Publications

Last updated April 2024

Genomic landscapes of divergence among island bird populations: evidence of parallel adaptation but at different loci?
Martin, CA, Sheppard, EC, Illera, JC, Suh, A, Spurgin, LG & Richardson, DS(2024)
Molecular Ecology.

The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird
Chesterton, E, Sparks, AM, Burke,  T, Komdeur, J, Richardson, DS, Dugdale, HL (2024)
Evolution, 78, 4, 690–700

Genotype–environment associations reveal genes potentially linked to avian malaria infection in populations of an endemic island bird.
Sheppard, EC, Martin, CA, Armstrong, C, González-quevedo, C, Illera, JC, Suh, A, Spurgin, LG, & Richardson, DS (2024).
Molecular Ecology, 00, e17329.

Sarah F. Worsley, Charli S. Davies, Chuen Zhang Lee et al. Assessing longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population, 28 October 2023, PREPRINT

A major myna problem; invasive predator removal benefits female survival and population growth of a translocated island endemic
TJ Brown, M Hellicar, W Accouche, J van der Woude, HL Dugdale, …Global Ecology and Conservation 46, e02584, 2023
Genetic architecture of dispersal behaviour in the post-harvest pest and model organism Tribolium castaneum
MD Pointer, LG Spurgin, MJG Gage, M McMullan, DS Richardson
Heredity, 1-10, 2023
Absence of the pace-of-life syndrome in a wild-living population of cooperatively-breeding passerine
T Cox, AM Sparks, T Burke, J Komdeur, DS Richardson, HL Dugdale
EcoEvoRxiv, 2023
Implications of adult sex ratios for natal dispersal in a cooperative breeder.
Speelman, FJD, Borger, MJ, Hammers, M, Van Eerden, AOK, Richardson, DS
, Burke, T, Dugdale, HL & Komdeur, J (2024)
Animal Behaviour. 208,19-29
The estimation of reproductive values from pedigrees
MJ Borger, J Komdeur, DS Richardson, FJ Weissing
Behavioral Ecology, arad049, 2023
Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates
M Vinkler, SR Fiddaman, M Těšický, EA O’Connor, AE Savage, TL Lenz, …
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2023
Runs of homozygosity reveal past bottlenecks and contemporary inbreeding across diverging populations of an island‐colonizing bird
CA Martin, EC Sheppard, JC Illera, A Suh, K Nadachowska‐Brzyska, …
Molecular Ecology 32 (8), 1972-1989, 2023
Disentangling the causes of temporal variation in the opportunity for sexual selection
R Carleial, T Pizzari, DS Richardson, GC McDonald
Nature Communications 14 (1), 1006, 2023
Sex-specific covariation between exploratory behavior and natal dispersal strategies in a natural cooperative breeding passerine population
T Cox, AM Sparks, T Burke, J Komdeur, DS Richardson, HL Dugdale
EcoEvoRxiv, 2023
Testing the environmental buffering hypothesis of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler
MJ Borger, DS Richardson, H Dugdale, T Burke, J Komdeur
acta ethologica, 1-14, 2023
Assessing the causes and consequences of gut mycobiome variation in a wild population of the Seychelles warbler
SF Worsley, CS Davies, ME Mannarelli, J Komdeur, HL Dugdale, …
Microbiome 10 (1), 242, 2022
Exploratory personality is independent of telomere dynamics in a wild bird population
T Cox, TJ Brown, AM Sparks, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson, …
EcoEvoRxiv, 2022
Telomeres in ecology and evolution
DS Richardson, P Monaghan, M Olsson, S Verhulst, S Renaut, …
Molecular Ecology 31 (23), i-ii, 5909-6381, 2022
Sex‐dependent effects of parental age on offspring fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird
AM Sparks, M Hammers, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson, …
Evolution Letters 6 (6), 438-449, 2022
Causes and consequences of telomere lengthening in a wild vertebrate population
TJ Brown, LG Spurgin, HL Dugdale, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 31 (23), 5933-5945, 2022
Telomere heritability and parental age at conception effects in a wild avian population
AM Sparks, LG Spurgin, M van der Velde, EA Fairfield, J Komdeur, …
Molecular Ecology 31 (23), 6324-6338, 2022
Integrating telomere biology into the ecology and evolution of natural populations: Progress and prospects
PAT Monaghan, M Olsson, DS Richardson, S Verhulst, SM Rogers
Molecular Ecology 31, 5909-5916, 2022
Seychelles warblers with silver spoons: Juvenile body mass is a lifelong predictor of annual survival, but not annual reproduction or senescence
TJ Brown, HL Dugdale, M Hammers, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Ecology and Evolution 12 (7), e9049, 2022
Genomic associations with poxvirus across divergent island populations in Berthelot’s pipit
EC Sheppard, CA Martin, C Armstrong, C González‐Quevedo, JC Illera, …
Molecular Ecology 31 (11), 3154-3173, 2022
Early‐life conditions impact juvenile telomere length, but do not predict later life‐history strategies or fitness in a wild vertebrate
