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  1. The Evolution of Kin Discrimination Across the Tree of Life

    Article • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, November 2024, Annual Reviews

    Amy Leedale

  2. Kin recognition for incest avoidance in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Amy Leedale

  3. Evidence for inbreeding depression in captive Damaraland mole-rats

    Article • Biology Letters, October 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Amy Leedale

  4. An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil

    Article • PLOS One, June 2023, PLOS

    Amy Leedale

  5. Coordination of care by breeders and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, June 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Amy Leedale

  6. Odour-based social recognition in Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 2021, Elsevier

    Amy Leedale

  7. Cost, risk, and avoidance of inbreeding in a cooperatively breeding bird

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Amy Leedale

  8. Helping decisions and kin recognition in long-tailed tits: is call similarity used to direct help towards kin?

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, May 2020, Royal Society Publishing

    Amy Leedale

  9. Kith or Kin? Familiarity as a Cue to Kinship in Social Birds

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, April 2020, Frontiers

    Amy Leedale

  10. Fine-scale genetic structure and helping decisions in a cooperatively breeding bird

    Article • Molecular Ecology, April 2018, Wiley

    Amy Leedale

  11. Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) increase the whistle part of their song in response to simulated territorial intrusion

    Article • Ethology, January 2015, Wiley

    Amy Leedale

  12. Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Amy Leedale