, M., Predragovic, M., Radford, A.N., Radford, C.A., Simpson, S.D., Slabbekoorn, H., Staaterman, E., Van Opzeeland, I.C., Winderen, J., Zhang, X. & Juanes, F. (2021) The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean. Science 371: eaba4658. Download PDF | Press release | The Guardian | BBC | New York Times | Time Magazine | Scientific American Kennedy, P., Sumner, S., Botha, P., Welton, N.J., Higginson, A.D. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Diminishing returns drive altruists to help extended family. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5: 468–479. Download PDF | Press release | Nature Ecology & Evolution, Behind the paper | CBBC | The Independent | Daily Mail | The Times | The Telegraph | I Print | Daily Star Morris-Drake, A., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Experimental evidence for delayed post-conflict management behaviour in wild dwarf mongooses. eLife 10: e69196. Download PDF | Press release | Daily Mail | Treehugger | CNET Morris-Drake, A., Linden, J.F., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Extended and cumulative effects of experimentally induced intergroup conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 28: 820211743. Download PDF Lamont, T.A.C., Williams, B., Chapuis, L., Prasetya, M.E., Seraphim, M.J., Harding, H.R., May, E.B., Janetski, N., Jompa, J., Smith, D.J., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2021) The sound of recovery: coral reef restoration success is detectable in the soundscape. Journal of Applied Ecology 3: 742–756. Download PDF | Press release | The Guardian | BBC | CBBC Kennedy, P. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Kin blackmail as a coercive route to altruism. American Naturalist 197: 266–273. Download PDF | Press release Braga Goncalves, I., Richmond, E., Harding, H.R. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Impacts of additional noise on the social interactions of a cooperatively breeding fish. Royal Society Open Science 8: 210982. Download PDF Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Strongly bonded individuals prefer to forage together in cooperatively breeding dwarf mongoose groups. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 75: 85. Download PDF Ratnayake, C.P., Zhou, Y., Dawson Pell, F.S.E., Potvin, D.A., Radford, A.N. & Magrath, R.D. (2021) Visual obstruction, but not moderate traffic noise, increases reliance on heterospecific alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 32: 941–951. Download PDF - Kennedy, P. & Radford, A.N. (2021) Credible signalling and social bonds: Ultimately drawing on the same idea. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 44: E102.
- Southon, R.J., Radford, A.N. & Sumner, S. (2020) High reproductive skew in the Neotropical paper wasp Polistes lanio. Insectes Sociaux 67: 451–456. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N., Harding, H.R., Gordon, T.A.C. & Simpson, S.D. (2019) In a noisy world, some animals are more equal than others: a response to comments on Harding et al. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1516–1517. Download PDF
- Igic, B., Ratnayake, C.P. Radford, A.N. & Magrath, R.D. (2019) Eavesdropping magpies respond to the number of heterospecifics giving alarm calls but not the number of species calling. Animal Behaviour 148: 133–143. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N., Schindler, S. & Fawcett, T.W. (2019) Between-group attack and defence in an ecological setting: insights from non-human animals. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42: e137.
