Professor Ben J Hatchwell

School of Biosciences

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology

Ben Hatchwell
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b.hatchwell@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Ben J Hatchwell
School of Biosciences
B91
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
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S10 2TN
Profile
  • Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, University of ºù«Ӱҵ (2007-present)
  • Reader, University of ºù«Ӱҵ (2004 - 2006)
  • Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of ºù«Ӱҵ (2002-2004)
  • Lecturer in Zoology, University of ºù«Ӱҵ (1993-2002)
  • Post-doc, University of Oxford (1991-1993)
  • Post-doc, University of Cambridge (1988-1991)
  • PhD (1988), University of ºù«Ӱҵ
  • BA (1984), University of Oxford
Research interests

Social Evolution

My principal research interest is in social evolution and reproductive strategies in birds. The main approach of my research is to use field observations and experiments to test evolutionary theory. I have been studying cooperative breeding in long-tailed tits since 1994, and have also collaborated recently on other projects on cooperative behaviour in sociable weavers, riflemen and monk parakeets. Specific research interests include:

  • The ecological and demographic factors that promote the evolution of cooperation in animal societies.
  • The influence of individual dispersal decisions on the genetic structure of populations and the consequences for cooperative behaviour
  • The fitness consequences of alternative reproductive strategies of individuals in cooperative groups
  • Mechanisms of kin recognition in social animals
  • Proximate and ultimate causes of variation in parental investment

Population Ecology

I am also interested in pure and applied aspects of avian population ecology, including long-term studies of seabirds, parrot conservation and the ecology of urban bird populations. Recent projects include studies of guillemots, blackbirds and three species of parrot. Specific areas of interest include:

  • The population dynamics of guillemots on Skomer Island
  • Population biology of vulnerable parrot populations
  • The relationship between urban and rural bird populations
  • Invasion biology of monk parakeets in Europe
Publications

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Journal articles

  • Leedale A, Lachlan R, Robinson E & Hatchwell B (2020) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1802). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leedale AE, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, Green JP, Slate J, Lachlan RF, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Green J & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(47), 12011-12016. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leedale AE, Sharp SP, Simeoni M, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Molecular Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khwaja N, Hatchwell BJ, Freckleton RP & Green JP (2017) . American Naturalist, 190(4), 547-556. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bebbington K & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Behavioral Ecology, 27(2), 652-659. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Green JP, Freckleton RP & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Nature Communications, 7. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sæther B-E, Grøtan V, Engen S, Coulson T, Grant PR, Visser ME, Brommer JE, Rosemary Grant B, Gustafsson L, Hatchwell BJ , Jerstad K et al (2016) . Nature Communications, 7. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Adams MJ, Robinson MR, Mannarelli M-E & Hatchwell BJ (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1810). RIS download Bibtex download
  • van Dijk RE, Kaden JC, Arguelles Tico A, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2014) . Ecology Letters, 17(9), 1141-1148. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Gullett PR & Adams MJ (2014) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 369(1642), 20130565. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Abbot P, Abe J, Alcock J, Alizon S, Alpedrinha JA, Andersson M, Andre JB, van Baalen M, Balloux F, Balshine S , Barton N et al (2011) . Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Meade J, Nam K-B, Beckerman AP & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . J Anim Ecol, 79(3), 529-537. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2010) . ETHOLOGY, 116(3), 203-216. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 364(1533), 3217-3227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Frantz AC, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Dawson DA, Walasz K, Partecke J, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Proc Biol Sci, 276(1666), 2403-2410. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP, McGowan A, Wood MJ & Hatchwell BJ (2005) . Nature, 434(7037), 1127-1130. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2195. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2191. RIS download Bibtex download

