(I am not always good at keeping on top of this page, a complete and up to date list of publications can be found on google scholar: Samuel Ellis)
2022
Ellis S, Johnstone RA, Cant MA, et al (2022) Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies. Nat Ecol Evol 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01872-2
2021
Ellis S, Franks DW, Weiss MN, et al (2021) Mixture models as a method for comparative sociality: social networks and demographic change in resident killer whales. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75:1–15
Brask JB, Ellis S, Croft DP (2021) Animal social networks- an introduction for complex systems scientists. Journal of Complex Networks 9:cnab001. https://doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cnab001
Croft DP, Weiss MN, Nielsen MLK, et al (2021) Kinship dynamics: patterns and consequences of changes in local relatedness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20211129
Grimes C, Brent LJN, Weiss MN, et al (2021) The effect of age, sex and resource abundance on patterns of received aggression in resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). Marine Mammal Science 1:1. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12908
Lecheval V, Larson H, Burns D, et al (2021) From foraging trails to transport networks: how the quality-distance trade-off shapes network structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20210430
Nielsen MLK, Ellis S, Towers JR, et al (2021) A long postreproductive life span is a shared trait among genetically distinct killer whale populations. Ecology and Evolution 11:9123–9136. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7756
Preston EFR, Thompson FJ, Ellis S, et al (2021) Network-level consequences of outgroup threats in banded mongooses: Grooming and aggression between the sexes. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:153–167. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13323
Weiss MN, Franks DW, Brent LJN, et al (2021) Common datastream permutations of animal social network data are not appropriate for hypothesis testing using regression models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12:255–265. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13508
Weiss MN, Franks DW, Giles DA, et al (2021) Age and sex influence social interactions, but not associations, within a killer whale pod. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288:. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0617
2020
Burns DDR, Franks DW, Parr C, Ellis S, et al (2020) A longitudinal study of nest occupancy, trail networks and foraging in a polydomous wood ant population. Insectes Soc 67:419–427.
2019
Ellis S, Snyder-Mackler N, Ruiz-Lambides A, et al (2019) Deconstructing sociality : the types of social connections that predict longevity in a group-living primate. Proc R Soc B 286:1–10.
Nattrass S, Croft DP, Ellis S, et al (2019) Postreproductive killer whale grandmothers improve the survival of their grandoffspring. PNAS
2018
Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, et al (2018) Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in toothed whales. Sci Rep 8:1–10.
Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, et al (2018) Postreproductive lifespans are rare in mammals. Ecol Evol 8:2482–2494.
Madlon-Kay S, Montague MJ, Brent LJN, Ellis, S, et al (2018) Weak effects of common genetic variation in oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes on rhesus macaque social behavior. Am J Primatol 80:1–12.
Doheny-Adams T, Lilley CJ, Barker A, Ellis S, et al (2018) Constant Isothiocyanate-Release Potentials across Biofumigant Seeding Rates. J Agric Food Chem 66:5108–5116.
2017
Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, et al (2017) Mortality risk and social network position in resident killer whales: sex differences and the importance of resource abundance. Proc R Soc B 284:20171313.
Croft D.P, Johnstone R.A, Ellis S, et al (2017) Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. Current Biology 27 pp. 298–304.
Ellis S, Franks D.W, Robinson E.J.H (2017) Ecological consequences of colony structure in dynamic ant nest networks. Ecology and Evolution. 7(4) pp 1170-1180.
Ellis S, Procter D.S, Buckham-Bonnett P, Robinson E.J.H (2017) Inferring polydomy: a review of functional, spatial and genetic methods for identifying colony boundaries. Insectes Sociaux. 61(1) pp 19-37.
2016
Maeder B, Bernasconi C., Ellis S. Chapter 2: Reproductive Biology and Social Systems. In: The Red Wood Ants. ed. Robinson E.J.H., Stockan, J. Cambridge University Press (2016).
Risch A., Ellis S., Wiswell H. Chapter 4: Population Ecology. In: The Red Wood Ants. ed. Robinson E.J.H., Stockan, J. Cambridge University Press (2016).
2015
Ellis S., Robinson E.J.H. (2015) Internest food sharing within wood ant colonies: resource redistribution behavior in a complex system. Behavioral Ecology. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv205
Ellis S., Robinson E.J.H. (2015) The role of non-foraging nests in polydomous wood ant colonies. PLoS one. 10(10) pp e0138321. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138321. (corrected figure)
2014
Ellis S., Franks D.W., Robinson E.J.H. (2014) Local or global? Resource redistribution in polydomous wood ant colonies. Behavioral Ecology. 25(5) pp.1183-1191. doi: 10.1093/beheco/aru108.
Ellis S., Robinson E.J.H. (2014) Polydomy in Red Wood Ants. Insectes Sociaux. 61(2), pp. 111-112. doi: 10.1007/s00040-013-0337-z.
2011
Robinson E.J.H, Franks N.R., Ellis S., et al. (2011). A simple threshold rule is sufficent to explain sophisticated collective decision-making. PLoS one. 6(5). pp e19981. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019981.
PhD Thesis
Ellis, Samuel (2015) The organisation of polydomous nesting in wood ant colonies: behaviour, networks, foraging and resource redistribution. PhD thesis, University of York.
