I have included links to all papers that are open access (*). Contact me for PDF copies of all other papers.

*Cross, F. R. (2024). Comparative cognition: insights from miniature brains. Comparative Cognition and Behavior Reviews, 19, 21-24. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2024.190003

*Taylor, L. A., Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2022). Blood-red colour as a prey choice cue for mosquito specialist predators. Animal Behaviour, 188, 85-97. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.04.003

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2021). Odour priming of a mosquito-specialist predator’s vision-based detouring decisions. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 564, 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.12.005

*Cross, F. R., Carvell, G. E., Jackson, R. R., & Grace, R. C. (2020). Arthropod intelligence? The case for Portia. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 568049. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568049

Cross, F. R., Jackson, R. R., & Taylor, L. A. (2020). Influence of seeing a red face during the male–male encounters of mosquito-specialist spiders. Learning & Behavior. doi: 10.3758/s13420-020-00411-y (A view-only copy of our article is available via this link)

* Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2019). Portia’s capacity to decide whether a detour is necessary. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, jeb203463. doi: 10.1242/jeb.203463 [Provided the cover photograph for this issue of the journal]

Cross, F. R. (2018). Aggressive Mimicry. In J. Vonk & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_113-1

Cross, F. R. (2018). Box 17.2: Detouring by salticids to reach prey. In N. Bueno-Guerra & F. Amici (Eds.), Field and laboratory methods in animal cognition: a comparative guide (pp. 394-395). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2018). When it looks and walks like an ant. Learning & Behavior, 46, 103-104. doi: 10.3758/s13420-017-0311-0

Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2018). Search Image. In J. Vonk & T. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1538-1

* Logan, C. J., Avin, S., Boogert, N., Buskell, A., Cross, F. R., Currie, A., Jelbert, S., Lukas, D., Mares, R., Navarrete, A. F., Shigeno, S., & Montgomery, S. (2018). Beyond brain size: uncovering the neural correlates of behavioral and cognitive specialization. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 13, 55-90. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130008

*Montgomery, S. H., Currie, A., Lukas, D., Boogert, N., Buskell, A., Cross, F. R., Jelbert, S., Avin, S., Mares, R., Navarrete, A. F., Shigeno, S., & Logan, C. J. (2018). Ingredients for understanding brain and behavioral evolution: ecology, phylogeny, and mechanism. Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews, 13, 99-104. doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130011

Carvell, G. E., Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2017). Ontogenetic shift in plant-related cognitive specialization by a mosquito-eating predator. Behavioural Processes, 138, 105-122. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2017.02.022

*Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2017). Representation of different exact numbers of prey by a spider-eating predator. Interface Focus, 7, 20160035. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0035 [Provided the cover photograph for this issue of the journal]

Deng, C., Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2017). Adaptive timing as a component of a mosquito-eating predator’s specialization profile. Journal of Insect Behavior, 30, 695-716. doi: 10.1007/s10905-017-9649-6

*Cross, F. R. (2016). Discrimination of draglines from potential mates by Evarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 43, 84-95. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2015.1127262

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2016). The execution of planned detours by spider-eating predators. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 105, 194-210. doi: 10.1002/jeab.189

*Jackson, R. R., Deng, C., & Cross, F. R. (2016). Convergence between a mosquito-eating predator’s natural diet and its prey-choice behaviour. Royal Society Open Science, 3, 160584. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160584

*Vink, C. J., & Cross, F. R. (2016). A Festschrift in honour of Professor Robert R Jackson. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 43, 1-3. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2015.1128954

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2015). Solving a novel confinement problem by spartaeine salticids that are predisposed to solve problems in the context of predation. Animal Cognition, 18, 509–515. doi: 10.1007/s10071-014-0819-z

*Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2015). Mosquito-terminator spiders and the meaning of predatory specialization. The Journal of Arachnology, 43, 123-142. doi: 10.1636/V15-28

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2014). Cross-modality effects of prey odour during the intraspecific interactions of a mosquito-specialist predator. Ethology, 120, 598-606. doi: 10.1111/eth.12232

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2014). Specialised use of working memory by Portia africana, a spider-eating salticid. Animal Cognition, 17, 435-444. doi: 10.1007/s10071-013-0675-2

*Jackson, R. R., Li, D., Woon, J. R. W., Hashim, R., & Cross, F. R. (2014). Intricate predatory decisions by a mosquito-specialist spider from Malaysia. Royal Society Open Science, 1, 140131. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140131