- Schindler, S. & Radford, A.N. (2018) Factors influencing within-group conflict over defence against conspecific outsiders seeking breeding positions. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 285: 20181669. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material)
- Radford, A.N. & Christensen, C. (2018) Variation in group territorial behaviour: a response to comments on Christensen & Radford. Behavioral Ecology 29: 1019–1020. Download PDF
- Bruintjes, R., Harding, H.R., Bunce, T., Birch, F., Lister, J., Spiga, I., Benson, T., Rossington, K., Jones, D., Tyler, C.R., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2017) Shipbuilding docks as experimental systems for realistic assessments of anthropogenic stressors on marine organisms. BioScience 67: 853–859. Download PDF
- Collier, K., Radford, A.N., Townsend, S.W. & Manser, M.B. (2017) Wild dwarf mongooses produce general alert and predator-specific alarm calls. Behavioral Ecology 28: 1293–1301. Download PDF
- Lee, R., Skinner, A., Bornstein, M.H., Radford, A.N., Campbell, A., Graham, K. & Pearson, R.M. (2017) Through babies’ eyes: practical and theoretical considerations of using wearable technology to measure parent–infant behaviour from the mothers’ and infants’ viewpoints. Infant Behavior and Development 47: 62–71. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N. & Bruintjes, R. (2017) Expanding the link between out-group threats and in-group behaviour: A reply to Kavaliers and Choleris. American Naturalist 189: 459–462. Download PDF
- Roberts, L., Harding, H.R., Voellmy, I., Bruintjes, R., Simpson, S.D., Radford, A.N., Breithaupt, T. & Elliott, M. (2017) Exposure of benthic invertebrates to sediment vibration: from laboratory experiments to outdoor simulated pile-driving. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 27: 010029. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N., Lèbre, L., Lecaillon, G., Nedelec, S.L. & Simpson, S.D. (2016) Repeated exposure reduces the response to impulsive noise in European sea bass. Global Change Biology 22: 3349–3360. Download PDF
- Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Anthropogenic noise disrupts use of vocal information about predation risk. Environmental Pollution 218: 988–995. Download PDF
- Nedelec, S.L., Mills, S.C., Lecchini, D., Nedelec, B., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Repeated exposure to noise increases tolerance in a coral reef fish. Environmental Pollution 216: 428–436. Download PDF
- Christensen, C., Kern, J.M., Bennitt, E. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Rival group scent induces changes in dwarf mongoose immediate behaviour and subsequent movement. Behavioral Ecology 27: 1627–1634. Download PDF
- Purser, J., Bruintjes, R., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Condition-dependent physiological and behavioural responses to anthropogenic noise. Physiology & Behaviour 155: 157–161. Download PDF
- Kern, J.M., Sumner, S. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Sentinel dominance status influences forager use of social information. Behavioral Ecology 27: 1053–1060. Download PDF
- Mourocq, E. et al. (2016) Lifespan and reproductive cost explain interspecific variation in the optimal onset of reproduction. Evolution 70: 296–313. Download PDF
- Bruintjes, R., Purser, J., Everley, K.A., Mangan, S., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Rapid recovery following short-term acoustic disturbance in two fish species. Royal Society Open Science 3: 150686. Download PDF
- Thompson, R.R., Paul, E.S., Radford, A.N., Purser, J. & Mendl, M. (2016) Routine handling methods affect behaviour of three-spined sticklebacks in a novel test of anxiety. Behavioural Brain Research 306: 26–35. Download PDF
- York, J.E., Radford, A.N., de Vries, B., Groothuis, T.G. & Young, A.J. (2016) Dominance-related seasonal song production is unrelated to circulating testosterone in a subtropical songbird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 233: 43–52. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N. (2016) Moving beyond species-specific noise-induced changes in birdsong: a comment on Roca et al. Behavioral Ecology 27: 1276–1277. Download PDF
- Magrath, R.D., Haff, T.M., Fallow, P.M. & Radford, A.N. (2015) Eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls: from mechanisms to consequences. Biological Reviews 90: 560–586. Download PDF
- Nedelec, S.L., Simpson, S.D., Morley, E.L., Nedelec, B. & Radford, A.N. (2015) Impacts of regular and random noise on the behaviour, growth and development of larval Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 282: 20151943. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material)
- Davies, A.C., Radford, A.N., Pettersson, I.C., Yang, F.P. & Nicol, C.J. (2015) Elevated arousal at time of decision-making is not the arbiter of risk avoidance in chickens. Scientific Reports 5: 8200. Download PDF
- Davies, A.C., Nicol, C.J. & Radford, A.N. (2015) Effect of reward downshift on the behaviour and physiology of chickens. Animal Behaviour 105: 21–28. Download PDF
- Nedelec, S.L., Simpson, S.D., Holderied, M., Radford, A.N., Lecellier, G., Radford, C. & Lecchini, D. (2015) Soundscapes and living communities in coral reefs: temporal and spatial variation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 524: 125–135. Download PDF
- Williams, R., Wright, A.J., Ashe, E., Blight, L.K., Bruintjes, R., Canessa, R., Clark, C.W., Cullis-Suzuki, S., Dakin, D.T., Erbe, C., Hammond, P.S., Merchant, N.D., O'Hara, P.D., Purser, J., Radford, A.N., Simpson, S.D., Thomas, L. & Wale, M.A. (2015) Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management. Ocean & Coastal Management 115: 17–24. Download PDF
- Everley, K.A., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2016) Pile-driving noise impairs anti-predator behavior of the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (ed. Popper, A.N. & Hawkins, A.), pp. 273–279. Springer, New York. Download PDF