J van de Crommenacker, M Hammers, HL Dugdale, TA Burke, J Komdeur, …
Ecology and Evolution 12 (6), e8971, 2022
The contribution of extra-pair paternity to the variation in lifetime and age-specific male reproductive success in a socially monogamous species
S Raj Pant, MA Versteegh, M Hammers, T Burke, HL Dugdale, …
Evolution 76 (5), 915-930, 2022
Putting life history theory to the test-the estimation of reproductive values from field data
MJ Borger, J Komdeur, DS Richardson, FJ Weissing
bioRxiv, 2022.03. 09.483591, 2022
Immunogenetic variation shapes the gut microbiome in a natural vertebrate population
CS Davies, SF Worsley, KH Maher, J Komdeur, T Burke, HL Dugdale, …
Microbiome 10 (1), 41, 2022
Structural equation modeling reveals determinants of fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird
M Busana, FJ Weissing, M Hammers, J Bakker, HL Dugdale, S Raj Pant, …
Behavioral Ecology 33 (2), 352-363, 2022
Genetic structure and differentiation of the endemic Bolle’s Laurel Pigeon (Columba bollii) in the Canary Islands
P Marrero, R Fregel, DS Richardson
bioRxiv, 2022.05. 31.493538, 2022
Population level consequences of facultatively cooperative behaviour in a stochastic environment
M Busana, DZ Childs, TA Burke, J Komdeur, DS Richardson, HL Dugdale
Journal of Animal Ecology 91 (1), 224-240, 2022
Gut microbiome composition, not alpha diversity, is associated with survival in a natural vertebrate population
SF Worsley, CS Davies, ME Mannarelli, MI Hutchings, J Komdeur, …
Animal microbiome 3, 1-18, 2021
Ageing European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) using DNA methylation of evolutionarily conserved ribosomal DNA
EA Fairfield, DS Richardson, CL Daniels, CL Butler, E Bell, MI Taylor
Evolutionary Applications 14 (9), 2305-2318, 2021
Contemporary evolution of the innate immune receptor gene TLR3 in an isolated vertebrate population
CS Davies, MI Taylor, M Hammers, T Burke, J Komdeur, HL Dugdale, …
Molecular Ecology 30 (11), 2528-2542, 2021
Helpers compensate for age-related declines in parental care and offspring survival in a cooperatively breeding bird
M Hammers, SA Kingma, LA van Boheemen, AM Sparks, T Burke, …
Evolution Letters 5 (2), 143-153, 2021
No severe genetic bottleneck in a rapidly range-expanding bumblebee pollinator
RE Brock, LP Crowther, DJ Wright, DS Richardson, C Carvell, MI Taylor, …
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1944), 20202639, 2021
Genomic variation, population history and within-archipelago adaptation between island bird populations
LG Martin, Claudia A., Armstrong, Claire, Illera, Juan-Carlos, Emerson …
Royal Society Open Science 8 (2), 2054-5703, 2021
Health screening of the european endangered species program captive population of the pink pigeon (nesoenas mayeri)
S Shopland, AR Barbon, DS Richardson, M Barrows
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 51 (4), 970-980, 2021
Hematocrit, age, and survival in a wild vertebrate population
TJ Brown, M Hammers, M Taylor, HL Dugdale, J Komdeur, …
Ecology and evolution 11 (1), 214-226, 2021
Temporal dynamics of competitive fertilization in social groups of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) shed new light on avian sperm competition
R Carleial, GC McDonald, LG Spurgin, EA Fairfield, Y Wang, …
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375 (1813), 20200081, 2020
Help or hindrance? The evolutionary impact of whole‐genome duplication on immunogenetic diversity and parasite load
EA Bell, J Cable, C Oliveira, DS Richardson, L Yant, MI Taylor
Ecology and Evolution 10 (24), 13949-13956, 2020
Age‐dependent changes in infidelity in Seychelles warblers
S Raj Pant, M Hammers, J Komdeur, T Burke, HL Dugdale, …
Molecular Ecology 29 (19), 3731-3746, 2020
No evidence for a loss of genetic diversity despite a strong decline in size of a European population of the Corncrake Crex crex
Y Fourcade, DS Richardson, J Secondi
Bird conservation international 30 (2), 260-266, 2020
Adaptive landscape genetics and malaria across divergent island bird populations
C Armstrong, RG Davies, C González‐Quevedo, M Dunne, LG Spurgin, …
Ecology and Evolution 9 (22), 12482-12502, 2019
Differential female sociality is linked with the fine-scale structure of sexual interactions in replicate groups of red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
GC McDonald, LG Spurgin, EA Fairfield, DS Richardson, T Pizzari
Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1913), 20191734, 2019
Socio-ecological conditions and female infidelity in the Seychelles warbler
S Raj Pant, J Komdeur, TA Burke, HL Dugdale, DS Richardson
Behavioral Ecology 30 (5), 1254-1264, 2019
Bi-functional chicken immunoglobulin-like receptors with a single extracellular domain (ChIR-AB1): potential framework genes among a relatively stable number of genes per haplotype
