2024

Holmes KG, Krützen M, Ridley AR, Allen SJ, Connor RC, Gerber L, Flaherty Stamm C, King SL (2024). Juvenile social play predicts adult reproductive success in male bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 121 (25), e2305948121 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2305948121

Speechley EM, Ashton BJ, Thornton A, King SL, Simmons LW, Woodiss-Field SL, Ridley AR (2024). Aggressive interactions influence cognitive performance in Western Australian magpies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291, 20240435 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0435

Chereskin E, Allen SJ, Connor RC, Krützen M, King SL (2024). In pop pursuit: social bond strength predicts vocal synchrony during cooperative mate guarding in bottlenose dolphins Philosophical Transactions B 379 (1905), 20230194 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0194

2023

Friedman WR, Krützen M, King SL, Allen SJ, Gerber L, Wittwer S, Connor RC (2023) Inter-group        alliance dynamics in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Animal Cognition 26(5)   1601-1612 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01804-y

Sørensen PM, Haddock A, Guarino E, Jaakkola K, McMullen C, Jensen FH, Tyack PL & King SL. (2023) Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins. Current Biology 33 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.063

2022

Peters KJ, Gerber L, Scheu L, Cicciarella R, Zoller JA, Fei Z, Horvath S, Allen SJ, King SL, Connor RC, Rollins LA & Krützen M. (2022). An epigenetic DNA methylation clock for age estimates in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus). Evolutionary Applications, 00, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13516

King SL, Connor RC and Montgomery SH (2022) Social and vocal complexity in bottlenose dolphins. Trends in Neurosciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2022.09.006

Marfurt SM, Allen SJ, Bizzozzero MR, Willems EP, King SL, Connor RC, Kopps AM, Wild S, Gerber L, Wittwer S, Krützen M (2022). Association patterns and community structure among female bottlenose dolphins: environmental, genetic and cultural factors. Mammalian Biology https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00259-x

Connor RC, Krützen M, Allen SJ, Sherwin WB and King SL (2022). Strategic intergroup alliances increase access to a contested resource in male bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA. 119 (36) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121723119

King SL and Jensen FH (2022). Rise of the machines: Integrating technology with playback experiments to study cetacean social cognition in the wild. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 00, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13935

Hamilton RA, Gazda SL, King SL, Stakhammar J and Connor RC (2022). Bottlenose dolphin communication during a role-specialized group foraging task. Behavioural Processes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104691

Chereskin E, Connor RC, Friedman WR, Jensen FH, Allen SJ, Sørensen PM, Krützen M and King SL (2022). Allied male dolphins use vocal exchanges to ‘bond-at-a-distance’. Current Biology 32 (7), 1657-1663.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.019

Gerber L, Connor RC, Allen SJ, Horlacher K, King SL, Sherwin WB, Willems E, Wittwer S and Krützen M (2022). Social integration influences fitness in allied male dolphins. Current Biology 32 (7), 1664-1669.e3.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.027

SL King (2022) Book Review: The evolutionary roots of cooperation Current Biology 32 (6), R249-R251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.055

2021

King SL, Connor RC, Krützen M, Allen SJ (2021). Cooperation-based concept formation in male bottlenose dolphins. Nature Communications 12: 2373 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22668-1
Video abstract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1DaP7DLDdM

Gerber L, Wittwer S, Connor RC, Allen SJ, Holmes KG, King SL, Sherwin W, Wild S, Willems E, Connor RC, Krützen M (2021). Cooperative partner choice in multi-level male dolphin alliances. Scientific Reports 11: 6901. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85583-x

King SL, Guarino E, Donegan K, McMullen C, Jaakkola K (2021). Evidence that bottlenose dolphins can communicate with vocal signals to solve a cooperative task. Royal Society Open Science 8: 202073. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202073

2020

Jaakkola K, Bruck JN, Connor RC, Montgomery SH, King SL (2020). Bias and Misrepresentation of Science Undermines Productive Discourse on Animal Welfare Policy: A Case Study. Animals 10: 1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10071118

Moore BL, Connor RC, Allen SJ, Krützen M, King SL (2020). Acoustic coordination by allied male dolphins in a cooperative context. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20192944. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2944

Gerber L, Connor RC, King SL, Allen SJ, Wittwer S, Bizzozzero M, Friedman W, Kalberer S, Sherwin W, Wild S, Willems E, Krützen M (2020). Affiliation history and age similarity predict alliance formation in adult male bottlenose dolphins. Behavioral Ecology 31: 361-370. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz195.

