Publications

Social Learning

Toelch, U., van Delft, M., Bruce, M.J., Donders, A.R.T., Meeus, M.T.H., & Reader, S.M. (2009) Environmental variability induces a bias for social versus individual information use in humans. Human Evolution and Behaviour. 30: 32-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.07.003

Reader, S. M., Bruce, M. J. & Rebers, S. (2008). Social learning of route preferences in adult humans. Biology Letters. 4: 37-40.

Web Decorations

Rao, D., Webster, M., Heiling, A. M., Bruce, M. J. & Herberstein, M. E. (2009) An inquiry into the aggregating behaviour of Argiope radon, with special reference to web decorations. Journal of Ethology. 27: 35-42. DOI 10.1007/s10164-007-0080-x

Bruce, M. J. & Herberstein, M. E. (2006) The influence of hunger level and predator cues on orb-web spider foraging behaviour. Ethology, Ecology and Evolution. 18: 91-96.

Bruce, M. J. (2006) Silk decorations of spiders: controversy and consensus. Journal of Zoology. 269: 89-97.

Bruce, M. J. & Herberstein, M. E. (2005) Web decoration polymorphism in Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Araneidae) spiders: ontogenetic and interspecific variation. Journal of Natural History. 44: 3833-3845.

Bruce, M. J., Heiling, A. M. & Herberstein, M. E. (2005). Spider signals: are web decorations visible to birds and bees? Biology Letters. 1: 299-302.

Bruce, M. J., Heiling, A. M. & Herberstein, M. E. (2004). Web decorations and foraging success in “Araneus” eburnus (Araneae: Araneaidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici. 41: 563-575.

Bruce, M. J., Herberstein, M. E. & Elgar, M. A. (2001) Signalling conflict between predator and prey attraction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14: 786-794.

Mating Systems & Sexual Selection

Kasumovic, M. M., Bruce, M. J., Herberstein, M. E. & Andrade, M. C. B. Evidence for developmental plasticity in response to demographic variation in nature. Ecology. in press

Schneider, J. M., Herberstein, M. E., Bruce, M. J., Kasumovic, M. M., Thomas, M. L. and Elgar, M. A. (2008) Male copulation frequency, sperm competition and genital damage in the golden orb-web spider Nephila plumipes. Australian Journal of Zoology. 56: 233-238.

Kasumovic, M. M., Bruce, M. J., Herberstein, M. E. & Andrade, M. C. B. (2008) Spatial and temporal demographic variation drives within-season fluctuations in sexual selection. Evolution. 62: 2316-2325.

Kasumovic, M. M., Bruce, M. J., Herberstein, M. E. & Andrade, M. C. B. (2007) Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes). Behavioural Ecology. 18: 189-195. doi:10.1093/beheco/arl072.

Elgar, M. A., Bruce, M. J., Champion de Crespigny, F. E., Cutler, A. R., Cutler, C. L., Gaskett, A. C., Herberstein, M. E., Ramamurthy, S. & Schneider, J. M. (2003). Male mate choice and patterns of paternity in multiple-mating trials of the sexually cannibalistic orb-web spider, Nephila plumipes. Australian Journal of Zoology. 51: 357-365.