The parental investment models of Maynard Smith: a retrospective and prospective view

Authors: Alasdair I. Houston, Tamás Székely, John M. McNamara

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: desertion, game theory, parental care

2013

Is Optimism Optimal? Functional Causes of Apparent Behavioural Biases

Authors: A. I. Houston, P. C. Trimmer, T. W. Fawcett, A. D. Higginson, J. A. R. Marshall, J. M. McNamara

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bandit models, long-term currency, natural selection, optimal decision making, optimism, pessimism, short-term currency

2012

When is it adaptive to be patient? A general framework for evaluating delayed rewards

Authors: Fawcett, TW, McNamara, JM, Houston, AI.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: delay discounting, ecological rationality, impulsiveness, intertemporal choice, optimal foraging, self-control.

2012

Integrating function and mechanism

Authors: John M. McNamara, Alasdair I. Houston

Publication/Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Keywords: behavioral ecology

2009

Why do vultures have bald heads? The role of postural adjustment and bare skin areas in thermoregulation

Authors: J. Ward, D. McCafferty, D. Houston, G. Ruxton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: bare skin areas, griffon vulture, heat loss, thermoregulation

2008

Elevated hormonal stress response and reduced reproductive output in Yellow-eyed penguins exposed to unregulated tourism

Authors: Ursula Ellenberg, Alvin N. Setiawan, Alison Cree, David M. Houston, Philip J. Seddon

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: breeding success, corticosterone, fledging weights, human disturbance, megadyptes antipodes, stress, tourism

2007

Melengestrol acetate implant contraception in addax (Addax Nasomaculatus) and Arabian oryx (Oryx Leucoryx)

Authors: Monica L. Hall-Woods, Karen L. Bauman, Joan E. Bauman, Martha Fischer, E. William Houston, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antelope, captive, fecal estrogen, fecal progestin, fertility-control

2007

Patterns of excretion of fecal estradiol and progesterone and urinary chorionic gonadotropin in Grevy’s zebras (Equus grevyi): Ovulatory cycles and pregnancy

Authors: C. S. Asa, J. E. Bauman, E. W. Houston, M. T. Fischer, B. Read, C. M. Brownfield, J. F. Roser

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: equid, equine, estrous cycles, gestation, hormones

2001

Demand curves and welfare

Authors: Alasdair I. Houston

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, demand curves

1997

Breeding program for the lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) in North America

Authors: Bruce Read, Dale Vogt, E. W. Houston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding management, founder numbers, small captive population

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