EK Meziane, ND Potts, BC Viertlboeck, H Løvlie, AP Krupa, TA Burke, …
Frontiers in Immunology 10, 2222, 2019
Experimentally induced antipredator responses are mediated by social and environmental factors
F Groenewoud, SA Kingma, K Bebbington, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
Behavioral Ecology 30 (4), 986-992, 2019
Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird
M Hammers, SA Kingma, LG Spurgin, K Bebbington, HL Dugdale, …
Nature Communications 10 (1), 1301, 2019
Compensatory and additive helper effects in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
LA Van Boheemen, M Hammers, SA Kingma, DS Richardson, T Burke, …
Ecology and Evolution 9 (5), 2986-2995, 2019
Spatial ecology of a range‐expanding bumble bee pollinator
LP Crowther, DJ Wright, DS Richardson, C Carvell, AFG Bourke
Ecology and evolution 9 (3), 986-997, 2019
Subordinate females in the cooperatively breeding Seychelles warbler obtain direct benefits by joining unrelated groups
F Groenewoud, SA Kingma, M Hammers, HL Dugdale, T Burke, …
Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (5), 1251-1263, 2018
The importance of post-translocation monitoring of habitat use and population growth: insights from a Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) translocation
TF Johnson, TJ Brown, DS Richardson, HL Dugdale
Journal of Ornithology 159, 439-446, 2018
Heritability of telomere variation: it is all about the environment!
HL Dugdale, DS Richardson
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 …, 2018
Extra-pair parentage and personality in a cooperatively breeding bird
HA Edwards, HL Dugdale, DS Richardson, J Komdeur, T Burke
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72, 1-10, 2018
Genomic associations with bill length and disease reveal drift and selection across island bird populations
C Armstrong, DS Richardson, H Hipperson, GJ Horsburgh, C Küpper, …
Evolution Letters 2 (1), 22-36, 2018
Joint care can outweigh costs of nonkin competition in communal breeders
K Bebbington, EA Fairfield, LG Spurgin, SA Kingma, H Dugdale, …
Behavioral Ecology 29 (1), 169-178, 2018
Box A
SA Kingma, KL Bebbington, M Hammers, F Groenewoud, H Dugdale, …
Better Together, 125, 2018
Spatio‐temporal variation in lifelong telomere dynamics in a long‐term ecological study
LG Spurgin, K Bebbington, EA Fairfield, M Hammers, J Komdeur, T Burke, …
Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (1), 187-198, 2018
Evidence of opposing fitness effects of parental heterozygosity and relatedness in a critically endangered marine turtle?
KP Phillips, TH Jorgensen, KG Jolliffe, DS Richardson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (11), 1953-1965, 2017
Kinship and familiarity mitigate costs of social conflict between Seychelles warbler neighbors
K Bebbington, SA Kingma, EA Fairfield, HL Dugdale, J Komdeur, …
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (43), E9036-E9045, 2017
Differential dispersal costs and sex-biased dispersal distance in a cooperatively breeding bird
SA Kingma, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson
Behavioral Ecology 28 (4), 1113-1121, 2017
Toll‐like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the Seychelles warbler: Computer simulations see the ‘ghost of selection past’and quantify the ‘drift debt’
DL Gilroy, KP Phillips, DS Richardson, C Van Oosterhout
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (7), 1276-1287, 2017
Pre-and postcopulatory sexual selection favor aggressive, young males in polyandrous groups of red junglefowl
GC McDonald, LG Spurgin, EA Fairfield, DS Richardson, T Pizzari
Evolution 71 (6), 1653-1669, 2017
Low genetic diversity after a bottleneck in a population of a critically endangered migratory marine turtle species
A Natoli, KP Phillips, DS Richardson, RW Jabado
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 491, 9-18, 2017
Oxidative status and fitness components in the Seychelles warbler
J van de Crommenacker, M Hammers, J van der Woude, M Louter, …
Functional Ecology 31 (6), 1210-1219, 2017
Toll‐like receptor variation in the bottlenecked population of the endangered Seychelles warbler
DL Gilroy, C Van Oosterhout, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Animal Conservation 20 (3), 235-250, 2017
The evolution of cooperative breeding in vertebrates
J Komdeur, DS Richardson, M Hammers, C Eikenaar, L Brouwer, …
Els, 1-11, 2017
Factors affecting the distribution of haemosporidian parasites within an oceanic island
DP Padilla, JC Illera, C Gonzalez-Quevedo, M Villalba, DS Richardson
International Journal for Parasitology 47 (4), 225-235, 2017
Consequences of sibling rivalry vary across life in a passerine bird
K Bebbington, SA Kingma, EA Fairfield, LG Spurgin, J Komdeur, …
Behavioral Ecology 28 (2), 407-418, 2017
