Published articles (Dr Hazel Nichols)
Links to free versions of my papers are available here. I publish open access when possible.
2022
Ellis, S., Johnstone, R., Cant, M., Franks, D., Weiss, M., Alberts, S., Balcomb, K., Benton, C., Brent, L., Crockford, C., Davidian, E., Delahay, R., Ellifrit, D., Höner, O., Meniri, M., McDonald, R., Nichols, H., Thompson, F., Vigilant, L...., & Croft, D. (2022) Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies. Nature Ecology and Evolution. In Press.
Nichols, H., Fuchs, B., Paijmans, A., Lewis, G., Bonin, C., Goebel, M., & Hoffman, J. (2022). Where are the beachmasters? Unexpectedly weak polygyny among southern elephant seals on a South Shetland Island. Journal of Zoology, 316(2), 104-117.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12936
Nichols, H. & Arbuckle, K. (2022). A case of cooperative breeding in the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8318
Meniri, M., Evans, E., Thompson, F., Marshall, H., Nichols, H., Lewis, G., Holt, L., Davey, E., Mitchell, C., Johnstone, R., Cant, M., & Blount, J. (2022). Untangling the oxidative cost of reproduction: An analysis in wild banded mongooses. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), e8644 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8644
2021
Marshall, H., Johnstone, R., Thompson, F., Nichols, H., Wells, D., Hoffman, J., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Sanderson, J., Vitikainen, E., Blount, J., & Cant, M. (2021). A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3717
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23910-6
Nichols, H., Arbuckle, K., Sanderson, J., Vitikainen, E., Marshall, H., Thompson, F., Cant, M., & Wells, D. A double pedigree reveals genetic but not cultural inheritance of cooperative personalities in wild banded mongooses. Ecology Letters. 24(9), 1966-1975. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13833
Khera, M., Arbuckle, K., Hoffman, J., Sanderson, J., Cant, M., & Nichols, H. (2021). Cooperatively breeding banded mongooses do not avoid inbreeding through familiarity-based kin recognition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(9)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03076-3
Schubert, N., Nichols, H.J. & Winternitz, J.(2021). How can the MHC mediate social odor via the microbiota community? A deep dive into mechanisms. Behavioral Ecology. Online Early. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55992
Winternitz, J.C., Schubert, N., and Nichols, H.J. Let’s keep alternative hypotheses on the table: a response to comments on Schubert et al. Behavioral Ecology. Online Early. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab039
Wells, D., Cant, M., Thompson, F., Marshall, H., Vitikainen, E., Hoffman, J., & Nichols, H. (2021). Extra-group paternity varies with proxies of relatedness in a social mammal with high inbreeding risk. Behavioral Ecology, 32(1), 94-104.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55169
Zecherle, L., Nichols, H., Bar‐David, S., Brown, R., Hipperson, H., Horsburgh, G., & Templeton, A. (2021). Subspecies hybridization as a potential conservation tool in species reintroductions. Evolutionary Applications. 021;14:1216-1224
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13191, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55968
2020
Zecherle, L., Bar-David, S., Nichols, H., Templeton, A., Hipperson, H., Horsburgh, G., & Brown, R. (2020). Landscape resistance affects individual habitat selection but not genetic relatedness in a reintroduced desert ungulate. Biological Conservation, 252, 108845 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108845, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55299
Wells, D., Cant, M., Hoffman, J., & Nichols, H. (2020). Inbreeding depresses altruism in a cooperative society. Ecology Letters, 23(10), 1460-1467. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13578, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54512
Nichols, H., Arbuckle, K., Fullard, K., & Amos, W. (2020). Why don’t long-finned pilot whales have a widespread postreproductive lifespan? Insights from genetic data. Behavioral Ecology, 31(2), 508-518. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz211, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52952
Stoffel, M., Acevedo‐Whitehouse, K., Morales‐Durán, N., Grosser, S., Chakarov, N., Krüger, O., Nichols, H., Elorriaga‐Verplancken, F., & Hoffman, J. (2020). Early sexual dimorphism in the developing gut microbiome of northern elephant seals. Molecular Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15385, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53584
2018
Stoffel MA, Humble E, Paijmans AJ, Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Chilvers BL, Dickerson B, Galimberti F, Gemmell NJ, Goldsworthy SD, Nichols HJ, Krüger O, Negro S, Osborne A, Pastor T, Robertson BC, Sanvito S, Schultz JK, Shafer ABA, Wolf JBW, Hoffman JI. 2018. Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history. Nature Communications 9(1): 4836
Ottensmann M, Stoffel MA, Nichols HJ, Hoffman JI. 2018. GCalignR: An R package for aligning gas-chromatography data for ecological and evolutionary studies. PLOS ONE 13(6): e0198311
Sheppard CE, Marshall HH, Inger R, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK, Barker S, Nichols HJ, Wells DA, McDonald RA, Cant MA. 2018: Decoupling of genetic and cultural inheritance in a wild mammal. Current Biology, 28(11):1846-1850.e2
Ottensmann M, Stoffel MA, Nichols HJ, Hoffman JI. 2018: GCalignR: An R package for aligning Gas-Chromatography data. PloS one 13: e0198311
Wells DA, Cant MA, Nichols HJ*, Hoffman JI*. 2018: A high‐quality pedigree and genetic markers both reveal inbreeding depression for quality but not survival in a cooperative mammal. Molecular Ecology, 27:2271-2288. *Joint senior authors
Mitchell, J, Kyabulima, S, Businge, R, Cant, MA., & Nichols, HJ. 2018; Kin discrimination via odour in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose. Open Science, 5(3), 171798.
