(1) Articles published or accepted in refereed journals |
Sex-specific variability in the immune system across life-history stages. O.P. Love, K.G. Salvante, J. Dale & T.D. Williams 2008 American Naturalist 172: E99-E112. Abstract Paper Faculty of 1000 |
A testable definition of individual recognition. E.A. Tibbetts, M.J. Sheehan & J. Dale. 2008 Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 356. Paper |
Individual recognition: it is good to be different. E.A. Tibbetts & J. Dale. 2007 Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 529-537. Abstract Paper |
Sexual selection explains Rensch's rule of allometry for sexual size dimorphism. J. Dale, P. Dunn, J. Figuerola, T. Lislevand, T Szeleky & L. Whittingham 2007 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 274:2971-2979. Abstract Paper Supplementary Material (Word doc) Faculty of 1000 |
Intraspecific variation in coloration. J. Dale 2006 Bird Coloration, Volume 2, Function and Evolution. Hill, G.E. & McGraw, K.J., eds. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. pp. 36-86. Summary Paper (4267KB) Color plates |
A socially-enforced signal of quality in a paper wasp. E.A. Tibbetts & J. Dale. 2004 Nature 432: 218-222. Abstract Paper News & Views CBC radio (mp3) Faculty of 1000 More about wasps |
Social environment during molt and the expression of
melanin-based plumage pigmentation in male house
sparrows (Passer domesticus). K.J. McGraw, J. Dale & E.A. Mackillop 2003 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53: 116-122. Paper (183KB) |
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius). D.M. Tracy, D. Schamel & J. Dale 2002 Birds of North America, No. 698 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. pp. 1-32. Paper (2403KB) |
Different colors reveal different information: how nutritional stress affects the
expression of melanin- and structurally based ornamental plumage. K.J. McGraw, E.A. Mackillop, J. Dale & M.E. Hauber 2002 Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 3747-3755 Abstract Paper (157KB) |
Visual signals for individual identification: the silent ‘‘song’’ of ruffs. D.B. Lank & J. Dale 2001 Auk 118: 759-765. Abstract Paper (179KB) |
Signaling individual identity vs. quality: a model and case studies with ruffs, queleas, and house finches. J. Dale, D.B. Lank & H.K. Reeve 2001 American Naturalist 158: 75-86 Abstract Paper (230KB) |
Ornamental plumage does not signal male quality in red-billed queleas. J. Dale 2000 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B: 267: 2143-2149. Abstract Paper (278KB) |
Frequency and timing of extrapair fertilization in the polyandrous red phalarope. J. Dale, R. Montgomerie, D. Michaud, P. Boag 1999 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46: 50-56. Abstract Paper (179KB) |
Problems with pair-wise comparisons: does certainty of paternity covary with paternal care? J. Dale 1995 Animal Behaviour 49: 519-521. Abstract Paper (59KB) |
Influence of dietary carotenoids on plasma
and plumage colour in the house finch: intra- and intersexual variation. G. Hill, R. Montgomerie, C. Inouye, J. Dale 1994 Functional Ecology 8: 343-350. Paper (1218KB) |
The effect of the removal of buffalo on the host selection of yellow-billed oxpeckers in Zimbabwe. J. Dale 1992 Tropical Zoology 5: 19-23. Paper (1371KB) |
(2) Theses |
Functional significance of ornamental plumage in red-billed queleas Quelea quelea . J. Dale 2001 PhD thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. 150 pp. Thesis (3941KB) |
Mating systems, sexual dimorphism, and phenotypic variation in the bustards (Aves: Otitidae). J. Dale 1992 BSc Honours thesis. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 38 pp. |
(3) Special reports and non-refereed communications |
Both species of oxpecker in the Matobo National Park. P.J. Mundy, M.S. Mooring & J. Dale 2003 Honeyguide 49: 66-69. |
A merry-go-round story of a greater honeyguide. N.C. Chiweshe & J. Dale 2000 Honeyguide 46: 167-169. Paper (140KB) |
Wildlife in action (fighting giraffes). J. Dale 1992 African Wildlife 47(6): 264-265. Paper (1073KB) |
Unusual kori bustard food item. N.C. Chiweshe & J. Dale 1993 Honeyguide 39: 22. Paper (23KB) |
The foraging ecology of red-billed oxpeckers Buphagus erythrohynchus and yellow- billed oxpeckers B. africanus in Zimbabwe. J. Dale 1992 Special report submitted to the Dept. of Parks and Wild Life, Ornithology Division, Zimbabwe. 74 pp. |
Strange death of a helmeted guineafowl. J. Dale & N.C. Chiweshe 1992 Honeyguide 38: 120. Paper (56KB) |
Oxpeckers use elephants in Hwange National Park. J. Dale & K. Hustler 1991 Honeyguide 37: 18. Paper (45KB) |
The kori bustard in central Zimbabwe. J. Dale 1990 Honeyguide 36: 123-128. Paper (449KB) |
A short note on kori bustard occurrence. J. Dale 1990 Babbler 20: 26. Paper (46KB) |
Montagu's harriers at Debshan Ranch. J. Dale & E.C. Chabikwa 1990 Honeyguide 36: 91. Paper (58KB) |