Брачные ритуалы у подвязочных змей:

Mason R. Т., Halpern М. (2011). Chemical ecology of snakes: from pheromones to receptors. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 86.1664–2392.

Shine R., Olsson М. М., Mason R. T. (2000). Chastity belts in gartersnakes: the functional significance of mating plugs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70(3). 377–390.

Friesen C. R., Uhrig E. J., Squire М. K., Mason R. Т., Brennan P. L. (2014). Sexual conflict over mating in red- sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) as indicated by experimental manipulation of genitalia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281(1774). 20132694.

Моногамия у оляпок:

?igarden Т., Borge Т., Lifjeld J. T. (2010). Extrapair paternity and genetic diversity: the white-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus. Journal of avian biology. 41(3). 248–257.

Неверность у деревенских американских ласточек:

Stapleton М. К., Kleven О., Lifjeld J. Т., Robertson R. J. (2007). Female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) increase off-spring heterozygosity through extrapair mating. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61(11). 1725–1733.

Мои исследования птиц:

Stostad H. N., Johnsen A., Lifjeld J. Т., Rowe M. (2018). Sperm head morphology is associated with sperm swimming speed: a comparative study of songbirds using electron microscopy. Evolution. 72(9). 1918–1932.

Stostad H. N., Rowe М., Johnsen A., Lifjeld J. T. (2019). Sperm head abnormalities are more frequent in songbirds with more helical sperm: A possible trade-off in sperm evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13446.

Моногамия у лебедей-кликунов:

Brazil М. A. (1981). The behavioural ecology of the Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus cygnus). University of Stirling thesis.

Rees E. C., Lievesley P., Pettifor R. A., Perrins C. (1996). Mate fidelity in swans: an interspecific comparison. Partnerships in Birds: The Study of Monogamy (ed. Black J. М.). P. 118–137. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Рассказ о львах и львятах основан на данных, содержащихся в книге:

Pusey А. Е., Packer С. (1994). Infanticide in lions: Consequences and counterstrategies. Infanticide and parental care (eds. Parmigiani S., vom Saal F.). P. 277–299. Harwood. Chur, Switzerland.

Дискуссия о причинах гибели львят:

Packer С. (2000). Infanticide is no fallacy. American Anthropologist. 102(4). 829–831.

Об эволюционной стратегии:

Palombit R. А. (2015). Infanticide as sexual conflict: coevolution of male strategies and female counterstrategies. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 7(6). a017640.

О выборе партнеров:

Bailey N. W., Zuk M. (2009). Same-sex sexual behavior and evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 24(8). 439–446.

Текст об императорских пингвинах в значительной степени основан на интервью с Мишель Ларю от декабря 2018 года:

www.drmichellelarue.com.

О биологии императорских пингвинов:

Le Maho Y. (1977). The emperor penguin: A strategy to live and breed in the cold: Morphology, physiology, ecology, and behavior distinguish the polar emperor penguin from other penguin species, particularly from its close relative, the king penguin. American Scientist. 65(6). 680–693.

О том, как пингвины сбиваются в кучу:

Gilbert С., Robertson G., Le Maho Y., Naito Y., Ancel A. (2006). Huddling behavior in emperor penguins: dynamics of huddling. Physiology & behavior. 88(4–5). 479–488.

История о перемещении королевских пингвинов:

Ann Kristin Balto/Norsk Polarinstitutt. Kongepingviner i Norge. http://www.polarhistorie.no/baltos_bilde/konge-pingivner-i-norge.

Lofotboka-01. Arbok for Lofoten, 23. arg. Pingvinene pa R?st. S. 71–77. http://varoyrhs.com/lofotboka/pdf/lofotboka%202001.pdf.

Рассказ о биологии гигантского осьминога, его родительстве и старении основан на нескольких интернет-статьях и одной научной статье:

David Scheel. Giant Octopus: Fact Sheet. Alaska Pacific University.http://marine.alaskapacific.edu/octopus/factsheet.html.

Jim Cosgrove (2012). No Mother Could Give More. BC Nature Winter. http://birchbaybuzz.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/no-mother-could-give-more.pdf.

Anderson R. A., Wood J. B., Byrne R. A. (2002). Octopus Senescence: The Beginning of the End. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. 5(4). 275–283.