Publications

Dunkley, K., Bensted-Smith, W., Iñiguez, W., Keith, I., & Herbert-Read, J. E. (2025). Territory size but not territorial defence varies with habitat quality and competitor density in a farming species. Ethology, 131(9), 65–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13579

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Dunkley, K., Whittey, K. E., Ellison, A. R., Perkins, S. E., Cable, J., & Herbert-Read, J. E. (2023). The presence of territorial damselfish predicts choosy client species richness at cleaning stations. Behavioral Ecology, 34(2), 269–277. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arac122

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Whittey, K. E.*, Dunkley, K.*, Young, G. C., Cable, J., & Perkins, S. E. (2021). Microhabitats of sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae) cleaning stations and their links with cleaning behaviour. Coral Reefs, 40(4), 1069–1080. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02105-x (*Joint first authors)

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Dunkley, K., Ward, A. J. W., Perkins, S. E., & Cable, J. (2020). To clean or not to clean: Cleaning mutualism breakdown in a tidal environment. Ecology and Evolution, 10(6), 3043–3054. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6120

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Dunkley, K., Cable, J., & Perkins, S. E. (2020). Consistency in mutualism relies on local, rather than wider community biodiversity. Scientific Reports 10 (1),21255. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78318-x 

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Dunkley K., Ioannou C.C., Whittey K.E., Cable J., Perkins S.E. (2019) Cleaner personality and client identity have joint consequences on cleaning interaction dynamics. Behavioral Ecology 30 (3), 703-712. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz007

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Dunkley K., Ellison A.R., Mohammed R.S., van Oosterhout C., Whittey K.E., Perkins S.E., Cable J. (2019) Long-term cleaning patterns of the sharknose goby (Elacatinus evelynae). Coral Reefs 38 (2), 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01778-9

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​Dunkley, K., Cable, J., & Perkins, S. E. (2018). The selective cleaning behaviour of juvenile blue-headed wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) in the Caribbean. Behavioural Processes, 147, 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2017.12.005

 

Henry, E. G., Dunkley, K., & Herbert-Read, J. E. (2025). Sandeels increase reliance on social cues when private information is uncertain. Animal Behaviour, 226, 123236.

 

Holmes, R. B., Hamilton, N. M., Dunkley, K., & Herbert‐Read, J. E. (2025). Lionfish (Pterois volitans) show social attraction to conspecifics when selecting shelters. Ethology, 131(8), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13575

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Drerup, C., Dunkley, K., How, M. J., & Herbert-Read, J. E. (2024). Cuttlefish adopt disruptive camouflage under dynamic lighting. Current Biology, 34(14), 3258–3264.

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