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  1. Norman, R.F., Taylor, P.D. and Robertson, R.J., Stable equilibrium strategies and penalty functions in a game of attrition, Journal of Theoretical Biology 65 (1977) 571-578.
  2. Taylor, P.D. and Jonker, L., Game dynamics and evolutionarily stable strategies, Mathematical Biosciences 40 (1978) 145-156.
  3. Krebs, J.R., Kacelnik, A., and Taylor, P.D., Test of optimal sampling by foraging great tits, Nature 275, No. 5675 (1978) 27-31.
  4. Taylor, P.D., Evolutionarily stable strategies with two types of player, Journal of Applied Probability 16 (1979) 76-83.
  5. Taylor, P.D., An analytical model for a short-term advantage for sex, Journal of Theoretical Biology 81 (1979) 407-421.
  6. Bulmer, M.G. and Taylor, P.D., Dispersal and the sex ratio, Nature 284, No. 5755 (1980) 448-449.
  7. Taylor, P.D. and Sauer, A., The selective advantage of sex ratio homeostasis, American Naturalist 116 (1980) 305-310.
  8. Bulmer, M.G. and Taylor, P.D., Sex ratio under the haystack model, Journal of Theoretical Biology 86 (1980) 83-89.
  9. Taylor, P.D. and Bulmer, M.G., Local mate competition and the sex ratio, Journal of Theoretical Biology 86 (1980) 409-419.
  10. Colgan, P. and Taylor, P.D., Sex ratio in autoparasitic Hymenoptera, American Naturalist 117 (1981) 564-566.
  11. Taylor, P.D., Intra-sex and inter-sex sibling interactions as sex ratio determinants, Nature 291, No. 5810 (1981) 64-66.
  12. Taylor P.D. and Williams, G.C., Commentary on the modelling of sexual selection, Quarterly Review of Biology 56 (1981) 305-13.
  13. Taylor, P.D., Sex ratio compensation in ant populations, Evolution 35 (1981) 1250-51.
  14. Bulmer, M.G. and Taylor, P.D., Worker-queen conflict and sex ratio theory in social Hymenoptera, Heredity, 47 (1981) 197-207.
  15. Taylor, P.D. and Williams, G.C., The lek paradox is not resolved, Theoretical Population Biology 22 (1982), 392-409.
  16. Taylor, P.D. and Wojciechowski, B.W., A Quantitative theoretical treatment of the Fisher Tropsch synthesis, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 61 (1983) 98-102.
  17. Akl, S.G. and Taylor, P.D., Cryptographic solution to a problem of access control in a hierarchy, ACM Transactions on Computer Systems 1, No. 3 (1983), 239-248.
  18. Taylor, P.D. and Wojciechowski, B.W., The derivation and quantitative evaluation of kinetic parameters in Fischer Tropsch synthesis, Fuel Processing Technology 8 (1984), 135-147.
  19. Taylor, P.D., Evolutionarily stable reproductive allocations in heterostylous plants, Evolution 38 (984), 408-416.
  20. Werren, J.H. and Taylor, P.D., The effect of population recruitment upon sex ratio selection, American Naturalist, 124 (1984), 143-148.
  21. Taylor, P.D. and Williams, G.C., Demographic parameters at evolutionary equilibrium, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62 (1984), 2264-2271.
  22. MacKinnon, S., Taylor, P.D., Meijer, H. and Akl, S.G., An Optimal algorithm for assigning cryptographic keys to control access in a hierarchy, IEEE Transactions on Computers, C-34 (1985), 797-802.
  23. Taylor, P.D., A general mathematical model for sex allocation, Journal of Theoretical Biology 112 (1985), 799-818.
  24. Taylor, P.D., Sex ratio equilibrium under partial sib mating, Heredity, 54 (1985), 179-185.
  25. Sargent, R.C., Taylor, P.D. and Gross, M.R., Parental care and the evolution of egg size in fishes, American Naturalist 129 (1987), 32-46.
  26. Griffin, M.P. and Taylor, P.D., Science and scientists: where are we going?, Quarterly Review of Biology, 62, (1987), 52-55.