The contrasting role of male relatedness in different mechanisms of sexual selection in red junglefowl
CKW Tan, P Doyle, E Bagshaw, DS Richardson, S Wigby, T Pizzari
Evolution 71 (2), 403-420, 2017
Delayed dispersal and the costs and benefits of different routes to independent breeding in a cooperatively breeding bird
SA Kingma, K Bebbington, M Hammers, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
Evolution 70 (11), 2595-2610, 2016
Landscape‐scale variation in an anthropogenic factor shapes immune gene variation within a wild population
C Gonzalez‐Quevedo, RG Davies, KP Phillips, LG Spurgin, …
Molecular Ecology 25 (17), 4234-4246, 2016
Exploration is dependent on reproductive state, not social state, in a cooperatively breeding bird
HA Edwards, HL Dugdale, DS Richardson, J Komdeur, T Burke
Behavioral Ecology, arw119, 2016
Age-specific haemosporidian infection dynamics and survival in Seychelles warblers
M Hammers, J Komdeur, SA Kingma, K Hutchings, EA Fairfield, DL Gilroy, …
Scientific Reports 6 (1), 29720, 2016
The impact of conservation-driven translocations on blood parasite prevalence in the Seychelles warbler
EA Fairfield, K Hutchings, DL Gilroy, SA Kingma, T Burke, J Komdeur, …
Scientific Reports 6 (1), 29596, 2016
The cost of prospecting for dispersal opportunities in a social bird
SA Kingma, J Komdeur, M Hammers, DS Richardson
Biology Letters 12 (6), 20160316, 2016
Corncrake conservation genetics at a European scale: the impact of biogeographical and anthropological processes
Y Fourcade, DS Richardson, O Keišs, M Budka, RE Green, S Fokin, …
Biological Conservation 198, 210-219, 2016
Telomere length reveals cumulative individual and transgenerational inbreeding effects in a passerine bird
K Bebbington, LG Spurgin, EA Fairfield, HL Dugdale, J Komdeur, T Burke, …
Molecular Ecology 25 (12), 2949-2960, 2016
Avian β-defensin variation in bottlenecked populations: the Seychelles warbler and other congeners
D Gilroy, C Van Oosterhout, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Conservation Genetics 17, 661-674, 2016
Seychelles warblers: Complexities of the helping paradox
J Komdeur, T Burke, HL Dugdale, DS Richardson
Cooperative breeding in vertebrates: studies of ecology, evolution, and …, 2016
Genetic diversity and divergence in the endangered Cape Verde warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis
HR Batalha, DJ Wright, I Barr, NJ Collar, DS Richardson
Conservation Genetics, 1-15, 2016
Social pairing of Seychelles warblers under reduced constraints: MHC, neutral heterozygosity, and age
DJ Wright, L Brouwer, ME Mannarelli, T Burke, J Komdeur, …
Behavioral Ecology 27 (1), 295-303, 2016
Drift, not selection, shapes toll‐like receptor variation among oceanic island populations
C Gonzalez‐Quevedo, LG Spurgin, JC Illera, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 24 (23), 5852-5863, 2015
Senescence in the wild: Insights from a long-term study on Seychelles warblers
M Hammers, SA Kingma, K Bebbington, J van de Crommenacker, …
Experimental Gerontology 71, 69-79, 2015
454 screening of individual MHC variation in an endemic island passerine
C Gonzalez-Quevedo, KP Phillips, LG Spurgin, DS Richardson
Immunogenetics 67, 149-162, 2015
Population history, gene flow, and bottlenecks in island populations of a secondary seed disperser, the southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis koenigi)
DP Padilla, LG Spurgin, EA Fairfield, JC Illera, DS Richardson
Ecology and Evolution 5 (1), 36-45, 2015
Museum DNA reveals the demographic history of the endangered Seychelles warbler
LG Spurgin, DJ Wright, M Van der Velde, NJ Collar, J Komdeur, T Burke, …
Evolutionary Applications 7 (9), 1134-1143, 2014
Continental‐scale patterns of pathogen prevalence: a case study on the corncrake
Y Fourcade, O Keišs, DS Richardson, J Secondi
Evolutionary Applications 7 (9), 1043-1055, 2014
Predictors of malaria infection in a wild bird population: landscape‐level analyses reveal climatic and anthropogenic factors
C Gonzalez‐Quevedo, RG Davies, DS Richardson
Journal of animal ecology 83 (5), 1091-1102, 2014
Molecular techniques reveal cryptic life history and demographic processes of a critically endangered marine turtle
KP Phillips, JA Mortimer, KG Jolliffe, TH Jorgensen, DS Richardson
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 455, 29-37, 2014
The measure and significance of Bateman’s principles
JM Collet, RF Dean, K Worley, DS Richardson, T Pizzari
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1782), 20132973, 2014
The impact of translocations on neutral and functional genetic diversity within and among populations of the Seychelles warbler
DJ Wright, LG Spurgin, NJ Collar, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 23 (9), 2165-2177, 2014
Genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird: isolation by distance, by colonization or by adaptation?
