Please
note that PDF versions of papers are provided as reprints - one copy for personal
use.
Books
Hopp S.L, Owren, M. & Evans,
C.S. (Eds). 1998. Animal Acoustic Communication: Sound Analysis
and Research Methods. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg. [blurb]
Journal articles and book
chapters
Garnet, D.T., Nelson, X.J. & Evans C.S. In press. Receiver psychology and the design of the deceptive caudal luring signal of the Death adder. Animal Behaviour.
Warner, D.A., Woo, K.L., Van Dyk, D.A., Evans, C.S. & Shine, R. In press. Egg incubation temperature affects male reproductive success, but not display behaviors in lizards. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Kokolakis, A. Smith, C.L. & Evans, C.S. In press. Aerial alarm calling by male fowl (Gallus gallus) reveals subtle new mechanisms of risk management. Animal Behaviour.
Evans, C.S & Clarke, J.A. In press. Referential signals. In: M. Breed & J.Moore, (Eds) Encyclopaedia of Animal Behaviour.
Wilson, D.R., Nelson, X.J. & Evans, C.S. In press. Seizing the opportunity: subordinate male fowl , Gallus gallus, respond rapidly to variation in social context. Ethology.
McDonald, P.G., Kazem,
A.J.N. and Wright, J. In press. Cooperative provisioning dynamics: fathers
and unrelated helpers show similar responses to manipulations of begging. Animal Behaviour.
Smith, C.L, Van Dyk D.A., Taylor, P.W. & Evans, C.S. 2009. On the function of an enigmatic ornament: wattles increase the conspicuousness of visual displays in male fowl. Animal Behaviour, 78, 1433-1440.
Kennedy, R.A.W., Evans,
C.S. and McDonald, P.G. 2009. Individual distinctiveness in the mobbing call of a cooperative bird, the noisy miner Manorina melanocephala. Journal of Avian Biology, 40, 481-490. [reprint (PDF)]
te Marvelde, L., McDonald,
P.G., Kazem, A.J.N. and Wright, J. 2009. Do helpers really help? Provisioning
biomass and prey type effects on nestling growth in the cooperative bell
miner. Animal Behaviour. 77, 727-735. [reprint (PDF)]
Smith, C.L. & Evans,
C.S. 2009. Silent tidbitting in male fowl, Gallus gallus:
A food-related referential signal with multiple functions. Journal
of Experimental Biology, 212, 835-842. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Hoese, F., Peters,
R.A. & Evans, C.S. 2008. The effect of prey movement characteristics
on the predatory response of Jacky lizards (Amphibolurus muricatus). Ethology, 114,
718-727. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
McDonald, P.G. and
Wright, J. (2008) Provisioning vocalizations in cooperative bell miners:
More than a simple stimulus for nestling begging? The Auk 125: 670-678.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Van Dyk, D. A. & Evans,
C.S. (2008). Opponent assessment in lizards: examining the effect of
aggressive and submissive signals. Behavioral Ecology, 19, 895-901. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Dare, A.J., McDonald,
P.G. and Clarke, M.F. 2008 The social and behavioural dynamics of territory
establishment in the Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys. Emu 108: 175-180.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Mankin, R.W.,
Lemon, M. Harmer, A.M.T & Evans, C.S. 2008. Time-pattern and frequency
analyses of sounds produced by irradiated and untreated male Bactrocera tryoni
(Diptera: Tephrididae) during mating behavior. Annals of the Entomological
Society of America, 101, 664-674. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Van Dyk, D.A.,
Taylor A.J. and Evans, C.S. 2007. Assessment of repeated displays: a test
of possible mechanisms. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210,
3027-3035 [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Van Dyk, D. A. & Evans,
C.S. 2007. Familiar - unfamilar discrimination based on visual cues
in the Jacky dragon, Amphibolurus muricatus. Animal Behaviour,
74, 33-44. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Cooperman, A.F., Polak,
M. Evans, C.S. & Taylor, P.W. 2007. Evidence for genetic integration
among condition-dependent secondary sexual traits. Behavioral Ecology, 18,
311–317 [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Peters, R.A. & Evans
C.S. 2007. Active space of a movement-based signal: response
to Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus) display is sensitive
to distance, but independent of orientation. Journal of Experimental
Biology, 210, 395-402. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Evans, C.S. & Evans,
L. 2007. Representational signalling in birds. Biology Letters,
3, 8-11.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Carlile, P.A., Peters,
R.A. & Evans, C.S. 2006. Detection of a looming stimulus by the
Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus): selective sensitivity to
characteristics of an aerial predator. Animal Behaviour, 72, 553-562.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Bayly, K.L., Evans,
C.S. & Taylor, A. 2006. Measuring social status: a comparison
of eight dominance indices. Behavioral Processes, 73, 1-12. [abstract]
[online
version] [reprint
(PDF)]
Peters, R.A. & Davis,
C.J. 2006. Discriminating signal from noise: Recognition of a movement-based
animal display by artificial neural networks. Behavioral Processes,
72, 52-64. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Göth,
A. & Evans, C.S. 2005. Life-history and social learning: megapode
chicks fail to acquire feeding preferences from conspecifics. Journal
of Comparative Psychology, 119, 381-386. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Göth, A. & Evans,
C.S. 2004. Egg size in Australian brush-turkey Alectura lathami hatchlings
predicts motor performance and postnatal weight gain. Canadian
Journal of Zoology, 82, 972-979. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Evans, C.S. 2004.