All publications

Journal articles

  • Laurenson K, Wood MJ, Birkhead TR, Priestley MDK, Sherley RB, Fayet AL, Guilford T, Hatchwell BJ & Votier SC (2024) . Journal of Animal Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Senar JC, Ortega-Segalerva A & Hatchwell BJ (2024) . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 9-17. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Hatchwell BJ, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Ortega-Segalerva A, Uribe F & Senar JC (2023) . Animal Behaviour, 205, 139-148. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Halliwell C, Biddiscombe SJ & Hatchwell BJ (2023) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77(9). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lewis TC, Vargas IG, Vredenbregt C, Jimenez M, Hatchwell B, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2023) . Ibis. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Halliwell C, Beckerman AP, Biddiscombe SJ, Germain M & Hatchwell BJ (2023) . Animal Behaviour, 201, 23-44. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Senar JC & Hatchwell BJ (2023) . Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 21, 13-17. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khwaja N, Preston S, Hatchwell B & Briskie J (2023) . New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Borray-Escalante NA, Baucells J, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Hatchwell BJ & Senar JC (2023) . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 46(1), 71-78. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McCully FR, Weimerskirch H, Cornell SJ, Hatchwell BJ, Cairo M & Patrick SC (2022) . Ecology and Evolution, 12(12). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sturrock NJ, Hatchwell BJ, Firth JA & Green JP (2022) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(6). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Halliwell C, Beckerman A, Germain M, Patrick S, Leedale A & Hatchwell B (2022) . Behavioral Ecology, 33(4), 844-858. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Roper M, Sturrock NJ, Hatchwell BJ & Green JP (2022) . J Anim Ecol. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Senar JC, Moyà A, Pujol J, Tomas X & Hatchwell BJ (2021) . Diversity, 13(12). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leedale A, Lachlan R, Robinson E & Hatchwell B (2020) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1802). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leedale AE, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, Green JP, Slate J, Lachlan RF, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leedale AE, Li J & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Hatchwell BJ, Ortega-Segalerva A, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ & Senar JC (2020) . Molecular Biology Reports, 47(2), 1543-1550. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Li J, Lv L, Wang P, Wang Y, Hatchwell BJ & Zhang Z (2019) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128(3), 592-602. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khwaja N, Briskie JV & Hatchwell BJ (2019) . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Li J, Wang Y, Lv L, Wang P, Hatchwell BJ & Zhang Z (2019) . Behavioral Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Senar JC, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Ortega-Segalerva A, Pell FSED, Pascual J, Arroyo L, Mazzoni D, Montalvo T & Hatchwell BJ (2019) . Bird Study. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Green J & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(47), 12011-12016. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Leedale AE, Sharp SP, Simeoni M, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Molecular Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khwaja N, Preston SAJ, Briskie JV & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Ecology and Evolution. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khwaja N, Hatchwell BJ, Freckleton RP & Green JP (2017) . American Naturalist, 190(4), 547-556. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2017) . Behavioral Ecology, 28(2), 360-360. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Khwaja N, Preston SAJ, Hatchwell BJ, Briskie JV, Winney IS & Savage JL (2017) . Animal Behaviour, 125, 25-31. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Napper CJ & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Animal Behaviour, 122, 23-35. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bebbington K & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Behavioral Ecology, 27(2), 652-659. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Green JP, Freckleton RP & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Nature Communications, 7. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sæther B-E, Grøtan V, Engen S, Coulson T, Grant PR, Visser ME, Brommer JE, Rosemary Grant B, Gustafsson L, Hatchwell BJ , Jerstad K et al (2016) . Nature Communications, 7. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preston SAJ, Briskie JV & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Behavioral Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Acker P, Grégoire A, Rat M, Spottiswoode CN, van Dijk RE, Paquet M, Kaden JC, Pradel R, Hatchwell BJ, Covas R & Doutrelant C (2015) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(11), 2027-2041. RIS download Bibtex download
  • van Dijk RE, Covas R, Doutrelant C, Spottiswoode CN & Hatchwell BJ (2015) . Molecular Ecology, 24(16), 4296-4311. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Adams MJ, Robinson MR, Mannarelli M-E & Hatchwell BJ (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1810). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Crane JMS, Pick JL, Tribe AJ, Vincze E, Hatchwell BJ & Russell AF (2015) . Animal Behaviour, 104, 51-57. RIS download Bibtex download
  • van Dijk RE, Kaden JC, Arguelles Tico A, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2014) . Ecology Letters, 17(9), 1141-1148. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Gullett PR & Adams MJ (2014) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 369(1642), 20130565. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gullett P, Hatchwell BJ, Robinson RA & Evans KL (2013) . Ecology and Evolution, 3(7), 1864-1877. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Napper CJ, Simeoni M, Hatchwell BJ, Sharp SP & McGowan A (2013) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1-11. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Preston SAJ, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ & Hatchwell BJ (2013) . Conservation Genetics Resources, 5(2), 555-560. RIS download Bibtex download
