Publications
Archard, G. A. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2011) Increased exposure to predators increases both exploration and activity level in Brachyrhaphis episcopi. Journal of Fish Biology 78: 593.
Archard, G. A. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2011) Population and sex differences in Brachyrhaphis episcopi responses to mirror images. Behavioural Processes 86: 52-57.
Eriksen, M. S., G. Færevik, G., Kittilsen, S., McCormick, M. I., Braastad, B. O., Damsgård, B., Braithwaite, V. A. & Bakken, M. (2011) Stressed mothers- troubled offspring? A study of behavioural maternal effects in farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Journal of Fish Biology 79: 575-586.
Moberg, O., Braithwaite, V.A., Jensen, K. H. & Salvanes, A. G. V. (2011) Assessing the effects of enrichment and food availability on the foraging behaviour of juvenile Atlantic cod. Environmental Biology of Fishes 91: 449–457.
Luong, L. T., Hudson, P. J. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2011) Parasitic nematode alters the anti-predator behaviour of its cricket intermediate host. Ethology 117: 1-8.
Salvanes, A. G. V., Utne-Palm, A. C., Currie, B. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2011) Strategies underpinning diel vertical migration of the bearded goby Sufflogobius bibarbatus in an extreme environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 425: 193-202.
Utne-Palm, A. C., Salvanes, A. G. V., Currie, B., Kaartvedt, S., Nilsson, G. E., Braithwaite, V. A. et al. (2010) Trophic structure and community stability in an overfished ecosystem. Science 329: 333-336.
Archard, G. A. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2010) Population and sex differences in Brachyrhaphis episcopi responses to mirror images. Behavioural Processes 86: 52-57.
Archard, G. A. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2010) The importance of wild populations in studies of animal temperament. Journal of Zoology 281: 149-160
Strand, D. Utne-Palm, A.C., Jakobsen, P. J., Braithwaite, V. A., Jensen, K. H. & Salvanes, A. G. V. (2010) Foraging skills are affected by exposure to habitat complexity in Atlantic cod. Marine Ecology Progress Series 412: 273-282.
Braithwaite, V. A. (2010) Do Fish Feel Pain? Oxford University Press
Braithwaite, V. A. & Salvanes, A. G. V. (2010) Aquaculture and restocking: implications for conservation and welfare. Animal Welfare 19: 139-149.
Bratland, S. Helge Stien, L., Braithwaite, V. A., Juell, J-E., Folkedal, O., Oppedal, F. & Kristiansen, T. S. (2010) From fright to anticipation: Using aversive light stimuli to investigate reward conditioning in large groups of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). On Line Publication. Aquaculture International (10.1007/s10499-009-9317-8)
Dempson, J. B., Braithwaite, V. A., Doherty, D. & Power, M. P. (2010) Stable isotope analysis of marine feeding signatures of Atlantic salmon in the north Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67:52-61; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsp227
Heenan, A., Simpson, S. D., Meekan, M. G., Healy, S. D. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2009) Restoring depleted coral reef fish populations through recruitment enhancement: a proof of concept. Journal of Fish Biology 75, 1857-1867.
Brydges, N. M. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2009) Does environmental enrichment affect the behaviour of fish commonly used in laboratory work? Applied Animal Behaviour Science 118, 137-143
Brydges, N. M., Boulcott, P., Ellis, T. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2009) Quantifying stress responses induced by different handling methods in three species of fish. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 116, 295-301.
Brydges, N. M. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) Measuring Animal Welfare – What Can Cognition Contribute? Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences 10, 91-103.
Brydges, N. M., Holmes, A. M. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) How do different populations of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) combine spatial information? Journal of Fish Biology 73, 2580-2586
Little, T.J., Perutz M., Palmer M., Crossan, C. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2008). Male sticklebacks make antibiotic nests: a novel form of parental protection? Journal of Fish Biology 73, 2380-2389
Odling-Smee, L.C., Boughman, J. W. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) Sympatric species of threespine stickleback differ in their performance in a spatial learning task. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 62, 1935-1945.
Jones, F. C., Brown, C. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) Lack of assortative mating between incipient species of stickleback from a hybrid zone. Behaviour 145, 463-484.
