
PUBLICATIONS (*undergraduate author) (posted articles are for personal use only)
2021
Smith, J.E. and N. Pinter-Wollman. 2021. Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated-sensing, naturalistic observations, and animal social network analysis in the age of big data. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:62–75. (Special Feature on "Animal Social Networks"). PDF
Smith, J.E., *Smith, I.B., *Working, C.L., *Russell, I.D., *Krout, S.A., *Singh, K.S. and A. Sih. In press. Host traits, identity, and ecological conditions predict consistent flea abundance and prevalence on free-living California ground squirrels. International Journal for Parasitology
2020
Hammond, T.T., Ortiz-Jimenez, C.A. and J.E. Smith. 2020. Anthropogenic change alters ecological relationships via interactive changes in stress physiology and behavior within and among organisms. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(1):57-69 (Special Section, "Important conceptual and practical challenges in stress research") PDF
Holding, M.L., Putman, B.J., *Kong, L.M., Smith, J.E. and R.W. Clark. 2020. Physiological stress integrates resistance to rattlesnake venom and the onset of risky foraging in California ground squirrels. Toxins 12:617 (Special Issue "The Behavioral Ecology of Venom"). PDF
Ross, C.T., Jaeggi, A.V., Borgerhoff, M.B., Smith, J.E., Smith, E.A., Gavrilets, S. and P. L. Hooper. 2020. The multinomial index: A robust measure of reproductive skew. Proceedings of Royal Society B 287: 20202025 PDF
Smith, J.E., *Ortiz, C.A., *Buhbe, M.T. and M. van Vugt. 2020. Obstacles and opportunities for female leadership in mammalian societies: A comparative perspective. The Leadership Quarterly 31(2):101267 (Special Issue on, "Evolution and Biology of Leadership") PDF
- Discover Magazine, "From Animals to Human Society: What We Learn When Women Lead" by Bridget Alex
- Psychology Today, "Lessons from Animals About Barriers to Female Leadership" by Marc Bekoff PDF
- BBC News, "Could the animal kingdom hold the secret to smashing the glass ceiling?: What animals tell us about female leadership" by Lesley Evans Ogden PDF
- New Scientist, "The 7 non-human mammals where females rule the roost" by Chelsea Whyte PDF
2019
Hammond, T.T., *Vo, M., *Barton, C.T., *Surber, L.L., Lacey, E.A. and J.E. Smith. 2019. Physiological and behavioral responses to anthropogenic stressors in a human-tolerant mammal. Journal of Mammalogy 100(6):1928–1940. PDF
Kappeler, P.M., Fichtel, C., van Vugt, M. and J.E. Smith. 2019. Female leadership: A transdisciplinary perspective. Evolutionary Anthropology 28(4):160-163. PDF
*Ortiz, C.A., *Pendelton, E.L., *Newcomb, K.L. and J.E. Smith. 2019. Conspecific presence and microhabitat features influence foraging decisions across ontogeny in a facultatively social mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:42. PDF
Smith, J.E. and K. E. Holekamp. 2019. Landmark Studies: Spotted Hyenas (2nd Edition). In: Choe, J.C. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, (2nd ed.). Vol. 3, pp. 190-208. Elsevier, Academic Press. ISBN: 9780128132517 PDF
van Vugt, M. and J.E. Smith. 2019. A dual model of leadership and hierarchy: Evolutionary synthesis. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 23(11):952-967. PDF
- New Scientist, "Dominate or influence?" by Emma Young (July 1st 2020)
2018
Montgomery, T.M., *Pendelton, E.L. and J.E. Smith. 2018. Physiological mechanisms mediating patterns of reproductive suppression and alloparental care in cooperatively breeding carnivores. Physiology and Behavior 193(1):167-178 (Special Issue on, "Non-Maternal Care in Mammals). PDF
Smith, J.E., *Gamboa, D.A., *Spencer, J.M., *Travenick, S.J., *Ortiz, C.A., *Hunter, R.D. and A. Sih. 2018. Split between two worlds: automated sensing reveals links between above- and belowground social networks in a free-living mammal. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373:20170249. (Theme Issue on, "Uncovering the impacts of architecture on collective behaviour") PDF
2017