2017
Mitchell J, Cant MA, Nichols HJ. 2017: Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder. Biology Letters, 13 (11), 20170441
Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Sanderson JL, Bell MBV, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Nichols HJ, Cant MA. 2017. Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284 :20162384
Thompson FJ, Cant MA, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Bell MBV, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA. 2017. Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society. PNAS, 114:5207-5212
Nichols HJ, 2017. The causes and consequences of inbreeding avoidance and tolerance in cooperatively breeding vertebrates. Online Early. Invited review, Journal of Zoology.
Mitchell J, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Nichols HJ. 2017. Smelling fit: Scent marking exposes parasitic infection status in the banded mongoose. Invited contribution, Current Zoology, 63:237-247
Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyabulima S, Hares MC, Nichols HJ, Sanderson JL, Thompson FJ, Cant MA. 2017. Lifetime fitness consequences of early-life ecological hardship in a wild mammal population. Ecology and Evolution, 00:1–13
Mitchell J, Vitikainen EIK, Wells D, Cant MA, Nichols HJ, 2017. Heterozygosity but not inbreeding coefficient predicts parasite burdens in the banded mongoose, Journal of Zoology, 302:32-39
2016
Stoffel MA, Esser M, Kardos M, Humble E, Nichols HJ, David P, Hoffman JI. 2016. inbreedR: An R package for the analysis of inbreeding based on genetic markers. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7:1331–1339
Amos W, Nichols HJ, Churchyard T, Brooke M. de L. 2016. Rat eradication comes within a whisker! Royal Society Open Science. 3:160110.
Nichols HJ, Zecherle L, Arbuckle K. 2016. Patterns of philopatry and longevity contribute to the evolution of post-reproductive lifespan in mammals. Biology Letters. 12(2): 20150992.
Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EIK, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Cant MA. 2016. Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283: 20152607.
Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Sanderson JL, Mitchell C, Nichols HJ, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA, Blount JD. 2016. Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4:58
Inzani EL, Marshall HH, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Thompson FJ, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Hodge SJ, Cant MA, Vitikainen EIK. 2016. Female reproductive competition explains variation in prenatal investment in wild banded mongooses. Scientific Reports. 6: 20013.
Cant MA, Nichols HJ, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK. 2016. Banded mongooses: demography, life history, and social behavior. In ‘Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates: Studies of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior’. W. Koenig & J.Dickinson (eds).
2015
Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Thompson FJ, Walker SL, Cant MA, Young AJ. 2015. Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses Biology Letters, 11:20150620.
Nichols HJ, Cant MA, Sanderson JL. 2015. Adjustment of costly extra-group paternity according to inbreeding risk in a cooperative mammal. Behavioral Ecology, 26 :1486-1494.
Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Wang J, Nichols HJ. 2015. Banded mongooses avoid inbreeding when mating with members of the same natal group. Molecular Ecology, 24 :3738-3751.
Slight D, Nichols HJ, Arbuckle, K. 2014. Are mixed diets beneficial for the welfare of captive axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)? Effects of feeding regimes on growth and behaviour. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 10 :185-190.
2014
Nichols HJ, Cant MA, Hoffman JI, Sanderson JL. 2014. Evidence for frequent incest in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Biology Letters, 10:20140898.