  • van Dijk RE, Eising CM, Merrill RM, Karadas F, Hatchwell B & Spottiswoode CN (2013) . Oecologia, 171(2), 379-389. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Meade J, Hatchwell BJ, Blanchard JL & Birkhead TR (2012) . Journal of Avian Biology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Abbot P, Abe J, Alcock J, Alizon S, Alpedrinha JA, Andersson M, Andre JB, van Baalen M, Balloux F, Balshine S , Barton N et al (2011) . Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nam K-B, Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . J Evol Biol, 24(4), 904-913. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Newton J, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, Mcgowan A & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Colonisation of urban environments is associated with reduced migratory behaviour, facilitating divergence from ancestral populations. Oikos. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee J-W & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Do females adjust brood sex ratio according to males' genetic structures in a gregarious passerine, the vinous-throated parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus?. Journal of Avian Biology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . Behavioral Ecology, 22(6), 1294-1303. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nam K-B, Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Do parents and helpers adjust their provisioning effort in relation to nestling sex in a cooperatively breeding bird?. Animal Behaviour. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nam KB, Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . Animal Behaviour, 82(2), 303-309. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP, Simeoni M, McGowan A, Nam KB & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . Animal Behaviour, 81(4), 843-849. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Meade J, Nam K-B, Lee J-W & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . PLoS One, 6(5), e19684. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP, Simeoni M, McGowan A, Nam K-B & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Patterns of recruitment, relatedness and cooperative breeding in two populations of long-tailed tits. Animal Behaviour. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Chamberlain DE, Hatchwell BJ, Gregory RD & Gaston KJ (2011) . Global Change Biology, 17(1), 32-44. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nakagawa S, Ockendon N, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2011) . Behavioral Ecology, 22(2), 445-446. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . BEHAV ECOL, 21(6), 1186-1194. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nam K-B, Simeoni M, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . Proc Biol Sci, 277(1698), 3299-3306. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Meade J, Nam K-B, Beckerman AP & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . J Anim Ecol, 79(3), 529-537. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee J-W, Simeoni M, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . Heredity (Edinb), 104(5), 472-481. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee JW, Kim HY & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . J ORNITHOL, 151(2), 483-490. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2010) . ETHOLOGY, 116(3), 203-216. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Hatchwell BJ, Parnell M & Gaston KJ (2010) . Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 85(3), 643-667. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee JW, Lee YK & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . Animal Behaviour, 79(5), 1017-1023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 364(1533), 3217-3227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Simeoni M, Dawson DA, Gentle LK, Coiffait L, Wolff K, Evans KL, Gaston KJ & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . MOL ECOL RESOUR, 9(6), 1520-1526. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee JW, Kim MS, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . J AVIAN BIOL, 40(5), 469-474. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Frantz AC, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Dawson DA, Walasz K, Partecke J, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Proc Biol Sci, 276(1666), 2403-2410. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee J-W, Jang B-S, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Mol Ecol, 18(12), 2728-2739. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . OIKOS, 118(5), 774-782. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Sharp SP, Simeoni M & McGowan A (2009) . FUNCT ECOL, 23(2), 367-372. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, McGowan A & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . OIKOS, 118(2), 251-259. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Votier SC, Hatchwell BJ, Mears M & Birkhead TR (2009) . MAR ECOL-PROG SER, 393, 225-233. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chamberlain DE, Cannon AR, Toms MP, Leech DI, Hatchwell BJ & Gaston KJ (2009) . IBIS, 151(1), 1-18. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nakagawa S, Lee J-W, Woodward BK, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2008) . Biol Lett, 4(6), 667-669. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2008) . Proc Biol Sci, 275(1647), 2125-2130. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP, Baker MB, Hadfield JD, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2008) . OIKOS, 117(9), 1371-1379. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Votier SC, Birkhead TR, Oro D, Trinder M, Grantham MJ, Clark JA, McCleery RH & Hatchwell BJ (2008) . J Anim Ecol, 77(5), 974-983. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Simeoni M, Dawson DA, Ross DJ, Chaline N, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2007) . MOL ECOL NOTES, 7(6), 1319-1322. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2007) . Curr Biol, 17(19), R845-R847. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (2007) . Behav Processes, 76(2), 73-74. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nakagawa S, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2007) . J Evol Biol, 20(5), 1674-1681. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nakagawa S, Ockendon N, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2007) . Oecologia, 153(3), 749-760. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mcgowan A, Fowlie MK, Ross DJ & Hatchwell BJ (2007) Social organization of co-operatively breeding Long-tailed Tits Aegithalos caudatus: flock composition and kinship. IBIS, 149(1), 170-174. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McGowan A, Sharp SP, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2006) . ANIM BEHAV, 72, 1035-1043. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2006) Development of family specific contact calls in the Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus. IBIS, 148(4), 649-656. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ & Sharp SP (2006) Kin selection and recognition mechanisms in avian societies. J ORNITHOL, 147(5), 8-9. