Selected older papers:
Dawkins, M.S. (2014) Tribute to Tinbergen: Questions and how to answer them. Ethology 120: 120-122.
Garnett, T., Appleby, M.C., Balmford, A., Bateman, I.J., Benton, T.G. Bloomer, P., Burlingame, B., Dawkins, M. et al. (2013) Sustainable intensification in agriculture: premises and policies. Science 341: 33-34
Dawkins, M.S., Cain, R., Merelie, K. and Roberts, S.j. (2013) In search of the behavioural correlates of optical flow patterns in the automated assessment of broiler chicken welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 145: 44-50.doi 10.10164.applanim.2013.02.001
Roberts, S.J., Cain, R. and Dawkins, M.S. (2012) Prediction of welfare outcomes for broiler chickens using Bayesian regression on continuous optical flow data. Royal Society Journal Interface 9: 3436-3443. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0594
Stoye, S, Porter, M.A. and Dawkins, M.S. (2012) Synchronized lying in cattle in relation to time of day. Livestock Science 149: 70-73 doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2012.06.028.
Dawkins, M.S., Cain, R. and Roberts, S.J. (2012) Optical flow,flock behaviour and chicken welfare. Animal Behaviour 84: 219-223
Dawkins, M.S. and Layton, R. (2012) Breeding for better welfare: genetic goals for broiler chickens and their parents. Animal Welfare 21: 147-155.
Dawkins, M.S. (2012) Gordon Lecture. Commercial scale research and assessment of poultry welfare. British Poultry Science 53: 1-6. {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2011.628640.
Lee, H.-J., Roberts, S. J., Drake, K .A. and Dawkins, M. S. (2011) Prediction of feather damage in laying hens using optical flows and Markov models. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 8: 489-499.
Sun, J., Bollt, E.M., Porter, M.A. and Dawkins, M.S. (2011) A mathematical model for the dynamics and synchronization of cows. Physica D 340: 1497-1509.
Drake, K.A., Donnelly, C. A. and Dawkins, M.S. (2010) The influence of rearing and lay risk factors on propensity for feather damage in laying hens. British Poultry Science 51: 725-733.
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Dawkins, M.S. (2010) King Solomon’s Herring Gull’s World. In: Leaders in Animal Behaviour. The Second Generation, edited by L. Drickamer and D. Dewsbury. Cambridge University Press. pp 165-188.
Dawkins, M.S. (2010) Do asymmetries destablize the Prisoner’s Dilemma and make reciprocal altruism unlikely? Animal Behaviour 80:339-341. 
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.005
Jones, T.A. and Dawkins, M.S. (2010) Effect of environment on Pekin duck behaviour and its correlation with body condition on commercial farms in the UK. British Poultry Science 51: 319-325.
Jones, T.A., Waitt, C.D. and Dawkins, M.S. (2010) Sheep lose balance, slip and fall less when loosely packed in transit where standing close to but not touching their neighbours. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 123: 16-23.
Jones, T.A. and Dawkins, M.S. (2010) Environment and management factors affecting Pekin duck production and welfare on commercial farms in the UK. British Poultry Science 51: 12-21.
Dawkins, M.S., Lee, H.-J., Waitt, C.D. and Roberts, S.J. (2009) Optical flow patterns in broiler chickens as automated measures of behaviour and gait. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 119: 203-209.
Waitt, C.D., Jones, T.A., and Dawkins, M.S. (2009) Behaviour, synchrony and welfare of Pekin ducks in relation to water use. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 121: 184-189.
Jones, T.A., Waitt, C.D. and Dawkins, M.S. (2009) Water off a duck's back: showers and troughs match ponds for improving duck welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 116: 52-57.
Dawkins, M.S. (2008) The science of animal suffering. Ethology 114: 937-945:. doi: 10.1111/j. 1439-0310.2008.01557.x
Colles, F.M., Jones, T.A., McCarthy, N.D., Sheppard, S.K., Cody, A.J., Dingle, K.E., Dawkins, M.S. & Maiden, M.C.J. (2008) Campylobacter infection of broiler chickens in a free-range environment. Environmental Microbiology 10(8): 2042-2050.
