☰

Nicholas Barry Davies, PhD - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom 
Area:
Behavioural Ecology
Tree Info Similar researchers PubMed Report error

54 high-probability publications. We are testing a new system for linking publications to authors. You can help! If you notice any inaccuracies, please sign in and mark papers as correct or incorrect matches. If you identify any major omissions or other inaccuracies in the publication list, please let us know.

Year Citation  Score
2019 Kilner RM, Davies NB. How selfish is a cuckoo chick? Animal Behaviour. 58: 797-808. PMID 10512653 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1197  0.512
2019 Kilner R, Davies NB. Nestling mouth colour: ecological correlates of a begging signal. Animal Behaviour. 56: 705-712. PMID 9784220 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1998.0785  0.338
2017 York JE, Davies NB. Female cuckoo calls misdirect host defences towards the wrong enemy. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 1520-1525. PMID 29185512 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-017-0279-3  0.579
2016 Thorogood R, Davies NB. Combining personal with social information facilitates host defences and explains why cuckoos should be secretive. Scientific Reports. 6: 19872. PMID 26794435 DOI: 10.1038/Srep19872  0.455
2013 Thorogood R, Davies NB. Reed warbler hosts fine-tune their defenses to track three decades of cuckoo decline. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 67: 3545-55. PMID 24299407 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12213  0.525
2013 Thorogood R, Davies NB. Hawk mimicry and the evolution of polymorphic cuckoos Chinese Birds. 4: 39-50. DOI: 10.5122/Cbirds.2013.0002  0.48
2012 Thorogood R, Davies NB. Cuckoos combat socially transmitted defenses of reed warbler hosts with a plumage polymorphism. Science (New York, N.Y.). 337: 578-80. PMID 22859487 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1220759  0.4
2012 Welbergen JA, Davies NB. Direct and indirect assessment of parasitism risk by a cuckoo host Behavioral Ecology. 23: 783-789. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Ars031  0.502
2011 Davies NB. Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning Journal of Zoology. 284: 1-14. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.2011.00810.X  0.536
2011 Welbergen JA, Davies NB. A parasite in wolf's clothing: hawk mimicry reduces mobbing of cuckoos by hosts Behavioral Ecology. 22: 574-579. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arr008  0.558
2010 Brooke ML, Davies NB. A Failure to Demonstrate Host Imprinting in the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) and Alternative Hypotheses for the Maintenance of Egg Mimicry Ethology. 89: 154-166. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1991.Tb00301.X  0.516
2010 Wiley RH, Hatchwell BJ, Davies NB. Recognition of Individual Males' Songs by Female Dunnocks: a Mechanism Increasing the Number of Copulatory Partners and Reproductive Success Ethology. 88: 145-153. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1991.Tb00269.X  0.382
2009 Krüger O, Sorenson MD, Davies NB. Does coevolution promote species richness in parasitic cuckoos? Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 276: 3871-9. PMID 19692405 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2009.1142  0.525
2009 Davies NB, Welbergen JA. Social transmission of a host defense against cuckoo parasitism. Science (New York, N.Y.). 324: 1318-20. PMID 19498167 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1172227  0.51
2009 Welbergen JA, Davies NB. Strategic variation in mobbing as a front line of defense against brood parasitism. Current Biology : Cb. 19: 235-40. PMID 19185495 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2008.12.041  0.532
2008 Davies NB, Welbergen JA. Cuckoo–hawk mimicry? An experimental test Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 275: 1817-1822. PMID 18467298 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2008.0331  0.542
2008 Brown RJ, Brown MN, Brooke MdL, Davies NB. Reactions of parasitized and unparasitized populations of Acrocephalus warblers to model cuckoo eggs Ibis. 132: 109-111. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.1990.Tb01022.X  0.316
2008 Brooke MdL, Davies NB. Provisioning of nestling Cuckoos Cuculus canorus by Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus hosts Ibis. 131: 250-256. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.1989.Tb02767.X  0.387
2008 Davies NB, Lundberg A. The influence of food on time budgets and timing of breeding of the Dunnock Prunella modularis Ibis. 127: 100-110. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.1985.Tb05040.X  0.337
2008 Welbergen JA, Davies NB. Reed warblers discriminate cuckoos from sparrowhawks with graded alarm signals that attract mates and neighbours Animal Behaviour. 76: 811-822. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2008.03.020  0.475
2007 Krüger O, Davies NB, Sorenson MD. The evolution of sexual dimorphism in parasitic cuckoos: sexual selection or coevolution? Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 1553-60. PMID 17439849 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2007.0281  0.487
2006 Madden JR, Davies NB. A host-race difference in begging calls of nestling cuckoos Cuculus canorus develops through experience and increases host provisioning. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 273: 2343-51. PMID 16928637 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.3585  0.529
2006 Davies NB, Madden JR, Butchart SHM, Rutila J. 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: Biological Sciences. 273: 693-699. PMID 16608688 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2005.3324  0.555
2005 Langmore NE, Kilner RM, Butchart SHM, Maurer G, Davies NB, Cockburn A, Macgregor NA, Peters A, Magrath MJL, Dowling DK. The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe Behavioral Ecology. 16: 686-692. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Ari041  0.562