Nichols HJ, Fullard K, Amos W. 2014. Costly sons do not lead to adaptive sex ratio adjustment in pilot whales, Globicephala melas. Animal Behaviour, vol. 88, 203-209
Cant MA, Nichols HJ, Johnstone R, Hodge S. 2014. Policing of reproduction by hidden threats in a cooperative mammal. PNAS, 111: 326-330
2013
Cant MA, Vitikainen E, Nichols HJ. 2013. Demography and social evolution of banded mongooses. Advances in the Study of Behavior, vol. 45, 407-445. doi>
2012
Nichols HJ, Jordan NR, Jamie GA, Cant MA, Hoffman JI. 2012. Fine-scale spatiotemporal patterns of genetic variation reflect budding dispersal coupled with strong natal philopatry in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Mol Ecol, vol. 21(21), 5348-5362. link> doi>
Bell MB, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Cant MA, Hodge SJ. 2012. The cost of dominance: suppressing subordinate reproduction affects the reproductive success of dominant female banded mongooses. Proc Biol Sci, vol. 279(1728), 619-624. link> doi>
Nichols HJ, Amos W, Bell MBV, Mwanguhya F, Kyabulima S, Cant MA. 2012. Food availability shapes patterns of helping effort in a cooperative mongoose. Animal Behaviour, vol. 83(6), 1377-1385. doi>
Nichols HJ, Bell MBV, Hodge SJ, Cant MA. 2012. Resource limitation moderates the adaptive suppression of subordinate breeding in a cooperatively breeding mongoose. Behavioral Ecology, vol. 23(3), 635-642. doi>
2008-2011
Hoffman JI and Nichols HJ. 2011. A novel approach for mining polymorphic microsatellite markers in silico. PLoS ONE, vol. 6(8). doi>
Cant MA, Hodge SJ, Bell MBV, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS. 2010. Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277(1691), 2219-2226. doi>
Nichols HJ, Amos W, Bell MBV, Cant MA, Hodge SJ. 2010. Top males gain high reproductive success by guarding more successful females in a cooperatively breeding mongoose. Animal Behaviour, vol. 80(4), 649-657. doi>
Hoffman JI, Nichols HJ, Dasmahapatra KK. 2008. Ten novel polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella. Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 8(2), 459-461. doi>
Ellis, S., Johnstone, R., Cant, M., Franks, D., Weiss, M., Alberts, S., Balcomb, K., Benton, C., Brent, L., Crockford, C., Davidian, E., Delahay, R., Ellifrit, D., Höner, O., Meniri, M., McDonald, R., Nichols, H., Thompson, F., Vigilant, L...., & Croft, D. (2022) Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies. Nature Ecology and Evolution. In Press.
Nichols, H., Fuchs, B., Paijmans, A., Lewis, G., Bonin, C., Goebel, M., & Hoffman, J. (2022). Where are the beachmasters? Unexpectedly weak polygyny among southern elephant seals on a South Shetland Island. Journal of Zoology, 316(2), 104-117.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12936
Nichols, H. & Arbuckle, K. (2022). A case of cooperative breeding in the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8318
Meniri, M., Evans, E., Thompson, F., Marshall, H., Nichols, H., Lewis, G., Holt, L., Davey, E., Mitchell, C., Johnstone, R., Cant, M., & Blount, J. (2022). Untangling the oxidative cost of reproduction: An analysis in wild banded mongooses. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), e8644 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8644
2021
Marshall, H., Johnstone, R., Thompson, F., Nichols, H., Wells, D., Hoffman, J., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Sanderson, J., Vitikainen, E., Blount, J., & Cant, M. (2021). A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3717
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23910-6
Nichols, H., Arbuckle, K., Sanderson, J., Vitikainen, E., Marshall, H., Thompson, F., Cant, M., & Wells, D. A double pedigree reveals genetic but not cultural inheritance of cooperative personalities in wild banded mongooses. Ecology Letters. 24(9), 1966-1975. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13833
Khera, M., Arbuckle, K., Hoffman, J., Sanderson, J., Cant, M., & Nichols, H. (2021). Cooperatively breeding banded mongooses do not avoid inbreeding through familiarity-based kin recognition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(9)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03076-3
Schubert, N., Nichols, H.J. & Winternitz, J.(2021). How can the MHC mediate social odor via the microbiota community? A deep dive into mechanisms. Behavioral Ecology. Online Early. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55992
Winternitz, J.C., Schubert, N., and Nichols, H.J. Let’s keep alternative hypotheses on the table: a response to comments on Schubert et al. Behavioral Ecology. Online Early. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab039
Wells, D., Cant, M., Thompson, F., Marshall, H., Vitikainen, E., Hoffman, J., & Nichols, H. (2021). Extra-group paternity varies with proxies of relatedness in a social mammal with high inbreeding risk. Behavioral Ecology, 32(1), 94-104.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa105, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55169