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2013). The functioning of species-specific olfactory pheromones in the biology of a mosquito-eating jumping spider from East Africa. Journal of Insect Behavior, 26, 131-148. doi: 10.1007/s10905-012-9338-4

*Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2013). A cognitive perspective on aggressive mimicry. Journal of Zoology, 290, 161-171. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12036

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2011). Effects of prey-spider odour on intraspecific interactions of araneophagic jumping spiders. Journal of Ethology, 29, 321-327. doi: 10.1007/s10164-010-0261-x

*Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2011). Olfaction-based anthropophily in a mosquito-specialist predator. Biology Letters, 7, 510-512. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1233

*Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2011). Olfaction-based mate-odor identification by jumping spiders from the genus Portia. The Journal of Arachnology, 39, 439-443. doi: 10.1636/Ha11-32.1

Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2011). Spider cognition. Advances in Insect Physiology, 41, 115-174. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415919-8.00003-3

*Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2010). Mosquito-specialist spiders. Current Biology, 20, R622-R624. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.06.039

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2010). Olfactory search-image use by a mosquito-eating predator. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 277, 3173-3178. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0596

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2010). The attentive spider: search-image use by a mosquito-eating predator. Ethology, 116, 240-247. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01731.x

* Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2009). Cross-modality priming of visual and olfactory selective attention by a spider that feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 212, 1869-1875. doi: 10.1242/jeb.028126

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2009). How cross-modality effects during intraspecific interactions of jumping spiders differ depending on whether a female-choice or mutual-choice mating system is adopted. Behavioural Processes, 80, 162-168. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.001

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2009). Mate-odour identification by both sexes of Evarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider. Behavioural Processes, 81, 74-79. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.02.002

*Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2009). Odour-mediated response to plants by Evarcha culicivora, a blood-feeding jumping spider from East Africa. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 36, 75–80. doi: 10.1080/03014220909510142

*Cross, F. R., Jackson, R. R., & Pollard, S. D. (2009). How blood-derived odor influences mate-choice decisions by a mosquito-eating predator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 106, 19416-19419. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904125106

*Cross, F. R., Jackson, R. R., & Pollard, S. D. (2008). Complex display behaviour of Evarcha culicivora, an East African mosquito-eating jumping spider. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 35, 151-187. doi: 10.1080/03014220809510112 [Provided the cover photograph for this issue of the journal]

Huseynov, E. F., Jackson, R. R., & Cross, F. R. (2008). The meaning of predatory specialization as illustrated by Aelurillus m-nigrum, an ant-eating jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Azerbaijan. Behavioural Processes, 77, 389-399. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.11.006

Cross, F. R., Jackson, R. R., & Pollard, S. D. (2007). Male and female mate-choice decisions by Evarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider. Ethology, 113, 901-908. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01394.x

Cross, F. R., Jackson, R. R., Pollard, S. D., & Walker, M. W. (2007). Cross-modality effects during male-male interactions of jumping spiders. Behavioural Processes, 75, 290-296. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.03.004

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2006). From eight-legged automatons to thinking spiders. In K. Fujita & S. Itakura (Eds.), Diversity of Cognition (pp. 188-215). Kyoto: Kyoto University Press.

Cross, F. R., Jackson, R. R., Pollard, S. D., & Walker, M. W. (2006). Influence of optical cues from conspecific females on escalation decisions during male-male interactions of jumping spiders. Behavioural Processes, 73, 136–141. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.04.007

* Jackson, R. R., Cross, F. R., & Carter, C. M. (2006). Geographic variation in a spider's ability to solve a confinement problem by trial and error. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 19, 282-296.

Jackson, R. R., Walker, M. W., Pollard, S. D., & Cross, F. R. (2006). Influence of seeing a female on the male-male interactions of a jumping spider, Hypoblemum albovittatum. Journal of Ethology, 24, 231–238. doi: 10.1007/s10164-005-0185-z

Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2005). Spider heuristics. Behavioural Processes, 69, 125–127. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.02.010

Huseynov, E. F., Cross, F. R., & Jackson, R. R. (2005). Natural diet and prey-choice behaviour of Aelurillus muganicus (Araneae: Salticidae), a myrmecophagic jumping spider from Azerbaijan. Journal of Zoology, 267, 159-165. doi: 10.1017/S0952836905007363