Peer-reviewed articles
Baigrie, B.D, Thompson, A.M. & Flower, T.P. (2014) Interspecific signalling between mutualists: food-thieving drongos use a cooperative sentinel call to manipulate foraging partners. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 281, 20141232 LINK
Ridley, A.R., Wiley, E.M. & Thompson, A.M. (2014) The ecological benefits of interceptive eavesdropping Functional Ecology 28, 197-205 LINK
Thompson, A.M., A. & Ridley, A.R., Hockey, P.A.R., Finch, F.M., Britton, A & Raihani, N.J. (2013) The influence of siblings on begging behaviour Animal Behaviour 86, 811-819 LINK
Nelson-Flower, M.J., Hockey, P.A.R., O’Ryan, C., English, S., Thompson, A.M., Bradley, K., Rose, R. & Ridley, A.R. (2013). Costly reproductive competition between females in a monogamous cooperatively breeding bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 280, 20130728. LINK
Thompson, A.M., Raihani, N.J., Hockey, P.A.R., Britton, A., Finch, F.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2013) The influence of fledgling location on adult provisioning: a test of the blackmail hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 280, 20130558 LINK
Ridley, A.R., Nelson-Flower, M.J. & Thompson, A.M. (2013). Are sentinels safe? An experimental investigation. Animal Behaviour 85, 137-142 LINK
Thompson, A.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2013) Do fledglings choose wisely? An experimental investigation into social foraging behaviour. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 69-78 DOI 10.1007/s00265-012-1426-0 LINK
Ridley, A.R. & Thompson, A.M. (2012) The effect of Jacobin cuckoo parasitism on the body mass and survival of host young in a new host species. Ibis 154, 195-199 LINK
Ridley, A.R. & Thompson, A.M. (2011) Heterospecific egg destruction by Wattled Starlings and the impact on Pied Babbler reproductive success. Ostrich 82, 201-205 LINK
Bell, M.B.V, Radford, A.N., Smith, R.A, Thompson, A.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2010) Bargaining babblers: vocal negotiation of cooperative behaviour in a social bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 277, 3223-3228 LINK
Turner, E.C., Granroth, H.M.V., Johnson, H.R., Lucas, C.B.H, Thompson, A.M., Froy, H., German, R.N. & Holdgate, R. (2008). Habitat preference and dispersal of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly (Hamearis lucina) on an abandoned chalk quarry in Bedfordshire, UK. Journal of Insect Conservation 13 475-486. LINK
Ridley, A.R., Wiley, E.M. & Thompson, A.M. (2014) The ecological benefits of interceptive eavesdropping Functional Ecology 28, 197-205 LINK
Thompson, A.M., A. & Ridley, A.R., Hockey, P.A.R., Finch, F.M., Britton, A & Raihani, N.J. (2013) The influence of siblings on begging behaviour Animal Behaviour 86, 811-819 LINK
Nelson-Flower, M.J., Hockey, P.A.R., O’Ryan, C., English, S., Thompson, A.M., Bradley, K., Rose, R. & Ridley, A.R. (2013). Costly reproductive competition between females in a monogamous cooperatively breeding bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 280, 20130728. LINK
Thompson, A.M., Raihani, N.J., Hockey, P.A.R., Britton, A., Finch, F.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2013) The influence of fledgling location on adult provisioning: a test of the blackmail hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 280, 20130558 LINK
Ridley, A.R., Nelson-Flower, M.J. & Thompson, A.M. (2013). Are sentinels safe? An experimental investigation. Animal Behaviour 85, 137-142 LINK
Thompson, A.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2013) Do fledglings choose wisely? An experimental investigation into social foraging behaviour. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67, 69-78 DOI 10.1007/s00265-012-1426-0 LINK
Ridley, A.R. & Thompson, A.M. (2012) The effect of Jacobin cuckoo parasitism on the body mass and survival of host young in a new host species. Ibis 154, 195-199 LINK
Ridley, A.R. & Thompson, A.M. (2011) Heterospecific egg destruction by Wattled Starlings and the impact on Pied Babbler reproductive success. Ostrich 82, 201-205 LINK
Bell, M.B.V, Radford, A.N., Smith, R.A, Thompson, A.M. & Ridley, A.R. (2010) Bargaining babblers: vocal negotiation of cooperative behaviour in a social bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences 277, 3223-3228 LINK
Turner, E.C., Granroth, H.M.V., Johnson, H.R., Lucas, C.B.H, Thompson, A.M., Froy, H., German, R.N. & Holdgate, R. (2008). Habitat preference and dispersal of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly (Hamearis lucina) on an abandoned chalk quarry in Bedfordshire, UK. Journal of Insect Conservation 13 475-486. LINK
Popular articles
Ridley, A.R. & Thompson, A.M. 2010. Dominatricks: reproductive conflict between female southern pied babblers. Africa Birds & Birding 15, 30-34.
Conference presentations and posters
14th International Behavioural Ecology Congress, Lund 2012 - talk entitled: Does a mobile begging system impose honesty on begging?
Birdlife South Africa: Frontiers in Ornithology, Port Elizabeth 2012– talk entitled: Conflict over fledgling location: a novel investigation of parent-offspring conflict.
13th International Behavioural Ecology Congress, Perth 2010 – poster entitled: Kids that won’t stay up: conflict over fledgling location in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler
Postgraduate Science Symposium, University of Cape Town 2010– poster entitled: Is fledgling begging honest? An experimental study with pied babblers (Turdoides bicolor).
Cooperation in mammals and birds meeting, University of Cambridge 2010 – talk entitled: Babbler begging: an investigation into fledgling begging.
Birdlife South Africa: Frontiers in Ornithology, Port Elizabeth 2012– talk entitled: Conflict over fledgling location: a novel investigation of parent-offspring conflict.
13th International Behavioural Ecology Congress, Perth 2010 – poster entitled: Kids that won’t stay up: conflict over fledgling location in the cooperatively breeding pied babbler
Postgraduate Science Symposium, University of Cape Town 2010– poster entitled: Is fledgling begging honest? An experimental study with pied babblers (Turdoides bicolor).
Cooperation in mammals and birds meeting, University of Cambridge 2010 – talk entitled: Babbler begging: an investigation into fledgling begging.