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pizzari T, Birkhead TR, Blows MW, Brooks R, Buchanan KL, Clutton-Brock TH, Harvey PH, Hosken DJ, Jennions MD, Kokko H , Kotiaho JS et al (2006) Debating sexual selection and mating strategies.. Science, 312(5774), 689-697. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lessells CM, Bennett ATD, Birkhead TR, Colegrave N, Dall SRX, Harvey PH, Hatchwell B, Hosken DJ, Hunt J, Moore AJ , Parker GA et al (2006) Debating sexual selection and mating strategies [2]. Science, 312(5774), 689-690. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ghiselin MT (2006) Debating sexual selection and mating strategies.. Science, 312(5774), 689-697. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ & Sharp SP (2006) . ADV STUD BEHAV, 36, 355-395. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Votier SC, Hatchwell BJ, Beckerman A, McCleery RH, Hunter FM, Pellatt J, Trinder M & Birkhead TR (2005) . ECOL LETT, 8(11), 1157-1164. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2005) Individuality in the contact calls of cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus). BEHAVIOUR, 142, 1559-1575. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cannon AR, Chamberlain DE, Toms MP, Hatchwell BJ & Gaston KJ (2005) . J APPL ECOL, 42(4), 659-671. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sharp SP, McGowan A, Wood MJ & Hatchwell BJ (2005) . Nature, 434(7037), 1127-1130. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Maccoll ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2004) Determinants of lifetime fitness in a cooperative breeder, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus. J ANIM ECOL, 73(6), 1137-1148. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McGowan A, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2004) The structure and function of nests of Long-Tailed Tits Aegithalos caudatus. FUNCT ECOL, 18(4), 578-583. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Russell AF, MacColl ADC, Ross DJ, Fowlie MK & McGowan A (2004) . BEHAV ECOL, 15(1), 1-10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . ANIM BEHAV, 66, 955-964. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2195. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McGowan A, Hatchwell BJ & Woodburn RJW (2003) The effect of helping behaviour on the survival of juvenile and adult long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus. J ANIM ECOL, 72(3), 491-499. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2191. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2002) . Am Nat, 160(2), 186-194. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Ross DJ, Chaline N, Fowlie MK & Burke T (2002) . ANIM BEHAV, 64, 55-63. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Russell AF & Hatchwell BJ (2001) . Proc Biol Sci, 268(1481), 2169-2174. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Anderson C, Ross DJ, Fowlie MK & Blackwell PG (2001) Social organization of cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits: kinship and spatial dynamics. J ANIM ECOL, 70(5), 820-830. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar MA, Chamberlain DE & Perrins CM (2001) The haematozoan parasites of Common Blackbirds Turdus merula: associations with host condition. IBIS, 143(3), 420-426. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Ross DJ, Fowlie MK & McGowan A (2001) . Proc Biol Sci, 268(1470), 885-890. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Birkhead TR, Hatchwell BJ, Lindner R, Blomqvist D, Pellatt EJ, Griffiths R & Lifjeld JT (2001) . The Condor, 103(1), 158-162. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Birkhead TR, Hatchwell BJ, Lindner R, Blomqvist D, Pellatt EJ, Griffiths R & Lifjeld JT (2001) Extra-pair paternity in the Common Murre. CONDOR, 103(1), 158-162. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ & Komdeur J (2000) . Anim Behav, 59(6), 1079-1086. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Russell AF, Ross DJ & Fowlie MK (2000) . Proc Biol Sci, 267(1445), 813-819. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar M & Perrins CM (2000) . Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78(4), 684-687. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar M & Perrins CM (2000) The prevalence and ecology of the haematozoan parasites of European blackbirds, Turdus merula. CAN J ZOOL, 78(4), 684-687. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Komdeur J & Hatchwell BJ (1999) . Trends Ecol Evol, 14(11), 448. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ (1999) Investment strategies of breeders in avian cooperative breeding systems. AM NAT, 154(2), 205-219. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Fowlie MK, Ross DJ & Russell AF (1999) Incubation behavior of Long-tailed Tits: Why do males provision incubating females?. CONDOR, 101(3), 681-686. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chamberlain DE, Hatchwell BJ & Perrins CM (1999) Importance of feeding ecology to the reproductive success of Blackbirds Turdus merula nesting in rural habitats. IBIS, 141(3), 415-427. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Komdeur J & Hatchwell BJ (1999) . Trends Ecol Evol, 14(6), 237-241. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Russell AF, Fowlie MK & Ross DJ (1999) Reproductive success and nest-site selection in a cooperative breeder: Effect of experience and a direct benefit of helping. AUK, 116(2), 355-363. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Barnard C, Komdeur J & Hatchwell BJ (1999) . Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14(11), 448. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Chamberlain DE & Perrins CM (1996) The demography of blackbirds Turdus merula in rural habitats: Is farmland a sub-optimal habitat?. J APPL ECOL, 33(5), 1114-1124. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ, Chamberlain DE & Perrins CM (1996) The reproductive success of blackbirds Turdus merula in relation to habitat structure and choice of nest site. IBIS, 138(2), 256-262. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Langmore NE, Davies NB, Hatchwell BJ & Hartley IR (1996) Female song attracts males in the alpine accentor Prunella collaris. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 263(1367), 141-146. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ & Russell AF (1996) Provisioning rules in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus: An experimental study. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 263(1366), 83-88. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Davies NB, Hartley IR, Hatchwell BJ & Langmore NE (1996) Female control of copulations to maximize male help: A comparison of polygynandrous alpine accentors, Prunella collaris, and dunnocks, P-modularis. ANIM BEHAV, 51, 27-47. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chamberlain DE, Hatchwell BJ & Perrins CM (1995) Spaced out nests and predators: An experiment to test the effects of habitat structure. J AVIAN BIOL, 26(4), 346-349. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DAVIES NB, HARTLEY IR, HATCHWELL BJ, DESROCHERS A, SKEER J & NEBEL D (1995) THE POLYGYNANDROUS MATING SYSTEM OF THE ALPINE ACCENTOR, PRUNELLA-COLLARIS .1. ECOLOGICAL CAUSES AND REPRODUCTIVE CONFLICTS. ANIM BEHAV, 49(3), 769-788. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HARTLEY IR, DAVIES NB, HATCHWELL BJ, DESROCHERS A, NEBEL D & BURKE T (1995) THE POLYGYNANDROUS MATING SYSTEM OF THE ALPINE ACCENTOR, PRUNELLA-COLLARIS .2. MULTIPLE PATERNITY AND PARENTAL EFFORT. ANIM BEHAV, 49(3), 789-803. RIS download Bibtex download