  27. Williams, G.C. and P.D. Taylor, Demographic consequences of natural selection, Evolution of Longevity in Animals, edited by A.D. Woodhead and K.H. Thompson, Plenum Publishing Corp. (1987), 235-245.
  28. Taylor, P.D. and Wilson, D.S., A mathematical model for altruism in haystacks, Evolution 42 (1988), 193-196.
  29. Taylor P.D., An inclusive fitness model of dispersal of offspring, Journal of Theoretical Biology 130 (1988), 363-378.
  30. Taylor P.D., Inclusive fitness models with two sexes, Theoretical Population Biology 34 (1988), 145-168.
  31. Taylor P.D., Local stability in a seed provisioning model, Journal of Theoretical Biology 136 (1989) 1-12.
  32. Crespi, B.J. and Taylor, P.D., Dispersal rates under variable patch density, American Naturalist 135 (1990) 48-62.
  33. Taylor P.D., Evolutionary stability in one-parameter models under weak selection, Theoretical Population Biology 36 (1989) 125-43.
  34. Cooke, F., Taylor, P.D., Francis, C.M., and Rockwell, R.F., Directional selection and clutch size in birds, American Naturalist 136 (1990) 261-267.
  35. Taylor, P.D., Allele frequency change in a class-structured population, American Naturalist 135 (1990) 95-106.
  36. Geramita, J., and P.D. Taylor, Matrix theory in population modelling, Quarterly Review of Biology 65 (1990) 53-56.
  37. Taylor, P.D., Optimal life histories with age-dependent trade off curves, Journal of Theoretical Biology 148 (1991) 33-48.
  38. Whittingham, L.A., Taylor, P.D. and Robertson, R.J., Confidence of paternity and male parental care, American Naturalist 139 (1992) 1115-1125.
  39. Taylor, P.D., Altruism in viscous populations––an inclusive fitness model, Evolutionary Ecology 6 (1992) 352-356.
  40. Taylor P.D. Inclusive fitness in a homogeneous environment Proc. Royal Society London B 249 (1992) 299-302.
  41. Taylor, P.D. Female-biased sex ratios under LMC: an experimental confirmation, Evolutionary Ecology 7 (1993) 306-308.
  42. Taylor, P.D. and B.J. Crespi, ESS sex ratios when correlates of relatedness can be assessed, American Naturalist 143 (1994) 297-316.
  43. Taylor, P.D. and W.M. Getz. An inclusive fitness model for the evolutionary advantage of sibmating, Evolutionary Ecology 8 (1994) 61-69.
  44. Taylor, P.D. Sex ratio in a stepping-stone population with sex-specific dispersal, Theoretical Population Biology 45 (1994) 203-218.
  45. Denver, K. and Taylor P.D. An inclusive fitness model for the sex ratio in a partially sibmating population with inbreeding cost, Evolutionary Ecology 9 (1995) 318-327.
  46. Taylor, P.D. Sex ratio selection with asymmetric exchange of pollen between finite demes: Fisher's result does not hold, Evolution 49 (1995) 1119-1124.
  47. Taylor, P.D. Inclusive Fitness arguments in genetic models of behaviour. Journal of Mathematical Biology 34 (1996) 654-674.
  48. Taylor, P.D. and Frank, S. How to make a kin selection argument. Journal of Theoretical Biology 180 (1996) 27-37.
  49. Taylor, P.D. The selection differential in quantitative genetics and ESS models. Evolution 50 (1996) 2106-2110.
  50. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. Evolutionarily stable versus fitness maximizing life histories under frequency-dependent selection. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 263 (1996): 333-338.
  51. Taylor, P.D. and Troy Day. Evolutionary stability under the replicator and the gradient dynamics. Evol. Ecol. 11 (1997) 579-590.
  52. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. Bertalanffy’s growth equation should not be used to model age and size at maturity. Amer. Nat. 149 (1997): 381-393.
  53. Greff, J.M. and Taylor P.D. Effects of inbreeding depression on relatedness and optimal sex ratios. Evol. Ecol. 11 (1997) 245-247.
  54. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. Hamilton’s Rule meets the Hamiltonian—kin selection on dynamic characters. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 264 (1997) 639-644.
