My research interests are in the area of animal cognition and behavioral complexity, particularly with regard to issues of mental representation and cognitive evolution. My laboratory research is focused on the evolution of color patterns in prey organisms, which I am exploring using a virtual prey population attacked by live blue jays. I am also interested in the evolution of social cognition, using comparative studies, both in operant chambers and in laboratory aviaries, of related species of jays. In addition, I have conducted extensive field research on the comparative ethology of several species of New Zealand parrots, including keas, kakas, and kakapos, exploring its implications for the evolution of behavioral flexibility.


Publications list:

Bond, A.B., Kamil, A.C. & Balda, R.P. (2007) Serial reversal learning and the evolution of behavioral flexibility in three species of North American corvids (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, Nucifraga columbiana, Aphelocoma californica). Journal of Comparative Psychology 121: 372-379. PDF

Bond, A.B. (2007) The evolution of color polymorphism: Crypticity, searching images, and apostatic selection. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38: 489-514. Full Text or PDF

Diamond, J., Eason, D., Reid, C. & Bond, A.B. (2006) Social play in kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) with comparisons to kea (Nestor notabilis) and kaka (Nestor meridionalis). Behaviour 143: 1397-1423. PDF

Kamil, A.C. & Bond, A.B. (2006) Selective attention, priming, and foraging behavior. In: T.R. Zentall & E. Wasserman (Eds.), Comparative Cognition: Experimental Explorations Of Animal Intelligence (pp. 106-126). Oxford: Oxford U. Press. Link to Book

Bond, A.B. & Kamil, A.C. (2006) Spatial heterogeneity, predator cognition, and the evolution of color polymorphism in virtual prey. PNAS 103: 3214-3219. PDF

Bond, A.B. & Diamond, J. (2005) Geographic and ontogenetic variation in the contact calls of the kea (Nestor notabilis). Behaviour 142: 1-20. PDF

Paz-y-Miño C, G., A.B. Bond, A.C. Kamil & R.P. Balda. (2004) Pinyon jays use transitive inference to predict social dominance. Nature 430: 778-781. PDF

Diamond, J. & Bond, A.B. (2004) Social play in kaka (Nestor meridionalis) with comparisons to kea (Nestor notabilis). Behaviour 141: 777-799. PDF

Diamond, J & Bond, A.B. (2003) A comparative analysis of social play in birds. Behaviour 140: 1091-1115. PDF

Bond, A.B., Kamil, A.C. & Balda, R.P. (2002) Social complexity and transitive inference in corvids. Animal Behaviour 65: 479–487. PDF

Kamil, A.C. & Bond, A.B. (2002) Cognition as an independent variable: Virtual ecology. In: M. Bekoff, C. Allen & G. Burghardt (Eds.), The Cognitive Animal (pp. 143-149). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Link to Book

Bond, A.B. & Kamil, A.C. (2002) Visual predators select for crypticity and polymorphism in virtual prey. Nature 415: 609-614. PDF

Kamil, A.C. & Bond, A.B. (2001) The evolution of virtual ecology. In: L.A. Dugatkin (Ed.), Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology (pp. 288-310). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Link to Book

Bond, A.B. & Kamil, A.C. (1999) Searching image in blue jays: Facilitation and interference in sequential priming. Animal Learning & Behavior 27: 461-471. PDF

Diamond, J. & Bond, A.B. (1999) Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot. Berkeley, CA: U. of California Press. Link to Book

Bond, A.B., Stephens, J.S. Jr., Pondella, D.J., Allen, M.J. & Helvey, M. (1999) A method for estimating marine habitat values based on fish guilds, with comparisons between sites in the Southern California Bight. Bulletin of Marine Science 64: 219-242. PDF (>2MB)

Bond, A.B. & Kamil, A.C. (1998) Apostatic selection by blue jays produces balanced polymorphism in virtual prey. Nature 395: 594-596. PDF

Langley, C., Riley, D.A., Bond, A.B. & Goel, N. (1995) Visual search for natural grains in pigeons: Search images and selective attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 22: 139-151. PDF

Bond, A.B. (1992) Aggressive motivation in the Midas cichlid: Evidence for behavioral efference. Behaviour 122: 135-152. PDF (>1MB)

Bond, A.B. & Diamond, J. (1992) Population estimates of kea in Arthur's Pass National Park. Notornis 39: 151-160. PDF

Diamond, J. & Bond, A.B. (1991) Social behavior and the ontogeny of foraging in the Kea (Nestor notabilis). Ethology 88: 128-144. PDF

Bond, A.B. & Riley, D.A. (1991) Searching image in the pigeon: A test of three hypothetical mechanisms. Ethology 87: 203-224. PDF

Bond, A.B., Wilson, K.J. & Diamond, J. (1991) Sexual dimorphism in the kea (Nestor notabilis). Emu 91: 12-19. PDF

Diamond, J. & Bond, A.B. (1989) Lasting responsiveness of a kea (Nestor notabilis) toward its mirror image. Avicultural Magazine 89: 92-94. PDF

Bond, A.B. (1989) Toward a resolution of the paradox of aggressive displays: II. Behavioral efference and the communication of intentions. Ethology 81: 235-249. PDF (>1MB)

Bond, A.B. (1989) Toward a resolution of the paradox of aggressive displays: I. Optimal deceit in the communication of fighting ability. Ethology 81: 29-46. PDF (>1MB)

Bond, A.B., Barlow, G.W. & Rogers, W. (1985) Two modal action patterns with a continuous temporal distribution. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 68: 326-334. PDF

Barlow, G.W., Rogers, W. & Bond, A.B. (1984) Dummy-elicited aggressive behavior in the polychromatic midas cichlid. Biologie du Comportement 9: 115-130. PDF (>2MB)

Bond, A.B. (1983) The foraging behaviour of lacewing larvae on vertical rods. Animal Behaviour 31: 990-1004. PDF (>1MB)

Diamond, J. & Bond, A.B. (1983) The transmission of learned behavior: an observational study of father-child interactions during fishing. Ethology and Sociobiology 4: 95-110. PDF (>2MB)

Bond, A.B. (1983) Visual search and selection of natural stimuli in the pigeon: the attention threshold hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 9: 292-306. PDF

Bond, A.B. (1982) The bead game: response strategies in free assortment. Human Factors 24: 101-110. PDF

Bond, A. B. (1982) The geometry of foraging patterns: Components of thoroughness in random searching. Web-published 2004. PDF

Bond, A.B., R. Cook & M. Lamb. (1981) Spatial memory and the performance of rats and pigeons in the radial-arm maze. Animal Learning & Behavior 9: 575-580.

Bond, A.B. (1981) Giving-up as a Poisson process: the departure decision of the green lacewing. Animal Behaviour 29: 629-630. PDF

Bond, A.B. (1980) Optimal foraging in a uniform habitat: the search mechanism of the green lacewing. Animal Behaviour 28: 10-19. PDF

Bond, A.B. (1978) Food deprivation and the regulation of meal size in larvae of Chrysopa carnea. Physiological Entomology 3: 27-32.