  • EVANS MR & HATCHWELL BJ (1993) NEW SLANTS ON ORNAMENT ASYMMETRY. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 251(1332), 171-177. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DAVIES NB, HATCHWELL BJ, ROBSON T & BURKE T (1992) PATERNITY AND PARENTAL EFFORT IN DUNNOCKS PRUNELLA-MODULARIS - HOW GOOD ARE MALE CHICK-FEEDING RULES. ANIM BEHAV, 43(5), 729-745. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MATING COMPETITION IN MONOGAMOUS AND POLYANDROUS DUNNOCKS, PRUNELLA-MODULARIS .1. MATE GUARDING AND COPULATIONS. ANIM BEHAV, 43(4), 595-609. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MATING COMPETITION IN MONOGAMOUS AND POLYANDROUS DUNNOCKS, PRUNELLA-MODULARIS .2. INFLUENCE OF REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS ON MATING SYSTEMS. ANIM BEHAV, 43(4), 611-622. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL B & DAVIES N (1992) . Animal Behaviour, 43, 595-609. RIS download Bibtex download
  • EVANS MR & HATCHWELL BJ (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MALE ADORNMENT IN THE SCARLET-TUFTED MALACHITE SUNBIRD .2. THE ROLE OF THE ELONGATED TAIL IN MATE CHOICE AND EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE FOR A HANDICAP. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 29(6), 421-427. RIS download Bibtex download
  • EVANS MR & HATCHWELL BJ (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MALE ADORNMENT IN THE SCARLET-TUFTED MALACHITE SUNBIRD .1. THE ROLE OF PECTORAL TUFTS IN TERRITORIAL DEFENSE. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 29(6), 413-419. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DAVIES NB & HATCHWELL BJ (1992) THE VALUE OF MALE PARENTAL CARE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON REPRODUCTIVE ALLOCATION BY MALE AND FEMALE DUNNOCKS. J ANIM ECOL, 61(2), 259-272. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ (1991) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF TIMING OF BREEDING ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF COMMON GUILLEMOTS (URIA-AALGE). J ANIM ECOL, 60(3), 721-736. RIS download Bibtex download
  • BIRKHEAD TR, HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1991) SPERM COMPETITION AND THE REPRODUCTIVE-ORGANS OF THE MALE AND FEMALE DUNNOCK PRUNELLA-MODULARIS. IBIS, 133(3), 306-311. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WILEY RH, HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1991) RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL MALES SONGS BY FEMALE DUNNOCKS - A MECHANISM INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COPULATORY PARTNERS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS. ETHOLOGY, 88(2), 145-153. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ (1991) THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF YOUNG GUILLEMOTS URIA-AALGE ON SKOMER ISLAND, WALES. IBIS, 133(2), 153-161. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ & BIRKHEAD TR (1991) POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF COMMON GUILLEMOTS URIA-AALGE ON SKOMER ISLAND, WALES. ORNIS SCAND, 22(1), 55-59. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ & PELLATT J (1990) INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EGG COMPOSITION AND YOLK FORMATION IN THE COMMON GUILLEMOT (URIA-AALGE). J ZOOL, 220, 279-286. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1990) PROVISIONING OF NESTLINGS BY DUNNOCKS, PRUNELLA-MODULARIS, IN PAIRS AND TRIOS - COMPENSATION REACTIONS BY MALES AND FEMALES. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 27(3), 199-209. RIS download Bibtex download
  • BURKE T, DAVIES NB, BRUFORD MW & HATCHWELL BJ (1989) PARENTAL CARE AND MATING-BEHAVIOR OF POLYANDROUS DUNNOCKS PRUNELLA-MODULARIS RELATED TO PATERNITY BY DNA FINGERPRINTING. NATURE, 338(6212), 249-251. RIS download Bibtex download
  • HATCHWELL BJ (1988) INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION AND MATE DEFENSE IN COMMON GUILLEMOTS URIA AALGE. BEHAVIOUR, 107, 157-185. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Halliwell C, Beckerman AP, Patrick SC & Hatchwell BJ () . Evolution Letters. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Borray-Escalante NA, Nuñez-Tobajas Z, Batllori X, Santos D, Clavell J, Domènech J, Arroyo L, Uribe F, Rodriguez-Pastor R, Pascual J , Carrillo-Ortiz JG et al () . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 101-111. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell B, Dawson Pell F, Senar JC & Ortega-Segalerva A () Social associations are predicted by nest proximity but not kinship in a free-living social parrot. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McCully FR, Descamps S, Harris SM, Mckendrick F, Gillies N, Cornell SJ, Hatchwell BJ & Patrick SC () . Ethology. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Higgott CG, Evans KL & Hatchwell BJ () . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nakagawa S, Ockendon N, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T () . Behavioral Ecology, 18(5), 831-840. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ellison N, Hatchwell B, Biddiscombe S, Napper C & Potts J () Mechanistic home range analysis reveals drivers of space use patterns for a non-territorial passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Komdeur J, Richardson DS & Hatchwell B (2008) , Ecology of Social Evolution (pp. 175-193). Springer Berlin Heidelberg RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ekman J, Dickinson JL, Hatchwell BJ & Griesser M (2004) , Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (pp. 35-47). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dickinson JL & Hatchwell BJ (2004) , Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (pp. 48-66). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Cockburn A, Hatchwell BJ & Koenig WD () , Comparative Social Evolution (pp. 320-353). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hatchwell BJ () , Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates (pp. 39-57). Cambridge University Press RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Adams M, Robinson M & Hatchwell B (2013) Their genes are your environment: Social genetics of breeding behavior in birds. BEHAVIOR GENETICS, Vol. 43(6) (pp 505-505) RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Lewis TC, Gutiérrez Vargas I, Vredenbregt C, Jimenez M, Hatchwell B, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