2022
Ellis S, Johnstone RA, Cant MA, et al (2022) Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies. Nat Ecol Evol 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01872-2
2021
Ellis S, Franks DW, Weiss MN, et al (2021) Mixture models as a method for comparative sociality: social networks and demographic change in resident killer whales. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75:1–15
Brask JB, Ellis S, Croft DP (2021) Animal social networks- an introduction for complex systems scientists. Journal of Complex Networks 9:cnab001. https://doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cnab001
Croft DP, Weiss MN, Nielsen MLK, et al (2021) Kinship dynamics: patterns and consequences of changes in local relatedness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20211129
Grimes C, Brent LJN, Weiss MN, et al (2021) The effect of age, sex and resource abundance on patterns of received aggression in resident killer whales (Orcinus orca). Marine Mammal Science 1:1. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12908
Lecheval V, Larson H, Burns D, et al (2021) From foraging trails to transport networks: how the quality-distance trade-off shapes network structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20210430
Nielsen MLK, Ellis S, Towers JR, et al (2021) A long postreproductive life span is a shared trait among genetically distinct killer whale populations. Ecology and Evolution 11:9123–9136. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7756
Preston EFR, Thompson FJ, Ellis S, et al (2021) Network-level consequences of outgroup threats in banded mongooses: Grooming and aggression between the sexes. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:153–167. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13323
Weiss MN, Franks DW, Brent LJN, et al (2021) Common datastream permutations of animal social network data are not appropriate for hypothesis testing using regression models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12:255–265. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13508
Weiss MN, Franks DW, Giles DA, et al (2021) Age and sex influence social interactions, but not associations, within a killer whale pod. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288:. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0617
2020
Burns DDR, Franks DW, Parr C, Ellis S, et al (2020) A longitudinal study of nest occupancy, trail networks and foraging in a polydomous wood ant population. Insectes Soc 67:419–427.
2019
Ellis S, Snyder-Mackler N, Ruiz-Lambides A, et al (2019) Deconstructing sociality : the types of social connections that predict longevity in a group-living primate. Proc R Soc B 286:1–10.
Nattrass S, Croft DP, Ellis S, et al (2019) Postreproductive killer whale grandmothers improve the survival of their grandoffspring. PNAS
2018
Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, et al (2018) Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in toothed whales. Sci Rep 8:1–10.
Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, et al (2018) Postreproductive lifespans are rare in mammals. Ecol Evol 8:2482–2494.
Madlon-Kay S, Montague MJ, Brent LJN, Ellis, S, et al (2018) Weak effects of common genetic variation in oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes on rhesus macaque social behavior. Am J Primatol 80:1–12.
Doheny-Adams T, Lilley CJ, Barker A, Ellis S, et al (2018) Constant Isothiocyanate-Release Potentials across Biofumigant Seeding Rates. J Agric Food Chem 66:5108–5116.
2017
Ellis S, Franks DW, Nattrass S, et al (2017) Mortality risk and social network position in resident killer whales: sex differences and the importance of resource abundance. Proc R Soc B 284:20171313.
Croft D.P, Johnstone R.A, Ellis S, et al (2017) Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause in killer whales. Current Biology 27 pp. 298–304.
Ellis S, Franks D.W, Robinson E.J.H (2017) Ecological consequences of colony structure in dynamic ant nest networks. Ecology and Evolution. 7(4) pp 1170-1180.
Ellis S, Procter D.S, Buckham-Bonnett P, Robinson E.J.H (2017) Inferring polydomy: a review of functional, spatial and genetic methods for identifying colony boundaries. Insectes Sociaux. 61(1) pp 19-37.
2016
Maeder B, Bernasconi C., Ellis S. Chapter 2: Reproductive Biology and Social Systems. In: The Red Wood Ants. ed. Robinson E.J.H., Stockan, J. Cambridge University Press (2016).
Risch A., Ellis S., Wiswell H. Chapter 4: Population Ecology. In: The Red Wood Ants. ed. Robinson E.J.H., Stockan, J. Cambridge University Press (2016).
2015
Ellis S., Robinson E.J.H. (2015) Internest food sharing within wood ant colonies: resource redistribution behavior in a complex system. Behavioral Ecology. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arv205
Ellis S., Robinson E.J.H. (2015) The role of non-foraging nests in polydomous wood ant colonies. PLoS one. 10(10) pp e0138321. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138321. (corrected figure)
2014
Ellis S., Franks D.W., Robinson E.J.H. (2014) Local or global? Resource redistribution in polydomous wood ant colonies. Behavioral Ecology. 25(5) pp.1183-1191. doi: 10.1093/beheco/aru108.
Ellis S., Robinson E.J.H. (2014) Polydomy in Red Wood Ants. Insectes Sociaux. 61(2), pp. 111-112. doi: 10.1007/s00040-013-0337-z.
2011
Robinson E.J.H, Franks N.R., Ellis S., et al. (2011). A simple threshold rule is sufficent to explain sophisticated collective decision-making. PLoS one. 6(5). pp e19981. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019981.
PhD Thesis
Ellis, Samuel (2015) The organisation of polydomous nesting in wood ant colonies: behaviour, networks, foraging and resource redistribution. PhD thesis, University of York.