Houldcroft, E., Smith, C., Mrowicki, R., Headland, L., Grieveson, S., Jones, T.A., Dawkins, M.S. (2008) Welfare implications of nipple drinkers for broiler chickens. Animal Welfare 17: 1-10.
Jones, T., Feber, R., Hemery, G., Cook, P., James, K., Lamberth, C. and Dawkins, M. (2007) Welfare and environmental benefits of integrating commercially viable free-range broiler chickens into newly planted woodland: a UK case study. Agricultural Systems 94: 177-188.
Febrer, K, Jones, T.A., Donnelly, C.A. and Dawkins, M.S. (2006) Forced to crowd or choosing to cluster? Spatial distribution indicates social attraction in broiler chickens. Animal Behaviour 72: 1291-1300.
Dawkins, M.S. (2006) A user's guide to animal welfare science. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25(2): 77-82.
Dawkins, M.S. (2006) The scientific basis for assessing suffering in animals. In: In Defense of Animals. The Second Wave. Edited by Peter Singer. Blackwell Publishing. pp 26-39.
Bright, A., Jones, T.A. & Dawkins, M.S. (2006) A non-intrusive method of assessing plumage condition in commercial flocks of laying hens. Animal Welfare 15: 113-118
Dawkins, M.S. (2006) Through animal eyes: what behaviour tells us. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 100: 4-10.
Dawkins, M.S. (2006) Animal welfare. In: Anniversary Essays: 50 years of 'Animal Behaviour'. edited by J.Lucas and L. Simmons pp347-361. Academic Press
Dawkins, M.S., Donnelly, C.A. & Jones, T.A. (2004) Chicken welfare is influenced more by housing conditions than by stocking density. Nature 427: 342-344.
Dawkins, M.S. & Woodington, A. (2000) Pattern recognition and active vision in chickens. Nature 403: 403; 652-655.
Dawkins, M.S. (2000) Animal minds and animal emotions. American Zoologist 40: 883-888.
Dawkins, M. S. (2001) Who needs consciousness? Animal Welfare 10:S19-29.
Dawkins, M.S. (1999) The role of behaviour in the assessment of poultry welfare. World's Poultry Science Journal 551: 295-303.
Dawkins, M.S. (1998) Evolution and animal welfare. Quarterly Review of Biology 73: 305-328.
Dawkins, M.S. (1995) How do hens view other hens?The use of lateral and binocular visual fields in social recognition. Behaviour 132: 591-606.
Guilford, T. & Dawkins, M.S. (1991) Receiver psychology and the evolution of animal signals. Animal Behaviour 42: 1-14
Dawkins, M.S. & Guilford, T. (1991) The corruption of honest signalling. Animal Behaviour 41: 865-874.
Dawkins, M.S. (1990) From an animal's point of view: motivation, fitness and animal welfare. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 13: 1-9.
Dawkins, M.S. (1989) Time budgets in Red Junglefowl as a baseline for the assessment of welfare in domestic fowl. Applied ANimal Behaviour Science 24:77-80.
Dawkins, M. S. (1988) Behavioural deprivation: a central problem in animal welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 20: 209-225.
Dawkins, M.S. & Woodington, A. (1997) Distance and the presentation of visual stimuli in birds. Animal Behaviour 54: 1019-1025.
Dawkins, M. (1983) Battery hens name their price: consumer demand theory and the measurement of ethological 'needs'. Animal Behaviour 31: 1195-1205.
Dawkins, M. (1977) Do hens suffer in battery cages? Environmental preferences and welfare. Animal Behaviour 25: 1034-1046.
Dawkins, M. (1971) Perceptual changes in chicks: another look at the 'search image' concept. Animal Behaviour 19: 566-574.
Dawkins, M. (1971) Shifts of 'attention' in chicks during feeding. ANimal Behaviour 19: 566-574.