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Price, R. D., R. A. Hellenthal, R. L. Palma, K. P. Johnson and D. H. Clayton. 2003. The chewing lice: World checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. 501pp.
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Clayton, D. H. and J. Moore, eds. 1997. Host-parasite evolution: General principles and avian models. Oxford Univ. Press, England. 473 pp. 20 chapters by 27 authors.
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7. Clayton, D.H., R.J. Adams and S.E. Bush. 2008. Phthiraptera, the Chewing lice. Pp. 515-526 in C.T. Atkinson, N.J. Thomas, and D.B. Hunter (eds). Parasitic diseases of wild birds. Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa. PDF

6. Moyer, B. R. and D. H. Clayton. 2004. Avian defenses against ectoparasites. Pp. 241-257 in H. F. van Emden and M. Rothschild (ed.s) Insect and Bird Interactions Andover, U.K.: Intercept.

5. Johnson, K. P. and D. H. Clayton. 2003. The biology, ecology, and evolution of chewing lice. From Price, R. D., R. A. Hellenthal, R. L. Palma, K. P. Johnson and D. H. Clayton. The chewing lice: World checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 24. 501pp.

4. Clayton, D. H., S. Al-Tamimi and K. P. Johnson. 2003. The ecological basis of coevolutionary history. Pp. 310-341 in R. D. M. Page (ed.) Tangled trees: phylogeny, cospeciation and coevolution. University of Chicago Press.

3. Johnson, K. P. and D. H. Clayton. 2003. Coevolutionary history of ecological replicates: comparing phylogenies of wing and body lice to Columbiform hosts. Pp. 262-286 in R. D. M. Page (ed.) Tangled trees: phylogeny, cospeciation and coevolution. University of Chicago Press.

2. Clayton, D. H. and B. A. Walther. 1997. Collection and quantification of arthropod parasites of birds. Pp. 419-440 in D. H. Clayton and J. Moore (eds.) Host-parasite evolution: General principles and avian models. Oxford Univ. Press, England.

1. Clayton, D. H. 1991. Coevolution of avian grooming and ectoparasite avoidance. Pp. 258-289 in J.E. Loye and M. Zuk (eds.) Bird - parasite Interactions: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, England.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

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96. Malenke, J. R., K. P. Johnson, and D. H. Clayton. In press. Host specialization differentiates cryptic species of feather-feeding lice. Evolution. PDF

95. Bush, S. E., R. D. Price, and D. H. Clayton. 2009. Descriptions of eight new species of feather lice in the genus Columbicola (Pthiraptera: Philopteridae), with a comprehensive world checklist. Journal of Parasitology 95:286-294. PDF

94. Harbison, C. W., M. V. Jacobsen, and D. H. Clayton. 2009. Hitchhiker's guide to parasite transmission: phoretic behavior of feather lice. International Journal of Parasitology 39:569-575. PDF

93. Bush, S. E., C. W. Harbison, D. Slager, A. T. Peterson, R. D. Price, and D. H. Clayton. 2009. Geographic variation in the community structure of lice on Western Scrub-jays. Journal of Parasitology 95:10-13. PDF

92. Clayton, D. H. 2008. Balancing the tripod: Acceptance of the 2008 Henry Baldwin Ward Medal. Journal of Parasitology 94(6):1195-1199 (and Durden, L. A. 2008. Introduction of Dale Clayton as the Henry Baldwin Ward Medalist for 2008. Journal of Parasitology 94(6):1193-1194. PDF

91. Harbison, C.W., S.E. Bush, J.R. Malenke, and Dale H. Clayton. 2008. Comparative transmission dynamics of competing parasite species. Ecology 89:3186-3194. PDF

90. Peterson, A.T., T. Brooks, A. Gamauf, J.C.T. Gonzalez, N.A.D. Mallari, G. Dutson, S.E. Bush, D.H. Clayton and R. Fernandez. 2008. The avifauna of Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao, Philippines. Fieldiana:  Zoology 114:1-43. PDF

89. Johnson, K.P., D.L. Reed, S. Hammond, D. Kim and D.H. Clayton. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes supports species groups for Columbicola (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45:506-518.

