Dr. James F. Hare

Swan, D.C. and Hare, J.F. 2008. The first cut is the deepest: primary syllables of Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) repeated calls alert receivers. In Press in Animal Behaviour.
Swan, D.C. and Hare, J.F. 2008. Signaler and receiver ages do not affect responses to Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) alarm calls. In Press in Journal of Mammalogy.
Catania, K.C., Hare, J.F. and Campbell, K.L. 2008. Water shrews detect movement, shape, and smell to find prey underwater. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U.S.A. 105: 571-576. (PDF)
Sloan, J.L. and Hare, J.F. 2008. The more the scarier: adult Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) assess response urgency via the number of alarm signalers. Ethology 114: 436- 443. (PDF)
Campobello, D. and Hare, J.F. 2007. Information transfer determined by association of neighbours in European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster). Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 19: 191-197. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. and Murie, J.O. 2007. Ecology, kinship and ground squirrel sociality: insights from comparative analyses. In: J.O. Wolff & P.W. Sherman (Eds.) Rodent Societies – An Ecological & Evolutionary Perspective. (Pages 317-327). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (PDF)
Wilson, D.R. and Hare, J.F. (2006). The adaptive utility of Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) short-range ultrasonic alarm signals. Canadian Journal Of Zoology 84: 1322-1331. (PDF)
Sloan, J.L. and Hare, J.F. (2006) Adult Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) ignore rate changes in juvenile alarm calls: age‑differential response urgency perception? Ethology 112: 896-902. (PDF)
Sloan, J.L., Wilson, D.R. and Hare, J.F. (2005) Functional morphology of Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) alarm calls: the meaning of chirps, whistles and chucks. Animal Behaviour. 70: 937-944. (PDF)
Abrahams, M.V., Robb, T.L. and Hare, J.F. (2005) Effect of hypoxia on opercular displays: evidence of an honest signal? Animal Behaviour 70: 427-432. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. (2005) Principles of Animal Behavior (by L.A. Dugatkin). New York: Norton 2004. Book Review for Animal Behaviour 69: 246-248. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. (2004) Kin discrimination by asocial Franklin's ground squirrels (Spermophilus franklinii): is there a relationship between kin discrimination and ground squirrel sociality? Ethology Ecology & Evolution 16: 157-169. (PDF)
Hare, J.F., Todd, G. and Untereiner, W.A. (2004) Multiple mating results in multiple paternity in Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii). Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 90-94.
Sloan, J.L. and Hare, J.F. (2004) Monotony and the information content of Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) repeated calls: tonic communication or signal certainty? Ethology 110: 147-156. (PDF)
Underwood, R.M., Lewis, M.J. and Hare, J.F. (2004) Cooperation in the honey bee colony: fellowship prevails over kinship. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1542-1545. (PDF)
Wilson, D.R. and Hare, J.F. (2004) Ground squirrel uses ultrasonic alarms. Nature 430: 523. (PDF)
Hare, J.F., Sealy, S.G., Underwood, T.J., Ellison, K.S. and Stewart, R.L.M. (2003) Evidence of self‑referent phenotype matching revisited: airing out the armpit effect. Animal Cognition 6: 65-68. (PDF)
Wilson, D.R. and Hare, J.F. (2003). Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) do not communicate predator movements via changes in call rate. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 2026‑2031. (PDF)
Hare, J. F. & Atkins, B.A. (2001) The squirrel that cried wolf: reliability detection by juvenile Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 51: 108-112. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. & Alloway, T.M. (2001) Prudent Protomognathus and despotic Leptothorax duloticus: differential costs of ant slavery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U.S.A. 98: 12093-12096. (PDF)
Warkentin, K.J., Keeley, A.T.H. & Hare, J.F. (2001) Repetitive calls of Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) communicate response urgency. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 569-573. (PDF)
Gonzalez, A., Hare, J.F. and Eisner, T. (1999) Chemical egg defense in Photuris firefly “femme fatales”. Chemoecology 9: 177-185. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. (1998) Juvenile Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) manifest both littermate and neighbour/stranger discrimination. Ethology 104: 991-1002. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. (1998) Juvenile Richardson’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii) discriminate among individual alarm callers. Animal Behaviour 55: 451-460.
Hare, J.F. (1996) Discrimination of nestmate larvae by the ant Leptothorax longispinosus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 2055-2061. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. & Murie, J.O. (1996) Ground squirrel sociality and the quest for the "holy grail": does kinship influence behavioural discrimination by juvenile Columbian ground squirrels? Behavioral Ecology 7: 76-81. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. & Eisner, T. (1995) Cannibalistic caterpillars (Utetheisa ornatrix; Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) fail to differentiate between eggs on the basis of kinship. Psyche 102: 27-33.
Hare, J.F. (1994) Group member discrimination by Columbian ground squirrels via familiarity with substrate-borne chemical cues. Animal Behaviour 47: 803-813. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. & Eisner, T. (1993) Pyrrolizidine alkaloid deters ant predators of Utetheisa ornatrix eggs: effects of alkaloid concentration, oxidation state, and prior exposure of ants to alkaloid-laden prey. Oecologia 96: 9-18. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. (1992) Colony member discrimination by juvenile Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus). Ethology 92: 301-315.
Hare, J.F. & Murie, J.O. (1992) Manipulation of litter size reveals no cost of reproduction in Columbian ground squirrels. Journal of Mammalogy 73: 449-454. (PDF)
Larsen, K.W. & Hare, J.F. (1992) Criddle's riddle: where do neonatal garter snakes (Thamnophis spp.) hibernate? Herpetological Review 23: 39-41.
Hare, J.F. (1991) Intraspecific killing of pre-weaned young in the Columbian ground squirrel, Spermophilus columbianus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 797‑800. (PDF)
Alloway, T.M. & Hare, J.F. (1989) Experience-independent attraction to slave-maker ant larvae in host-species ant workers (Leptothorax longispinosus; Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behaviour 110: 93-105. (PDF)
Hare, J.F. (1988) A new method for marking ant larvae. Psyche 95: 299-307.
Hare, J.F. & Alloway, T.M. (1987) Early learning and brood discrimination in leptothoracine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Animal Behaviour 35: 1720‑1724.