Publications of Michael Chimento

Chimento, M.; Chan, A. H. H.; Aplin, L. M.; Kano, F.: Peering into the world of wild passerines with 3D-SOCS: Synchronized video capture and posture estimation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2025)

Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: Immigrant birds learn from socially observed differences in payoffs when their environment changes. PLOS Biology 22 (11), e3002699 (2024)

Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.: Understanding the role of naive learners in cultural change. American Naturalist 203 (6), pp. 695 - 712 (2024)

Chimento, M.; Farine, D. R.: The contribution of movement to social network structure and spreading dynamics under simple and complex transmission. Philosophical Transactions B 379 (1912), 20220524 (2024)

Wild, S.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.: Manipulating actions: A selective two-option device for cognitive experiments in wild animals. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (8), pp. 1509 - 1519 (2023)

Abdu, S.; Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Zuniga, D.; Aplin, L. M.; Farine, D. R.; Brandl, H. B.: The performance of field sampling for parasite detection in a wild passerine. Ecology and Evolution 12 (8), e9242 (2022)

Chimento, M.; Barrett, B. J.; Kandler, A.; Aplin, L. M.: Cultural diffusion dynamics depend on behavioural production rules. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289 (1980), 20221001 (2022)

Gruber, T.; Chimento, M.; Aplin, L. M.; Biro, D.: Efficiency fosters cumulative culture across species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 377 (1843), 20200308 (2022)

Wild, S.; Chimento, M.; McMahon, K.; Farine, D. R.; Sheldon, B. C.; Aplin, L. M.: Complex foraging behaviours in wild birds emerge from social learning and recombination of components. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 377 (1843), 20200307 (2022)

Cantor, M.; Chimento, M.; Smeele, S. Q.; He, P.; Papageorgiou, D.; Aplin, L. M.; Farine, D. R.: Social network architecture and the tempo of cumulative cultural evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1946), 20203107 (2021)

Chimento, M.; Alarcon-Nieto, G.; Aplin, L. M.: Population turnover facilitates cultural selection for efficiency in birds. Current Biology 31 (11), pp. 2477 - 2483.e3 (2021)