Research

Here you will find a list of our publications. We are committed to open science practices, but if any of our papers are behind a paywall, please get in touch so we can provide you with a copy of our work.

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2025

Faecal metagenomes of great tits and blue tits provide insights into host, diet, pathogens and microbial biodiversity

Mark J. Pallen, Alise Jany Ponsero, Andrea Telatin, Cara-Jane Moss, David Baker, Darren Heavens, Gabrielle L Davidson

Microbiology Society  ·  14 Apr 2025  ·  doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000910.v2

2024

Manipulating a host-native microbial strain compensates for low microbial diversity by increasing weight gain in a wild bird population

Shane E. Somers, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Philiswa Mbandlwa, Caroline M. McKeon, Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross, John L. Quinn

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  14 Oct 2024  ·  doi:10.1073/pnas.2402352121

Episodic-like memory in wild free-living blue tits and great tits

James Davies, Nicky S. Clayton, Gabrielle L. Davidson

[no publisher info]  ·  24 Aug 2024  ·  [no id info]

Antibiotic-altered gut microbiota explain host memory plasticity and disrup pace-of-life covariation for an aquatic snail

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Ignacio A Cienfuego, Sarah Dalesman

The Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology  ·  30 May 2024  ·  [no id info]

2023

Unravelling effects of fine-scale changes within wild-bird flocks on sociality

C.A. Troisi, J.A. Firth, S.J. Crofts, G.L. Davidson, M.S. Reichert, J.L. Quinn

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  06 Dec 2023  ·  doi:10.1101/2023.12.05.569701

Individual variation in the avian gut microbiota: The influence of host state and environmental heterogeneity

Shane E. Somers, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Crystal N. Johnson, Michael S. Reichert, Jodie M. S. Crane, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton, John L. Quinn

Molecular Ecology  ·  27 Mar 2023  ·  doi:10.1111/mec.16919

2022

Inhibitory control performance is repeatable over time and across contexts in a wild bird population

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Michael S. Reichert, Jenny R. Coomes, Ipek G. Kulahci, Iván de la Hera, John L. Quinn

Animal Behaviour  ·  01 May 2022  ·  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.02.007

A longitudinal analysis of the growth rate and mass of tail feathers in a great tit population: ontogeny, genetic effects and relationship between both traits

Iván de la Hera, Michael S. Reichert, Gabrielle L. Davidson, John L. Quinn

Journal of Avian Biology  ·  08 Mar 2022  ·  doi:10.1111/jav.02894

2021

Inhibitory control, exploration behaviour and manipulated ecological context are associated with foraging flexibility in the great tit

Jenny R. Coomes, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Michael S. Reichert, Ipek G. Kulahci, Camille A. Troisi, John L. Quinn

Journal of Animal Ecology  ·  24 Oct 2021  ·  doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13600

Cognition and covariance in the producer–scrounger game

Michael S. Reichert, Julie Morand‐Ferron, Ipek G. Kulahci, Josh A. Firth, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Sam J. Crofts, John L. Quinn

Journal of Animal Ecology  ·  29 Jun 2021  ·  doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13551

No reproductive fitness benefits of dear enemy behaviour in a territorial songbird

Michael S. Reichert, Jodie M.S. Crane, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Eileen Dillane, Ipek G. Kulahci, James O’Neill, Kees van Oers, Ciara Sexton, John L. Quinn

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory  ·  29 Apr 2021  ·  doi:10.1101/2021.04.28.441816

Motivation, accuracy and positive feedback through experience explain innovative problem solving and its repeatability

Amy C. Cooke, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Kees van Oers, John L. Quinn

Animal Behaviour  ·  01 Apr 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.01.024

A time‐lagged association between the gut microbiome, nestling weight and nestling survival in wild great tits

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Shane E. Somers, Niamh Wiley, Crystal N. Johnson, Michael S. Reichert, R. Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton, John L. Quinn

Journal of Animal Ecology  ·  09 Feb 2021  ·  doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13428

2020

Diet induces parallel changes to the gut microbiota and problem solving performance in a wild bird

