Professor Ben J Hatchwell

School of Biosciences

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology

Ben Hatchwell
Profile picture of Ben Hatchwell
b.hatchwell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4625
B91, Alfred Denny Building

Full contact details

Professor Ben J Hatchwell
School of Biosciences
B91
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • Professor of Evolutionary Ecology, University of Sheffield (2007-present)
  • Reader, University of Sheffield (2004 - 2006)
  • Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of Sheffield (2002-2004)
  • Lecturer in Zoology, University of Sheffield (1993-2002)
  • Post-doc, University of Oxford (1991-1993)
  • Post-doc, University of Cambridge (1988-1991)
  • PhD (1988), University of Sheffield
  • BA (1984), University of Oxford
Research interests

Social Evolution

My principal research interest is in social evolution and reproductive strategies in birds. The main approach of my research is to use field observations and experiments to test evolutionary theory. I have been studying cooperative breeding in long-tailed tits since 1994, and have also collaborated recently on other projects on cooperative behaviour in sociable weavers, riflemen and monk parakeets. Specific research interests include:

  • The ecological and demographic factors that promote the evolution of cooperation in animal societies.
  • The influence of individual dispersal decisions on the genetic structure of populations and the consequences for cooperative behaviour
  • The fitness consequences of alternative reproductive strategies of individuals in cooperative groups
  • Mechanisms of kin recognition in social animals
  • Proximate and ultimate causes of variation in parental investment

Population Ecology

I am also interested in pure and applied aspects of avian population ecology, including long-term studies of seabirds, parrot conservation and the ecology of urban bird populations. Recent projects include studies of guillemots, blackbirds and three species of parrot. Specific areas of interest include:

  • The population dynamics of guillemots on Skomer Island
  • Population biology of vulnerable parrot populations
  • The relationship between urban and rural bird populations
  • Invasion biology of monk parakeets in Europe
Publications