Smith, J.E., Petelle, M.B., *Jerome, E.L., Cristofari, H. and D.T. Blumstein. 2017. Oxytocin experiments shed light on mechanisms shaping prosocial and antisocial behaviors in non-human mammals. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57(3):619-630. (Symposium Issue on, "The Development and Mechanisms Underlying Inter-individual Variation in Pro-social Behavior"). PDF (+ Supplementary data)
Smith, J.E., Lehmann, K.D.S., Montgomery, T.M., Strauss, E.D. and K.E. Holekamp. 2017. Insights from long‐term field studies of mammalian carnivores. Journal of Mammalogy 98(3):631–641. (Special Feature on, "Long-term Studies of Mammals") PDF
Smith, J.E., Lacey, E.A. and L.D. Hayes. 2017. Sociality in non-primate mammals. In Comparative Social Evolution (Rubenstein D.R. and P. Abbot, eds.). Cambridge University Press. Pp. 284-319. PDF
Smith, J.E. 2017. Book Review- Carnivore Minds: Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are. The Quarterly Review of Biology 92(3), 312-313. PDF
Smith, J.E. 2017. Non-human Leadership. The Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. ISBN: 978-3-319-19650-3. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2714-1 PDF
2016
Smith, J.E., Long, D.J., *Russell, I.D., *Newcomb, K.L. and V. D. *Muñoz. 2016. Otospermophilus beecheyi (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Mammalian Species. 48(939):1-18. PDF
Smith, J.E. 2016. Cooperation in Social Carnivores. The Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. ISBN: 978-3-319-19650-3. Pp. 1-4. PDF
Blumstein, D.T., *Keeley, K. and J.E. Smith. 2016. Fitness and hormonal correlates of social and ecological stressors of female yellow-bellied marmots. Animal Behaviour 112, 1-11. PDF
Smith, J.E., Gavrilets, S., Borgerhoff Mulder, M., Hooper, P., El Mouden, C., Nettle, D., Hauert, C., Hill, K., Perry, S., Pusey, A.E., van Vugt, M., and E.A. Smith. 2016. Leadership in Mammalian Societies: Emergence, Distribution, Power, and Payoff. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 31(1), 54-66. PDF (Top 5% of all research scored by Altmetric) + supplement
- PRESS: Science Daily, Discovery News, Neuroscience News, Forbes, Examiner, NIMBioS, Tech Times, Nature WorldNews, Phys.org, KCBS Radio, El Español, Correio Braziliense, Psychology Today, Western Daily Press, Voice of America and IFL Science!
Smith, J.E., *Estrada, J.R., *Richards, H.R., *Dawes, S.E., *Mitsos, K. and K. E. Holekamp. 2015. Collective movements, leadership, and consensus costs at reunions in spotted hyaenas. Animal Behaviour 105, 187-200. PDF
- Press coverage by BBC News: Powerful female hyenas say 'hello' with their genitals.
2014
Smith, J.E. 2014. Hamilton's legacy: Kinship, cooperation and social tolerance in mammalian groups. Animal Behaviour 92:291-304. (Special Issue: Kin Selection) PDF
Pinter-Wollman, N., Hobson, E., Smith, J.E., Edelman, A., Shizuka, D., Waters, J., de Silva, S., Prager, S., Sasaki, T., Wittemyer, G., Fewell, J. and D.B. McDonald. 2014. The dynamics of animal social networks: analytical, conceptual, and theoretical advances. Behavioral Ecology 25(2):242-255. PDF
Commentaries on Pinter-Wollman et al. 2013:
- "Everybody has a social life. Can social network analysis help us understand why not just how?" PDF
- "The behavioral ecologist’s essential social networks cookbook" PDF
- "Dynamic feedbacks on dynamic networks: on the importance of considering realtime rewiring" PDF
Pinter-Wollman, N., Hobson, E., Smith, J.E., Edelman, A., Shizuka, D., Waters, J., de Silva, S., Prager, S., Sasaki, T., Wittemyer, G., Fewell, J. and D.B. McDonald. 2014. Response: The dynamics of network dynamics. Behavioral Ecology 25(2):260-261. PDF
2013
Blumstein, D.T., *Chung, L.K. and J.E. Smith. 2013. Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280 (1759):20130485. PDF
Smith, J.E., *Chung, L.K. and D.T. Blumstein. 2013. Ontogeny and symmetry of social partner choice among free-living yellow-bellied marmots. Animal Behaviour 85(4):715-725. PDF
2012
Smith, J.E., Swanson. M., *Reed, D. and K.E. Holekamp, 2012. Evolution of cooperation among mammalian carnivores and its relevance to Hominin evolution. Current Anthropology 53(S6):S436-S452. Special Issue: Human Biology and Origins of Homo. PDF
- Press coverage by National Public Radio: Cosmos & Culture.
