2021
The characteristics and consequences of African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) den site selection
Alting, B.F., Bennitt, E., Golabek, K.A., Pitcher, B.J., McNutt, J.W., Wilson, A.M., Bates, H., Jordan, N.R. 2021. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 (7): 1-14
Born to be wild: evaluating the zoo-based Regent Honeyeater breed for release program to optimise individual success and conservation outcomes in the wild
Tripovich, J.S., Popovic, G., Elphinstone, A., Ingwersen, D., Johnson, G., Schmelitschek, E., Wilkin, D., Taylor, G., Pitcher, B.J. 2021. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2: 16
The Enigmatic Life History of the Australian Sea Lion
McIntosh, R.R., Pitcher, B.J. 2021
In: Campagna C., Harcourt R. (eds) Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid. Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals. Springer, Cham.
A cause for alarm: increasing translocation success of captive individuals through alarm communication
Morris, V., Pitcher, B.J., Chariton, A. 2021. Frontiers in Conservation Science 2: 2
2019
Chemical fingerprints suggest direct familiarisation rather than phenotype matching during olfactory recognition in Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea)
Wierucka, K., Barthes, N., Schaal, B., Charrier, I., Harcourt, R.G., Pitcher, B.J. 2019. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 517: 49-53
Chemical profiles of integumentary and glandular substrates in Australian sea lion pups (Neophoca cinerea)
Wierucka, K., Barthes, N., Pitcher, B.J., Schaal, B., Charrier, I., Harcourt, R.G. 2019. Chemical Senses 44 (3): 205-214
2018
“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives
Beausoleil, N.J., Mellor, D.J., Baker, L., Baker, S.E., Bellio, M., Clarke, A.S., Dale, A., Garlick, S., Jones, B., Harvey, A. Pitcher, B.J., Sherwen, S., Stockin, K.A., Zito, S. 2018. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5: 296
Multimodal mother-offspring recognition – the relative importance of sensory cues in a colonial mammal
Wierucka, K., Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R., Charrier, I. 2018. Animal Behaviour 146: 135-142
Recent prey capture experience and dynamic habitat quality mediate short-term foraging site fidelity in a seabird.
Carroll, G., Harcourt, R., Pitcher, B.J., Slip, D., Jonsen, I. 2018. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 10.1098/rspb.2018.0788
Visual cues do not enhance sea lion pups’ response to multimodal maternal cues.
Wierucka, K., Charrier, I., Harcourt, R., Pitcher, B.J. 2018. Scientific Reports 8 (1): 9845
Australian Sea Lion Monitoring Framework: background document
Pitcher, B.J. 2018. Report prepared for the Department of the Environment, Canberra.
2017
The role of visual cues in mother-pup reunions in a colonially breeding mammal.
Wierucka, K., Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R., Charrier, I. 2017. Biology Letters 13 (11): 20170444
Hierarchical influences of prey distribution on patterns of prey capture by a marine predator.
Carroll, G., Cox, M., Harcourt, R., Pitcher, B.J., Slip, D., Jonsen, I. 2017. Functional Ecology 10.1111/1365-2435.12873
Cross-modal recognition of familiar conspecifics in goats.
Pitcher, B.J., Briefer, E.F., Baciadonna, L., McElligott, A.G. 2017. Royal Society Open Science doi: 10.1098/rsos.160346
2015
Chemical fingerprints reveal clues to identity, heterozygosity, and relatedness.
Pitcher, B.J., Charrier, I., Harcourt, R.G. 2015. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA doi: 10.1073/pnas.1514278112
Intrasexual selection drives sensitivity to pitch, formants and duration in the competitive calls of fallow bucks.
Pitcher, B.J., Briefer, E.F., McElligott, A.G. 2015. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:149 doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0429-7
2014
Fallow bucks attend to vocal cues of motivation and fatigue.
Pitcher, B.J., Briefer, E.F., Vannoni, E., McElligott, A.G. 2014. Behavioral Ecology 25:392-401 doi:10.1093/beheco/art131
Acoustic divergence in the rut vocalizations of Persian and European fallow deer.
Stachowicz, J.B., Vannoni, E., Pitcher, B.J., Briefer, E.F., Geffen, E., McElligott, A.G. 2014. Journal of Zoology 292: 1-9
2013
Sex-biased sound symbolism in English-language first names.
Pitcher, B.J., Mesoudi, A., McElligott, A.G. 2013. PLOS ONE 8(6): e64825. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064825
Alarming features: birds use specific acoustic properties to identify heterospecific alarm calls.
Fallow, P.M., Pitcher, B.J., Magrath, R.D. 2013. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
2012
Individual identity encoding and environmental constraints in vocal recognition of pups by Australian sea lion mothers.
Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R.G., Charrier, I. 2012. Animal Behaviour 83: 681-690
2011
Allosuckling behaviour in the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea): An updated understanding.
Pitcher, B.J., Ahonen, H., Charrier, I., Harcourt, R.G. 2011. Marine Mammal Science 27 (4): 881-888
Social olfaction in marine mammals: wild female Australian sea lions can identify their pup’s scent.
Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R.G., Schaal, B., Charrier, I. 2011. Biology Letters 7: 60-62
2010
Rapid onset of maternal vocal recognition in a colonially breeding mammal, the Australian sea lion.
Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R.G., Charrier, I. 2010. PLOS ONE 5: e12195
The memory remains: Long-term vocal recognition in Australian sea lions.
Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R.G., Charrier, I. 2010. Animal Cognition 13: 771-776.
Vocal discrimination in mate guarding male Australian sea lions: familiarity breeds contempt.
Attard, M.R.G., Pitcher, B.J., Charrier, I., Ahonen, H., Harcourt, R.G. 2010. Ethology 116: 704-712
2009
Delayed onset of vocal recognition in Australian sea lion pups (Neophoca cinerea).
Pitcher, B.J., Ahonen, H., Harcourt, R.G., Charrier, I. 2009. Naturwissenschaften 96: 901-909.
Vocal recognition of mothers by Australian sea lion pups: individual signature and environmental constraints.
Charrier, I., Pitcher, B.J., Harcourt, R.G. 2009. Animal Behaviour 78: 1127-1134.
An avian eavesdropping network: alarm signal reliability and heterospecific response.
Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J., Gardner, J.L. 2009. Behavioral Ecology 20: 745-752.
Recognition of other species’ aerial alarm calls: speaking the same language or learning another?
Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J., Gardner, J.L. 2009. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 769-774.
2007
How to be fed but not eaten: nestling responses to parental food calls and the sound of a predator’s footsteps.
Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J., Dalziell, A.H. 2007. Animal Behaviour 74: 1117-1129.
A mutual understanding? Interspecific responses by birds to each other’s aerial alarm calls.
Magrath, R.D., Pitcher, B.J., Gardner, J.L. 2007. Behavioral Ecology 18: 944-951.
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