Brydges, N. M., Heathcote, R. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) Habitat stability and predation pressure influence learning and memory in populations of three-spined sticklebacks. Animal Behaviour, 75 935-942.
Brydges, N. M., Colegrave, N., Heathcote, R. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) Habitat stability and predation pressure affect behavioural traits in populations of three-spined sticklebacks. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 229-235
Brown, C., Jones, F. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2007) Correlation between boldness and body condition in natural populations of Brachyraphis episcopi. Journal of Fish Biology 71, 1590-1601
Huntingford, F. A., Adams, C. E., Braithwaite, V. A., Kadri, S., Pottinger, T. G., Sandoe, P. & Turnbull, J. F. (2007) The implications of a feelings-based approach to fish welfare: a reply to Arlinghaus et al. Fish and Fisheries 8, 277-280
Salvanes, A. G. V., Møberg, O. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2007) Effects of early experience on shoaling behaviour. Animal Behaviour 74, 805-811
Brown C. Burgess F & Braithwaite V. A. (2007) Boldness personality traits: are they heritable or environmentally driven? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 62, 237-243
Brown, C., Western, J. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2007) The influence of early experience and inheritance of cerebral lateralization. Animal Behaviour, 74, 231-238
Huntingford, F. A., Adams, C. E., Braithwaite, V. A., Kadri, S., Pottinger, T. G., Sandoe, P. & Turnbull, J. F. (2007) Current understanding on fish welfare. Journal of Fish Biology. 70, 1311-1316
Braithwaite, V. A. & Boulcott, P. (2007) Pain perception and fear in fish. Diseases in Aquatic Organisms 75, 131-138
Boulcott, P. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2007) Shifts in colour perception in three-spined stickleback: the sexes are not so different after all. Evolutionary Ecology. 21, 601-611
Jones, F. C., Brown, C., Pemberton, J. M. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2006) Reproductive isolation in a threspine stickleback hybrid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 1531-1544.
Braithwaite, V. A. (2006) Cognition in Fish. Behaviour and Physiology of Fish 24, 1-37.
Braithwaite, V. A. & Burt de Perera, T. (2006) Short range orientation in fish: how fish map space. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour & Physiology. 39, 37-47.
Salvanes, A.G. V. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2006) The need to understand the behaviour of fish we rear for mariculture or for restocking. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63, 346-354.
Sneddon, L.U., Hawkesworth, S., Braithwaite, V. A. & Yerbury, J. (2006) Impact of environmental disturbance on the stability and benefits of individual status in dominance hierarchies. Ethology. 112, 437 – 447.
Brian, J. V., Augley, J. J. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2006) Evidence of endocrine disrupting effects on the nesting behaviour of male three-spined sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus (L.). Journal of Fish Biology, 68, 1883-1890.
Huntingford, F. A., Adams, C. E., Braithwaite, V. A., Kadri, S., Pottinger, T. G., Sandoe, P. & Turnbull, J. F. (2006) Current understanding on fish welfare: a broad overview. Journal of Fish Biology. 68, 332-372
Burt de Perera, T. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) Laterality in a non-visual sensory modality – the lateral line of fish. Current Biology, 15, 241-242.
Braithwaite, V. A. & Salvanes, A. G. V. (2005) Environmental variability in the early rearing environment generates behaviourally flexible cod: implications for rehabilitating wild populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London Series B. 272, 1107-1113.
Brown, C., Jones, F. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) In situ examination of boldness-shyness traits in the tropical poeciliid, Brachyraphis episcopi. Animal Behaviour70, 1003-1009.
Salvanes, A. G. V. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) Exposure to variable spatial information in the early rearing environment generates asymmetries in social interactions in cod (Gadus morhua). Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology 59, 250-257.
Simcox, H., Colegrave, N., Heenan, A., Howard, C. & Braithwaite V. A. (2005) Context-dependent male mating preferences for unfamiliar females. Animal Behaviour 70, 1429-1437.
Brown, C., Gardner, G. and Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) Differential stress responses in fish from areas of high and low predation pressure. Journal of Comparative Physiology, Series B. 175, 305-312.
