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Dr Shane A. Richards - all publications

Journal papers: academic

• Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D., Richards, S.A. & Stephens, P.A. (2013). Demography of a carnivore, the red fox, Vulpes vulpes,: what have we learnt from 70 years of published studies?. Oikos 122(5): 641-800.
• Devenish-Nelson, E.S., Stephens, P.A., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C. & Richards, S.A. (2013). Does litter size variation affect models of terrestrial carnivore extinction risk and management?. PLoS ONE 8(2): e58060.
• Harder, L.D., Hobbhahn, N. & Richards, S.A. (2012). How depressed? Estimates of inbreeding effects during seed development depend on reproductive conditions. Evolution 66(5): 1375-1386.
• Mason, T.H.E., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G., Chirichella, R., Apollonio, M. & Richards, S.A. (2012). Intra-seasonal variation in reproductive effort: young males finish last. American Naturalist 180(6): 823-830.
• Twiss, SD, Cairns, C, Culloch, R, Richards, SA & Pomeroy, P (2012). Variation in female grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) reproductive performance correlates to proactive-reactive behavioural types. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49598.
• Mason, T.H.E., Chirichella, R., Richards, S.A., Stephens, P.A., Willis, S.G. & Apollonio, M. (2011). Contrasting life histories in neighbouring populations of a large mammal. PLoS ONE 6(11): e28002.
• Richards, S.A., Whittingham, M.J. & Stephens, P.A. (2011). Model selection and model averaging in behavioural ecology: the utility of the IT-AIC framework. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(1): 77-89.
• Wathugala, D.L., Richards, S.A., Knight, H. & Knight, M.R. (2011). OsSFR6 is a functional rice orthologue of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING-6 and can act as a regulator of COR gene expression, osmotic stress and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 191(4): 984-995.
• Richards, S.A., Muter, J., Ritchie, P., Lattanzi, G. & Hutchison, C.J. (2011). The accumulation of un-repairable DNA damage in laminopathy progeria fibroblasts is caused by ROS generation and is prevented by treatment with N-acetyl cysteine. Human Molecular Genetics 20(20): 3997-4004.
• Lindsay, S.W., Hole, D.G., Hutchinson, R.A., Richards, S.A. & Willis, S.G. (2010). Assessing the future threat from vivax malaria in the United Kingdom using two markedly different modelling approaches. Malaria Journal 9: 70.
• Fiserova, J., Richards, S.A., Wente, S.R. & Goldberg, M.W. (2010). Facilitated transport and diffusion take distinct spatial routes through the nuclear pore complex. Journal of Cell Science 123(16): 2773-2780.
• Devenish Nelson, E.S., Harris, S., Soulsbury, C.D., Richards, S.A. & Stephens, P.A. (2010). Uncertainty in population growth rates: determining confidence intervals from point estimates of parameters. PLoS ONE 5(10): e13628.
• Richards, S.A., Williams, N.M. & Harder, L.D. (2009). Variation in pollination: causes and consequences for plant reproduction. American Naturalist 174(3): 382-398.
• Richards, S.A. (2008). Dealing with overdispersed count data in applied ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology 45(1): 218-227.
• Harder, L.D., Richards, S.A. & Routley, M.B. (2008). Effects of reproductive compensation, gamete discounting and reproductive assurance on mating-system diversity in hermaphrodites. Evolution 62(1): 157-172.
• Richards, S.A. & Johnson, E.A. (2007). Using decomposition rates to infer how far back tree populations can be reconstructed. Ecology 88(6): 1582-1586.
• Askey, P.J., Richards, S.A., Post, J.R. & Parkinson, E.A. (2006). Linking angling catch rates and fish learning under catch-and-release regulations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26(4): 1020-1029.
• Richards, S.A. (2005). Testing ecological theory using the information-theoretic approach: examples and cautionary results. Ecology 86(10): 2805-2814.
• Richards, S.A. (2004). Optimal foraging among competitors and predators: a state-dependent model incorporating game theory. Israel Journal of Zoology 50(2-3): 169-185.
• Seabloom, E.W. & Richards, S.A. (2003). Multiple stable equilibria in grasslands mediated by herbivore population dynamics and foraging behavior. Ecology 84(11): 2891-2904.
• Richards, S.A. (2002). Temporal partitioning and aggression among foragers: modeling the effects of stochasticity and individual state. Behavioral Ecology 13(3): 427-438.
• Chase, J.M., Abrams, P.A., Grover, J.P., Diehl, S., Chesson, P., Holt, R.D, Richards, S.A., Nisbet, R.M. & Case, T.J. (2002). The interaction between predation and competition: a review and synthesis. Ecology Letters 5(2): 302-315.
• Socolar, J.E.S., Richards, S.A. & Wilson, W.G. (2001). Evolution in a spatially structured population subject to rare epidemics. Physical Review E 63: 041908.
• Chase, J.M., Wilson, W.G. & Richards, S.A. (2001). Foraging trade-offs and resource patchiness: theory and experiments with a freshwater snail community. Ecology Letters 4(4): 304-312.
• Adler, F.R, Richards, S.A. & de Roos, A.M. (2001). Patterns of patch rejection in size-structured populations: beyond the ideal free distribution and size segregation. Evolutionary Ecology Research 3(7): 805-827.
• Richards, S.A. & de Roos, A.M. (2001). When is habitat assessment an advantage when foraging?. Animal Behaviour 61(6): 1101-1112.
• Richards, S.A. & Wilson, W.G. (2000). Adaptive feeding across environmental gradients and its effect on population dynamics. Theoretical Population Biology 57(4): 377-390.
• Wilson, W.G. & Richards, S.A. (2000). Consuming and grouping: resource-mediated animal aggregation. Ecology Letters 3(3): 175-180.
• Wilson, W.G. & Richards, S.A. (2000). Evolutionarily stable strategies for consuming a structured resource. American Naturalist 155(1): 83-100.
• Richards, S.A., Nisbet, R.M., Wilson, W.G. & Possingham, H.P. (2000). Grazers and diggers: exploitation competition and coexistence among foragers with different feeding strategies on a single resource. American Naturalist 155(2): 266-279.
• Richards, S.A., Possingham, H.P. & Tizard, J. (1999). Optimal fire management for maintaining community diversity. Ecological Applications 9(3): 880-892.
• Richards, S.A., Wilson, W.G. & Socolar, J.E.S. (1999). Selection for short-lived and offspring limited individuals in a spatially-structured population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biological Sciences 266(1436): 2383-2388.
• Richards, S.A. (1997). Completed Richardson extrapolation in space and time. Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering 13(7): 573-582.
• Richards, S.A., Possingham, H.P. & Noye, J. (1996). Diel vertical migration:modelling light-mediated mechanisms. Journal of Plankton Research 18(12): 2199-2222.
• Richards, S.A., Possingham, H.P. & Noye, B.J. (1995). Larval dispersion along a straight coast with tidal currents: complex distribution patterns from a simple model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 122(1-3): 59-71.