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  1. Iterated assessment and feedback improves student outcomes

    Article • Studies in Higher Education, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  2. Colour preferences of UK garden birds at supplementary seed feeders

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2017, PLOS

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  3. Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, June 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  4. The effect of temporally variable environmental stimuli and group size on emergence behavior

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  5. Handedness in fiddler crab fights

    Article • Animal Behaviour, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  6. Turbidity weakens selection for assortment in body size in groups

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  7. Ask a clearer question, get a better answer.

    Article • F1000Research, September 2015, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Lesley J Morrell, Dominic Henri

  8. ‘Selfish herds’ of guppies follow complex movement rules, but not when information is limited

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  9. Turbidity influences individual and group level responses to predation in guppies, Poecilia reticulata

    Article • Animal Behaviour, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  10. Interactive lectures: Clickers or personal devices?

    Article • F1000Research, March 2015, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  11. Consequences of variation in predator attack for the evolution of the selfish herd

    Article • Evolutionary Ecology, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  12. Prey body size mediates the predation risk associated with being "odd"

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  13. Use of Feed-forward Mechanisms in a Novel Research-led Module

    Article • Bioscience Education, July 2014, The Higher Education Academy

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  14. Why is eusociality an almost exclusively terrestrial phenomenon?

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  15. Prey aggregation is an effective olfactory predator avoidance strategy

    Article • PeerJ, May 2014, PeerJ

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  16. Initiators, Leaders, and Recruitment Mechanisms in the Collective Movements of Damselfish

    Article • The American Naturalist, June 2013, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  17. Costs of colour change in fish: food intake and behavioural decisions

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, April 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  18. The role of individuality in collective group movement

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  19. Mixed-phenotype grouping: the interaction between oddity and crypsis

    Article • Oecologia, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  20. Artificial enhancement of an extended phenotype signal increases investment in courtship by three-spined sticklebacks

    Article • Animal Behaviour, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  21. Olfactory cue use by three-spined sticklebacks foraging in turbid water: prey detection or prey location?

    Article • Animal Behaviour, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  22. Consistency of Leadership in Shoals of Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) in Novel and in Familiar Environments

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  23. Social network correlates of food availability in an endangered population of killer whales, Orcinus orca

    Article • Animal Behaviour, March 2012, Elsevier

    Daniel Franks, Dr Lesley J Morrell

  24. Predation Risk Shapes Social Networks in Fission-Fusion Populations

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2011, PLOS

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  25. Measuring marginal predation in animal groups

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  26. Spatial positioning in the selfish herd

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, October 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  27. The temporal selfish herd: predation risk while aggregations form

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  28. Colour change and assortment in the western rainbowfish

    Article • Animal Behaviour, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  29. Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences boldness in fish

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  30. Behavioural consequences of sensory plasticity in guppies

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, January 2010, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  31. Plasticity in male courtship behaviour as a function of light intensity in guppies

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  32. The Effect of Prey Density on Predators: Conspicuousness and Attack Success Are Sensitive to Spatial Scale

    Article • The American Naturalist, April 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  33. Shoal composition determines foraging success in the guppy

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, October 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  34. Association patterns and foraging behaviour in natural and artificial guppy shoals

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  35. Optimal individual positions within animal groups

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, May 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  36. Consensus decision making in human crowds

    Article • Animal Behaviour, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  37. Does defection during predator inspection affect social structure in wild shoals of guppies?

    Article • Animal Behaviour, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  38. Mechanisms for aggregation in animals: rule success depends on ecological variables

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  39. Early interactions with adults mediate the development of predator defenses in guppies

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  40. A Cost of Leadership in Human Groups

    Article • Ethology, September 2007, Wiley

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  41. Diet, familiarity and shoaling decisions in guppies

    Article • Animal Behaviour, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  42. Why do female migratory birds arrive later than males?

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  43. Fighting in fiddler crabs Uca mjoebergi: what determines duration?

    Article • Animal Behaviour, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  44. Why are small males aggressive?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2005, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  45. Mate guarding, male attractiveness, and paternity under social monogamy

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, February 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  46. Bridging the gap between mechanistic and adaptive explanations of territory formation

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  47. Can too strong female choice deteriorate male ornamentation?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2004, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  48. Are behavioural trade-offs all they seem? Counter-intuitive resolution of the conflict between two behaviours

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, July 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lesley J Morrell

  49. Adaptive strategies of territory formation

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, September 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lesley J Morrell