- Holles S, Simpson, S.D., Lecchini, D. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Playback experiments for repeated boat noise exposure. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (ed. Popper, A.N. & Hawkins, A.), pp. 461–466. Springer, New York. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N., Purser, J., Bruintjes, R., Voellmy, I.K., Everley, K.A., Wale, M.A., Holles, S. & Simpson, S.D. (2016) Beyond a simple effect: variable and changing responses to anthropogenic noise. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (ed. Popper, A.N. & Hawkins, A.), pp. 901–907. Springer, New York. Download PDF
- Simpson, S.D., Radford, A.N., Holles, S., Ferrari, M.C.O., Chivers, D.P., McCormick, M.I. & Meekan, M.G. (2016) Small boat noise impacts natural settlement behaviour of coral reef fish larvae. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (ed. Popper, A.N. & Hawkins, A.), pp. 1041–1048. Springer, New York. Download PDF
- Voellmy, I.K., Purser, J., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Effects of previous acoustic experience on behavioral responses to experimental sound stimuli and implications for research. In The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (ed. Popper, A.N. & Hawkins, A.), pp. 1191–1196. Springer, New York. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N. & Fawcett, T.W. (2014) Conflict between groups promotes later defence of a critical resource in a cooperatively breeding bird. Current Biology 24: 2935–2939. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material)
- Morley, E.L., Jones, G. & Radford, A.N. (2014) The importance of invertebrates when considering the impacts of anthropogenic noise. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 281: 20132683. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material)
- Nedelec, S.L., Radford, A.N., Simpson, S.D., Nedelec, B., Lecchini, D. & Mills, S.C. (2014) Anthropogenic noise playback impairs embryonic development and increases mortality in a marine invertebrate. Scientific Reports 4: 5891. Download PDF
- Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Sentinel dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) exhibit flexible decision-making in relation to predation risk. Animal Behaviour 98: 185–192. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N., Kerridge, E. & Simpson, S.D. (2014) Acoustic communication in a noisy world: can fish compete with anthropogenic noise? Behavioral Ecology 25: 1022–1030. Download PDF
- Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2014) How fish might adjust their acoustic communication in anthropogenic noise: a response to comments on Radford et al. Behavioral Ecology 25: 1035–1036. Download PDF
- *How, M.J., *Porter, M.L., *Radford, A.N., Feller, K.D., Temple, S.E., Caldwell, R.L., Marshall, N.J., Cronin, T.W. & Roberts, N.W. (2014) [*Joint first author] Out of the blue: The evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 3425–3431. Download PDF
- Voellmy, I.K., Purser, J., Flynn, D., Kennedy, P., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Acoustic noise reduces foraging success via different mechanisms in two sympatric fish species. Animal Behaviour 89: 191–198. Download PDF | Planet Earth, NERC
- York, J.E., Young, A.J. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Singing in the moonlight: dawn song performance of a diurnal bird varies with lunar phase. Biology Letters 10: 20130970. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material)
- Bruintjes, R. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Chronic playback of boat noise does not impact hatching success or post-hatching larval growth and survival in a cichlid fish. PeerJ 2: e594. Download PDF
- Davies, A.C., Radford, A.N. & Nicol, C.J. (2014) Behavioural and physiological expression of arousal during decision-making in laying hens. Physiology and Behaviour 123: 93–99. Download PDF
- Davies, A.C., Nicol, C.J., Persson, M.E. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Behavioural and physiological effects of finely balanced decision-making in chickens. PLoS ONE 9: e108809. Download PDF
- Read, J., Jones, G. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Fitness costs as well as benefits are important when considering responses to anthropogenic noise. Behavioral Ecology 25: 4–7. Download PDF
- Voellmy, I.K., Purser, J., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2014) Increased noise levels have different impacts on the anti-predator behaviour of two sympatric fish species. PLoS ONE 9: e102946. Download PDF
- Wale, M.A., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2013) Size-dependent physiological responses of shore crabs to single and repeated playback of ship noise. Biology Letters 9: 20121103. Download PDF 1 (main paper) | Download PDF 2 (supplementary material) | Scientific American | Science for Environment Policy
- Bruintjes, R. & Radford, A.N. (2013) Context-dependent impacts of anthropogenic noise on individual and social behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish. Animal Behaviour 85: 1343–1349. Download PDF
- Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2013) Call of duty? Variation in use of the watchman’s song by sentinel dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula). Animal Behaviour 85: 967–975. Download PDF
- Wale, M.A., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2013) Noise negatively affects foraging and antipredator behaviour in shore crabs. Animal Behaviour 86: 111–118. Download PDF
- Holles, S., Simpson, S.D., Radford, A.N., Berten, L. & Lecchini, D. (2013) Boat noise disrupts orientation behaviour in a coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 485: 295–300. Download PDF
- Golabek, K.A. & Radford, A.N. (2013) Chorus-call classification in the southern pied babbler: multiple call types given in overlapping contexts. Behaviour 150: 691–712. Download PDF
- 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.