Calling others to food. In: P. Marler & H. Slabbekoorn (Eds.) Nature’s
Music: The Science of Birdsong. Elsevier Science. p156.
Göth, A. & Evans,
C.S. 2004. Social responses without early experience: Australian brush-turkey
chicks use specific visual cues to aggregate with conspecifics. Journal
of Experimental Biology, 207, 2199-2208. [abstract]
[reprint
(PDF)]
Ord, T.J. & Evans,
C.S. 2003. Display rate and opponent assessment in the Jacky dragon: an
experimental analysis. Behaviour, 140, 1495-1508. [abstract]
[reprint
(PDF)]
Peters, R.A. & Ord,
T.J. 2003. Display response of the Jacky dragon, Ampibolurus muricatus (Lacertilia:
Agamidae): to intruders: a semi-Markovian process. Austral Ecology, 28,
499-506.[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Peters, R.A. & Evans,
C.S. 2003. Introductory tail-flick of the Jacky dragon visual display:
signal
efficacy depends upon duration. Journal
of Experimental Biology, 206, 4293-4307. [abstract]
[reprint
(PDF)]]
Griffin, A.S. & Evans,
C.S. 2003. Social learning of antipredator behaviour in a marsupial. Animal
Behaviour, 66, 485-492.[abstract]
[reprint
(PDF)]
Peters, R.A. & Evans,
C.S. 2003. Design of the Jacky dragon visual display: signal and noise
characteristics in a complex moving environment. Journal of Comparative
Physiology A, 189, 447-459.[abstract]
[online
version][reprint
(PDF)]
Bayly, K.L. & Evans,
C.S. 2003. Dynamic changes in alarm call structure: a strategy for reducing
conspicuousness to avian predators? Behaviour, 140, 353-369[abstract][reprint
(PDF)]
Griffin, A.S. & Evans,
C.S. 2003. The role of differential reinforcement in predator avoidance
learning. Behavioural Processes, 61,
87-94.[abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Evans, L. 2002.
Poisonous geckos: the validity of an ancient Egyptian belief. Bulletin
of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, 13, 47-55.
Griffin, A.S., Evans,
C.S. & Blumstein,
D.T. 2002. Selective learning in a marsupial. Ethology, 1103-1114.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Göth, A. 2002.
Behaviour of Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami, Galliformes:
Megapodiidae) chicks following underground hatching. Journal für
Ornithologie, 143, 477-488. [abstract]
Blumstein, D.T., Daniel,
J.C., Schnell, M.R. Ardron, J.G and Evans, C.S. 2002. Antipredator behaviour
of red-necked pademelons: a factor contributing to species survival? Animal Conservation,
5, 325-331.
Blumstein, D.T., Ardron,
J.G. & Evans, C.S. 2002. Kin discrimination in a macropod marsupial. Ethology,
108, 815-823. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Ord, T.J., Blumstein,
D.T. & Evans, C.S. 2002. Ecology and signal evolution in lizards. Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society, 77, 127-148. [abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Ord, T.J. & Evans,
C.S. 2002. Interactive video playback and opponent assessment in lizards. Behavioral
Processes, 59, 55-65. [abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Ord, T.J., Peters,
R.A., Evans, C.S. & Taylor A.J. 2002. Digital video playback and visual
communication in lizards. Animal Behaviour, 63, 879-890. [abstract][reprint (PDF)]
Blumstein, D.T., Mari,
M., Daniel, J.C., Ardron, J.G, Griffin, A.S. & Evans, C.S. 2002. Olfactory
predator recognition: wallabies may have to learn to be wary. Animal
Conservation, 5, 87-93. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Blumstein, D.T. 2002.
The evolution of functionally referential alarm communication: multiple adaptations;
multiple constraints. The Evolution of Communication 3, 135-147. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Ord, T.J. & Blumstein,
D.T. 2002. Size constraints and the evolution of display complexity: Why
do
large lizards have simple displays? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
76, 145-161. [abstract] [reprint (PDF)]
Evans, C.S. 2002. Cracking
the code: communication and cognition in birds. In: (Bekoff, M, Allen,
C. & Burghardt, G., Eds) The Cognitive Animal MIT Press, Cambridge,
MA. p 315- 322. [reprint (PDF)]
Bayly, K. L. & Blumstein,
D. T. 2001. Pied Currwaongs and the decline of native birds. Emu 101,
199-204. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Ord, T.J., Blumstein,
D.T. & Evans, C.S. 2001. Intra-sexual selection predicts the evolution
of signal complexity in lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London,
Series B, 268, 737-744. [abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Evans, L. 2000. Animals
in the domestic environment. In: (L. Donovan & K. McCorquodale, Eds) Egyptian
Art: Principles and Themes in Wall Scenes Prism Archaeological
Series 6, Guizeh, Egypt. p 73-82.