Dr Alexandra Jebb de Calais
UKRI-funded Post-doctoral Research Associate (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Dr Jennifer Morinay
UKRI-funded Post-doctoral Research Associate (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Sarah Biddiscombe
UKRI-funded Technician (2022-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Dr Mickaël Jacquier
UKRI-funded Technician (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Luke Nelson
UKRI-funded Technician (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Tom Lewis
UKRI-funded Research Assistant (2023). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Chay Halliwell
NERC-funded ACCE2 PhD student (2019-2023). Cooperation, conflict and the coordination of care in a social bird. Lead supervisor - BJH, co-supervisors - Dr Sam Patrick (University of Liverpool) and Dr Andrew Beckerman.
Fionnuala McCully
NERC-funded ACCE2 PhD student (2019-2023). How do Arctic seabirds coordinate care in a changing climate? Lead supervisor – Dr Sam Patrick (University of Liverpool), co-supervisor - BJH.
Natalia Borray
Independently funded PhD student (2022-2025). Population genetic structure and contemporary evolution in monk parakeets. Lead supervisor – Dr Juan Carlos Senar (Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona; University of Barcelona), co-supervisor - BJH.
Joey Baxter
UKRI-funded PhD student (2023-2027). Are olfactory cues used to recognise kin in social birds? Lead-supervisor – BJH, co-supervisor – Dr Chris Cooney.