Boulcott, P. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) Ultraviolet light and visual behaviour in the threespined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78, 736-743.
Brown, C. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) Effects of predation pressure on the cognitive ability of the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi. Behavioral Ecology, 16, 482-287.
Boulcott, P. D., Walton, K. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2005) The role of ultraviolet wavelengths in the mate choice decisions of the three-spined stickleback. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208, 1453-1458.
Brown, C. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2004) Size matters: a test of boldness in eight populations of bishop, Brachyraphis episcopi. Animal Behaviour, 68, 1325-1329.
Brown, C. Gardner, C. & Braithwaite V. A. (2004) Population variation in lateralised eye use in the poeciliid Brachyraphis episcopi. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology Letters 271, S455 - S457.
Braithwaite V. A. & Huntingford, F.A. (2004) Fish and welfare: can fish perceive pain and suffering? Animal Welfare, 13, S87-S92.
Braithwaite V. A. & Girvan, J.R. (2003) Use of water flow to provide spatial information in a small-scale orientation task. Journal of Fish Biology 63, 74-83.
Sneddon L.U., Braithwaite V.A. & Gentle M.J. (2003) Novel object test: examining nociception and fear in the rainbow trout. Journal of Pain 4, 431-440.
Odling-Smee, L. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2003) The role of learning in fish orientation. Fish & Fisheries, 4, 235-246.
Sneddon, L.U., Braithwaite, V.A. & Gentle, M.J. (2003) Do fish have nociceptors: evidence for the evolution of a vertebrate sensory system. Proceedings of the Royal Society. 270, 1115-1121.
Jones, C.M., Braithwaite, V.A. & Healy, S.D. (2003) The evolution of sex differences in spatial ability. Behavioural Neuroscience. 117, 403-411.
Odling-Smee, L. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2003) The influence of habitat stability on landmark use during spatial learning in the threespined stickleback. Animal Behaviour. 65, 701-707.
Wedekind, C. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2002) The long term benefits of human generosity in indirect reciprocity. Current Biology. 12, 1012-1015.
Barber, I. Arnott, S, Braithwaite, V., Andrew, J & Huntingford, F. (2001) Indirect fitness consequences of mate choice in sticklebacks: offspring of brighter males grow slowly but resist parasite infections Proceedings of the Royal Society. 268, 71-76.
Girvan, J.R. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2000) Orientation behaviour in sticklebacks: learned or inherited? Behaviour 137, 833-843.
Barber, I. Arnott, S, Braithwaite, V., Andrew, J, Mullen, W. & Huntingford, F. (2000) Carotenoid-based sexual coloration and body condition in nesting male sticklebacks. Journal of Fish Biology 57, 777-790.
Braithwaite, V.A. & Barber, I. (2000) Limitations to colour-based sexual preferences in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 47, 413-416.
Healy, S. & Braithwaite, V. (2000) Cognitive Ecology: a field of substance? Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 526-530.
Healy, S.D., Braham, S.R. & Braithwaite, V. A. (1999) Sex, speed and spatial ability in rats. Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B. 266, 2303-2308.
Braithwaite, V.A. & Odling-Smee, L. (1999) The paradox of the stickleback: different yet the same. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 460-461.
Huntingford, F. A., Aird, D., Joiner, P & Thorpe, K. E., Braithwaite, V.A. & Armstrong, J.D. (1999) How juvenile Atlantic salmon respond to falling water levels: experiments in an artificial stream. Fisheries Management and Ecology 6, 357-364.
Barber, I., Downey, L.C. & Braithwaite, V.A. (1998) Parasitism, oddity and the mechanism of shoal choice. Journal of Fish Biology 53, 1365-1368.
Huntingford, F. A., Braithwaite, V.A., Armstrong, J.D., Aird, D. & Joiner, P (1998) Homing in juvenile salmon in response to imposed and spontaneous displacement: experiments in an artificial stream. Journal of Fish Biology 53, 847-852.
Huntingford, F. A., Braithwaite, V.A., Armstrong, J.D. Aird, D., Joiner, P & Thorpe, K. E. (1998) Social status and growth rates as determinants of site attachment in juvenile Atlantic salmon. Journal of Fish Biology 53, 314-321.