Show: Featured publications All publications

Journal articles

  • Ellison N, Hatchwell B, Biddiscombe S, Napper C & Potts J (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(12), 2763-2776.
  • Leedale AE, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, Green JP, Slate J, Lachlan RF, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(27), 15724-15730.
  • Leedale AE, Lachlan RF, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1802).
  • Green J & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(47), 12011-12016.
  • Leedale A, Sharp SP, Simeoni M, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Molecular Ecology, 27(7), 1714-1726.
  • Khwaja N, Hatchwell BJ, Freckleton RP & Green JP (2017) . American Naturalist, 190(4), 547-556.
  • Bebbington K & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Behavioral Ecology, 27(2), 652-659.
  • Green JP, Freckleton RP & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Nature Communications, 7(-), ---.
  • Sæther B-E, Grøtan V, Engen S, Coulson T, Grant PR, Visser ME, Brommer JE, Rosemary Grant B, Gustafsson L, Hatchwell BJ , Jerstad K et al (2016) . Nature Communications, 7(-), ---.
  • Adams MJ, Robinson MR, Mannarelli M-E & Hatchwell BJ (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1810).
  • van Dijk RE, Kaden JC, Arguelles Tico A, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2014) . Ecology Letters, 17(9), 1141-1148.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Gullett PR & Adams MJ (2014) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 369(1642), 20130565.
  • Abbot P, Abe J, Alcock J, Alizon S, Alpedrinha JA, Andersson M, Andre JB, van Baalen M, Balloux F, Balshine S , Barton N et al (2011) . Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4.
  • Meade J, Nam K-B, Beckerman AP & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . J Anim Ecol, 79(3), 529-537.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2010) . ETHOLOGY, 116(3), 203-216.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 364(1533), 3217-3227.
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Frantz AC, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Dawson DA, Walasz K, Partecke J, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Proc Biol Sci, 276(1666), 2403-2410.
  • Sharp SP, McGowan A, Wood MJ & Hatchwell BJ (2005) . Nature, 434(7037), 1127-1130.
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2195.
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2191.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Dawson Pell FSE, Senar JC, Ortega‐Segalerva A, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2025) . Ibis.
  • Morinay J, Woodward BK, Russell AF, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2025) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(6), 1317-1317.
  • Baxter J, Baxter A & Hatchwell BJ (2025) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 38(8), 1041-1049.
  • Morinay J, Woodward BK, Russell AF, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2025) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(4), 485-500.
  • Laurenson K, Wood MJ, Birkhead TR, Priestley MDK, Sherley RB, Fayet AL, Guilford T, Hatchwell BJ & Votier SC (2025) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(1), 139-153.
  • Halliwell C, Beckerman AP, Patrick SC & Hatchwell BJ (2024) . Evolution Letters, 8(6), 764-773.
  • Borray-Escalante NA, Nuñez-Tobajas Z, Batllori X, Santos D, Clavell J, Domènech J, Arroyo L, Uribe F, Rodriguez-Pastor R, Pascual J , Carrillo-Ortiz JG et al (2024) . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 47(1), 101-111.
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Hatchwell BJ, Ortega-Segalerva A & Senar JC (2024) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143(3).
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Senar JC, Ortega-Segalerva A & Hatchwell BJ (2024) . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 47(1), 9-17.
  • Lewis TC, Vargas IG, Vredenbregt C, Jimenez M, Hatchwell B, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2024) . Ibis, 166(2), 518-533.
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Hatchwell BJ, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Ortega-Segalerva A, Uribe F & Senar JC (2023) . Animal Behaviour, 205, 139-148.
