Publications
- All Publications
- Social Evolution Theory
- Banded Mongooses
- Wasps
- Termites
- Killer Whales
- Human Life History
- Other Study Species
All Publications
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David A. Wells, Michael A. Cant, Joseph I. Hoffman, Hazel J. Nichols | 2020 | Inbreeding depresses altruism in a cooperative society | Ecology Letters | 23 | Open |
| 2 | Faye J. Thompson , Kingsley L. Hunt , Kallum Wright , Rebeca B. Rosengaus , Erin L. Cole , Graham Birch , Avery L. Maune and Michael A. Cant | 2020 | Who goes there? Social surveillance as a response to intergroup conflict in a primitive termite | Biology Letters | 16 | Open |
| 3 | Michael N. Weiss, Daniel W. Franks , Kenneth C. Balcomb , David K. Ellifrit , Matthew J. Silk , Michael A. Cant , Darren P. Croft | 2020 | Modelling cetacean morbillivirus outbreaks in an endangered killer whale population | Biological Conservation | 242 | Open |
| 4 | Michael Cant and Darren Croft | 2020 | Life-History Evolution: Grandmothering in Space and Time | Current Biology | 29 | Open |
| 5 | Bram Kuijper, Mark A. Hanson, Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Harry H. Marshall, Susan E. Ozanne and Michael A. Cant. | 2019 | Developing differences: early-life effects and evolutionary medicine | Philosophical Transactions B | 374 | Open |
| 6 | Rufus A. Johnstone, and Michael A. Cant. | 2019 | Evolution of menopause | Current Biology | 29 | Open |
| 7 | Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Faye J. Thompson, Harry H. Marshall and Michael A. Cant. | 2019 | Live long and prosper: durable benefits of early-life care in banded mongooses. | Philosophical transactions B | 374 | Open |
| 8 | Matthew J. Silk , Michael A. Cant , Simona Cafazzo , Eugenia Natoli and Robbie A. McDonald | 2019 | Elevated aggression is associated with uncertainty in a network of dog dominance interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 286 | Open |
| 9 | Stuart Nattrass, Darren P. Croft , Samuel Ellis , Michael A. Cant , Michael N. Weiss, Brianna M. Wright , Eva Stredulinsky , Thomas Doniol-Valcroze , John K. B. Ford , Kenneth C. Balcomb , and Daniel W. Franks | 2019 | Postreproductive killer whale grandmothers improve the survival of their grandoffspring | PNAS | 116 | Open |
| 10 | E. Inzani , H. H. Marshall, F. J. Thompson , G. Kalema-Zikusoka , M. A. Cant and E. I. K. Vitikainen | 2019 | Spontaneous abortion as a response to reproductive conflict in the banded mongoose | Biology Letters | 15 | Open |
Banded Mongooses
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David A. Wells, Michael A. Cant, Joseph I. Hoffman, Hazel J. Nichols | 2020 | Inbreeding depresses altruism in a cooperative society | Ecology Letters | 23 | Open |
| 2 | Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Faye J. Thompson, Harry H. Marshall and Michael A. Cant. | 2019 | Live long and prosper: durable benefits of early-life care in banded mongooses. | Philosophical transactions B | 374 | Open |
| 3 | E. Inzani , H. H. Marshall, F. J. Thompson , G. Kalema-Zikusoka , M. A. Cant and E. I. K. Vitikainen | 2019 | Spontaneous abortion as a response to reproductive conflict in the banded mongoose | Biology Letters | 15 | Open |
| 4 | Harry H. Marshall, Richard Inger, Andrew L. Jackson, Robbie A. McDonald, Faye J. Thompson and Michael A. Cant | 2019 | Stable isotopes are quantitative indicators of trophic niche | Ecology Letters | 22 | Open |
| 5 | Harry H. Marshall, David J. Griffiths, Francis Mwanguhya, Robert Businge, Amber G. F. Griffiths, Solomon Kyabulima, Kenneth Mwesige, Jennifer L. Sanderson, Faye J. Thompson, Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Michael A. Cant | 2018 | Data collection and storage in long-term ecological and evolutionary studies: The Mongoose 2000 system | Plos one | 13 | Open |
| 6 | Catherine E. Sheppard, Richard Inger, Robbie A. McDonald, Sam Barker, Andrew L. Jackson, Faye J. Thompson, Emma I. K. Vitikainen, Michael A. Cant and Harry H. Marshall | 2018 | Intragroup competition predicts individual foraging specialisation in a group-living mammal | Ecology Letters | Open | |
| 7 | J. Mitchell, S. Kyabulima, R. Businge, M. A. Cant, H. J. Nichols | 2018 | Kin discrimination via odour in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose | Royal Society Open Science | Open | |
| 8 | Catherine E. Sheppard, Harry H. Marshall, Richard Inger, Faye J. Thompson, Emma I.K. Vitikainen, Sam Barker, Hazel J. Nichols, David A. Wells, Robbie A. McDonald, and Michael A. Cant | 2018 | Decoupling of Genetic and Cultural Inheritance in a Wild Mammal | Current Biology | 28 | Open |