- Radford, A.N. & Fawcett, T.W. (2012) Negotiating a stable solution for vigilance behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 279: 3633–3634. Download PDF.
- 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 83: 613–619. Download PDF | Planet Earth, NERC.
- Radford, A.N., Morley, E.L. & Jones, G. (2012) The effects of noise on biodiversity. Defra Report NO0235. View report.
- 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.
- Hollén, L.I., Bell, M.B.V., Wade, H.M., Rose, R., Russell, A., Niven, F., Ridley, A.R. & Radford, A.N. (2011) Ecological conditions influence sentinel decisions. Animal Behaviour 82: 1435–1441. Download PDF
- 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
- 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.
Accepted
2020
Ashton, B.J., Kennedy, P. & Radford, A.N. (2020) Interactions with conspecific outsiders as drivers of cognitive evolution. Nature Communications 11: 4937. Download PDF | Press release | Nature Ecology & Evolution, Behind the paper | UPI News | Cosmos |
Gordon, T.A.C., Radford, A.N., Simpson, S.D. & Meekan, M.G. (2020) Marine restoration projects are undervalued. Science 376: 635–636. Download PDF |
Mills, S.C., Beldade, R., Henry, L., Laverty, D., Nedelec, S.L., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2020) Hormonal and behavioural effects of motorboat noise on wild coral reef fish. Environmental Pollution 262: 114250. Download PDF | Press release |
Collier, K., Radford, A.N., Stoll, S., Watson, S.K., Manser, M.B., Bickel, B. & Townsend, S.W. (2020) Dwarf mongoose alarm calls: investigating a complex non-human animal call. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 287: 20192514. Download PDF |
McCloskey, K.P., Chapman, K.E., Chapuis, L., McCormick, M.I., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2020) Assessing and mitigating impacts of motorboat noise on nesting damselfish. Environmental Pollution 266: 115376. Download PDF |
Eastcott, E., Kern, J.M., Morris-Drake, A. & Radford, A.N. (2020) Intrapopulation variation in the behavioural responses of dwarf mongooses to anthropogenic noise. Behavioral Ecology 31: 680–691. Download PDF |
Arbon, J., Kern, J.M., Morris-Drake, A. & Radford, A.N. (2020) Context-dependent contributions to sentinel behaviour: audience, satiation and danger effects. Animal Behaviour 165: 143–152. Download PDF |
Harding, H.R., Gordon, T.A.C., Wong, K., McCormick, M.I., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. (2020) Condition-dependent responses of fish to motorboats. Biology Letters 16: 20200401. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) |
Kennedy, P. & Radford, A.N. (2020) Sibling quality and the haplodiploidy hypothesis. Biology Letters 16: 20190764. Download PDF |
Ginnaw, G.M., Davidson, I.K., Harding, H.R., Simpson, S.D., Roberts, N.W., Radford, A.N. & Ioannou, C.C. (2020) Effects of multiple stressors on fish shoal collective motion are independent and vary with shoaling metric. Animal Behaviour 168: 7–17. Download PDF |
Southon, R.J., Radford, A.N. & Sumner, S. Hormone mediated dispersal and sexual maturation in males of the social paper wasp Polistes lanio. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb226472. Download PDF |
2019
Gordon, T.A.C., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2019) Grieving environmental scientists need support. Science 366: 193. Download PDF | Press release | The Telegraph | The Independent | Metro | Sky News | Nexus Media | Deustche Welle |
Gordon, T.A.C., Radford, A.N., Davidson, I.K., Barnes, K., McCloskey, K., Nedelec, S.L., Meekan, M.G., McCormick, M.I. & Simpson, S.D. (2019) Acoustic enrichment can enhance fish community development on degraded coral reef habitat. Nature Communications 10: 5414. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Press release | Radio 4 PM (48:00) | The Guardian online | The Guardian in print | The Times in print | The Daily Mail | The Washington Post | iNews | MEA Worldwide | Forbes | CNET | CBC | Nexus Media |
Braga Goncalves, I. & Radford, A.N. (2019) Experimental evidence that intruder and group member attributes affect outgroup defence and associated within-group interactions in a social fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 286: 20191261. Download PDF |