  • McCully FR, Descamps S, Harris SM, Mckendrick F, Gillies N, Cornell SJ, Hatchwell BJ & Patrick SC (2023) . Ethology, 129(12), 686-700.
  • Halliwell C, Biddiscombe SJ & Hatchwell BJ (2023) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 77(9).
  • Halliwell C, Beckerman AP, Biddiscombe SJ, Germain M & Hatchwell BJ (2023) . Animal Behaviour, 201, 23-44.
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Senar JC & Hatchwell BJ (2023) . Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 21, 13-17.
  • Borray-Escalante NA, Baucells J, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Hatchwell BJ & Senar JC (2023) . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 46(1), 71-78.
  • Khwaja N, Preston S, Hatchwell B & Briskie J (2023) . New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1).
  • McCully FR, Weimerskirch H, Cornell SJ, Hatchwell BJ, Cairo M & Patrick SC (2022) . Ecology and Evolution, 12(12).
  • Sturrock NJ, Hatchwell BJ, Firth JA & Green JP (2022) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 76(6).
  • Halliwell C, Beckerman AP, Germain M, Patrick SC, Leedale AE & Hatchwell BJ (2022) . Behavioral Ecology, 33(4), 844-858.
  • Roper M, Sturrock NJ, Hatchwell BJ & Green JP (2022) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 91(7), 1365-2656.
  • Senar JC, Moyà A, Pujol J, Tomas X & Hatchwell BJ (2021) . Diversity, 13(12).
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Senar JC, Franks DW & Hatchwell BJ (2021) . Molecular Ecology, 30(6), 1531-1544.
  • Ellison N, Hatchwell B, Biddiscombe S, Napper C & Potts J (2020) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(12), 2763-2776.
  • Higgott CG, Evans KL & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8.
  • Leedale AE, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, Green JP, Slate J, Lachlan RF, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(27), 15724-15730.
  • Leedale AE, Lachlan RF, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1802).
  • Leedale AE, Li J & Hatchwell BJ (2020) . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8.
  • Dawson Pell FSE, Hatchwell BJ, Ortega-Segalerva A, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ & Senar JC (2020) . Molecular Biology Reports, 47(2), 1543-1550.
  • Li J, Lv L, Wang P, Wang Y, Hatchwell BJ & Zhang Z (2019) . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128(3), 592-602.
  • Li J, Wang Y, Lv L, Wang P, Hatchwell BJ & Zhang Z (2019) . Behavioral Ecology, 30(4), 975-985.
  • Khwaja N, Briskie JV & Hatchwell BJ (2019) . New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 46(4), 334-347.
  • Senar JC, Carrillo-Ortiz JG, Ortega-Segalerva A, Pell FSED, Pascual J, Arroyo L, Mazzoni D, Montalvo T & Hatchwell BJ (2019) . Bird Study, 66(1), 136-140.
  • Green J & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(47), 12011-12016.
  • Leedale A, Sharp SP, Simeoni M, Robinson EJH & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Molecular Ecology, 27(7), 1714-1726.
  • Khwaja N, Preston SAJ, Briskie JV & Hatchwell BJ (2018) . Ecology and Evolution, 8(7), 3693-3701.
  • Khwaja N, Hatchwell BJ, Freckleton RP & Green JP (2017) . American Naturalist, 190(4), 547-556.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2017) . Behavioral Ecology, 28(2), 360.
  • Khwaja N, Preston SAJ, Hatchwell BJ, Briskie JV, Winney IS & Savage JL (2017) . Animal Behaviour, 125, 25-31.
  • Napper CJ & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Animal Behaviour, 122, 23-35.
  • Bebbington K & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Behavioral Ecology, 27(2), 652-659.
  • Green JP, Freckleton RP & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Nature Communications, 7(-), ---.
  • Sæther B-E, Grøtan V, Engen S, Coulson T, Grant PR, Visser ME, Brommer JE, Rosemary Grant B, Gustafsson L, Hatchwell BJ , Jerstad K et al (2016) . Nature Communications, 7(-), ---.
  • Preston SAJ, Briskie JV & Hatchwell BJ (2016) . Behavioral Ecology, 27(6), 1617-1626.
  • Acker P, Gregoire A, Rat M, Spottiswoode CN, van Dijk RE, Paquet M, Kaden JC, Pradel R, Hatchwell BJ, Covas R & Doutrelant C (2015) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(11), 2027-2041.