Zecherle, L., Nichols, H., Bar‐David, S., Brown, R., Hipperson, H., Horsburgh, G., & Templeton, A. (2021). Subspecies hybridization as a potential conservation tool in species reintroductions. Evolutionary Applications. 021;14:1216-1224
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13191, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55968
2020
Zecherle, L., Bar-David, S., Nichols, H., Templeton, A., Hipperson, H., Horsburgh, G., & Brown, R. (2020). Landscape resistance affects individual habitat selection but not genetic relatedness in a reintroduced desert ungulate. Biological Conservation, 252, 108845 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108845, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55299
Wells, D., Cant, M., Hoffman, J., & Nichols, H. (2020). Inbreeding depresses altruism in a cooperative society. Ecology Letters, 23(10), 1460-1467. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13578, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54512
Nichols, H., Arbuckle, K., Fullard, K., & Amos, W. (2020). Why don’t long-finned pilot whales have a widespread postreproductive lifespan? Insights from genetic data. Behavioral Ecology, 31(2), 508-518. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz211, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52952
Stoffel, M., Acevedo‐Whitehouse, K., Morales‐Durán, N., Grosser, S., Chakarov, N., Krüger, O., Nichols, H., Elorriaga‐Verplancken, F., & Hoffman, J. (2020). Early sexual dimorphism in the developing gut microbiome of northern elephant seals. Molecular Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15385, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53584
2018
Stoffel MA, Humble E, Paijmans AJ, Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Chilvers BL, Dickerson B, Galimberti F, Gemmell NJ, Goldsworthy SD, Nichols HJ, Krüger O, Negro S, Osborne A, Pastor T, Robertson BC, Sanvito S, Schultz JK, Shafer ABA, Wolf JBW, Hoffman JI. 2018. Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history. Nature Communications 9(1): 4836
Ottensmann M, Stoffel MA, Nichols HJ, Hoffman JI. 2018. GCalignR: An R package for aligning gas-chromatography data for ecological and evolutionary studies. PLOS ONE 13(6): e0198311
Sheppard CE, Marshall HH, Inger R, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK, Barker S, Nichols HJ, Wells DA, McDonald RA, Cant MA. 2018: Decoupling of genetic and cultural inheritance in a wild mammal. Current Biology, 28(11):1846-1850.e2
Ottensmann M, Stoffel MA, Nichols HJ, Hoffman JI. 2018: GCalignR: An R package for aligning Gas-Chromatography data. PloS one 13: e0198311
Wells DA, Cant MA, Nichols HJ*, Hoffman JI*. 2018: A high‐quality pedigree and genetic markers both reveal inbreeding depression for quality but not survival in a cooperative mammal. Molecular Ecology, 27:2271-2288. *Joint senior authors
Mitchell, J, Kyabulima, S, Businge, R, Cant, MA., & Nichols, HJ. 2018; Kin discrimination via odour in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose. Open Science, 5(3), 171798.
2017
Mitchell J, Cant MA, Nichols HJ. 2017: Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder. Biology Letters, 13 (11), 20170441
Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Sanderson JL, Bell MBV, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Nichols HJ, Cant MA. 2017. Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284 :20162384
Thompson FJ, Cant MA, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Bell MBV, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA. 2017. Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society. PNAS, 114:5207-5212
Nichols HJ, 2017. The causes and consequences of inbreeding avoidance and tolerance in cooperatively breeding vertebrates. Online Early. Invited review, Journal of Zoology.
Mitchell J, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Nichols HJ. 2017. Smelling fit: Scent marking exposes parasitic infection status in the banded mongoose. Invited contribution, Current Zoology, 63:237-247
Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyabulima S, Hares MC, Nichols HJ, Sanderson JL, Thompson FJ, Cant MA. 2017. Lifetime fitness consequences of early-life ecological hardship in a wild mammal population. Ecology and Evolution, 00:1–13
Mitchell J, Vitikainen EIK, Wells D, Cant MA, Nichols HJ, 2017. Heterozygosity but not inbreeding coefficient predicts parasite burdens in the banded mongoose, Journal of Zoology, 302:32-39
2016
Stoffel MA, Esser M, Kardos M, Humble E, Nichols HJ, David P, Hoffman JI. 2016. inbreedR: An R package for the analysis of inbreeding based on genetic markers. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7:1331–1339
Amos W, Nichols HJ, Churchyard T, Brooke M. de L. 2016. Rat eradication comes within a whisker! Royal Society Open Science. 3:160110.