Griffin, A.S., Blumstein,
D.T. & Evans, C.S. 2000. Training animals about predators: a critical
review and synthesis. Conservation Biology, 14, 1317-1326. [abstract]
[reprint
(PDF)]
Anthony, L.L. & D.T.
Blumstein. 2000. Integrating behaviour into wildlife conservation: the
multiple ways that behaviour can reduce Ne. Biological Conservation,
303-315. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Blumstein, D.T, Daniel,
J.C., Griffin, A.S. & Evans, C.S. 2000. Insular tammar wallabies (Macropus
eugenii) respond to visual but not acoustic cues from predators. Behavioral
Ecology, 11, 528-535.[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Wood,
S.W., Sanderson, K.J. & Evans, C.S. 2000. Perception of terrestrial and
aerial alarm calls by honeyeaters and falcons. Australian Journal of Zoology,
48, 127-134. [reprint
(PDF)]
Evans,
C.S., Wenderoth, P. & Cheng, K.C. 2000. Detection of bilateral symmetry
in complex biological images. Perception, 29, 31-42.[abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Bayly, K. 1999. Observations
of behaviour of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos Cacatua galerita in suburban
Sydney. Corella, 23, 11-15. [abstract]
Watt, M.J., Evans,
C.S. & Joss, J.M.P. 1999. Use of electroreception during foraging by
the Australian lungfish. Animal Behaviour, 58, 1039-1045. [abstract]
[reprint
(PDF)]
Blumstein, D.T, Evans,
C.S. & Daniel, J.C. 1999. An experimental study of behavioural group
size effects in tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) Animal Behaviour.,
58, 351-360. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Ord, T.J., Evans, C.S. & Cooper,
D.W. 1999. Nocturnal behaviour of the Parma wallaby Macropus parma (Marsupialia:
Macropodoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology,
47, 155-167.[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Evans, C.S & Evans,
L. 1999. Chicken food calls are functionally referential. Animal Behaviour.
58, 307-319.[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Rosenthal, G.G. & Evans,
C.S. 1998. Female preference for males with swords reflects a bias for
large apparent size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
95, 4431-4436. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Hopp, S.L., Owren,
M.J & Evans, C.S. 1998. Preface. In: (S.L. Hopp, M.J. Owren & C.S.
Evans, Eds) Animal Acoustic Communication: Sound Analysis and Research Methods.
Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, p v-viii.
Marler, P. & Evans,
C.S. 1997. Animal sounds and human faces: do they have anything in common?
In: (J. A. Russell. & J. M. Fernández-Dols, Eds.) The Psychology
of Facial Expression. Cambridge University Press. 133-157.
Marler, P. & Evans,
C.S. 1997. Communication signals of animals: contributions of emotion and
reference. In: (U. Segerstrale & P. Molnar, Eds.) Nonverbal Communication:
Where Nature Meets Culture. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. p 151-170.
Rosenthal, G.G, Evans,
C.S. & Miller, W.L. 1996. Female preference for a dynamic trait in
the green swordtail Xiphophorus helleri. Animal Behaviour, 51, 811-820.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Marler, P. & Evans,
C.S. 1996. Bird calls: just emotional displays or something more? Ibis,
138, 26-33. [abstract]
Evans, C.S. & Marler,
P. 1995. Language and animal communication: Parallels and contrasts. In:
(H.
Roitblat, & J. Arcady-Meyer, Eds.) Comparative Approaches to Cognitive
Science. MIT Press. p 341-382. [reprint
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Marler, P. & Evans,
C.S. 1994. The dynamics of vocal communication in birds. Discussions in
Neuroscience, 10, 81-88.
Evans, C.S. & Marler,
P. 1994. Food-calling and audience effects in male chickens (Gallus gallus):
their relationships to food availability, courtship and social facilitation.
Animal Behaviour, 47, 1159-1170. [abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Evans, C.S., Evans,
L. & Marler, P. 1993. On the meaning of alarm calls: functional reference
in an avian vocal system. Animal Behaviour, 46, 23-38. [abstract] [reprint (PDF)]
Evans, C.S., Macedonia,
J.M. & Marler, P. 1993. Effects of apparent size and speed on the response
of chickens (Gallus gallus) to computer-generated simulations of aerial
predators. Animal Behaviour, 46, 1-11. [abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
Evans, C.S. 1993. Recognition
of the spectral characteristics of conspecific signals in ducklings: evidence
for a simple perceptual process. Animal Behaviour, 45, 1071- 1082.
[abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Hauser, M.D., Evans,
C.S. & Marler, P. 1993. The role of articulation in the production
of Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) vocalizations. Animal Behaviour,
45, 423- 433. [abstract] [reprint
(PDF)]
Macedonia, J.M. & Evans,
C.S. 1993. Variation among mammalian alarm call systems and the problem
of meaning in animal signals. Ethology, 93, 177-197. [abstract]
[reprint (PDF)]
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