  • van Dijk RE, Covas R, Doutrelant C, Spottiswoode CN & Hatchwell BJ (2015) . Molecular Ecology.
  • Adams MJ, Robinson MR, Mannarelli M-E & Hatchwell BJ (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1810).
  • Crane JMS, Pick JL, Tribe AJ, Vincze E, Hatchwell BJ & Russell AF (2015) . Animal Behaviour, 104, 51-57.
  • van Dijk RE, Kaden JC, Arguelles Tico A, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2014) . Ecology Letters, 17(9), 1141-1148.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Gullett PR & Adams MJ (2014) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 369(1642), 20130565.
  • Napper CJ, Simeoni M, Hatchwell BJ, Sharp SP & McGowan A (2013) . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1-11.
  • Gullett P, Hatchwell BJ, Robinson RA & Evans KL (2013) . Ecology and Evolution, 3(7), 1864-1877.
  • Preston SAJ, Dawson DA, Horsburgh GJ & Hatchwell BJ (2013) . Conservation Genetics Resources, 5(2), 555-560.
  • van Dijk RE, Eising CM, Merrill RM, Karadas F, Hatchwell B & Spottiswoode CN (2013) . Oecologia, 171(2), 379-389.
  • Meade J, Hatchwell BJ, Blanchard JL & Birkhead TR (2012) . Journal of Avian Biology.
  • Evans KL, Newton J, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, Mcgowan A & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Colonisation of urban environments is associated with reduced migratory behaviour, facilitating divergence from ancestral populations. Oikos.
  • Lee J-W & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Do females adjust brood sex ratio according to males' genetic structures in a gregarious passerine, the vinous-throated parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus?. Journal of Avian Biology.
  • Nam K-B, Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Do parents and helpers adjust their provisioning effort in relation to nestling sex in a cooperatively breeding bird?. Animal Behaviour.
  • Nam KB, Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . Animal Behaviour, 82(2), 303-309.
  • Beckerman AP, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . Behavioral Ecology, 22(6), 1294-1303.
  • Meade J, Nam K-B, Lee J-W & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . PLoS One, 6(5), e19684.
  • Sharp SP, Simeoni M, McGowan A, Nam KB & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . Animal Behaviour, 81(4), 843-849.
  • Sharp SP, Simeoni M, McGowan A, Nam K-B & Hatchwell BJ (2011) Patterns of recruitment, relatedness and cooperative breeding in two populations of long-tailed tits. Animal Behaviour.
  • Abbot P, Abe J, Alcock J, Alizon S, Alpedrinha JA, Andersson M, Andre JB, van Baalen M, Balloux F, Balshine S , Barton N et al (2011) . Nature, 471(7339), E1-E4.
  • Nam K-B, Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2011) . J Evol Biol, 24(4), 904-913.
  • Evans KL, Chamberlain DE, Hatchwell BJ, Gregory RD & Gaston KJ (2011) . Global Change Biology, 17(1), 32-44.
  • Nakagawa S, Ockendon N, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2011) . Behavioral Ecology, 22(2), 445-446.
  • Meade J & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . BEHAV ECOL, 21(6), 1186-1194.
  • Evans KL, Hatchwell BJ, Parnell M & Gaston KJ (2010) . Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 85(3), 643-667.
  • Nam K-B, Simeoni M, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . Proc Biol Sci, 277(1698), 3299-3306.
  • Lee JW, Lee YK & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . Animal Behaviour, 79(5), 1017-1023.
  • Meade J, Nam K-B, Beckerman AP & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . J Anim Ecol, 79(3), 529-537.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2010) . ETHOLOGY, 116(3), 203-216.
  • Lee JW, Kim HY & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . J ORNITHOL, 151(2), 483-490.
  • Lee J-W, Simeoni M, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2010) . Heredity (Edinb), 104(5), 472-481.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 364(1533), 3217-3227.
  • Votier SC, Hatchwell BJ, Mears M & Birkhead TR (2009) . MAR ECOL-PROG SER, 393, 225-233.