Morris-Drake, A., Christensen, C., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2019) Experimental field evidence that out-group threats influence within-group behaviour. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1425–1435. Download PDF | Press release | Earth.com | Daily Mail | Cosmos Magazine |
Harding, H.R., Gordon, T.A.C., Eastcott, E., Simpson, S.D. & Radford, A.N. Causes and consequences of intraspecific variation in animal responses to anthropogenic noise. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1501–1511. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) |
Zhou, Y., Radford, A.N. & Magrath, R.M. (2019) Why does noise reduce response to alarm calls? Experimental assessment of masking, distraction and greater vigilance in wild birds. Functional Ecology 33: 1280–1289. Download PDF |
Fawcett, T.W, Ewans, J., Lawrence, A. & Radford, A.N. (2019) Attractiveness is positively related to World Cup performance in male, but not female, biathletes. Behavioral Ecology 30: 1436–1442. Download PDF | Press release | The Times | The Daily Mail | The Independent | The Telegraph | New Scientist |
Southon, R.J., Bell, E.F., Graystock, P., Wyatt, C.D.R., Radford, A.N. & Sumner, S. (2019) High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper wasp Polistes canadensis. Molecular Ecology 28: 3271–3284. Download PDF |
2018
Kennedy, P., Higginson, A.D., Radford, A.N. & Sumner, S. (2018) Altruism in a volatile world. Nature 555: 359–362. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Nature Ecology & Evolution Community | National Geographic | Russian Science News |
Gordon, T.A.C., Harding, H., Wong, K., Merchant, N., Meekan, M.G., McCormick, M., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2018) Habitat degradation negatively affects auditory settlement behaviour of coral reef fishes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 115: 5193–5198. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Press release | PNAS Journal Club| ABC News | The Daily Mail | The Times | The Irish News | Popular Science | The Week | Quirks & Quarks, CBC | BBC World Service (from 14:00) | BBC Radio 4 (from 2:52:00) | The Naked Scientists | Newsbeat |
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Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2018) Experimental evidence for delayed contingent cooperation among wild dwarf mongooses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 15: 6255–6260. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Press release | Scientific American | El Pais | Earth.com | Science News | Fun Kids Science Weekly |
Potvin, D.A., Ratnayake, C.P., Radford, A.N. & Magrath, R.D. (2018) Birds learn socially to recognize heterospecific alarm calls by acoustic association. Current Biology. 28: 2632–2637. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Press release | Scientific American | AP News | ABC News | Daily Mail | The Guardian | Chicago Tribune | Gizmodo | Smithsonian |
Dawson Pell, F.S.E., Potvin, D.A., Ratnayake, C.P., Fernández-Juricic, E., Magrath, R.D. & Radford, A.N. (2018) Birds orient their heads appropriately in response to functionally referential alarm calls of heterospecifics. Animal Behaviour 140: 109–118. Download PDF | The Guardian |
Harding, H.R., Gordon, T.A.C., Hsuan, R.E., Mackaness, A.C.E., Radford, A.N. & Simpson, S.D. (2018) Fish in habitats with higher motorboat disturbance show reduced sensitivity to motorboat noise. Biology Letters 14: 20180441. Download PDF |
Christensen, C. & Radford, A.N. (2018) Dear enemies or nasty neighbours? Causes and consequences of variation in the responses of group-living species to territorial intrusions. Behavioral Ecology 29: 1004–1013. Download PDF |
2017
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Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2017) Reduced social-information provision by immigrants and use by residents following dispersal. Current Biology 27: R1266–R1267. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | The New York Times | Smithsonian | PBS | IFLScience | Swedish News | Scientific American | BBC World Service Science in Action | Cell Press podcast |
