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John McNamara, FRS

Information is a fitness enhancing resource (2010)
McNamara J.M. and Dall S.R.X
Oikos vol: 119 , Pages: 231 - 236
Animal migration: linking models and data beyond taxonomic limits (2009)
Bauer S., Barta Z., Ens B.J., Hays G.C., McNamara J.M. and Klaassen M
Biology Letters vol: 5 , Pages: 433 - 435
The optimal coyness game (2009)
McNamara J.M., Fromhage L., Barta Z. and Houston A.I.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 276 , Pages: 953 - 960
Evolution of trust and trustworthiness: social awareness favours personality differences (2009)
McNamara J.M., Stephens P.A., Dall S.R.X. and Houston A.I.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 276 , Pages: 605 - 613
Integrating function and mechanism (2009)
McNamara, J.M. and Houston, A.I.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 24 , Pages: 670 - 675
Deterioration, death and the evolution of reproductive restraint in late life (2009)
McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I., Zoltan, B., Scheuerlein, A. and Fromhage, L
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 276 , Pages: 4061 - 4066
Seasonal dispersal of pests: one surge or two? (2009)
Paulson M.D., Houston A.I., McNamara J.M. and Payne, R.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology vol: 22 , Pages: 1192 - 1202
Capital breeding and income breeding: their meaning, measurement, and worth (2009)
Stephens P.A., Boyd I.L., McNamara J.M. and Houston, A.I.
Ecology vol: 90 , Pages: 2057 - 2067
Optimal moult strategies in migratory birds (2008)
Barta, Z., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I., Weber, T.P., Hedenstrom, A. and Fero O.
Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 363 , Pages: 211 - 229
Should females prefer to mate with low-quality males? (2008)
C. Cotar, J. M. McNamara, E. J. Collins and A. I. Houston
Journal of Theoretical Biology vol: 254 , Pages: 561 - 567
Optimal annual routines: New tools for conservation biology? (2008)
Fero O., Stephens P.A., Barta Z., McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I.
Ecological Applications vol: 18 , Pages: 1563 - 1577
Sperm allocation strategies and female resistance: A unifying perspective (2008)
Fromhage L., McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I.
American Naturalist vol: 172 , Pages: 25 - 33
A model for the evolutionary maintenance of monogyny in spiders (2008)
Fromhage L., McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I.
Journal of Theoretical Biology vol: 250 , Pages: 524 - 531
Introduction. Adaptation to the annual cycle (2008)
McNamara J.M. and Houston A.I.
Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 363 , Pages: 209 - 210
A theoretical investigation of the effect of latitude on avian life histories (2008)
McNamara J.M., Barta Z., Wikelski M. and Houston A.I.
American Naturalist vol: 172 , Pages: 331 - 345
The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation (2008)
McNamara J.M., Barta, Z, Fromhage, L. and Houston, A.I.
Nature vol: 451 , Pages: 189 - 192
Optimal annual routines: behaviour in the context of physiology and ecology (2008)
McNamara, J.M.,and Houston A.I.
Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 363 , Pages: 301 - 319
Simple learning rules to cope with changing environments (2008)
R. Gross, A. I. Houston, E. J. Collins, J. M. McNamara, F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont and N. R. Franks
Journal of the Royal Society Interface vol: 5 , Pages: 1193 - 1202
The scaling of diving time budgets: Insights from an optimality approach (2008)
Stephens P.A., Carbone C., Boyd I.L., McNamara J.M., Harding K.C. and Houston A.I.
American Naturalist vol: 171 , Pages: 305 - 314
Mammalian choices: combining fast-but-inaccurate and slow-but-accurate decision-making systems (2008)
Trimmer P.C., Houston A.I., Marshall J.A.R., Bogacz R., Paul E.S., Mendl M.T. and McNamara J.M.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 275 , Pages: 2353 - 2361
Parental care as a differential game: A dynamic extension of the Houston-Davies game (2007)
Ewald, C-O., McNamara, J.M. and Houston, A.I.
Applied Math. and Comp. vol: 190 , Pages: 1450 - 1465
Stability and value of male care for offspring: is it worth only half the trouble? (2007)
Fromhage, L., McNamara, J.M. and Houston, A.I.
Biology Letters vol: 3 , Pages: 234 - 236
Migration speed and scheduling of annual events by migrating birds in relation to climate change (2007)
Hedenström, A., Barta, Z., Helm, B., Houston A.I., McNamara, J.M. and Jonzén N.