  • Simeoni M, Dawson DA, Gentle LK, Coiffait L, Wolff K, Evans KL, Gaston KJ & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . MOL ECOL RESOUR, 9(6), 1520-1526.
  • Lee JW, Kim MS, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . J AVIAN BIOL, 40(5), 469-474.
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Frantz AC, Simeoni M, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Dawson DA, Walasz K, Partecke J, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Proc Biol Sci, 276(1666), 2403-2410.
  • Lee J-W, Jang B-S, Dawson DA, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . Mol Ecol, 18(12), 2728-2739.
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, McGowan A, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . OIKOS, 118(5), 774-782.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Sharp SP, Simeoni M & McGowan A (2009) . FUNCT ECOL, 23(2), 367-372.
  • Evans KL, Gaston KJ, Sharp SP, McGowan A & Hatchwell BJ (2009) . OIKOS, 118(2), 251-259.
  • Chamberlain DE, Cannon AR, Toms MP, Leech DI, Hatchwell BJ & Gaston KJ (2009) . IBIS, 151(1), 1-18.
  • Nakagawa S, Lee J-W, Woodward BK, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2008) . Biol Lett, 4(6), 667-669.
  • Sharp SP, Baker MB, Hadfield JD, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2008) . OIKOS, 117(9), 1371-1379.
  • Votier SC, Birkhead TR, Oro D, Trinder M, Grantham MJ, Clark JA, McCleery RH & Hatchwell BJ (2008) . J Anim Ecol, 77(5), 974-983.
  • Sharp SP, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2008) . Proc Biol Sci, 275(1647), 2125-2130.
  • Simeoni M, Dawson DA, Ross DJ, Chaline N, Burke T & Hatchwell BJ (2007) . MOL ECOL NOTES, 7(6), 1319-1322.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2007) . Curr Biol, 17(19), R845-R847.
  • Nakagawa S, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2007) . J Evol Biol, 20(5), 1674-1681.
  • Hatchwell BJ (2007) . Behav Processes, 76(2), 73-74.
  • Nakagawa S, Ockendon N, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T (2007) . Oecologia, 153(3), 749-760.
  • Mcgowan A, Fowlie MK, Ross DJ & Hatchwell BJ (2007) Social organization of co-operatively breeding Long-tailed Tits Aegithalos caudatus: flock composition and kinship. IBIS, 149(1), 170-174.
  • Hatchwell BJ & Sharp SP (2006) . ADV STUD BEHAV, 36, 355-395.
  • McGowan A, Sharp SP, Simeoni M & Hatchwell BJ (2006) . ANIM BEHAV, 72, 1035-1043.
  • Hatchwell BJ & Sharp SP (2006) Kin selection and recognition mechanisms in avian societies. J ORNITHOL, 147(5), 8-9.
  • Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2006) Development of family specific contact calls in the Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus. IBIS, 148(4), 649-656.
  • Pizzari T, Birkhead TR, Blows MW, Brooks R, Buchanan KL, Clutton-Brock TH, Harvey PH, Hosken DJ, Jennions MD, Kokko H , Kotiaho JS et al (2006) Debating sexual selection and mating strategies.. Science, 312(5774), 689-697.
  • Lessells CM, Bennett ATD, Birkhead TR, Colegrave N, Dall SRX, Harvey PH, Hatchwell B, Hosken DJ, Hunt J, Moore AJ , Parker GA et al (2006) Debating sexual selection and mating strategies [2]. Science, 312(5774), 689-690.
  • Ghiselin MT (2006) Debating sexual selection and mating strategies.. Science, 312(5774), 689-697.
  • Votier SC, Hatchwell BJ, Beckerman A, McCleery RH, Hunter FM, Pellatt J, Trinder M & Birkhead TR (2005) . ECOL LETT, 8(11), 1157-1164.
  • Cannon AR, Chamberlain DE, Toms MP, Hatchwell BJ & Gaston KJ (2005) . J APPL ECOL, 42(4), 659-671.
  • Sharp SP, McGowan A, Wood MJ & Hatchwell BJ (2005) . Nature, 434(7037), 1127-1130.
  • Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2005) Individuality in the contact calls of cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus). BEHAVIOUR, 142, 1559-1575.
  • Maccoll ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2004) Determinants of lifetime fitness in a cooperative breeder, the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus. J ANIM ECOL, 73(6), 1137-1148.
  • McGowan A, Sharp SP & Hatchwell BJ (2004) The structure and function of nests of Long-Tailed Tits Aegithalos caudatus. FUNCT ECOL, 18(4), 578-583.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Russell AF, MacColl ADC, Ross DJ, Fowlie MK & McGowan A (2004) . BEHAV ECOL, 15(1), 1-10.