Nichols HJ, Zecherle L, Arbuckle K. 2016. Patterns of philopatry and longevity contribute to the evolution of post-reproductive lifespan in mammals. Biology Letters. 12(2): 20150992.
Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EIK, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Cant MA. 2016. Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283: 20152607.
Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Sanderson JL, Mitchell C, Nichols HJ, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA, Blount JD. 2016. Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4:58
Inzani EL, Marshall HH, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Thompson FJ, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Hodge SJ, Cant MA, Vitikainen EIK. 2016. Female reproductive competition explains variation in prenatal investment in wild banded mongooses. Scientific Reports. 6: 20013.
Cant MA, Nichols HJ, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK. 2016. Banded mongooses: demography, life history, and social behavior. In ‘Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates: Studies of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior’. W. Koenig & J.Dickinson (eds).
2015
Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Thompson FJ, Walker SL, Cant MA, Young AJ. 2015. Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses Biology Letters, 11:20150620.
Nichols HJ, Cant MA, Sanderson JL. 2015. Adjustment of costly extra-group paternity according to inbreeding risk in a cooperative mammal. Behavioral Ecology, 26 :1486-1494.
Sanderson JL, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Wang J, Nichols HJ. 2015. Banded mongooses avoid inbreeding when mating with members of the same natal group. Molecular Ecology, 24 :3738-3751.
Slight D, Nichols HJ, Arbuckle, K. 2014. Are mixed diets beneficial for the welfare of captive axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)? Effects of feeding regimes on growth and behaviour. Journal of Veterinary Behavior, 10 :185-190.
2014
Nichols HJ, Cant MA, Hoffman JI, Sanderson JL. 2014. Evidence for frequent incest in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Biology Letters, 10:20140898.
Nichols HJ, Fullard K, Amos W. 2014. Costly sons do not lead to adaptive sex ratio adjustment in pilot whales, Globicephala melas. Animal Behaviour, vol. 88, 203-209
Cant MA, Nichols HJ, Johnstone R, Hodge S. 2014. Policing of reproduction by hidden threats in a cooperative mammal. PNAS, 111: 326-330
2013
Cant MA, Vitikainen E, Nichols HJ. 2013. Demography and social evolution of banded mongooses. Advances in the Study of Behavior, vol. 45, 407-445. doi>
2012
Nichols HJ, Jordan NR, Jamie GA, Cant MA, Hoffman JI. 2012. Fine-scale spatiotemporal patterns of genetic variation reflect budding dispersal coupled with strong natal philopatry in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Mol Ecol, vol. 21(21), 5348-5362. link> doi>
Bell MB, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Cant MA, Hodge SJ. 2012. The cost of dominance: suppressing subordinate reproduction affects the reproductive success of dominant female banded mongooses. Proc Biol Sci, vol. 279(1728), 619-624. link> doi>
Nichols HJ, Amos W, Bell MBV, Mwanguhya F, Kyabulima S, Cant MA. 2012. Food availability shapes patterns of helping effort in a cooperative mongoose. Animal Behaviour, vol. 83(6), 1377-1385. doi>
Nichols HJ, Bell MBV, Hodge SJ, Cant MA. 2012. Resource limitation moderates the adaptive suppression of subordinate breeding in a cooperatively breeding mongoose. Behavioral Ecology, vol. 23(3), 635-642. doi>
2008-2011
Hoffman JI and Nichols HJ. 2011. A novel approach for mining polymorphic microsatellite markers in silico. PLoS ONE, vol. 6(8). doi>
Cant MA, Hodge SJ, Bell MBV, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS. 2010. Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 277(1691), 2219-2226. doi>
Nichols HJ, Amos W, Bell MBV, Cant MA, Hodge SJ. 2010. Top males gain high reproductive success by guarding more successful females in a cooperatively breeding mongoose. Animal Behaviour, vol. 80(4), 649-657. doi>
Hoffman JI, Nichols HJ, Dasmahapatra KK. 2008. Ten novel polymorphic dinucleotide microsatellite loci cloned from the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella. Molecular Ecology Resources, vol. 8(2), 459-461. doi>