Michael Cant Publications

• Johnstone, R.A., Cant, M.A., & Field, J. In press. Sex-biased dispersal, haplodiploidy and the evolution of helping in social insects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
• Cant, M.A. In press. Cooperative breeding in insects and vertebrates. In: The Princeton Guide to Evolution (ed J. B. Losos et al). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• Cant, M.A. In press. Cooperative breeding systems. In: The Evolution of Parental Care (eds N.J. Royle, P. Smiseth, M. Koelliker). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Abbot, P., Abe, J., Alcock, J., Alizon, S., Alpedrinha, J.A., Andersson, M., Andre, J.B., van Baalen, M., Balloux, F., Balshine, S., et al. 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4.
• Bell, M.B.V., Nichols, H.J., Gilchrist, J.S., Cant, M.A. & Hodge, S.J. 2011. The cost of dominance: suppressing subordinate reproduction affects the reproductive success of dominant female banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B
• Cant, M.A. 2011. The role of threats in animal cooperation. Proceedings of Royal Society B 278:170-178
• Furrer, R., Kyabulima, S., Willems, E., Cant, M.A., Manser, M. 2011. Location and group size influence decisions in simulated inter-group encounters in banded mongooses. Behavioral Ecology 22:493-500
• Jordan, N.R., Manser, M.B., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., Cant, M.A. 2011. Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 1. Sex-specific scents & overmarking. Animal Behaviour, 81, 31-42
• Jordan, N.R., Furrer, R., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., Cant, M.A. 2011. Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 2. Intrasexual marking and competition between males. Animal Behaviour, 81, 43-50
• Jordan, N.R., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., Cant, M.A. In press. Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 3. Intrasexual overmarking in females. Animal Behaviour, 81, 51-66
• Nichols, H.J., Amos, W., Cant, M.A., MBV, B., & Hodge, S.J. 2011. Top males gain high reproductive success by guarding more successful females in a cooperatively breeding mongoose. Animal Behaviour, 80, 649-657.
• Johnstone, R.A. & Cant, M.A. 2010. The evolution of menopause in cetaceans and humans: the role of demography. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277: 3765-3771
• Cant, M.A., Hodge, S.J., Bell, M.B.V., Gilchrist, J.S. & Nichols, H.J. 2010. Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277:2219-2226
• Muller, C.A. & Cant, M.A. 2010. Imitation and traditions in wild banded mongooses. Current Biology 20:1-5
• Nichols, H.J., Amos, W.A., Bell, M.B.V., Cant, M.A. & Hodge, S.J. 2010. Top males gain high reproductive success by guarding more successful females in a cooperative mongoose. Animal Behaviour
• Jordan, N.R., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., and Cant, M.A. 2010 Scent marking within and between groups in banded mongooses. Journal of Zoology 280:72-83.
• Hodge, S.J., Bell, M.B.V. & Cant, M.A. 2010. Reproductive competition and the evolution of extreme birth synchrony in a cooperative mammal. Biology Letters
• Cant, M.A. & Johnstone R.A. 2009 How threats influence the evolutionary resolution of within-group conflict. American Naturalist 173:759-771.
• Cant, M.A., Russell A.F. & Johnstone, R.A. 2009 Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause. In Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates (ed by R. Hagar & C. B. Jones), pp24-50. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Field, J. & Cant, M.A. 2009 Social stability and helping in small animal societies. Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
• Field, J. & Cant, M.A. 2009 Reproductive skew in primitively eusocial wasps: how useful are current models? In: Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates (ed by R. Hagar & C. B. Jones), pp304-305-334. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Johnstone, R.A. & Cant, M.A. 2009 Models of reproductive skew – outside options and the resolution of reproductive conflict. In Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates (ed by R. Hagar & C. B. Jones), pp3-23. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Cant, M.A. & Johnstone R.A. 2008. Reproductive conflict and the separation of reproductive generations in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105: 5332-5335. Supplementary Files