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2195.
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . Evolution, 57(9), 2191-2191.
  • McGowan A, Hatchwell BJ & Woodburn RJW (2003) The effect of helping behaviour on the survival of juvenile and adult long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus. J ANIM ECOL, 72(3), 491-499.
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2003) . ANIM BEHAV, 66, 955-964.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Ross DJ, Chaline N, Fowlie MK & Burke T (2002) . ANIM BEHAV, 64, 55-63.
  • MacColl ADC & Hatchwell BJ (2002) . Am Nat, 160(2), 186-194.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar MA, Chamberlain DE & Perrins CM (2001) The haematozoan parasites of Common Blackbirds Turdus merula: associations with host condition. IBIS, 143(3), 420-426.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Anderson C, Ross DJ, Fowlie MK & Blackwell PG (2001) Social organization of cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits: kinship and spatial dynamics. J ANIM ECOL, 70(5), 820-830.
  • Russell AF & Hatchwell BJ (2001) . Proc Biol Sci, 268(1481), 2169-2174.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Ross DJ, Fowlie MK & McGowan A (2001) . Proc Biol Sci, 268(1470), 885-890.
  • Birkhead TR, Hatchwell BJ, Lindner R, Blomqvist D, Pellatt EJ, Griffiths R & Lifjeld JT (2001) . The Condor, 103(1), 158-162.
  • Birkhead TR, Hatchwell BJ, Lindner R, Blomqvist D, Pellatt EJ, Griffiths R & Lifjeld JT (2001) Extra-pair paternity in the Common Murre. CONDOR, 103(1), 158-162.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Russell AF, Ross DJ & Fowlie MK (2000) . Proc Biol Sci, 267(1445), 813-819.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar M & Perrins CM (2000) . Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78(4), 684-687.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar M & Perrins CM (2000) The prevalence and ecology of the haematozoan parasites of European blackbirds, Turdus merula. CAN J ZOOL, 78(4), 684-687.
  • Hatchwell BJ & Komdeur J (2000) . Anim Behav, 59(6), 1079-1086.
  • Chamberlain DE, Hatchwell BJ & Perrins CM (1999) Importance of feeding ecology to the reproductive success of Blackbirds Turdus merula nesting in rural habitats. IBIS, 141(3), 415-427.
  • Komdeur J & Hatchwell BJ (1999) . Trends Ecol Evol, 14(11), 448.
  • Komdeur J & Hatchwell BJ (1999) . Trends Ecol Evol, 14(6), 237-241.
  • Barnard C, Komdeur J & Hatchwell BJ (1999) . Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14(11), 448.
  • Hatchwell BJ (1999) Investment strategies of breeders in avian cooperative breeding systems. AM NAT, 154(2), 205-219.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Fowlie MK, Ross DJ & Russell AF (1999) Incubation behavior of Long-tailed Tits: Why do males provision incubating females?. CONDOR, 101(3), 681-686.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Russell AF, Fowlie MK & Ross DJ (1999) Reproductive success and nest-site selection in a cooperative breeder: Effect of experience and a direct benefit of helping. AUK, 116(2), 355-363.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Chamberlain DE & Perrins CM (1996) The reproductive success of blackbirds Turdus merula in relation to habitat structure and choice of nest site. IBIS, 138(2), 256-262.
  • Hatchwell BJ & Russell AF (1996) Provisioning rules in cooperatively breeding long-tailed tits Aegithalos caudatus: An experimental study. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 263(1366), 83-88.
  • Langmore NE, Davies NB, Hatchwell BJ & Hartley IR (1996) Female song attracts males in the alpine accentor Prunella collaris. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 263(1367), 141-146.
  • Hatchwell BJ, Chamberlain DE & Perrins CM (1996) The demography of blackbirds Turdus merula in rural habitats: Is farmland a sub-optimal habitat?. J APPL ECOL, 33(5), 1114-1124.
  • Davies NB, Hartley IR, Hatchwell BJ & Langmore NE (1996) Female control of copulations to maximize male help: A comparison of polygynandrous alpine accentors, Prunella collaris, and dunnocks, P-modularis. ANIM BEHAV, 51, 27-47.
