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Peer-reviewed articles
Langmore, NE, Stevens, M, Maurer, G, Kilner RM. in press. Are dark cuckoo eggs cryptic in host nests? Animal Behaviour.
Langmore, NE, Cockburn, A, Russell, AF, Kilner, RM. in press. Flexible cuckoo chick rejection rules in the superb fairy-wren. Behavioral Ecology.
Hammers, M, von Engelhardt, N, Langmore, NE, Komdeur, J, Griffith, SC, Magrath, MJL. in press. Mate guarding intensity increases with breeding synchrony in the colonial fairy martin Petrochelidon ariel. Animal Behaviour.
Langmore, NE, Kilner, RM. 2009. Why do Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo Chalcites basalis eggs mimic those of their hosts? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63:1127-1131.
Magrath, MJL, Santema, P, Bouwman, KM, Brinkhiuzen, DM, Griffith, SC, Langmore, NE. 2009. Seasonal decline in reproductive performance increases with colony size in the fairy martin. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 661-672.
Santema, P, Griffith, SC, Langmore, NE, Komdeur, J, Magrath, MJL. 2009. Does foraging efficiency vary with colony size in the fairy martin? Journal of Avian Biology 40: 57-66.
Langmore, NE, Maurer, G, Adcock, GJ, Kilner, RM. 2008. Socially acquired host-specific mimicry and the evolution of host races in Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo Chalcites basalis. Evolution 62: 1689-1699.
Russell AF, Langmore NE, Gardner JA. Kilner RM. 2008. Maternal investment tactics in superb fairy-wrens. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 275: 29-36. Langmore NE, Kilner RM. 2007. Breeding site and host selection by Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoos Chalcites basalis. Animal Behaviour 74: 995-1004. Langmore NE, Adcock GJ, Kilner RM. 2007. The spatial organization and mating system of Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo Chalcites basalis. Animal Behaviour 74: 403-412. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. Russell AF, Langmore NE, Cockburn A, Astheimer LB, Kilner RM. 2007. Reduced egg investment can conceal helper effects in cooperatively breeding birds. Science 317: 941-944 Adcock GJ, Langmore NE, Kilner RM. 2007. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for studies of bronze-cuckoo species (Genus Chalcites: Aves). Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 678-680 Rogers AC, Langmore NE, Mulder RA. 2007. Functions of pair duets in the eastern whipbird: cooperative defence or sexual conflict? Behavioral Ecology 18: 182-188. Rogers AC, Mulder RA, Langmore NE. 2006. Duet duels: sex differences in song matching in duetting eastern whipbirds. Animal Behaviour 72: 53-61. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. Starling M, Heinsohn R, Cockburn A, Langmore NE. 2006. Cryptic gentes revealed in pallid cuckoos Cuculus pallidus using reflectance spectrophotometry. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 273: 1929-1934. Adcock GJ, Langmore NE, Mulder RA, Kilner RM. 2005. Microsatellite loci for population and behavioural studies of Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis: Aves). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 619-621. Riebel, K, Hall, ML, Langmore, NE. 2005. Female songbirds still struggling to be heard. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20: 419-420 (Reproduced with permission. Copyright owned by Elsevier Science) Langmore, NE, RM Kilner, SHM Butchart, G Maurer, NB Davies, A Cockburn, N Macgregor, A Peters, MJL Magrath, and D Dowling 2005. The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe. Behavioral Ecology 16: 686-692.Langmore, NE 2004. Canny cuckoos and wily wrens. Nature Australia, 28(1), 52-59.
Langmore, NE, Hunt, S & Kilner, RM 2003. Escalation of a coevolutionary arms race through host rejection of brood parasitic young. Nature, 422, 157-160. Hunt, S, Kilner, RM, Langmore, NE & Bennett, ATD 2003. Conspicuous, ultraviolet-rich mouth colours in begging chicks. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 270, S25-S28 Mulder, RA, Bishop, H, Cooper, M, Dennis, S, Koetsveld, M, Marshall, J, Saunders, BL & Langmore, NE 2003. Alternate functions for duet and solo songs in magpie-larks Grallina cyanoleuca. Australian Journal of Zoology, 51, 25-30Langmore, NE 2002 Vocal duetting: definitions, discoveries and directions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 17, 451-452.(Reproduced with permission. Copyright owned by Elsevier Science)
Langmore, NE, Cockrem, JF and Candy, EJ 2002 Competition for male reproductive investment elevates testosterone levels in female dunnocks Prunella modularis. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 269, 2473-2478. Langmore, NE 2000. Why female birds sing. In: Adaptive Significance of Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication (Y. Espmark ed.) pp. 389-399. Transactions of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, Trondheim. Langmore, NE and Bennett, ATD 1999. Strategic concealment of sexual identity in an estrildid finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 266, 543-550. Langmore, NE 1999. Song tutor choice in polyandrous dunnocks. Ethology 104, 125-136.
Dabelsteen, T, McGregor, PK, Lampe, HM, Langmore, NE & Holland, J 1998. Quiet song in song birds: An overlooked phenomenon. Bioacoustics 9, 89-105.Langmore, NE 1998. Dunnocks discriminate between the songs of familiar individuals without directional cues. Behaviour 135, 287-296.
Langmore, NE 1998. Reply to 'Female song for mate attraction: an overlooked phenomenon?'. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13 (8), 323.(Reproduced with permission. Copyright owned by Elsevier Science)
Langmore, NE 1998. Functions of duet and solo songs of female birds. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13(4), 136-140. (Reproduced with permission. Copyright owned by Elsevier Science) Langmore, NE & Davies, NB 1997. Female dunnocks use vocalizations to compete for males. Animal Behaviour 53, 881-890. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. For this and other articles go to http://www.idealibrary.com) Langmore, NE 1997. Song switching in monandrous and polyandrous dunnocks Prunella modularis. Animal Behaviour 53, 757-766. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. For this and other articles go to http://www.idealibrary.com) Langmore, NE 1996. Territoriality and song as flexible paternity guards in dunnocks and alpine accentors. Behavioral Ecology 7 (2) 183-188. Davies, NB, Hartley, IR, Hatchwell, BJ & Langmore, NE 1996. Female control of copulations to maximize male help: a comparison of polygynandrous alpine accentors Prunella collaris and dunnocks Prunella modularis. Animal Behaviour 51, 27-47. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. For this and other articles go to http://www.idealibrary.com) Langmore, NE, Davies, NB, Hatchwell, BJ & Hartley, IR 1996. Female song attracts males in the alpine accentor Prunella collaris. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 263: 141-146. Mulder, RA and Langmore, NE 1993. Dominant males punish helpers for temporary defection in the superb fairy-wren. Animal Behaviour 45: 830-833. (This material has been published in the above journal, the only definitive repository of the content that has been certified and accepted after peer review. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. This material may not be copied or reposted without explicit permission. For this and other articles go to http://www.idealibrary.com) Langmore, NE and Mulder, RA 1992. A novel context for bird song: predator calls prompt male singing in the kleptogamous superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus. Ethology 90: 143-153.