• Johnstone, R.A. & Cant, M.A. 2008. Sex differences in dispersal and the evolution of helping and harming behavior. American Naturalist 172: 318-333.
• Buston, P.M., Reeve, H.K., Cant, M.A., Vehrencamp, S.L. & Emlen, S.T. 2007. Reproductive skew and the evolution of group dissolution tactics: a synthesis of concession and restraint models. Animal Behaviour 74:1643-1654.
• Field, J. & Cant, M.A. 2007. Direct fitness, reciprocity and helping: A perspective from primitively eusocial wasps. Behavioral Processes 76, 160-162.
• Field, J. & Cant, M.A. 2007. Helping effort in primitively eusocial wasps. Annales Zoologici Fennici 43: 481-487.
• Buston, P.M. & Cant, M.A. 2007. A new perspective on fish size hierarchies: patterns, causes, and consequences. Oecologia 149: 362-372.
• Cant, M.A., English, S., Reeve, H.K. & Field, J. 2006. Escalated conflict in a social hierarchy. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277: 2977-2984.
• Cant, M.A. & Johnstone, R.A. 2006. Self-serving punishment and the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 1383-1388.
• Cant, M.A., Llop, J.B. & Field, J. 2006. Individual variation in social aggression and the probability of inheritance: theory and a field test. American Naturalist 167:837-852.
• Cant, M.A. & Shen, S-F. 2006. Endogenous timing and competitive interactions among relatives. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273: 171-178.
• Cant, M.A. & English, S. 2006. Stable group size in cooperative breeders: the role of inheritance and reproductive skew. Behavioral Ecology 17: 560-568.
• Cant, M.A. 2006. A tale of two theories: parent-offspring conflict and reproductive skew. Animal Behaviour 71: 255-263.
• Cant, M.A. & Field, J. 2005. Helping effort in a dominance hierarchy. Behavioral Ecology 16: 708-715.
• Shreeves, G., Cant, M.A., Bolton, A. & Field, J. 2003. Insurance-based advantages for subordinate co-foundresses in a temperate paper wasp. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270: 1617-1622.
• Cant, M.A. 2003. Patterns of helping effort in cooperatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo). Journal of Zoology 259: 115-121.
• Cant, M.A., Otali, E., & Mwanguhya, F. 2002. Fighting and mating between groups in a cooperatively breeding mammal, the banded mongoose. Ethology 108: 541-555.
• Cant, M.A. & Reeve, H. K. 2002. Female control of paternity in cooperative breeders. American Naturalist 160, 602-611.
• Cant, M.A., Otali, E., & Mwanguhya, F. 2001. Eviction and dispersal in cooperatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo). Journal of Zoology 254: 155-162.
• Cant, M.A. & Field, J. 2001. Helping effort and future fitness in cooperative animal societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 268: 1959-1964.
• Cant, M.A. & Johnstone, R.A. 2000. Power struggles, dominance testing, and reproductive skew. American Naturalist, 155: 406-417.
• Cant, M.A. 2000. Social control of reproduction in banded mongooses. Animal Behaviour 59: 147-158.
• Cant, M.A. & Johnstone, R.A.1999. Costly young and reproductive skew in animal societies. Behavioral Ecology, 10: 178-184.
• Johnstone, R.A., Woodroffe, R., Cant, M.A., Wright, J. 1999. Reproductive skew in multi-member groups. American Naturalist 153: 315-331.
• Johnstone, R.A. & Cant, M.A. 1999. Reproductive skew and the threat of eviction: a new perspective. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 266, 275-279.
• Johnstone, R.A. & Cant, M.A. 1999. Indiscriminate infanticide and reproductive skew. Animal Behaviour 57: 243-249.
• Cant, M.A. 1998. A model for the evolution of reproductive skew without reproductive suppression. Animal Behaviour 55: 163-169.
• McLachlan, A. & Cant, M.A. 1995. Small males are more symmetrical: mating success in the midge Chironomus plumosus (Diptera:Chrinomidae). Animal Behaviour 50: 748-755.

Popular science articles

• Cant, M.A. 2008. Make way for team mongoose. BBC Wildlife Magazine August 2008, p44-49.
• Cant, M.A. 2007. Banded mongooses: a life of cooperation and conflict. SWARA Magazine. January 2007.

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• Species Profile
• BBC Wildlife Magazine feature on Banded Mongooses