  • Chamberlain DE, Hatchwell BJ & Perrins CM (1995) Spaced out nests and predators: An experiment to test the effects of habitat structure. J AVIAN BIOL, 26(4), 346-349.
  • DAVIES NB, HARTLEY IR, HATCHWELL BJ, DESROCHERS A, SKEER J & NEBEL D (1995) THE POLYGYNANDROUS MATING SYSTEM OF THE ALPINE ACCENTOR, PRUNELLA-COLLARIS .1. ECOLOGICAL CAUSES AND REPRODUCTIVE CONFLICTS. ANIM BEHAV, 49(3), 769-788.
  • HARTLEY IR, DAVIES NB, HATCHWELL BJ, DESROCHERS A, NEBEL D & BURKE T (1995) THE POLYGYNANDROUS MATING SYSTEM OF THE ALPINE ACCENTOR, PRUNELLA-COLLARIS .2. MULTIPLE PATERNITY AND PARENTAL EFFORT. ANIM BEHAV, 49(3), 789-803.
  • EVANS MR & HATCHWELL BJ (1993) NEW SLANTS ON ORNAMENT ASYMMETRY. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO, 251(1332), 171-177.
  • HATCHWELL B & DAVIES N (1992) . Animal Behaviour, 43, 595-609.
  • EVANS MR & HATCHWELL BJ (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MALE ADORNMENT IN THE SCARLET-TUFTED MALACHITE SUNBIRD .2. THE ROLE OF THE ELONGATED TAIL IN MATE CHOICE AND EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE FOR A HANDICAP. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 29(6), 421-427.
  • EVANS MR & HATCHWELL BJ (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MALE ADORNMENT IN THE SCARLET-TUFTED MALACHITE SUNBIRD .1. THE ROLE OF PECTORAL TUFTS IN TERRITORIAL DEFENSE. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 29(6), 413-419.
  • DAVIES NB & HATCHWELL BJ (1992) THE VALUE OF MALE PARENTAL CARE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON REPRODUCTIVE ALLOCATION BY MALE AND FEMALE DUNNOCKS. J ANIM ECOL, 61(2), 259-272.
  • HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MATING COMPETITION IN MONOGAMOUS AND POLYANDROUS DUNNOCKS, PRUNELLA-MODULARIS .1. MATE GUARDING AND COPULATIONS. ANIM BEHAV, 43(4), 595-609.
  • HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1992) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF MATING COMPETITION IN MONOGAMOUS AND POLYANDROUS DUNNOCKS, PRUNELLA-MODULARIS .2. INFLUENCE OF REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS ON MATING SYSTEMS. ANIM BEHAV, 43(4), 611-622.
  • DAVIES NB, HATCHWELL BJ, ROBSON T & BURKE T (1992) PATERNITY AND PARENTAL EFFORT IN DUNNOCKS PRUNELLA-MODULARIS - HOW GOOD ARE MALE CHICK-FEEDING RULES. ANIM BEHAV, 43(5), 729-745.
  • WILEY RH, HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1991) RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL MALES SONGS BY FEMALE DUNNOCKS - A MECHANISM INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COPULATORY PARTNERS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS. ETHOLOGY, 88(2), 145-153.
  • BIRKHEAD TR, HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1991) SPERM COMPETITION AND THE REPRODUCTIVE-ORGANS OF THE MALE AND FEMALE DUNNOCK PRUNELLA-MODULARIS. IBIS, 133(3), 306-311.
  • HATCHWELL BJ (1991) THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF YOUNG GUILLEMOTS URIA-AALGE ON SKOMER ISLAND, WALES. IBIS, 133(2), 153-161.
  • HATCHWELL BJ (1991) AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF TIMING OF BREEDING ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF COMMON GUILLEMOTS (URIA-AALGE). J ANIM ECOL, 60(3), 721-736.
  • HATCHWELL BJ & BIRKHEAD TR (1991) POPULATION-DYNAMICS OF COMMON GUILLEMOTS URIA-AALGE ON SKOMER ISLAND, WALES. ORNIS SCAND, 22(1), 55-59.
  • HATCHWELL BJ & PELLATT J (1990) INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EGG COMPOSITION AND YOLK FORMATION IN THE COMMON GUILLEMOT (URIA-AALGE). J ZOOL, 220, 279-286.
  • HATCHWELL BJ & DAVIES NB (1990) PROVISIONING OF NESTLINGS BY DUNNOCKS, PRUNELLA-MODULARIS, IN PAIRS AND TRIOS - COMPENSATION REACTIONS BY MALES AND FEMALES. BEHAV ECOL SOCIOBIOL, 27(3), 199-209.
  • BURKE T, DAVIES NB, BRUFORD MW & HATCHWELL BJ (1989) PARENTAL CARE AND MATING-BEHAVIOR OF POLYANDROUS DUNNOCKS PRUNELLA-MODULARIS RELATED TO PATERNITY BY DNA FINGERPRINTING. NATURE, 338(6212), 249-251.
  • HATCHWELL BJ (1988) INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION AND MATE DEFENSE IN COMMON GUILLEMOTS URIA AALGE. BEHAVIOUR, 107, 157-185.
  • Nakagawa S, Ockendon N, Gillespie DOS, Hatchwell BJ & Burke T () . Behavioral Ecology, 18(5), 831-840.