Teaching activities

I have been fascinated by natural history since I was young and becoming a behavioural ecologist was a natural progression from that early obsession. In common with my colleagues in Biosciences, my teaching is research-led, with the ambition of communicating my enthusiasm and knowledge about animal behaviour to students.

At Level 2, I teach on a field course in southern France, including guided exercises and independent project work in a stunning Mediterranean landscape. At Level 3, I coordinate Cooperation & Conflict (APS357, 10 credits), and I also run and/or teach on field courses to Portugal and Borneo (APS356, 20 credits). The aim of APS357 is to demonstrate how theory provides the framework that allows us to make sense of the extraordinarily diverse social behaviour that exists in the natural world, including our own behaviour. Field courses are highlights of the teaching year because of the quality of the projects conducted by students, and more importantly, because the opportunity to engage in research offered by such courses is often a critical moment in students’ development as scientists. At Level 4, I usually supervise two MBiolSci students per year. They are embedded within my research group, working alongside my PhD students, post-docs and other researchers on novel questions relating to some aspect of the behaviour and ecology of birds, involving field observations, experiments and analysis of long-term data. I also supervise MRes students in their research projects, typically one student per year.
 

Professional activities and memberships
  • International Society for Behavioral Ecology: President-elect (2014-2016), President (2016-2018) and Past-President (2018-2020)
  • External examiner: MSc in Applied Ecology, University of Exeter (Falmouth)
  • Editor: Behavioral Ecology (2010-2013)
  • Editor: Animal Behaviour (2005-2008)
  • Member of Council: Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (2006-2009)
  • Member of Council: British Ornithologists’ Union (1999-2003)
  • Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2008-2009)