LG Spurgin, JC Illera, TH Jorgensen, DA Dawson, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 23 (5), 1028-1039, 2014
Data from: Genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird: isolation by distance, by colonisation or by adaptation?
LG Spurgin, JC Illera, TH Jorgensen, DA Dawson, DS Richardson
Translocation of the Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis to establish a new population on Frégate Island, Seychelles
DJ Wright, NJ Shah, DS Richardson
Conserv Evid 11, 20-24, 2014
Potential inter-season sperm storage by a female hawksbill turtle
KP Phillips, TH Jorgensen, KG Jolliffe, DS Richardson
Marine Turtle Newsletter, 13, 2014
Evolution of parasite island syndromes without long‐term host population isolation: parasite dynamics in Macaronesian blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla
A Pérez‐Rodríguez, Á Ramírez, DS Richardson, J Pérez‐Tris
Global Ecology and Biogeography 22 (12), 1272-1281, 2013
Wing length and age, but not tarsus or mass, independently determine spring arrival at breeding territories in a long-distance migrant the Common Whitethroat, Sylvia communis
A Risely, J Nightingale, DS Richardson, I Barr
Bird Study 60 (4), 539-546, 2013
Cryptic female choice favours sperm from major histocompatibility complex-dissimilar males
H Løvlie, MAF Gillingham, K Worley, T Pizzari, DS Richardson
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1769), 20131296, 2013
The impact of reproductive investment and early‐life environmental conditions on senescence: support for the disposable soma hypothesis
M Hammers, DS Richardson, T Burke, J Komdeur
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26 (9), 1999-2007, 2013
Fewer invited talks by women in evolutionary biology symposia
J Schroeder, HL Dugdale, R Radersma, M Hinsch, DM Buehler, J Saul, …
Journal of evolutionary biology 26 (9), 2063-2069, 2013
Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola (vol 48, pg 1145, 2008)
J Carlos Illera, DS Richardson, B Helm, J Carlos Atienza, BC Emerson
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 67 (1), 300-301, 2013
Melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) variation is not associated with parasite burden in a neotropical bird, the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
ADC MacColl, IR Stevenson, DS Richardson
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 (4), 882-888, 2013
Reconstructing paternal genotypes to infer patterns of sperm storage and sexual selection in the hawksbill turtle
KP Phillips, TH Jorgensen, KG Jolliffe, SM Jolliffe, J Henwood, …
Molecular ecology 22 (8), 2301-2312, 2013
Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study
ELB Barrett, TA Burke, M Hammers, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Molecular ecology 22 (1), 249-259, 2013
Absolute standards as a useful addition to the avian quantitative PCR telomere assay
ELB Barrett, W Boner, E Mulder, P Monaghan, S Verhulst, DS Richardson
Journal of Avian Biology 43 (6), 571-576, 2012
Age, origins and extinctions of the avifauna of Macaronesia: a synthesis of phylogenetic and fossil information
JC Illera, JC Rando, DS Richardson, BC Emerson
Quaternary Science Reviews 50, 14-22, 2012
Age-dependent terminal declines in reproductive output in a wild bird
M Hammers, DS Richardson, T Burke, J Komdeur
PloS one 7 (7), e40413, 2012
Sexual selection and the differential effect of polyandry
J Collet, DS Richardson, K Worley, T Pizzari
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (22), 8641-8645, 2012
Parasitic infection and oxidative status are associated and vary with breeding activity in the Seychelles warbler
J van de Crommenacker, DS Richardson, AM Koltz, K Hutchings, …
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1733), 1466-1476, 2012
Helpers at the nest improve late-life offspring performance: evidence from a long-term study and a cross-foster experiment
L Brouwer, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
PloS one 7 (4), e33167, 2012
Biogeographical patterns and co-occurrence of pathogenic infection across island populations of Berthelot’s pipit (Anthus berthelotii)
LG Spurgin, JC Illera, DP Padilla, DS Richardson
Oecologia 168, 691-701, 2012
Genetic consequences of reintroductions and insights from population history
JJ Groombridge, C Raisin, R Bristol, DS Richardson
Reintroduction biology: Integrating science and management, 395-440, 2012
Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations
LG Spurgin, C Van Oosterhout, JC Illera, S Bridgett, K Gharbi, …
Molecular ecology 20 (24), 5213-5225, 2011