2019

King SL, Allen SJ, Krutzen M, Connor RC (2019). Vocal behaviour of allied male dolphins during cooperative mate guarding. Animal Cognition 22: 991–1000 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01290-1

Wild S, Allen SJ, Krützen M, King SL, Gerber L, Hoppitt WJE, (2019). Multi-Network-Based Diffusion Analysis reveals vertical cultural transmission of sponge tool use within dolphin matrilines. Biology Letters 15 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0227

Bizzozzero MR, Allen SJ, Gerber L, King SL, Wild S, Connor RC, Friedman W, Wittwer S, Krützen M (2019). Tool use and alliance partner choice in male bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.  286:  20190898.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0898.   

2018

Jaakkola K, Guarino E, Donegan K, King SL (2018). Bottlenose dolphins can understand their partner’s role in a cooperative task. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0948

King SL, Friedman W, Allen SJ, Gerber L, Jensen F, Wittwer S, Connor RC, Krützen M. (2018). Bottlenose dolphins retain individual vocal labels in multi-level alliances. Current Biology 28(12) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.013

2017

Allen SJ, King SL, Krützen M, Brown A (2017). Multi-modal sexual displays in Australian humpback dolphins. Scientific Reports 7: 13644 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13898-9

2016

King SL, McGregor PK (2016). Vocal Matching: the what, the why and the how. Biology Letters. 12(10): 20160666 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0666
 
King SL, Allen SJ, Connor RC, Jaakkola, K (2016). Cooperation or dolphin ‘tug-of-war’? Comment on Kuczaj et al. and Eskelinen et al. Animal Cognition. 19:1227 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-016-1026-x

Hiley H, Perry S, Hartley S, King SL. (2016). What’s Occurring? Ultrasonic signature whistle use in Welsh bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Bioacoustics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2016.1174885

King SL, Guarino E, Donegan K, Hecksher J, Jaakola, K (2016). Further insights into postpartum signature whistle use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Mammal Science.  https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12317

King SL, Guarino E, Keaton L, Erb L, & Jaakkola K. (2016). Maternal signature whistle use aids mother-calf reunions in a bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Behavioural Processes. 126: 64-70 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2016.03.005

Harwood J, King SL, Booth C, Donovan C, Schick RS, Thomas L, New L (2016). Understanding the Population Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance for marine mammals. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 875: 417-423.
 
Donovan C, Harwood J, King SL, Booth C, Caneco B, Walker C (2016). Expert elicitation methods in quantifying the consequences of acoustic disturbance from offshore renewable energy developments. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 875: 231-237.

2015

King SL (2015). You talkin’ to me? Interactive playback is a powerful yet underused tool in animal communication research. Biology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0403

King SL, Schick RS, Donovan CD, Booth CG, Burgman M, Thomas L,  Harwood J (2015). An interim framework for assessing the population consequences of disturbance. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12411

King SL, & Janik VM (2015). Come dine with me: food associated social signalling in wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Animal Cognition. 18(4):969-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0851-7

2014

King SL, Harley HE, Janik VM (2014). The role of signature whistle matching in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Animal Behaviour. 96: 79-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.07.019


2013

King SL & Janik VM (2013). Bottlenose dolphins can use learned vocal labels to address each other. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 110 (32): 13216-13221 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1304459110

King SL, Sayigh L, Wells R, Fellner W, Janik, VM (2013). Vocal copying of individually distinctive signature whistles in bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280: 1757. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0053

Janik VM, King SL, Sayigh LS, Wells RS (2013). Identifying signature whistles from recordings of groups of unrestrained bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Marine Mammal Science. 29(1):109-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00549.x