Publications

- Published papers -

11. Brandl H, Klarevas-Irby J, Zuniga D, Hansen Wheat C, Christensen C, Omengo F, Nzomo C, Cherono W, Nyaguthii B, Farine D. 2025. The physiological costs of leadership in collective movements. Current Biology 35(16), 4003-4010 doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.06.065 

10. Hansen Wheat C, Wynne CDL. (2025). The unfulfilled potential of dogs in studying behavioural ecology and evolution during the Anthropocene. Animal Behaviour 219:123020 doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2024.10.034 

9. Hansen Wheat C, Larsson L, Berner P, Temrin H. (2023). Commentary by Gácsi et al. (2023) highlights general misconceptions within the field of dog domestication and dog-wolf comparisons. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10466 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10466  

8. Hansen Wheat C, van der Bijl W, Wynne CDL. (2022). Rearing condition and willingness to approach a stranger explain differences in point following performance in wolves and dogs. Learning & Behavior 51:127-130 doi.org/10.3758/s13420-022-00544-2   Click here for quick full-text access.

7. Hansen Wheat C, Larsson L, Berner P, Temrin H. (2022). Human-directed attachment behaviour in wolves suggests standing ancestral variation for human-dog attachment bonds. Ecology and Evolution, 12:e9299 doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9299 

6. Laikre L, Allendorf FW, Aspi, J, Carroll C, Dalén L, Fredrickson R, Hansen Wheat C, Hedrick F, Johannesson K, Kardos M, Peterson RO, Phillips M, Ryman N, Räikkönen J, Vilà C, Wheat CW, Vernesi C, Vucetich JA. (2022). Planned cull endangers Swedish wolf population. Science, 337 (6602):162 doi.org/10.1126/science.add5299 

5. Hansen Wheat C, van der Bijl W, Wheat CW. (2020). Morphology does not covary with predicted behavioural correlations of the domestication syndrome in dogs.  Evolution Letters, 4-3:189-199  doi.org/10.1002/evl3.168. 

4. Hansen Wheat C, Temrin H. (2020). Intrinsic ball retrieving in wolf puppies suggests standing ancestral variation for human-directed play behaviour. iScience , 23 :100811 doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2019.100811

3. Hansen Wheat C., van der Bijl W., Temrin H. (2019). Dogs, but not wolves, lose their sensitivity towards novelty with age. Frontiers in Psychology.  10 :2001 doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02001

2. Hansen Wheat C, Fitzpatrick JL, Rogell B, Temrin H. (2019). Behavioural correlations of the domestication syndrome are decoupled in modern dog breeds. Nature Communications. 10:2422 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10426-3

1. Hansen Wheat, C., Fitzpatrick, J., Tapper, I., & Temrin, H. (2018). Wolf (Canis lupus) Hybrids Highlight the Importance of Human-Directed Play Behavior During Domestication of Dogs (Canis familiaris). Journal of Comparative Psychology. 32(4), 373-381 doi.org/10.1037/com0000119

- In review -

Hansen Wheat C, O’Connor E, Downing AP, Griffin A, Cornwallis CK. 2024. Cooperation in non-family groups as a strategy for reproducing in variable climates . EcoEvoRxiv preprint  doi.org/10.32942/X2M61 

Rozen-Rechels D, Papageorgiou D, Ogino M, Nyaguthii B, Buschhausen N, Hansen Wheat C, Klarevas-Irby J, Njoroge P, Farine D. 2025. Group size influences behavioral plasticity in responses to thermoregulation-foraging trade-offs by a socially cohesive bird. BioaRxiv preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.24.650232