88. Fukatsu, T., R. Koga, W.A. Smith, K. Tanka, N. Nikoh, K. Sasaki-Fukatsu, K. Yoshizawa, C. Dale and D.H. Clayton. 2007. Bacterial endosymbiont of the slender pigeon louse Columbicola columbae allied to endosymbionts of grain weevils and tsetse files. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:6660-6668.

87. Pereira, S.L., K.P. Johnson, D.H. Clayton and A.J. Baker. 2007. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences support a Cretaceous origin of Columbiformes and a dispersal driven radiation in the Paleogene. Systematic Biology 56:656-672.

86. Owen, J.P. and D.H. Clayton. 2007. Where are the parasites in the PHA response? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:228-229.

85. Bush, S.E. and D.H. Clayton. 2006. The role of body size in host specificity: Reciprocal transfer experiments with feather lice. Evolution 60:2158-2167. 

84. Goates, B.M., J.S. Atkin, K.G. Wilding, K.J. Birch, M.R. Cottam, S.E. Bush and D.H. Clayton. 2006. An effective non-chemical treatment for head lice: A lot of hot air. Pediatrics. 118:1962-1970. PDF

83. Iwaniuk, A.N., D.H. Clayton and D.R.W. Wylie. 2006. Echolocation, vocal learning, auditory localization and the relative size of the avian auditory midbrain nucleus (MLd). Behavioural Brain Research. 167:305-317. 

82. Bush, S.E., E. Sohn and D.H. Clayton. 2006. Ecomorphology of parasite attachment: experiments with feather lice. Journal of Parasitology. 92:25-31.

81. Bush, S.E., B.R. Moyer, D. Kim, J. Lever and D.H. Clayton. 2006. Is melanin a defense against feather-feeding lice? The Auk 123:153-161.

80. Clayton, D.H., R.D. Price and K.P. Johnson. 2006. Two new species of Dennyus (Collodennyus) chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) from swiftlets (Apodiformes: Apodidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(2):306-311.

79. Adams, R.J., R.D. Price and D.H. Clayton. 2005. Taxonomic revision of Old World members of the feather louse genus Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera), including descriptions of eight new species. J. Natural History 39:3545-6318.

78. Price, J.J., K.P. Johnson, S.E. Bush and D.H. Clayton. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of the Papuan Swiftlet Aerodramus papuensis and implications for the evolution of avian echolocation. Ibis 147:790-796.

77. Johnson, K.P., S.E. Bush and D. H. Clayton. 2005. Correlated evolution of host and parasite body size: Tests of Harrison's Rule using birds and lice. Evolution 59:1744-1753.

76. Clayton, D. H., B. R. Moyer, S. E. Bush, D. Gardiner, B. Rhodes, T. Jones and F. Goller. 2005. Adaptive significance of avian beak morphology for ectoparasite control. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 272:811-817.         The New York Times Article (05/10/05)

75. Douglas III, H. D., J. R. Malenke and D. H. Clayton. 2005. Is the citrus-like plumage odorant of Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella) a defense against lice? J. Ornithology 146:111-115 

74. Walther, B. A. and D. H. Clayton. 2005. Elaborate ornaments are costly to maintain: Evidence for high maintenance handicaps. Behavioural Ecology 16:89-95.

73. Reed D. L., V. S. Smith, A. R. Rogers, S. L. Hammond and D. H. Clayton. 2004. Genetic analysis of lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans. Public Library of Science Biology 2:1972-1983.
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72. Johnson, K. P. and D. H. Clayton. 2004. Untangling coevolutionary history. Systematic Biology 53:92-94.

71. Clayton, D. H., S. E. Bush and K. P. Johnson. 2004. Ecology of congruence: Past meets present. Systematic Biology 53:165-173.

70. Price, J. J., K. P. Johnson and D. H. Clayton. 2004. The evolution of echolocation in swiftlets. J. Avian Biology 35:135-143.