Holekamp, K.E., Smith, J.E., Strelioff, C.C., Van Horn, R.C., and H.E. Watts. 2012. Society, demography and genetics in the spotted hyena. Molecular Ecology 21:613-632. PDF (Special Issue: Social systems: Demographic and genetic issues)
2011
Smith, J.E., *Powning, K.S., *Dawes, S.E., *Estrada, J.R., *Hopper, A.L., *Piotrowski, S.L., and K.E. Holekamp. 2011. Greetings promote cooperation and reinforce social bonds among spotted hyaenas. Animal Behaviour 81:401-415. PDF
- Press coverage by BBC Earth News, Science & Environment.
Smith, J. E., Van Horn, R. C., *Powning, K.S., *Cole, A.R., *Graham, K.E., *Memenis, S.K., and K. E. Holekamp. 2010. Evolutionary forces favoring intragroup coalitions among spotted hyenas and other animals. Behavioral Ecology, 21(2):284-303. PDF
Smith, J.E. and K.E. Holekamp. 2010. Landmark Studies: Spotted Hyenas. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Breed, M. and J. Moore (Eds.) Elsevier Publishers, United Kingdom, Pages 335-349. PDF
2008
Smith, J.E., Kolowski, J.M., *Graham, K.E., *Dawes, S.E., and K. E. Holekamp. 2008. Social and ecological determinants of fission-fusion dynamics in the spotted hyaena. Animal Behaviour 76:619-636. PDF
2007
Smith, J.E., *Memenis, S.K., and K.E. Holekamp. 2007. Rank-related partner choice in the fission-fusion society of the spotted hyena. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61(5):753-765. PDF
Smith, J.E., C.W. Whelan, S.J. Taylor, M.L. Denight, and M.M. Stake. 2007. Novel predator-prey interactions: is resistance futile? Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:443-446. PDF
2006
Smith, J.E. and G.O. Batzli. 2006. Dispersal and mortality of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, in fragmented landscapes: a field experiment. Oikos 112:209-217. PDF
2004
Smith, J.E., S.J. Taylor, C.W. Whelan, M.L. Denight, and M.M. Stake. 2004. Behavioral interactions between fire ants and vertebrate nest predators at two black-capped vireo nests. Wilson Bulletin 116:163-166. PDF
Technical reports and other publications from 2003 and earlier
Taylor, S.J., Whelan, C.W. , Smith, J.E., Denight, M.L. and M.M. Stake. 2003. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports: Autumn. "Impact of Red Imported Fire Ants on the Black-capped Vireo, an Endangered Species" PDF
Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, J.E. Smith, V.R. Block, and F. Hutto. 2003. Investigation of the potential for Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) impacts on rare karst invertebrates at Fort Hood, Texas: a field study. Illinos Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity Technical Report. 2003 (28):1-153.
Smith, J. E., S. J. Taylor and C. W. Whelan. 2002. Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) depredation of Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus) nests at Fort Hood, Texas. Illinois Natural History Survey, Center For Biodiversity Technical Report 2002 (24):1-59 + CD.
Byrne, N., J.E. Smith, and J. Meigs. 2000. Trevor Zoo Teacher’s Guide: Animal Exhibit and Behavior Signs. Millbrook School, Millbrook, NY 84pp. Click here for the Trevor Zoo Brochure
Cole, F.R., D.H. Firmage, J.E. Smith et al. 1998. Land use patterns in relation to lake water quality in the Messalonskee Lake watershed. Colby College and Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Waterville, ME, 209pp.