Publications

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submitted/under review/in press

Wild, S. & Rendell, L. Cultural Transmission of Foraging Behavior. In: The Evolution of Cetacean Societies (in revision)

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published

2024

Wild, S., Hoppitt, W.J.E. (2024) What is social learning? In: The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.12
Wild, S., Alarcón-Nieto, G., Aplin, L. (2024) The ontogeny of social networks in wild great tits (Parus major). Behavioral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae011

2023

Vistalli, S., Jäger, T., Aplin, L.M. & Wild, S. (2023) Experimental evidence that tits (Paridae sp.) use social information for locating and choosing nest lining material. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03289-8

2022

Marfurt, S.M., Bizzozzero, M.R., Allen, S.J., Willems, E., King. S.L., Connor, R.C. Kopps, A.M., Wild, S., Gerber, L., Wittwer, S., Krützen, M. (2022) Association patterns and community structure among female bottlenose dolphins: environmental, genetic and cultural factors. Mammalian Biology. doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00259-x
Wild, S., Alarcón-Nieto, G., Chimento, M., Aplin, L. (2022). Manipulating actions: A selective two-action device for cognitive experiments in wild animals. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13756

2021

Wild, S. & Chimento, M., McMahon, K., Farine, D.R., Sheldon, B.C., Aplin, L.M. (2021). Complex foraging behaviours in wild birds emerge from social learning and recombination of components. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 10.1098/rstb.2020.0307
Klump, B.C., Martin, J.M., Wild, S., Hörsch, J.K., Major, R.E. and Aplin, L.M., (2021). Innovation and geographic spread of a complex foraging culture in an urban parrot. Science. 10.1126/science.abe7808
Gerber, L., Wittwer, S., Allen, S.J., Holmes, K., King, S., Sherwin, W., Wild, S., Willems, E., Connor, R., Krützen M. (2021). Cooperative partner choice in multi-level male dolphin alliances. Scientific Reports. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85583-x

2020

Wild, S., Hoppitt, W.J.E., Allen, S.J., Krützen, M. (2020). Integrating Genetic, Environmental, and Social Networks to Reveal Transmission Pathways of a Dolphin Foraging Innovation. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.069 (Video abstract HERE)

2019

Wild, S., Krützen, M., Rankin, R.W., Hoppitt, W.J.E., Gerber, L. and Allen, S.J. (2019). Long-term decline in survival and reproduction of dolphins following a marine heatwave. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.047 (Video abstract HERE)

Wild, S., Allen, S.J., Krützen, M., King, S.L., Gerber L., Hoppitt, W.J.E. (2019). Multi-network-based diffusion analysis reveals vertical cultural transmission of sponge tool use within dolphin matrilines. Biology Letters. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0227

Wild, S., Hoppitt W.J.E. (2018) Choosing a sensible cut-off point: Assessing the impact of uncertainty in a social network on the performance of NBDA. Primates. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-018-0693-4
Bizzozzero, M.R., Allen, S.J., Gerber, L., Wild, S., King, S.L., Connor, R.C., Friedman, W., Wittwer, S., Krützen, M. (2019) Tool use and social homophily among male bottlenose dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0898

Gerber, L., Connor, R.C., King, S.L., Allen, S.J., Wittwer, S., Bizzozzero, M.R., Friedman, W.R., Kalberer, S., Sherwin, W.B., Wild, S., Willems, E.P., Krützen, M. (2019) Affiliation history and age similarity predict alliance formation in adult male bottlenose dolphins. Behavioral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz195

2018

Wild S., Hoppitt W.J.E. (2018) Social learning. In: Vonk J., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1879-1