69. Clayton, D. H., S. E. Bush, B. M. Goates and K. P. Johnson. 2003. Host defense reinforces host-parasite cospeciation. PNAS 100:15694-15699.
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68. Clayton, D. H. and K. P. Johnson. 2003. Linking coevolutionary history to ecological processes: Doves and lice. Evolution 57:2335-2341.

67. Price, R. D., R. L. Palma and D. H. Clayton. 2003. Review of the genus Saemundssonia Timmerman (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes), including a new species and new host records. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105: 915-924.

66. Moyer, B. R., A. N. Rock and D. H. Clayton. 2003. Experimental test of the importance of preen oil in Rock Doves (Columba livia). Auk 120:490-496.

65. Johnson, K. P., R. H. Cruickshank, V. S. Smith, R. J. Adams, R. D. M. Page and D. H. Clayton. 2003. Dramatically elevated rate of mitochondrial substitution in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26:231-242.

64. Johnson, K.P., R.J. Adams, R.D.M. Page and D.H. Clayton. 2003. When do parasites fail to speciate in response to host speciation? Systematic Biology 52:37-47.

63. Johnson, K. P., R. J. Adams and D. H. Clayton. 2002. The phylogeny of the louse genus Brueelia does not reflect host phylogeny. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 77:233-247.

62. Moyer, B. R., A. T. Peterson and D. H. Clayton. 2002. Influence of bill shape on ectoparasite load in Western Scrub-jays. Condor 104:675-678.

61. Moyer, B. R., D. M. Drown and D. H. Clayton. 2002. Low humidity reduces ectoparasite pressure: Implications for host life history evolution. Oikos 97:223-228.

60. Moyer, B. R., D. W. Gardiner and D. H. Clayton. 2002 Impact of feather molt on ectoparasites: Looks can be deceiving. Oecologia 131:203-210.

59. Johnson, K. P., B. L. Williams, D. M. Drown, R. J. Adams and D. H. Clayton. 2002. The population genetics of host specificity: Genetic differentiation in dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Ecology. 11:25-38 (and cover). PDF      View Cover

58. Clayton, D. H. and D. M. Drown. 2001. Critical evaluation of five methods for quantifying chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Journal of Parasitology 87:1291-1300.

57. Reed, D. L., B. R. Moyer and D. H. Clayton. 2001. Risks that websites could break code of anonymity (Technological threat to anonymous review). Nature 413:347.

56. Johnson, K.P, S. de Kort, K. Dinwoodey, A. C. Mateman, C. ten Cate, C. M. Lessells, and D. H. Clayton. 2001. A molecular phylogeny of the dove genera Streptopelia and Columba. Auk 118:874-887.

55. Clayton, D. H. and B. A. Walther. 2001. Influence of host ecology and morphology on the diversity of Neotropical bird lice. Oikos 94:455-467. (Featured by Science. Editors' Choice - Ecology/Evolution 2001. 294:15).

54. Johnson, K. P., R. J. Adams and D. H. Clayton. 2001. Molecular systematics of Goniodidae (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Journal of Parasitology 87:862-869.

53. Clayton, D. H. and K. P. Johnson. 2001. Lice as probes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16:433.

52. Cruickshank, R. H., K. P. Johnson, V. S. Smith, R. J. Adams, D. H. Clayton and R. D. M. Page. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences of elongation factor 1 alpha identifies major groups of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19:202-215.

51. Clayton, D. H. and K. P. Johnson. 2001. What's bugging brood parasites? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16:9-10.

50. Johnson, K. P., D. M. Drown and D. H. Clayton. 2001. A data based parsimony method of cophylogenetic analysis. Zoologica Scripta 30:79-87.

49. Johnson, K. P. and D. H. Clayton. 2000. A molecular phylogeny of the dove genus Zenaida: Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Condor 102: 864-870.

48. Clayton, D. H. and K. P. Johnson. 2000. Testing species limits of non-echolocating Philippine swiftlets (Collocalia spp.) using molecular genetic data. Sylvatrop 10:70-77.