Climate Research vol: 35 , Pages: 79 - 91
Capital or income breeding? A theoretical model of female reproductive (2007)
Houston, A. I., Stephens, P. A., Boyd, I. L., Harding, K. C. and McNamara, J. M.
Behavioral Ecology vol: 18 , Pages: 241 - 250
Violations of transitivity under fitness maximisation (2007)
Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M. and Steer, M.D.
Biology Letters vol: 3 , Pages: 365 - 367
Do we expect natural selection to produce rational behaviour? (2007)
Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M. and Steer, M.D.
Phil. Trans R Soc. Lond. B vol: 362 , Pages: 1531 - 1543
The effect of energy reserves and food availability on optimal immune defence (2007)
Houston, A.I., McNamara, J.M., Barta, Z. and Klasing, K.C.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 274 , Pages: 2835 - 2842
Teaching with evaluation in ants (2007)
Richardson, T.O., Sleeman P.A., McNamara, J.M., Houston, A.I. and Franks, N.R.
Current Biology vol: 17 , Pages: 1520 - 1526
Paying for information: partial loads in central place foragers (2006)
A. Dornhaus, E. J. Collins, F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont, A. I. Houston, N. R. Franks and J. M. McNamara
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology vol: 61 , Pages: 151 - 161
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0246-5
Annual routines of non-migratory birds: optimal moult strategies (2006)
Barta Z., Houston, A. I., McNamara, J. M., Welham, R. K., Hedenstrom, A., Weber, T. P. and Fero, O.
Oikos vol: 112 , Pages: 580 - 593
Debating sexual selection and mating strategies (2006)
Dall, S. R. X., McNamara, J. M., Wedell, N. and Hosken, D. J.
Science vol: 312 , Pages: 689 - 689
Learning rules for optimal selection in a varying environment: mate choice revisited (2006)
E. J. Collins J. M. McNamara and D. M. Ramsey
Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 799 - 809
Understanding invasions in patchy habitats through metapopulation theory (2006)
Harding, K. C., McNamara, J. M. and Holt, R. D.
Conceptual ecology and invasion biology: reciprocal approaches to nature
Editors: M. W. Cadotte, S. M McMahon and T. Fukami
Page numbers: 371 - 403
Publisher: Springer
John Maynard Smith and the importance of consistency in evolutionary game theory (2006)
Houston, A. I. and McNamara, J. M.
Biology and Philosophy vol: 20 , Pages: 933 - 950
Is it better to give information, receive it, or be ignorant in a two-player game? (2006)
John M. McNamara, Elaine M. K. Wilson, Alasdair I. Houston
Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 441 - 451
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State and value: a perspective from behavioural ecology (2006)
McNamara, J. M. and Houston, A. I.
Social information transmission and human biology
Editors: J. C. K. Wells, S. Strickland and K. Laland
Page numbers: 59 - 88
Publisher: Taylor and francis
Bayes' theorem and its application in animal behaviour (2006)
McNamara, J. M., Green, R. F. and Olsson, O
Oikos vol: 112 , Pages: 243 - 251
Is it better to give information, receive it or be ignorant in a two-player game? (2006)
McNamara, J. M., Wilson, E. and Houston, A. I.
Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 441 - 451
Cooperation should not be assumed (2006)
McNamara, J.M., Binmore, K. and Houston, A.I.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 21 , Pages: 476 - 478
Information and its use by animals in evolutionary ecology (2005)
Dall, S. R. X., Giraldeau, L-A, Olsson, O., McNamara, J. M., and Stephens, D. W.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 20 , Pages: 187 - 193
The hidden cost of information in collective foraging (2005)
F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont, A. Dornhaus, A. I. Houston, J. M. McNamara, E. J. Collins and N. R. Franks
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 272 , Pages: 1689 - 1695
Conflict between parents over care (2005)
Houston, A. I., Szekely, T. and McNamara, J. M.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol: 20 , Pages: 33 - 38
Stress, resource allocation and mortality (2005)
McNamara, J. M. and Buchanan, K. L.
Behavioral Ecology vol: 16 , Pages: 1008 - 1017
If animals know their own fighting ability, the evolutionarily stable level of fighting is reduced (2005)
McNamara, J. M., & Houston, A. I.
Journal of Theoretical Biology vol: 232 , Pages: 1 - 6
A theoretical investigation of the effect of predators on foraging behaviour and energy reserves (2005)
McNamara, J. M., Barta, Z., Houston, A. I. and Race, P.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences vol: 272 , Pages: 929 - 934
Optimality models in behavioural biology (2001)
J.M. McNamara, A.I. Houston and E.J. Collins
SIAM Review vol: 43 , Pages: 413 - 466