2004 Davies NB, Madden JR, Butchart SHM. Learning fine-tunes a specific response of nestlings to the parental alarm calls of their own species Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 271: 2297-2304. PMID 15539356 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2004.2835  0.32
2004 Krüger O, Davies NB. The evolution of egg size in the brood parasitic cuckoos Behavioral Ecology. 15: 210-218. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arg104  0.548
2003 Davies NB, Butchart SHM, Burke TA, Chaline N, Stewart IRK. Reed warblers guard against cuckoos and cuckoldry Animal Behaviour. 65: 285-295. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2003.2049  0.476
2002 Krüger O, Davies NB. The evolution of cuckoo parasitism: a comparative analysis Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 269: 375-381. PMID 11886625 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2001.1887  0.505
2000 Gibbs HL, Sorenson MD, Marchetti K, Brooke MD, Davies NB, Nakamura H. Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo. Nature. 407: 183-6. PMID 11001055 DOI: 10.1038/35025058  0.529
1999 Kilner RM, Noble DG, Davies NB. How should cuckoo chicks signal in different host nests? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14: 322. PMID 10407451 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01675-4  0.448
1999 Davies NB. Cuckoos and cowbirds versus hosts: Co-evolutionary lag and equilibrium Ostrich. 70: 71-79. DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1999.9639751  0.544
1999 Kilner RM, Noble DG, Davies NB. Signals of need in parent–offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo Nature. 397: 667-672. DOI: 10.1038/17746  0.404
1998 Brooke MdL, Davies NB, Noble DG. 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: Biological Sciences. 265: 1277-1282. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1998.0430  0.513
1998 Davies N, Kilner R, Noble D. Nestling cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, exploit hosts with begging calls that mimic a brood Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 265: 673-678. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1998.0346  0.466
1997 Langmore NE, Davies NB. Female dunnocks use vocalizations to compete for males Animal Behaviour. 53: 881-890. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1996.0306  0.389
1996 Gibbs HL, Brooke M L, Davies NB. Analysis of genetic differentiation of host races of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus using mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA variation. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 263: 89-96. PMID 8587899 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1996.0015  0.555
1996 Davies NB, Brooke L, Kacelnik A. Recognition errors and probability of parasitism determine whether reed warblers should accept or reject mimetic cuckoo eggs Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 263: 925-931. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1996.0137  0.475
1994 Hartley IR, Davies NB. Limits to Cooperative Polyandry in Birds Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 257: 67-73. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1994.0095  0.401
1992 Davies NB, Hatchwell BJ. The value of male parental care and its influence on reproductive allocation by male and female dunnocks Journal of Animal Ecology. 61: 259-272. DOI: 10.2307/5319  0.393
1991 Davies NB, Brooke M. Coevolution Of The Cuckoo And Its Hosts Scientific American. 264: 92-98. DOI: 10.1038/Scientificamerican0191-92  0.489
1989 Davies NB, Bourke AFG, Brooke MdL. Cuckoos and parasitic ants: Interspecific brood parasitism as an evolutionary arms race Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 4: 274-278. PMID 21227369 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(89)90202-4  0.533
1989 Davies NB, Brooke MDL. 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. DOI: 10.2307/4996  0.512
1989 Davies NB, De M, Brooke L. 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. DOI: 10.2307/4995  0.524
1989 Davies NB. Cuckoos and parasitic ants: brood parasitism as an evolutionary arms race Journal of Zoology. 217: 521-522. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1989.Tb02507.X  0.504
1989 Davies NB. Sexual conflict and the polygamy threshold Animal Behaviour. 38: 226-234. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(89)80085-5  0.329
1988 Brooke MdL, Davies NB. Egg mimicry by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in relation to discrimination by hosts Nature. 335: 630-632. DOI: 10.1038/335630A0  0.574
1988 Davies NB. Dumping eggs on conspecifics Nature. 331: 19-19. DOI: 10.1038/331019A0  0.424
1988 Davies NB, Brooke MdL. Cuckoos versus reed warblers: Adaptations and counteradaptations Animal Behaviour. 36: 262-284. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80269-0  0.565
1987 Brooke MDL, Davies NB. Recent changes in host usage by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in britain Journal of Animal Ecology. 56: 873-883. DOI: 10.2307/4954  0.424
1984 Davies NB, Lundberg A. Food Distribution And A Variable Mating System In The Dunnock, Prunella Modularis Journal of Animal Ecology. 53: 895-912. DOI: 10.2307/4666  0.385
1983 Davies NB. Polyandry, cloaca-pecking and sperm competition in dunnocks Nature. 302: 334-336. DOI: 10.1038/302334A0  0.401
1979 Davies NB, Halliday TR. Competitive mate searching in male common toads bufo bufo Animal Behaviour. 27: 1253-1267. DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(79)90070-8  0.386
1978 Davies NB, Halliday TR. Deep croaks and fighting assessment in toads Bufo bufo Nature. 274: 683-685. DOI: 10.1038/274683A0  0.307
1977 Davies NB, Halliday TR. Optimal mate selection in the toad Bufo bufo Nature. 269: 56-58. DOI: 10.1038/269056A0  0.381
Show low-probability matches.