Sex differences in telomeres and lifespan
ELB Barrett, DS Richardson
Aging cell 10 (6), 913-921, 2011
Assessing the cost of helping: the roles of body condition and oxidative balance in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
J van de Crommenacker, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
PloS one 6 (10), e26423, 2011
Spatio‐temporal variation in territory quality and oxidative status: a natural experiment in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
J van de Crommenacker, J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson
Journal of Animal Ecology 80 (3), 668-680, 2011
Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) in Mississippi: distribution, current status, and conservation needs
CO Martin, AS McCartney, D Richardson, AW Trousdale, MS Wolters
Conservation and Management of Eastern Big-eared Bats, 63, 2011
Oxidative stress and fitness in a wild bird population: a critical view on the importance of oxidative stress as a life-history constraint
J van de Crommenacker, M Hammers, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
University of Groningen (PhD thesis), 2011
Sex biased natal dispersal is not a fixed trait in a stable population of Seychelles warblers
C Eikenaar, L Brouwer, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Behaviour, 1577-1590, 2010
MHC heterozygosity and survival in red junglefowl
K Worley, J Collet, LG Spurgin, C Cornwallis, T Pizzari, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 19 (15), 3064-3075, 2010
MHC‐dependent survival in a wild population: evidence for hidden genetic benefits gained through extra‐pair fertilizations
L Brouwer, I Barr, M Van De POL, T Burke, JAN Komdeur, DS Richardson
Molecular ecology 19 (16), 3444-3455, 2010
Male reproductive senescence causes potential for sexual conflict over mating
R Dean, CK Cornwallis, H Løvlie, K Worley, DS Richardson, T Pizzari
Current Biology 20 (13), 1192-1196, 2010
How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings
LG Spurgin, DS Richardson
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1684), 979-988, 2010
Erratum to: Reduced blood parasite prevalence with age in the Seychelles Warbler: selective mortality or suppression of infection?
K van Oers, DS Richardson, SA Sæther, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
J Ornithol 151, 529, 2010
Reduced blood parasite prevalence with age in the Seychelles Warbler: selective mortality or suppression of infection?
K van Oers, DS Richardson, SA Sæther, J Komdeur
Journal of Ornithology 151, 69-77, 2010
Do primary males physiologically suppress subordinate males? An experiment in a cooperatively breeding passerine
L Brouwer, TGG Groothuis, O Vedder, C Eikenaar, DS Richardson, …
Ethology 115 (6), 576-587, 2009
Cryptic preference for MHC-dissimilar females in male red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
MAF Gillingham, DS Richardson, H Løvlie, A Moynihan, K Worley, …
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276 (1659), 1083-1092, 2009
Experimental evidence for density‐dependent reproduction in a cooperatively breeding passerine
L Brouwer, JM Tinbergen, C Both, R Bristol, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
Ecology 90 (3), 729-741, 2009
Experimental evaluation of sex differences in territory acquisition in a cooperatively breeding bird
C Eikenaar, DS Richardson, L Brouwer, R Bristol, J Komdeur
Behavioral Ecology 20 (1), 207-214, 2009
The evolution and ecology of cooperative breeding in vertebrates
J Komdeur, C Eikenaar, L Brouwer, DS Richardson
eLS, 2008
Genetic characterization, distribution and prevalence of avian pox and avian malaria in the Berthelot’s pipit (Anthus berthelotii) in Macaronesia
JC Illera, BC Emerson, DS Richardson
Parasitology Research 103, 1435-1443, 2008
Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola
JC Illera, DS Richardson, B Helm, JC Atienza, BC Emerson
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 (3), 1145-1154, 2008
The Major Histocompatibility Complex, inbreeding and disease risks in reintroductions
DS Richardson
AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH 1 (1), 34-34, 2008
Natal dispersal patterns are not associated with inbreeding avoidance in the Seychelles warbler
C Eikenaar, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21 (4), 1106-1116, 2008
Single locus typing of MHC class I and class II B loci in a population of red jungle fowl
K Worley, M Gillingham, P Jensen, LJ Kennedy, T Pizzari, J Kaufman, …
Immunogenetics 60, 233-247, 2008
Kin-recognition mechanisms in cooperative breeding systems: ecological causes and behavioral consequences of variation
