Publications

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59. Ruberto, T., Swaney, W. T. & Reddon, A. R. (2025) Dominance and aggressiveness are associated with vasotocin neuron numbers in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish. Hormones & Behavior, 168: 105677. 

58. Swaney, W. T., Ellwood, C., Davis, J. P. & Reddon, A. R. (2024) Familiarity preferences in zebrafish (Danio rerio) depend on shoal proximity. Journal of Fish Biology, in press. 

57. Reddon, A. R., Richardson, C., Jose, A., Frommen, J. G. & Swaney, W. T. (2024) Social fish use different submission signals depending on spatial position. Behaviour, 161:523-534. 

56. Hirons-Major, C., Ruberto, T., Swaney, W. T. & Reddon, A. R. (2024). Submissive behaviour is affected by group size in a social fish. Royal Society Open Science, 11:240359. 

55. Ruberto, T., Swaney, W. T. & Reddon A. R. (2024). Submissive behaviour is affected by territory structure in a social fish. Current Zoology, 70:803-809. 

54. Norfolk, M., Bielby, J., Figueiredo Passos, L., Reddon, A. R., & Rendle, M. (2024). Nutraceutical supplementation increases mobility in aged captive non-domesticated felids. Veterinary Record, e3797.

53. Reddon, A. R. & Swaney, W. T. (2024). Fellowship of the fin: Fish empathy and oxytocin. Learning & Behavior, 52:135-136. 

52. Felici, M., Reddon, A. R., Maglieri, V., Lanatà, A. & Baragli, P. (2023). Heart and brain: Change in cardiac entropy is related to lateralised visual inspection in horses. PLoS ONE, 18:e0289753. 

51. Manara, V., Ruberto, T., Swaney, W. T. & Reddon, A. R. (2023). Subordinate submissive responses are predicted by dominant behaviour in a cooperatively breeding fish. Behaviour, 160:127-144. 

50. Reddon, A. R., Aubin-Horth, N., Reader, S. M. (2022). Wild guppies from populations exposed to higher predation risk exhibit greater vasotocin brain gene expression. Journal of Zoology, 316:118-127. 

49. Reddon, A. R., Ruberto, T. & Reader, S. M. (2022). Submission signals in animal groups. Behaviour, 159:1-20. 

48. Lucon-Xiccato, T., Montalbano, G., Reddon, A. R. & Bertolucci, C. (2022). Social environment affects inhibitory control via developmental plasticity in a fish. Animal Behaviour, 183:69-76. 

47. Reddon, A. R. (2021). FE Spotlight: The right fish for the job: Local ecology affects morphology in a cooperative breeder. Functional Ecology, 35:2136-2137. 

46. Baragli, P., Scopa, C., Felici, M. & Reddon, A. R. (2021). Horses show individual level lateralisation when inspecting an unfamiliar and unexpected stimulus. PLoS ONE, 16:e0255688. 

45. Ruberto, T., Talbot, J. L., & Reddon, A. R. (2020). Head up displays are a submission signal in the group-living daffodil cichlid. Behavioural Processes, 181:104271.

44. Reddon, A. R., Dey, C. J., & Balshine, S. (2019). Submissive behaviour is mediated by sex, social status, relative body size, and shelter availability in a social fish. Animal Behaviour, 155: 131-139.  

43. Reddon, A. R., Chouinard-Thuly, L., Leris, I., & Reader, S. M. (2018). Wild and laboratory exposure to cues of predation risk increase relative brain mass in male guppies. Functional Ecology, 32:1847–1856. 

42. Chouinard-Thuly, L., Reddon, A. R., Leris, I., Earley, R. L. & Reader, S. M. (2018). Developmental plasticity of the stress response in female but not male guppies. Royal Society Open Science, 5:172268. 

41. Baragli, P., Vitale, V., Sighieri, C., Lanatà, A., Palagi, E. & Reddon, A. R. (2017). Constancy and flexibility in solving spatial tasks: different horses show different cognitive styles. Scientific Reports, 7:16557.  

40. Balshine, S., Wong, M. Y. L. & Reddon, A. R. (2017) Social motivation and conflict resolution tactics as potential building blocks of sociality in cichlid fishes. Behavioural Processes, 141:152-160. 

39. Reddon, A. R., O’Connor, C. M., Nesjan, E., Cameron, J., Hellmann, J. K., Ligocki, I. Y., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Hamilton, I. M., Wylie, D. R., Hurd, P. L. & Balshine, S. (2017) Isotocin neuronal phenotypes differ among social systems in cichlid fishes. Royal Society Open Science, 4:170350.