47. Price, R. D., D. H. Clayton and R. J. Adams. 2000. Pigeon lice down under: Taxonomy of Australian Campanulotes (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with a description of C. durdeni n. sp. Journal of Parasitology 86: 948-950.

46. Johnson, K. P. and D. H. Clayton. 2000. Nuclear and mitochondrial genes contain similar phylogenetic signal for pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14: 141-151.

45. Johnson, K. P. and D. H. Clayton. 1999. Swiftlets on islands: genetics and phylogeny of the Seychelles and Mascarene swiftlets. Phelsuma 7:9-13.

44. Clayton, D. H., P. L. M. Lee, D. M. Tompkins and E. D. Brodie III. 1999. Reciprocal natural selection on host-parasite phenotypes. American Naturalist 154: 261-270.

43. Price, R. D., D. H. Clayton and R. A. Hellenthal. 1999. Taxonomic review of Physconelloides (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Columbiformes (Aves), including descriptions of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 36:195-206.

42. Clayton, D. H. and R. D. Price. 1999. Taxonomy of New World Columbicola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the Columbiformes (Aves), with descriptions of five new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 675-685.

41. Walther, B. A., D. H. Clayton and R. D. Gregory. 1999. Showiness of Neotropical birds in relation to ectoparasite abundance and foraging stratum. Oikos 87: 157-165.

40. Clayton, D. H. 1999. Feather-busting bacteria. Auk 116:302-304.

39. Tompkins, D. M. and D. H. Clayton. 1999. Host resources govern the specificity of swiftlet lice: Size matters. Journal of Animal Ecology 68:489-500.

38. Clayton, D. H. and R. D. Price. 1998. Taxonomic review of Cotingacola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the cotingas (Passeriformes: Cotingidae), with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 35:732-739.

37. Page, R. D. M., P. L. M. Lee, S. A. Becher, R. Griffiths and D. H. Clayton. 1998. A different tempo of mitochondrial evolution in birds and their parasitic lice. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9:276-293.

36. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1997. Two new species of Dennyus (Ctenodennyus) lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from swiftlets (Apodiformes: Apodidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70:4-10.

35. Walther, B. A. and D. H. Clayton. 1997. Dust-ruffling: a simple method for quantifying ectoparasite loads of live birds. Journal of Field Ornithology 68:509-518.

34. Tompkins, D. M., T. Jones and D. H. Clayton. 1996. Effect of vertically transmitted ectoparasites on the reproductive success of swifts (Apus apus). Functional Ecology 10: 733-740.

33. Renaud, F., D. H. Clayton, and T. De Meeüs. 1996. Biodiversity and evolution in host-parasite associations. Biodiversity and Conservation 5:963-974.

32. Clayton, D. H., R. D. Price and R. D. M. Page. 1996. Revison of Dennyus (Collodennyus) lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from swiftlets, with descriptions of new taxa and a comparison of host-parasite relationships. Systematic Entomology 21:179-204.

31. Lee, P. L. M., D. H. Clayton, R. Griffiths and R. D. M. Page. 1996. Does behaviour reflect phylogeny in cave swiftlets (Aves, Apodidae)? A test using cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA sequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 93:7091-7096.

30. Page, R. D. M., D. H. Clayton and A. M. Paterson. 1996. Lice and cospeciation: A response to Barker. International Journal for Parasitology 26:213-218.

29. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1996. Revision of the Chewing Louse Genus Formicaphagus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Neotropical Antbirds and Gnateaters (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69: 346-356.

28. Lee, P. L. M. and D. H. Clayton. 1995. Population biology of swift (Apus apus) ectoparasites in relation to host reproductive success. Ecological Entomology 20:43-50.

27. Clayton, D. H. and D. M. Tompkins. 1995. Comparative effects of mites and lice on the reproductive success of rock doves (Columba livia). Parasitology 110:195-206.

26. Walther, B. A., P. Cotgreave, R. D. Price, R. D. Gregory and D. H. Clayton. 1995. Sampling effort and parasite species richness. Parasitology Today 11:306-310.

25. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1995. Review of Formicaricola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Ground Antbirds (Passeriformes: Formicariidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88:718-721.

24. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1995. A new genus and three new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Peruvian ovenbirds (Passeriformes: Furnariidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97: 839-844.

23. Clayton, D. H. and D. M. Tompkins. 1994. Ectoparasite virulence is linked to mode of transmission. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 256:211-217.

22. Cotgreave, P. and D. H. Clayton. 1994. Comparative analysis of time spent grooming by birds in relation to parasite load. Behaviour 131:171-187.

21. Clayton, D. H. and P. Cotgreave. 1994. Relationship of bill morphology to grooming behaviour in birds. Animal Behaviour 47:195-201.

20. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1994. Review of the species of Rallicola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the antbirds, ovenbirds and tapaculos (Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 31:649-657.

19. Clayton, D. H. and P. H. Harvey. 1993. Hanging nests on a phylogenetic tree. Current Biology 3:882-883.

18. Booth, D. T., D. H. Clayton and B. A. Block. 1993. Experimental demonstration of the energetic cost of parasitism in free-ranging hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 253:125-129.

17. Clayton, D. H. and N. D. Wolfe. 1993. The adaptive significance of self-medication. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8:60-63.

16. Clayton, D. H. and J. G. Vernon. 1993. Common grackle anting with lime fruit and its effect on ectoparasites. Auk 110:951-952.

15. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1993. Review of the species of Rallicola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the woodcreepers (Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptinae). Journal of Medical Entomology 30:35-46.

14. Clayton, D. H., R. D. Gregory and R. D. Price. 1992. Comparative ecology of neotropical bird lice. Journal of Animal Ecology 61:781-795.

13. Clayton, D. H., S. G. Pruett-Jones and R. Lande. 1992. Reappraisal of the interspecific prediction of parasite-mediated sexual selection: Opportunity knocks. Journal of Theoretical Biology 157:95-108.

12. Clayton, D. H. 1991. The influence of parasites on host sexual selection. Parasitology Today 7:329-334 (and cover).

11. Clayton, D. H. 1990. Mate choice in experimentally parasitized Rock Doves: Lousy males lose. American Zoologist 30:251-262.

10. Clayton, D. H. 1990. Host specificity of Strigiphilus owl lice (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with the description of new species and host associations. Journal of Medical Entomology 27:257-265.

 9. Clayton, D. H. and R. D. Price. 1989. Colpocephalum Holzenthali N. Sp. (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) from the Barred Forest-falcon Micrastur Ruficollis (Falconidae) in Peru. Journal of Parasitology 75:505-507.

 8. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1989. Kaysius emersoni (Mallophaga: Menoponidae), a new genus and new species of louse from the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae) of Peru. Annals of the Entomology Society of America 82:29-31.

 7. Davis, D. R., D. H. Clayton, D. H. Janzen and A. P. Brooke. 1986. Neotropical Tineidae, II: Biological notes and descriptions of two new moths phoretic on spiny pocket mice in Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88:98-109.

 6. Clayton, D. H. 1985. Nocturnal foraging of Yellow-crowned Night Herons in the Bahamas. Florida Field Naturalist 13:34-35.

 5. Hill, S. B. and D. H. Clayton. 1985. Wildlife after dark: A review of nocturnal observation techniques. Bell Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 17:1-23. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

 4. Clayton, D. H. and R. D. Price. 1984. Taxonomy of the Strigiphilus cursitans species group (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), parasites of owls. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 77:340-363 (and frontpiece).

 3. Price, R. D. and D.H. Clayton. 1984. Three new species and two new subgenera of Psittaconirmus (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) from new guinea parrots (Psittaciformes). International Journal of Entomology 26:241-248.

 2. Price, R. D. and D. H. Clayton. 1983. A review of the genus Psittaconirmus (Mallophaga: Philopteridae) from south pacific parrots. International Journal of Entomology 25:56-70.

 1. Clayton, D. H., C. L. Hartley and M. Gochfeld. 1978. Two optical tracking devices for nocturnal field studies of birds. Colonial Waterbirds 2: 79-83.