| 9 | David A. Wells, Michael A. Cant, Hazel J. Nichols, Joseph I. Hoffman. | 2018 | A high-quality pedigree and genetic markers both reveal inbreeding depression for quality but not survival in a cooperative mammal. | Molecular Ecology | 27 | Open |
| 10 | H. H Marshall, E. I. K. Vitikainen, F. Mwanguhya, R. Businge, S. Kyabulima, M. C. Hares, E. Inzani, G. Kalema-Zikusoka, K. Mwesige, H. J. Nichols, J. L. Sanderson, F. J. Thompson, M. A. Cant | 2017 | Lifetime fitness consequences of early-life ecological hardship in a wild mammal population | Ecology and Evolution | Open |
Wasps
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donaldson, L., Thompson, F. J., Field, J., Cant, M. A. | 2014 | Do paper wasps negotiate over helper effort? | Behavioural Ecology | 25 | Open |
| 2 | Green, J. P., Cant, M. A., Field, J. | 2014 | Using social parasitism to test reproductive skew models in a primitively eusocial wasp. | Proceedings of The Royal Society B | 281 | Open |
| 3 | Thompson, F. J., Donaldson, L., Johnstone, R. A., Field, J., Cant, M. A. | 2014 | Dominant aggression as a deterrant signal in paper wasps. | Behavioural Ecology | Open | |
| 4 | Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A., Field, J. | 2012 | Sex-biased dispersal, haplodiploidy and the evolution of helping in social insects. | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 279 | Open |
| 5 | Field, J., Cant, M. A. | 2009 | Reproductive skew in primitively eusocial wasps: how useful are current models? | In: Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates (eds R. Hagar & C. B. Jones). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. | Open | |
| 6 | Field, J., Cant, M. A. | 2009 | Social stability and helping in small animal societies. | Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | 364 | Open |
| 7 | Field, J., Cant, M. A. | 2007 | Direct fitness, reciprocity and helping: A perspective from primitively eusocial wasps. | Behavioural Processes | 76 | Open |
| 8 | Field, J., Cant, M. A. | 2007 | Helping effort in primitively eusocial wasps. | Annales Zoologici Fennici | 43 | Open |
| 9 | Cant, M. A., English, S., Reeve, H. K., Field, J. | 2006 | Escalated conflict in a social hierarchy. | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 277 | Open |
| 10 | Cant, M. A., Llop, J. B., Field, J. | 2006 | Individual variation in social aggression and the probability of inheritance: theory and a field test. | American Naturalist | 6 | Open |
Termites
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faye J. Thompson , Kingsley L. Hunt , Kallum Wright , Rebeca B. Rosengaus , Erin L. Cole , Graham Birch , Avery L. Maune and Michael A. Cant | 2020 | Who goes there? Social surveillance as a response to intergroup conflict in a primitive termite | Biology Letters | 16 | Open |
| 2 | Cooney F, Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, van Rooyen W, Smith RL, Cant MA, Goodey N. | 2016 | Lack of aggression and apparent altruism towards intruders in a primitive termite. | Royal Society Open Science | 3 | Open |
| 3 | Graham Birch, Michael Cant and Faye Thompson | 2019 | Behavioural response of workers to repeated intergroup encounters in the harvester ant Messor barbarus | Insectes Sociaux | 66 | Open |
Killer Whales
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael N. Weiss, Daniel W. Franks , Kenneth C. Balcomb , David K. Ellifrit , Matthew J. Silk , Michael A. Cant , Darren P. Croft | 2020 | Modelling cetacean morbillivirus outbreaks in an endangered killer whale population | Biological Conservation | 242 | Open |
| 2 | Stuart Nattrass, Darren P. Croft , Samuel Ellis , Michael A. Cant , Michael N. Weiss, Brianna M. Wright , Eva Stredulinsky , Thomas Doniol-Valcroze , John K. B. Ford , Kenneth C. Balcomb , and Daniel W. Franks | 2019 | Postreproductive killer whale grandmothers improve the survival of their grandoffspring | PNAS | 116 | Open |
| 3 | Samuel Ellis, Daniel W. Franks, Stuart Nattrass, Michael A. Cant, Destiny L. Bradley, Deborah Giles, Kenneth C. Balcomb, Darren P. Croft | 2018 | Postreproductive lifespans are rare in mammals | Ecology and Evolution | Open | |
| 4 | Samuel Ellis, Daniel W. Franks, Stuart Nattrass, Thomas E. Currie, Michael A. Cant, Deborah Giles, Kenneth C. Balcomb & Darren P. Croft. | 2018 | Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post- reproductive lifespans in toothed whales. | Scientific Reports | 8 | Open |