38. Hellmann, J. K., Sovic, M., Gibbs, H. L., Reddon, A. R., O'Connor, C. M., Ligocki, I. Y., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Balshine, S. & Hamilton, I. M. (2016) Within-group relatedness is correlated with colony-level social structure and reproductive sharing in a social fish. Molecular Ecology, 25:4001-4013. 

37. Reddon, A. R., O’Connor, C. M., Ligocki, I. Y., Hellmann, J. K., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Hamilton, I. M. & Balshine, S. (2016) No evidence for larger brains in cooperatively breeding cichlid fishes. The Canadian Journal of Zoology, 94:373-378. 

36. Hellmann, J. K., Ligocki, I. Y., O’Connor, C. M., Reddon, A. R., Farmer, T. M., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Balshine, S. & Hamilton, I. M. (2016) The influence of status and the social environment on energy stores in a colonial, cooperatively breeding fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 88:1321-1334. 

35. O’Connor, C. M., Reddon, A. R., Odetunde, A., Jindal, S. & Balshine, S. (2015) Social cichlid fish change behaviour in response to a visual predator stimulus, but not the odour of damaged conspecifics. Behavioural Processes, 121:21-29. 

34. Dargent, F., Reddon, A. R., Swaney, W. T., Fussmann, G. F., Reader, S. M., Scott, M. E. & Forbes, M. R. (2015) Demasculinisation of male guppies increases resistance to a common and harmful ectoparasite. Parasitology, 142:1647-1655. 

33. Ligocki, I. Y.†, Reddon, A. R.†, Hellmann, J. K., O’Connor, C. M., Marsh-Rollo, S., Balshine, S. & Hamilton, I. M. (2015) Social status influences responses to unfamiliar conspecifics in a cooperatively breeding fish. Behaviour, 152:1821-1839. 

32. O’Connor, C. M., Reddon, A. R., Ligocki, I. Y., Hellmann, J. K., Garvy, K. A., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Hamilton, I. M. & Balshine, S. (2015) Motivation but not body size influences territorial contest dynamics in a wild cichlid fish. Animal Behaviour, 107:19-29. 

31. Hellmann, J. K., Ligocki, I. Y., O’Connor, C. M., Reddon, A. R., Garvy, K. A., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Gibbs, H. S., Balshine, S., Hamilton, I. M. (2015) Reproductive sharing in relation to group and colony-level attributes in a cooperative breeding fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282:20950154.  

30. Hellmann, J. K., O’Connor C. M., Ligocki, I. Y., Farmer, T. M., Arnold, T. J., Reddon, A. R., Garvy, K. A., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Balshine, S. & Hamilton, I. M. (2015) Evidence for alternative male morphs in a Tanganyikan cichlid fish. Journal of Zoology, 296:116-123.

29. Hellmann, J. K.†, Reddon, A. R.†, Ligocki, I. Y., O’Connor, C. M., Garvy, K. A., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Hamilton, I. M. & Balshine, S. (2015) Group response to social perturbation: Impacts of isotocin and the social landscape. Animal Behaviour, 105:55-62.

28. Garvy, K. A., Hellmann, J. K., Ligocki, I. Y., Reddon, A. R., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Hamilton, I. M., Balshine, S. & O’Connor, C. M. (2015) Sex and social status affect territorial defence in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish, Neolamprologus savoryi. Hydrobiologia, 748:75-85.

27. Dey, C. J., Tan, Q. Y. J., O’Connor, C. M., Reddon, A. R., Caldwell, J. R. & Balshine, S. (2015) Dominance network structure across reproductive contexts in the cooperatively breeding cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher. Current Zoology, 61:45-54.

26. Reddon, A. R., O’Connor, C. M., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Balshine, S., Gozdowska, M. & Kulczykowska, E. (2015) Brain nonapeptide levels are related to social status and affiliative behaviour in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science, 2:140072.

25. O’Connor, C. M., Reddon, A. R., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Hellmann, J. K., Ligocki, I. Y., Hamilton, I. M. & Balshine, S. (2014) A comparative study of immune response and social system in Lamprologine cichlid fishes. Naturwissenschaften, 101:839-849. 

24. Reddon, A. R., Voisin, M. R., O’Connor, C. M. & Balshine, S. (2014) Isotocin and sociality in the cooperatively breeding cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher. Behaviour, 151:1389-1411. 

