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Publications by Author
John McNamara, FRS
| Information is a fitness enhancing resource (2010) McNamara J.M. and Dall S.R.X Oikos vol: 119 , Pages: 231 - 236 |
| Animal migration: linking models and data beyond taxonomic limits (2009) Bauer S., Barta Z., Ens B.J., Hays G.C., McNamara J.M. and Klaassen M Biology Letters vol: 5 , Pages: 433 - 435 |
| The optimal coyness game (2009) McNamara J.M., Fromhage L., Barta Z. and Houston A.I. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 276 , Pages: 953 - 960 |
| Evolution of trust and trustworthiness: social awareness favours personality differences (2009) McNamara J.M., Stephens P.A., Dall S.R.X. and Houston A.I. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 276 , Pages: 605 - 613 |
| Integrating function and mechanism (2009) McNamara, J.M. and Houston, A.I. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 24 , Pages: 670 - 675 |
| Deterioration, death and the evolution of reproductive restraint in late life (2009) McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I., Zoltan, B., Scheuerlein, A. and Fromhage, L Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 276 , Pages: 4061 - 4066 |
| Seasonal dispersal of pests: one surge or two? (2009) Paulson M.D., Houston A.I., McNamara J.M. and Payne, R. Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol: 22 , Pages: 1192 - 1202 |
| Capital breeding and income breeding: their meaning, measurement, and worth (2009) Stephens P.A., Boyd I.L., McNamara J.M. and Houston, A.I. Ecology vol: 90 , Pages: 2057 - 2067 |
| Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds (2008) Barta, Z., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I., Weber, T.P., Hedenstrom, A. and Fero O. Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 363 , Pages: 211 - 229 |
| Should females prefer to mate with low-quality males? (2008) C. Cotar, J. M. McNamara, E. J. Collins and A. I. Houston Journal of Theoretical Biology vol: 254 , Pages: 561 - 567 |
| Optimal annual routines: New tools for conservation biology? (2008) Fero O., Stephens P.A., Barta Z., McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I. Ecological Applications vol: 18 , Pages: 1563 - 1577 |
| Sperm allocation strategies and female resistance: A unifying perspective (2008) Fromhage L., McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I. American Naturalist vol: 172 , Pages: 25 - 33 |
| A model for the evolutionary maintenance of monogyny in spiders (2008) Fromhage L., McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I. Journal of Theoretical Biology vol: 250 , Pages: 524 - 531 |
| Introduction. Adaptation to the annual cycle (2008) McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I. Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 363 , Pages: 209 - 210 |
| A theoretical investigation of the effect of latitude on avian life histories (2008) McNamara J.M., Barta Z., Wikelski M. and Houston A.I. American Naturalist vol: 172 , Pages: 331 - 345 |
| The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation (2008) McNamara J.M., Barta, Z, Fromhage, L. and Houston, A.I. Nature vol: 451 , Pages: 189 - 192 |
| Optimal annual routines: behaviour in the context of physiology and ecology (2008) McNamara, J.M.,and Houston A.I. Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 363 , Pages: 301 - 319 |
| Simple learning rules to cope with changing environments (2008) R. Gross, A. I. Houston, E. J. Collins, J. M. McNamara, F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont and N. R. Franks Journal of the Royal Society Interface vol: 5 , Pages: 1193 - 1202 |
| The scaling of diving time budgets: Insights from an optimality approach (2008) Stephens P.A., Carbone C., Boyd I.L., McNamara J.M., Harding K.C. and Houston A.I. American Naturalist vol: 171 , Pages: 305 - 314 |
| Mammalian choices: combining fast-but-inaccurate and slow-but-accurate decision-making systems (2008) Trimmer P.C., Houston A.I., Marshall J.A.R., Bogacz R., Paul E.S., Mendl M.T. and McNamara J.M. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 275 , Pages: 2353 - 2361 |
| Parental care as a differential game: A dynamic extension of the Houston-Davies game (2007) Ewald, C-O., McNamara, J.M. and Houston, A.I. Applied Math. and Comp. vol: 190 , Pages: 1450 - 1465 |
| Stability and value of male care for offspring: is it worth only half the trouble? (2007) Fromhage, L., McNamara, J.M. and Houston, A.I. Biology Letters vol: 3 , Pages: 234 - 236 |
| Migration speed and scheduling of annual events by migrating birds in relation to climate change (2007) Hedenström, A., Barta, Z., Helm, B., Houston A.I., McNamara, J.M. and Jonzén N. Climate Research vol: 35 , Pages: 79 - 91 |