| 5 | D. P. Croft, R. A. Johnstone, S. Ellis, S. Nattrass, D. W. Franks, L. J. N. Brent, S. Mazzi, K. C. Balcomb, J. K. B. Ford, and M. A. Cant. | 2017 | Reproductive Conflict and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales | Current Biology | 27 | Open |
| 6 | Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, Cant MA, Weiss MN, Giles D, Balcomb KC, Croft DP | 2017 | Mortality risk and social network position in resident killer whales: Sex differences and the importance of resource abundance. | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 284 (1865) | Open |
| 7 | Franks, D. W., Nattrass, S., Brent, L. J. N., Whitehead, H., Foote, A. D., Mazzi, S., Ford, J B.K., Balcomb, K.C., Cant, M.A., Croft, D. P. | 2016 | The significance of postreproductive lifespans in killer whales: a comment on Robeck et al. | Journal of Mammalogy | Open | |
| 8 | Brent, L. J. N., Franks, D. W., Foster, E. A., Balcomb, K. C., Cant, M. A., Croft, D. P. | 2015 | Ecological knowledge, leadership, and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. | Current Biology | 6 | Open |
| 9 | Croft, D. P., Brent, L. J. N., Franks, D. W., Cant, M. A., | 2015 | The evolution of prolonged life after reproduction. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. | Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 7 | Open |
| 10 | Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A. | 2010 | The evolution of menopause in cetaceans and humans: The role of demography. | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 277 (1701) | Open |
Human Life History
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blount, J. D., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Stott, I., Cant, M. A. | 2015 | Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction. | Biological Reviews | Open | |
| 2 | Croft, D. P., Brent, L. J. N., Franks, D. W., Cant, M. A. | 2015 | The evolution of prolonged life after reproduction. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. | Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 7 | Open |
| 3 | Johnstone, R. A., & Cant, M. A. | 2010 | The evolution of menopause in cetaceans and humans: The role of demography. | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 277 (1701) | Open |
| 4 | Cant, M. A., Russell, A. F., Johnstone, R. A., | 2009 | Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause. | In: Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates (ed R. Hagar & C. B. Jones). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. | Open | |
| 5 | Cant, M. A., Johnstone, R. A. | 2008 | Reproductive conflict and the separation of reproductive generations in humans. | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA | 105 | Open |
Other Study Systems
| wdt_ID | Author | Date | Title | Journal | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew J. Silk , Michael A. Cant , Simona Cafazzo , Eugenia Natoli and Robbie A. McDonald | 2019 | Elevated aggression is associated with uncertainty in a network of dog dominance interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 286 | Open |
| 2 | Graham Birch, Michael Cant and Faye Thompson | 2019 | Behavioural response of workers to repeated intergroup encounters in the harvester ant Messor barbarus | Insectes Sociaux | 66 | Open |
| 3 | Katy Scott, Michael Heistermann, Michael A. Cant, Emma I. K. Vitikainen | 2017 | Group size and visitor numbers predict faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in zoo meerkats | Royal Society Open Science | Open | |
| 4 | O'Brien S, Lujan A, Paterson S, Cant MA, Buckling A | 2017 | Adaptation to public goods cheats in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 284 (1859) | Open |
| 5 | Bell, M. B. V., Cant, M. A., Borgeaud, C., Thavarajah, N., Samson, J., Clutton-Brock, T. H. | 2014 | Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats | Nature Communications | 5 | Open |
| 6 | Port, M., Cant, M. A. | 2014 | Reproductive competition among males in multi-male groups of primates: modelling the costs and effectiveness of conflict. | International Journal of Primatology | 35 | Open |
| 7 | Bell, M. B. V., Cant, M. A., Borgeaud, C., Thavarajah, N., Samson, J., Clutton-Brock, T. H. | 2014 | Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats | Nature Communications | 5 | Open |
| 8 | Buston, P. M., Cant, M. A. | 2006 | A new perspective on fish size hierarchies: patterns, causes, and consequences. | Oecologia | 149 | Open |
| 9 | McLachlan, A., & Cant, M. | 1995 | Small males are more symmetrical: mating success in the midge Chironomus plumosus (Diptera:Chrinomidae). | Animal Behaviour | 50 | Open |