23. Hick, K.†, Reddon, A. R.†, O’Connor, C. M.† & Balshine, S. (2014) Strategic and tactical fighting decisions in cichlid fishes with divergent social systems. Behaviour, 151:47-71.

22. Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2013) Water pH during early development influences sex ratio and male morph in a West African cichlid fish, Pelvicachromis pulcher. Zoology, 116:139-143. Note: Issue Cover.

21. Dey, C. J.†, Reddon, A. R.†, O’Connor, C. M.† & Balshine, S. (2013) Network structure is related to social conflict in a cooperatively breeding fish. Animal Behaviour, 85:395-402.

20. Reddon, A. R., Balk, D. & Balshine, S. (2013) Probing aggressive motivation during territorial contests in a group-living cichlid fish. Behavioural Processes, 92:47-51

19. Reddon, A. R., O’Connor, C. M., Marsh-Rollo, S. E. & Balshine, S. (2012) Effects of isotocin on social responses in a cooperatively breeding fish. Animal Behaviour, 84:753-760.

18. Groen, M, Sopinka, N. M., Marentette, J. R., Reddon, A. R., Brownscombe, J., Fox, M. G., Marsh-Rollo, S. E. and Balshine, S. (2012) A role for aggression in round goby invasion fronts? Behaviour, 149:685-703.

17. Reddon, A. R. (2012) Parental effects on animal personality. Behavioral Ecology, 23:242-245.

16. Moscicki, M. K., Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2011) Lateralized behaviour of a non-social cichlid fish (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) in a social and a non-social environment. Behavioural Processes, 88:27-32.

15. Reddon, A. R., Balk, D. & Balshine, S. (2011) Sex differences in group joining decisions in social fish. Animal Behaviour, 82:229-234.

14. Reddon, A. R., Voisin, M. R., Menon, N., Marsh-Rollo, S. E., Wong, M. Y. L. & Balshine, S. (2011) Rules of engagement for resource contests in a social fish. Animal Behaviour, 82:93-99.

13. Dinsdale, N. L., Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2011) Sex differences in the relationship between aggressiveness and the strength of handedness in humans. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 16:385-400.

12. Baragli, P., Vitale, V., Paoletti, E., Sighieri, C. & Reddon, A. R. (2011) Detour behaviour in horses (Equus caballus). Journal of Ethology, 29:227-234.

11. Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, C.†, Reddon, A. R.†, Kreuzer, M., Wylie, D. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2011) Variation in asymmetry of the habenular nucleus correlates with behavioural asymmetry in a cichlid fish. Behavioural Brain Research, 221:189-196.

10. Guillette, L. M., Reddon, A. R., Hoeschele, M. & Sturdy, C. B. (2011) Sometimes slower is better: Slow-exploring birds are more sensitive to changes in a vocal discrimination task. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278:767-773.

9. Reddon, A. R. & Balshine S. (2010) Lateralization in response to social stimuli a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish. Behavioural Processes, 85:68-71.

8. Guillette, L. M., Bailey, A. A., Reddon, A. R., Hurd, P. L. & Sturdy, C. B. (2010) Capture order is repeatable in chickadees. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 23:216-224. 

7. Guillette, L. M.†, Reddon, A. R.†, Hurd, P. L. & Sturdy, C. B. (2009) Exploration of a novel space is associated with individual differences in learning speed in black-capped chickadees. Behavioural Processes, 82:265-270.

6. Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2009) Acting unilaterally: Why do animals with strongly lateralized brains behave differently than those with weakly lateralized brains? Bioscience Hypotheses, 2:383-387.  

5. Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2009) Sex differences in cerebral lateralization of a cichlid fish when detouring to view emotionally conditioned stimuli. Behavioural Processes, 82:25-29.

4. Reddon, A. R.†, Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, C.†, Wylie, D. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2009) The relationship between growth, brain asymmetry and behavioural lateralization in a cichlid fish. Behavioural Brain Research, 201:223-228.

3. Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2009) Differences in aggressive behavior between convict cichlid color morphs: amelanistic convicts lose even with a size advantage. Acta Ethologica, 12:49-53.

2. Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2009) Individual differences in cerebral lateralization are associated with shy-bold variation in the convict cichlid. Animal Behaviour, 77:189-193.   

1. Reddon, A. R. & Hurd, P. L. (2008) Aggression, sex and individual differences in cerebral lateralization in a cichlid fish. Biology Letters, 4:338-340.

† = Contributed equally