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Niamg Wiley, Amy C. Cooke, Crystal N. Johnson, Fiona Fouhy, …, Jodie M. S. Crane, Ipek G Kulahci, R Paul Ross, Catherine Stanton, John L. Quinn

Scientific Reports  ·  27 Nov 2020  ·  [no id info]

Identifying Microbiome-Mediated Behaviour in Wild Vertebrates

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Aura Raulo, Sarah C.L. Knowles

Trends in Ecology & Evolution  ·  01 Nov 2020  ·  doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.014

Multiple factors affect discrimination learning performance, but not between-individual variation, in wild mixed-species flocks of birds

Michael S. Reichert, Sam J. Crofts, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Josh A. Firth, Ipek G. Kulahci, John L. Quinn

Royal Society Open Science  ·  01 Apr 2020  ·  doi:10.1098/rsos.192107

2018

The gut microbiome as a driver of individual variation in cognition and functional behaviour

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Amy C. Cooke, Crystal N. Johnson, John L. Quinn

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences  ·  13 Aug 2018  ·  doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0286

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ALVIN J. HELDEN, GEOFFREY J. MORLEY, GABRIELLE L. DAVIDSON, EDGAR C. TURNER

Zoosymposia  ·  25 Mar 2018  ·  doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.12.1.6

Repeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life-history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measured

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Michael S. Reichert, Jodie M. S. Crane, William O’Shea, John L. Quinn

Royal Society Open Science  ·  01 Feb 2018  ·  doi:10.1098/rsos.172218

2017

The development of support intuitions and object causality in juvenile Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius)

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Rachael Miller, Elsa Loissel, Lucy G. Cheke, Nicola S. Clayton

Scientific Reports  ·  24 Feb 2017  ·  [no id info]

Evolution of iris colour in relation to cavity nesting and parental care in passerine birds

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Alex Thornton, Nicola S. Clayton

Biology Letters  ·  01 Jan 2017  ·  doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0783

2015

Wild jackdaws, Corvus monedula , recognize individual humans and may respond to gaze direction with defensive behaviour

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Nicola S. Clayton, Alex Thornton

Animal Behaviour  ·  01 Oct 2015  ·  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.07.010

2014

Salient eyes deter conspecific nest intruders in wild jackdaws ( Corvus monedula )

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Nicola S. Clayton, Alex Thornton

Biology Letters  ·  01 Feb 2014  ·  doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.1077

Gaze sensitivity: function and mechanisms from sensory and cognitive perspectives

Gabrielle L. Davidson, Shannon Butler, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Alex Thornton, Nicola S. Clayton

Animal Behaviour  ·  01 Jan 2014  ·  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.10.024

2012

A novel p.Glu175X premature stop mutation in the C‐terminal end of HSP27 is a cause of CMT2

Alexander M. Rossor, Gabrielle L. Davidson, Julian Blake, James M. Polke, Sinéad M. Murphy, Henry Houlden, Amy Innes, Bernadett Kalmar, Linda Greensmith, Mary M. Reilly

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System  ·  01 Jun 2012  ·  doi:10.1111/j.1529-8027.2012.00400.x

Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease: frequency of genetic subtypes and guidelines for genetic testing

Sinead M Murphy, Matilde Laura, Katherine Fawcett, Amelie Pandraud, Yo-Tsen Liu, …, Gita Ramdharry, Mary Davis, Julian C Blake, Henry Houlden, Mary M Reilly

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry  ·  10 May 2012  ·  doi:10.1136/jnnp-2012-302451

Frequency of mutations in the genes associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy in a UK cohort

G. L. Davidson, S. M. Murphy, J. M. Polke, M. Laura, M. A. M. Salih, …, M. P. Lunn, H. Manji, M. B. Davis, H. Houlden, M. M. Reilly

Journal of Neurology  ·  01 Feb 2012  ·  doi:10.1007/s00415-011-6397-y

2010

Mutation in FAM134B causing severe hereditary sensory neuropathy: Figure 1

Sinéad M Murphy, Gabrielle L Davidson, Sebastian Brandner, Henry Houlden, Mary M Reilly

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry  ·  28 Nov 2010  ·  doi:10.1136/jnnp.2010.228965