J Komdeur, DS Richardson, B Hatchwell
Ecology of social evolution, 175-193, 2008
An investigation of inbreeding avoidance mechanisms in a contained population of the Seychelles warbler
C Eikenaar, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Should I stay or should I go?, 31, 2008
En busca de los orígenes de las tarabillas del mundo
JC Illera, DS Richardson, B Helm, JC Atienza, BC Emerson
La Garcilla: Boletín-circular de la Sociedad Española de Ornitología 136, 14-17, 2008
Sex biased natal dispersal in a closed, saturated population of Seychelles warblers Acrocephalus sechellensis
C Eikenaar, DS Richardson, L Brouwer, J Komdeur
Journal of Avian Biology 39 (1), 73-80, 2008
Grandparent helpers: the adaptive significance of older, postdominant helpers in the Seychelles warbler
DS Richardson, T Burke, J Komdeur
Evolution 61 (12), 2790-2800, 2007
Population history of Berthelot’s pipit: colonization, gene flow and morphological divergence in Macaronesia
JC Illera, BC Emerson, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 16 (21), 4599-4612, 2007
Explicit experimental evidence for the effectiveness of proximity as mate‐guarding behaviour in reducing extra‐pair fertilization in the Seychelles warbler
J Komdeur, T Burke, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 16 (17), 3679-3688, 2007
Parent presence, delayed dispersal, and territory acquisition in the Seychelles warbler
C Eikenaar, DS Richardson, L Brouwer, J Komdeur
Behavioral Ecology 18 (5), 874-879, 2007
Heterozygosity–fitness correlations in a bottlenecked island species: a case study on the Seychelles warbler
L Brouwer, J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Molecular Ecology 16 (15), 3134-3144, 2007
Extreme gender-based post-fledging brood division in the toc-toc
LB Vega, GJ Holloway, JE Millett, DS Richardson
Behavioral Ecology 18 (4), 730-735, 2007
Molecular ecology reveals the hidden complexities of the Seychelles warbler
J Komdeur, DS Richardson
Advances in the Study of Behavior 37, 147-187, 2007
The role of group size and environmental factors on survival in a cooperatively breeding tropical passerine
L Brouwer, DS Richardson, C Eikenaar, J Komdeur
Journal of Animal Ecology, 1321-1329, 2006
Towards unbiased parentage assignment: combining genetic, behavioural and spatial data in a Bayesian framework
JD Hadfield, DS Richardson, T Burke
Molecular Ecology 15 (12), 3715-3730, 2006
COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF POPULATION STRUCTURE IN TWO SUBSPECIES OF NIGELLA DEGENII: EVIDENCE FOR DIVERSIFYING SELECTION ON …
TH Jorgensen, DS Richardson, S Andersson
Evolution 60 (3), 518-528, 2006
Population predictions for Seychelles warblers in novel environments
J Ridley, J Komdeur, D Richardson, WJ Sutherland
Acta Zoologica Sinica 52, 465-469, 2006
Fitness consequences of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler
J Komdeur, D Richardson, T Burke
Acta Zoologica Sinica 52, 257-261, 2006
S25-5 Population predictions for Seychelles warblers in novel environments
J RIDLEY, J KOMDEUR, D RICHARDSON, WJ SUTHERLAND
S15-3 Fitness consequences of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler
J KOMDEUR, D RICHARDSON, T BURKE
Translocation of the Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis to establish a new population on Denis Island, Seychelles
DS Richardson, R Bristol, N Shah
Conservation Evidence 3, 54-57, 2006
S15-3 Fitness consequences of cooperative breeding in the Seychelles warbler
J KOMDEUR, D RICHARDSON, T BURKE
MHC-based patterns of social and extra-pair mate choice in the Seychelles warbler
DS Richardson, J Komdeur, T Burke, T Von Schantz
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1564), 759-767, 2005
Genetic variation in two endangered Acrocephalus species compared to a widespread congener: estimates based on functional and random loci
B Hansson, DS Richardson
Animal Conservation forum 8 (1), 83-90, 2005
Inbreeding in the Seychelles warbler: environment‐dependent maternal effects
DS Richardson, J Komdeur, T Burke
Evolution 58 (9), 2037-2048, 2004
Testosterone, cuckoldry risk and extra–pair opportunities in the Seychelles warbler
J Van de Crommenacker, DS Richardson, TGG Groothuis, CM Eising, …
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004
Experimental evidence that kin discrimination in the Seychelles warbler is based on association and not on genetic relatedness
J Komdeur, DS Richardson, T Burke
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004
Why Seychelles Warblers fail to recolonize nearby islands: unwilling or unable to fly there?