Nedelec S.L., Radford A.N., Pearl L., Nedelec B., McCormick M.I., Meekan M.G. & Simpson S.D. (2017) Motorboat noise impacts parental behaviour and offspring survival in a reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 284: 20170143. Download PDF |
Marshall, A.R., Brown, G. & Radford, A.N. (2017) Individual confidence-weighting and group decision-making. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32: 636–645. Download PDF |
Herbert-Read, J.E., Kremer, L., Bruintjes, R., Radford, A.N. & Ioannou, C.C. (2017) Anthropogenic noise pollution from pile-driving disrupts the structure and dynamics of fish shoals. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 284: 20170660. Download PDF | The Telegraph | The Daily Mail |
Morris-Drake, A., Bracken, A.M., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2017) Anthropogenic noise alters dwarf mongoose responses to heterospecific alarm calls. Environmental Pollution 223: 476–483. Download PDF | BBC Wildlife |
Kern, J.M., Laker, P.R. & Radford, A.N. (2017) Contextual variation in the alarm-call responses of dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula). Animal Behaviour 127: 43–51. Download PDF |
Nedelec, S.L., Mills, S.C., Radford, A.N., Beldade, R., Simpson, S.D., Nedelec, B. & Côté, I.M. (2017). Motorboat noise disrupts co-operative interspecific interactions. Scientific Reports 7: 6987. Download PDF |
2016
Simpson, S.D., Radford, A.N., Nedelec, S.L., Ferrari, M.C.O., Chivers, D.P., McCormick, M.I. & Meekan, M.G. (2016) Anthropogenic noise increases fish mortality by predation. Nature Communications 7: 10544. Download PDF | The Guardian | The Washington Post |
Morris-Drake, A., Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Cross-modal impacts of anthropogenic noise on information use. Current Biology 26: R911–R912. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Nature highlights | onEarth |
Bruintjes, R., Lynton-Jenkins, J., Jones, J.W. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Out-group threat promotes within-group affiliation in a cooperative fish. The American Naturalist 187: 274–282. Download PDF |
Radford, A.N., Majolo, B. & Aureli, F. Within-group behavioural consequences of between-group conflict: a prospective review. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 283: 20161567. Download PDF (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material). |
Nedelec, S.L., Campbell, J., Radford, A.N., Simpson, S.D. & Merchant, N.D. (2016) Particle motion: the missing link in underwater acoustic ecology. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 7: 836–842. Download PDF1 (main paper) | Download PDF2 (user manual) | Access to codes |
Kern, J.M. & Radford, A.N. (2016) Social-bond strength influences vocally-mediated recruitment to mobbing. Biology Letters 12: 20160648. Download PDF (main paper) | Download PDF2 (supplementary material) | Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet | BBC World Service’s Science in Action |
York, J.E., Radford, A.N., Groothuis, T.G. & Young, A.J. (2016) Dominant male song performance reflects current immune state in a cooperatively breeding songbird. Ecology & Evolution 6: 1008–1015. Download PDF | Naturetimes |
2015
Simpson, S.D., Purser, J. & Radford, A.N. (2015) Anthropogenic noise compromises anti-predator behaviour in European eels. Global Change Biology 21: 586–593. Download PDF | Planet Earth, NERC | Smithsonian Magazine |
2014
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Book reviews
- Radford, A.N. (1999) Review of C. Ortega. Cowbirds & Other Brood Parasites. Ibis 141: 697.
Popular articles
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- War, peace and woodhoopoes. NERC Planet Earth December 2011. View article.
- Scratch my back and maybe I'll scratch yours. Africa Birds & Birding Feb/Mar 2007. Download PDF.
- Caring and sharing. Africa Birds & Birding Oct/Nov 2006. Download PDF.
- Going gangbusters. Africa Birds & Birding June/July 2006. Download PDF.
- What are woodhoopoes shouting about? Africa Birds & Birding Dec 2004/Jan 2005. Download PDF.
- Cooperative breeding and competitive feeding? Africa Birds & Birding Oct/Nov 2003. Download PDF.