| Capital or income breeding? A theoretical model of female reproductive (2007) Houston, A. I., Stephens, P. A., Boyd, I. L., Harding, K. C. and McNamara, J. M. Behavioral Ecology vol: 18 , Pages: 241 - 250 |
| Violations of transitivity under fitness maximisation (2007) Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M. and Steer, M.D. Biology Letters vol: 3 , Pages: 365 - 367 |
| Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour? (2007) Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M. and Steer, M.D. Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 362 , Pages: 1531 - 1543 |
| The effect of energy reserves and food availability on optimal immune defence (2007) Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M., Barta, Z. and Klasing, K.C. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 274 , Pages: 2835 - 2842 |
| Teaching with evaluation in ants (2007) Richardson, T.O., Sleeman P.A., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I. and Franks, N.R. Current Biology vol: 17 , Pages: 1520 - 1526 |
| Paying for information: partial loads in central place foragers (2006) A. Dornhaus, E. J. Collins, F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont, A. I. Houston, N. R. Franks and J. M. McNamara Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology vol: 61 , Pages: 151 - 161 DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0246-5 |
| Annual routines of non-migratory birds: optimal moult strategies (2006) Barta Z., Houston, A. I., McNamara, J. M., Welham, R. K., Hedenstrom, A., Weber, T. P. and Fero, O. Oikos vol: 112 , Pages: 580 - 593 |
| Debating sexual selection and mating strategies (2006) Dall, S. R. X., McNamara, J. M., Wedell, N. and Hosken, D. J. Science vol: 312 , Pages: 689 - 689 |
| Learning rules for optimal selection in a varying environment: mate choice revisited (2006) E. J. Collins J. M. McNamara and D. M. Ramsey Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 799 - 809 |
| Understanding invasions in patchy habitats through metapopulation theory (2006) Harding, K. C., McNamara, J. M. and Holt, R. D. Conceptual ecology and invasion biology: reciprocal approaches to nature Editors: M. W. Cadotte, S. M McMahon and T. Fukami Page numbers: 371 - 403 Publisher: Springer |
| John Maynard Smith and the importance of consistency in evolutionary game theory (2006) Houston, A. I. and McNamara, J. M. Biology and Philosophy vol: 20 , Pages: 933 - 950 |
| Is it better to give information, receive it, or be ignorant in a two-player game? (2006) John M. McNamara, Elaine M. K. Wilson, Alasdair I. Houston Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 441 - 451 URL provided by the author |
| State and value: a perspective from behavioural ecology (2006) McNamara, J. M. and Houston, A. I. Social information transmission and human biology Editors: J. C. K. Wells, S. Strickland and K. Laland Page numbers: 59 - 88 Publisher: Taylor and francis |
| Bayes' theorem and its application in animal behaviour (2006) McNamara, J. M., Green, R. F. and Olsson, O Oikos vol: 112 , Pages: 243 - 251 |
| Is it better to give information, receive it or be ignorant in a two-player game? (2006) McNamara, J. M., Wilson, E. and Houston, A. I. Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 441 - 451 |
| Cooperation should not be assumed (2006) McNamara, J.M., Binmore, K. and Houston, A.I. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 21 , Pages: 476 - 478 |
| Information and its use by animals in evolutionary ecology (2005) Dall, S. R. X., Giraldeau, L-A, Olsson, O., McNamara, J. M., and Stephens, D. W. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 20 , Pages: 187 - 193 |
| The hidden cost of information in collective foraging (2005) F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont, A. Dornhaus, A. I. Houston, J. M. McNamara, E. J. Collins and N. R. Franks Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 272 , Pages: 1689 - 1695 |
| Conflict between parents over care (2005) Houston, A. I., Szekely, T. and McNamara, J. M. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 20 , Pages: 33 - 38 |
| Stress, resource allocation and mortality (2005) McNamara, J. M. and Buchanan, K. L. Behavioral Ecology vol: 16 , Pages: 1008 - 1017 |
| If animals know their own fighting ability, the evolutionarily stable level of fighting is reduced (2005) McNamara, J. M., & Houston, A. I. Journal of Theoretical Biology vol: 232 , Pages: 1 - 6 |
| A theoretical investigation of the effect of predators on foraging behaviour and energy reserves (2005) McNamara, J. M., Barta, Z., Houston, A. I. and Race, P. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 272 , Pages: 929 - 934 |
| Optimality models in behavioural biology (2001) J.M. McNamara, A.I. Houston and E.J. Collins SIAM Review vol: 43 , Pages: 413 - 466 |