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  • Swaddle, J. P. and Calos, S. E. 2008 Increased avian diversity is associated with lower incidence of human West Nile infection: observation of the dilution effect. PLoS ONE, 3, e2488. Download pdf copy.
  • Swaddle, J. P. , Ruff, D. A. , Page, L. C. , Frame, A. M. and Long, V. A. 2008 A test of receiver perceptual performance: European starlings' abilities to detect asymmetry in a naturalistic trait. Animal Behaviour. In press. Download pdf copy.
  • Gunderson, A. R.*, Frame, A. M. , Forsyth, M. H. and Swaddle, J. P. 2008 Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: Is it really so black and white? Journal of Avian Biology. In press.
  • Swaddle, J.P. and Clelland, R. E. 2008 Deciding who to mate with: do female finches follow fashion? In Pyschology of Decision Making (F. Columbus, Ed.) NOVA Science Publishers, Hauppauge , New York. In press.
  • Kight, C. R.* and Swaddle, J. P. 2007 Associations of direct anthropogenic disturbance with fitness, growth, and condition of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Biological Conservation, 138, 189-197. Download pdf copy.
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Page, L. C. 2007 Increased amplitude of environmental white noise erodes pair preferences in zebra finches: implications for noise pollution. Animal Behaviour, 74, 363-368 . Download pdf copy.
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Johnson, C. W. 2007 European starlings are capable of discriminating subtle size asymmetries in paired stimuli. Journal of Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 87, 39-49. Download pdf copy.
  • Swaddle, J. P., McBride, L. E. and Malhotra, S. 2006 Female zebra finches prefer unfamiliar males but not when watching non-interactive video. Animal Behaviour, 72, 161-167. Download pdf copy.
  • Swaddle, J. P., Cathey, M. G., Correll, M. and Hodkinson, B. P. 2005 Socially transmitted mate preferences in a monogamous bird: a non-genetic mechanism of sexual selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 272, 1053-1058. Download pdf copy.
  • Le Clerc, J. E.*, Che, J. P., Swaddle, J. P. and Cristol, D. A. 2005 Reproductive success and developmental stability of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on golf courses: evidence that golf courses can be productive. Wildlife Conservation Bulletin, 33, 483-493. Download pdf copy of proofs.
  • Swaddle, J. P., Che, J. P. and Clelland, R. E. 2004 Symmetry preference as a cognitive by-product in starlings. Behaviour, 141, 469-478. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Ruff, D. A. 2004 Starlings have difficulty detecting dot asymmetry: implications for studying fluctuating asymmetry. Behaviour, 141, 29-40. Download pdf copy
  • Williams, E. V.* and Swaddle, J. P. 2003 Moult, flight performance, and wingbeat kinematics during take-off in European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris. Journal of Avian Biology, 34, 371-378. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Lockwood, R. 2003 Wingtip shape and flight performance in the European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Ibis, 145, 457-464. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 2003 Fluctuating asymmetry, animal behavior, and evolution. Advances in the Study of Behavior. 32, 169-205. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Reierson, G. W. 2002 Testosterone increases perceived dominance but not attractiveness in human males. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 269, 2285-2289. Download pdf copy
  • Karubian, J.* and Swaddle, J. P. 2001 Selection on females can create 'larger males'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 268, 725-728. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Pruett-Jones, S. 2001 Starlings can categorize symmetry differences in dot displays. American Naturalist, 158, 300-307. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Biewener, A. A. 2000 Physiology - Exercise and reduced muscle mass in starlings. Nature, London, 406, 585-586.Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P., Pruett-Jones, S. and Karubian, J.* 2000 A novel evolutionary pattern of reversed sexual dimorphism in fairy-wrens: implications for sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology, 11, 345-349. Download pdf copy
  • Rayner, J. M. V. and Swaddle, J. P. 2000 Aerodynamics and behavior of take-off and molt in birds. In Biomechanics in Animal Behavior (P. Domenici and R. Blake, Eds.), pp. 125-157. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, Oxford. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 2000 Is fluctuating asymmetry a visual signal? In In Animal Signals. Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication (Y. Espmark, T. Amundsen and G. Rosenqvist, Eds.), pp. 155-175. Tapir Publishers, Trondheim, Norway. Download pdf copy
  • Sneddon, L. U.* and Swaddle, J. P. 1999 Asymmetry and fighting performance in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Animal Behaviour, 58, 431-435. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 1999 Visual signalling by asymmetry: a review of perceptual processes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 354, 1383-1393. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 1999 Limits to length asymmetry detection: implications for biological signalling. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 266, 1299-1303. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P., Williams, E. V.* and Rayner, J. M. V. 1999 The effect of simulated flight feather moult on escape take-off performance in starlings. Journal of Avian Biology. 30, 351-358. Download pdf copy
  • Lockwood, R.*, Swaddle, J. P. and Rayner, J. M. V. 1998 Avian wingtip shape reconsidered: wingtip shape indices and morphological adaptations to migration. Journal of Avian Biology, 29, 273-292. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Lockwood, R.* 1998 Morphological adaptations to predation risk in passerines. Journal of Avian Biology, 29, 172-176. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Witter, M. S. 1998 Cluttered habitats reduce wing asymmetry and increase flight performance in European starlings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 42, 281-287. Download pdf copy
  • Hunt, S.*, Cuthill, I. C., Swaddle, J. P. and Bennett, A. T. D. 1997 Ultraviolet vision and band colour preferences in females zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata. Animal Behaviour, 54, 1383-1392. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 1997a On the heritability of developmental stability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 10, 57-61. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 1997b Developmental stability and predation success in an insect predator-prey system. Behavioral Ecology, 8, 433-436. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. 1997c Within-individual changes in developmental stability affect flight performance. Behavioral Ecology, 8, 601-604.
  • Swaddle, J. P. 1997d Experimental design and the signalling properties of fluctuating asymmetry. Animal Behaviour, 54, 1034-1037. Download pdf copy
  • Swaddle, J. P. and Cuthill, I. C. 1997 The biological relevance of testing for perfect symmetry. Animal Behaviour, 54, 475-476. Download pdf copy