  55. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. Chromosomal drive and the evolution of meiotic non-disjunction and trisomy in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 95 (1998) 2361-2365.
  56. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. The evolution of temporal patterns of selfishness, altruism and group cohesion. Amer. Nat. 152 (1998) 102-113.
  57. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. Unifying genetic and game theoretic models of kin selection on continuous traits. Journal of Theoretical Biology 194 (1998) 391-407.
  58. Irwin, A. and Taylor, P.D. Heterozygote advantage and the evolution of female choice. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2 (2000) 119-128.
  59. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. A generalization of Pontryagin's maximum principle for dynamic evolutionary games among relatives. Theoretical Population Biology, 57 (2000) 339-356
  60. Taylor, P.D. and Irwin, A.J. Overlapping generations can promote altruistic behaviour. Evolution 54 (2000) 1135-1141.
  61. Taylor, P.D., Irwin A. and Day, T. Inclusive fitness in finite deme-structured and stepping-stone populations. Selection 1 (2000) 83-93.
  62. Irwin, A. and Taylor, P.D The evolution of dispersal in a stepping stone population with overlapping generations. Theor. Pop Biol. 58 (2000) 321-328.
  63. Lee, J.M. and Taylor P.D. The evolution of dispersal in spatially varying environments, Evol. Ecol Res. 3 (2001) 649-665.
  64. Lee, J.M., Taylor P.D. and Haig, D. The inclusive fitness dynamics of genomic imprinting, Selection, 2 (2001) 101-116.
  65. Irwin, A. J. and P. D. Taylor. Evolution of altruism in a stepping-stone population with overlapping generations. Theor. Pop. Biol. 60 (2001) 315-325.
  66. Taylor, P.D. and Day, T. Inclusive fitness. 3000 word article in the Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Evolution, January 2002.
  67. Day, Troy and Taylor, P.D. Evolutionary dynamics and stability in discrete and continuous games, Evol. Ecol Res. 5 (2003) 605-613.
  68. Taylor, P.D. and Day, T. Stability in negotiation games and the emergence of cooperation. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 271 (2004) 669-674.
  69. Wild, Geoff and Taylor P.D. Kin-selection models for the coevolution of the sex ratio and sex-specific dispersal. Evol. Ecol Res. 6 (2004)481-502.
  70. Taylor, P,D. and Day, T. Cooperate with thy neighbour? Nature 428 (2004) 611-612.
  71. Wild, G. and P.D. Taylor. Fitness and evolutionary stability in game theoretic models of finite populations. Proc. Royal Soc. 271 (2004) 2345-2349.
  72. Wild, G. and P.D. Taylor. A kin-selection approach to the resolution of sex-ratio conflict between mates. J. theor. Biol. 236 (2005) 126-136.
  73. Taylor, P.D., T. Day, D. Nagy, J-B. André, G. Wild and A. Gardner. The evolutionary consequences of plasticity in host-parasite interactions. Theor. Pop. Biol. 69 (2006) 323-331.
  74. Pen, I. and Taylor, P.D. Modeling information exchange in worker-queen conflict over sex allocation. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 272 (2005) 2403-2408. Cited in Research Highlights, Nature 437: 454-455 (2005).
  75. Wild G., Greenwood-Lee, J., Taylor, P. D. Sex allocation and dispersal in a heterogeneous two-patch environment. Theor. Popul. Biol., 70 (2006) 225-235. doi:10.1016j.tpb.2005.10.002.
  76. Taylor P.D., G. Wild, and A. Gardner. Direct fitness or inclusive fitness: How shall we model kin selection? J. Evol. Biol. 20 (2006) 296-304.
  77. Gardner, A. Hardy, I.C.W., Taylor, P.D. and West, S.A. Spiteful soldiers and sex ratio conflict in polyembryonic parasitoid wasps. Amer. Nat. 169 (2006) 519-533.
  78. Taylor P.D., Day, T. and Wild, G. Evolution of cooperation in a finite homogeneous graph. Nature 447 (2007) 469-472.
  79. Taylor P.D., Day, T. and Wild, G. From inclusive fitness to fixation probability in homogeneous structured populations J. theor. Biol. 249 (2007) 101-110.
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