J Komdeur, T Piersma, K Kraaijeveld, F Kraaijeveld‐Smit, DS Richardson
Ibis 146 (2), 298-302, 2004
Male Seychelles Warblers face a trade-off between mate guarding and extra-pair fertilizations
C Eikenaar, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
Should I stay or should I go?, 101, 2004
MHC diversity in two Acrocephalus species: the outbred Great reed warbler and the inbred Seychelles warbler
DS Richardson, H Westerdahl
Molecular ecology 12 (12), 3523-3529, 2003
Sex‐specific associative learning cues and inclusive fitness benefits in the Seychelles warbler
DS Richardson, T Burke, J Komdeur
Journal of evolutionary biology 16 (5), 854-861, 2003
Altruism and infidelity among warblers
DS Richardson, J Komdeur, T Burke
Nature 422 (6932), 580-580, 2003
Genetic and morphological differentiation between remnant populations of an endangered species: the case of the Seychelles White‐eye
GJ Rocamora, DS Richardson
Ibis 145 (1), E34-E44, 2003
Direct benefits and the evolution of female‐biased cooperative breeding in Seychelles warblers
DS Richardson, T Burke, J Komdeur
Evolution 56 (11), 2313-2321, 2002
Genetic monogamy in Monteiro’s hornbill, Tockus monteiri
M Stanback, DS Richardson, C Boix-Hinzen, J Mendelsohn
Animal Behaviour 63 (4), 787-793, 2002
Helping in the Seychelles Warbler: inclusive fitness benefits or direct breeding opportunities?
DS Richardson, T Burke, J Komdeur
Abstract Volume of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, 2002
Feather mite loads influenced by salt exposure, age and reproductive stage in the Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis
DK Dowling, DS Richardson, K Blaakmeer, J Komdeur
Journal of Avian Biology 32 (4), 364-369, 2001
Islands in a desert: breeding ecology of the African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus in Namibia
CM Eising, J Komdeur, J Buys, M Reemer, DS Richardson
Ibis 143 (4), 482-493, 2001
Extrapair paternity and variance in reproductive success related to breeding density in Bullock’s orioles
DS Richardson, T Burke
Animal Behaviour 62 (3), 519-525, 2001
Parentage assignment and extra‐group paternity in a cooperative breeder: the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
DS Richardson, FL Jury, K Blaakmeer, J Komdeur, T Burke
Molecular Ecology 10 (9), 2263-2273, 2001
No effects of a feather mite on body condition, survivorship, or grooming behavior in the Seychelles warbler, Acrocephalus sechellensis
DK Dowling, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 257-262, 2001
Helpers compensate for age‐related declines in parental care and offspring survival in a cooperatively breeding bird
J Hammers, M., Kingma, S.A., van Boheemen, L.A., Sparks, A.M., Burke, T …
Evolution Letters, 2001
No effects of a feather mite on life-history components and grooming behaviour in the Seychelles warbler, Acrocephalus sechellensis
DK Dowling, DS Richardson, J Komdeur
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50, 257-262, 2001
Species conservation assessment and action plan: the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
DS Richardson
Birdlife Seychelles and Department of Environment Seychelles, Mahe …, 2001
Fifty Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) microsatellite loci polymorphic in Sylviidae species and their cross-species amplification in other passerine birds
DS Richardson, FL Jury, DA Dawson, P Salgueiro, J Komdeur, T Burke
Molecular ecology 9 (12), 2226-2231, 2000
Experimental evidence for innate predator recognition in the Seychelles warbler
T Veen, DS Richardson, K Blaakmeer, J Komdeur
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2000
Extra‐pair paternity in relation to male age in Bullock’s orioles
DS Richardson, T Burke
Molecular Ecology 8 (12), 2115-2126, 1999
A nesting association between semi-colonial Bullock’s orioles and yellow-billed magpies: evidence for the predator protection hypothesis
DS Richardson, GM Bolen
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46, 373-380, 1999
On-line laser spectroscopy of refractory radioisotopes at the JYFL IGISOL facility
P Campbell, DM Benton, J Billowes, P Dendooven, DE Evans, DH Forest, …
AIP Conference Proceedings 455 (1), 72-77, 1998
Breeding density, male age and mixed reproductive strategies in the northern oriole (Icterus galbula bullockii)
D Richardson
PQDT-UK & Ireland, 1997
No severe genetic bottleneck in a rapidly range-expanding bumblebee
RE Brock, LP Crowther, DJ Wright, DS Richardson, C Carvell, MI Taylor, …
ALTERNATIVE REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN ANIMAL SOCIETIES
J Field, R Kilner, L Kruuk, DS Richardson
S44. 4: Sperm storage, pair bondage, and genetic monogamy in hornbills
M Stanback, C Boix, D Richardson, T Birkhead, B Fletcher, J Mendelsohn
Short Communication No evidence for a loss of genetic diversity despite a strong decline in size of a European population of the Corncrake Crex crex
Y FOURCADE, DS RICHARDSON, J SECONDI
Parasites and plumage polymorphism in bananaquits (Coereba flaveola).
ADC MacColl, IR Stevenson, DS Richardson
Conservation genetics in Acrocephalus brevipennis
HR Batalha, DJ Wright, I Barr, NJ Collar, DS Richardson
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