Braithwaite, V. A., Salkeld, D. J., McAdam, H. M., Hockings, C. G., Ludlow, A. M. & Read, A. F. (1998) Spatial and discrimination learning in rodents infected with the nematode Strongyloides ratti. Parasitology 117, 145-154.
Girvan, J. R. & Braithwaite, V. A. (1998) Population differences in spatial learning and memory in threespined sticklebacks. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B 265, 913-918.
Armstrong, J.D., Braithwaite, V.A. & Fox, M. (1998) The response of wild Atlantic salmon parr to acute reductions in water flow: a deviation from the Taylor principle. Journal of Animal Ecology 67, 292-297.
Armstrong, J. D., Braithwaite, V. A. & Huntingford, F. A. (1997) Spatial strategies of wild Atlantic salmon parr: exploration and settlement in unfamiliar areas. Journal of Animal Ecology 66, 203-211.
Braithwaite, V. A., Armstrong, J. D., McAdam, H. M. & Huntingford, F. A. (1996) Can juvenile Atlantic salmon use multiple cue systems in spatial learning? Animal Behaviour 51, 1409-1415.
Dawkins, M. S., Guilford, T., Braithwaite, V. A. & Krebs J. R. (1996) Do pigeons see pictures as representing geographical locations? Behavioural Processes 36, 27-38.
Armstrong, J. D., Braithwaite, V. A. & Ryecroft, P. (1996) A flat-bed passive integrated transponder antenna array for monitoring behaviour of Atlantic salmon parr and other fish. Journal of Fish Biology 48 (3), 539-541.
Braithwaite, V. A., & Guilford, T. (1995) A Loft With A View: Does exposure to natural landmarks during development encourage adult pigeons to use visual landmarks during homing? Animal Behaviour 49, 252-254.
Braithwaite, V. A. & Newman, J. A. (1994) Visual recognition of familiar release sites allows pigeons to home faster. Animal Behaviour 48, 1482 -1484.
Braithwaite, V. A. (1993) When does previewing the landscape affect pigeon homing? Ethology 95 (2), 141-151.
Braithwaite, V. A. & Guilford, T. (1993) Recognition of familiar visual landmarks in homing pigeons. The Journal of Navigation, 46 (3), 371-375.
Braithwaite, V. A. & Guilford, T. (1991) Viewing familiar landscapes affects pigeon homing. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 245, 183-186.
Book chapters:
Huntingford, F. A. & Braithwaite, V. A. (in prep.) Movement and Orientation. For Behaviour of Fish in Aquaculture. Editors Huntingford, F. A. & Kadri, S. Blackwell Publishing
Braithwaite, V. A. & Salvanes, A. G. V. (2008) Fish cognition. In Fish Behaviour. Ed. Magnhagen, C, Braithwaite, V. A., Forsgren, E. & Kapoor, B. G. Science Publishers Inc., USA pp.33-60.
Healy, S. D. & Braithwaite, V. A. (2008) The role of landmarks in small and large scale navigation. In Spatial Cognition and Spatial Perception: Mapping the Self and Space. Ed. F. Dollins & R. Mitchell, Cambridge University Press
Braithwaite, V. A. & Boulcott, P. (2008) Can fish suffer? In ‘Fish Welfare’ Ed. E. Branson, Blackwell Publishing, London. Wiley pp. 78-92. ISBN: 978-1-4051-4629-6
Odling-Smee, L. Simpson, S. D. & Braithwaite, V.A. (2006) Orientation and spatial behaviour in fish. Chapter 7, in Fish Cognition and Behaviour. Eds. Brown, C., Krasue, J. & Laland, K. Blackwell Publishing, London. pp. 119-138.
Healy S.D., Hodgson, Z & Braithwaite, V.A. (2003) Do animals use maps? In The Neurobiology of Spatial Behaviour pp. 104-118. Ed. K. Jeffrey, Oxford University Press.
Braithwaite, V. A. (1998) Spatial memory, landmark use and orientation in fish. In Spatial Representation in Animals pp. 86-102. Ed. S. D. Healy, Oxford University Press. pp.86-102.