Book chapters

  • Cockburn A, Hatchwell BJ & Koenig WD (2017) , Comparative Social Evolution (pp. 320-353). Cambridge University Press
  • Hatchwell BJ (2016) , Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates (pp. 39-57). Cambridge University Press
  • Komdeur J, Richardson DS & Hatchwell B (2008) , Ecology of Social Evolution (pp. 175-193). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Ekman J, Dickinson JL, Hatchwell BJ & Griesser M (2004) , Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (pp. 35-47). Cambridge University Press
  • Dickinson JL & Hatchwell BJ (2004) , Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds (pp. 48-66). Cambridge University Press

Conference proceedings

  • Adams M, Robinson M & Hatchwell B (2013) Their genes are your environment: Social genetics of breeding behavior in birds. BEHAVIOR GENETICS, Vol. 43(6) (pp 505-505)

Preprints

  • Lewis TC, Gutiérrez Vargas I, Vredenbregt C, Jimenez M, Hatchwell B, Beckerman AP & Childs DZ (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Research group

Dr Alexandra Jebb de Calais
UKRI-funded Post-doctoral Research Associate (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Dr Jennifer Morinay
UKRI-funded Post-doctoral Research Associate (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Sarah Biddiscombe
UKRI-funded Technician (2022-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Dr Mickaël Jacquier
UKRI-funded Technician (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Luke Nelson
UKRI-funded Technician (2023-2027). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Tom Lewis
UKRI-funded Research Assistant (2023). Constraints on adaptation in social animals: kin recognition mechanisms and the fitness consequences of discrimination rules. PI - BJH.
Chay Halliwell
NERC-funded ACCE2 PhD student (2019-2023). Cooperation, conflict and the coordination of care in a social bird. Lead supervisor - BJH, co-supervisors - Dr Sam Patrick (University of Liverpool) and Dr Andrew Beckerman.
Fionnuala McCully
NERC-funded ACCE2 PhD student (2019-2023). How do Arctic seabirds coordinate care in a changing climate? Lead supervisor – Dr Sam Patrick (University of Liverpool), co-supervisor - BJH.
Natalia Borray
Independently funded PhD student (2022-2025). Population genetic structure and contemporary evolution in monk parakeets. Lead supervisor – Dr Juan Carlos Senar (Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona; University of Barcelona), co-supervisor - BJH.
Joey Baxter
UKRI-funded PhD student (2023-2027). Are olfactory cues used to recognise kin in social birds? Lead-supervisor – BJH, co-supervisor – Dr Chris Cooney.

Teaching activities

I have been fascinated by natural history since I was young and becoming a behavioural ecologist was a natural progression from that early obsession. In common with my colleagues in Biosciences, my teaching is research-led, with the ambition of communicating my enthusiasm and knowledge about animal behaviour to students.

At Level 2, I teach on a field course in southern France, including guided exercises and independent project work in a stunning Mediterranean landscape. At Level 3, I coordinate Cooperation & Conflict (APS357, 10 credits), and I also run and/or teach on field courses to Portugal and Borneo (APS356, 20 credits). The aim of APS357 is to demonstrate how theory provides the framework that allows us to make sense of the extraordinarily diverse social behaviour that exists in the natural world, including our own behaviour. Field courses are highlights of the teaching year because of the quality of the projects conducted by students, and more importantly, because the opportunity to engage in research offered by such courses is often a critical moment in students’ development as scientists. At Level 4, I usually supervise two MBiolSci students per year. They are embedded within my research group, working alongside my PhD students, post-docs and other researchers on novel questions relating to some aspect of the behaviour and ecology of birds, involving field observations, experiments and analysis of long-term data. I also supervise MRes students in their research projects, typically one student per year.
 

Professional activities and memberships
  • International Society for Behavioral Ecology: President-elect (2014-2016), President (2016-2018) and Past-President (2018-2020)
  • External examiner: MSc in Applied Ecology, University of Exeter (Falmouth)
  • Editor: Behavioral Ecology (2010-2013)
  • Editor: Animal Behaviour (2005-2008)
  • Member of Council: Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (2006-2009)
  • Member of Council: British Ornithologists’ Union (1999-2003)
  • Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2008-2009)