• Bastos APM, Claessens S, Nelson XJ, Welch A, Atkinson QD, Taylor AH 2025. Evidence of self-care tooling and phylogenetic modelling reveal parrot tool use is not rare. iScience 28, 112156.
• Bastos APM, Bagg J, Allen T, Nelson XJ, Taylor AH 2024. Material preferences in kea (Nestor notabilis)? Applied Animal Behaviour Science 276, 106329. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106329​
• McLean LRW, Goodman TF, Horton TW, Nelson XJ 2024. Effects of proximity to humans on neophilia, foraging ecology and population structure of kea. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 51, 258 - 274. doi:10.1080/03014223.2023.2274838
• McLean LRW, Horton TW, Robertson BC, Robertson F, Greer AL, Nelson XJ 2023. Reproductive roles as likely drivers of sexual dimorphism in New Zealand’s endangered mountain parrot, the kea. Ornithology 140, ukad038. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukad038
• Bastos, A. P. M., Nelson, X. J. Taylor, A. H. 2022. From the lab to the wild: How can captive studies aid the conservation of kea (Nestor notabilis)? Current Opinion in Behavioural Science 45, 101131. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101131
• McLean, L. R. W., Nichols, M., Taylor, A. H., Nelson, X. J. 2022. Memory retention of a conditioned aversion in New Zealand’s alpine parrot, the kea (Nestor notabilis). Journal of Wildlife Management 86, 22221. doi:10.1002/jwmg.22221.
• Kross, S. M., Tait, A., Raubenheimer, D., Nelson, X.J. 2018. New Zealand falcon prey selection may not be driven by preference based on prey nutritional content. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 42, 58-64. doi:10.20417/nzjecol.42.10
• Schwing, R., Nelson, X. J., Wein, A., Parsons, S. 2017. Positive emotional contagion in a New Zealand parrot. Current Biology 27, R199-R217. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.
• Schwing, R., Nelson, X. J., Parsons, S. 2016. Audiogram of the kea parrot, Nestor notabilis. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140: 3739–3744.
• ​Greer, A. L., Horton, T. W., Nelson, X. J. 2015. Simple ways to calculate stable isotope discrimination factors and convert between tissue types. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6: 1341–1348. doi:10.1080/03014223.2015.1070183
• Greer, A. L., Gajdon, G. Y., Nelson, X. J. 2015. Intraspecific variation in the foraging ecology of kea, the world’s only mountain and rainforest-dwelling parrot. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39: 254-261.

• Kross, S. M., Nelson, X. J. 2013. Factors influencing the behavioural development of juvenile New Zealand falcons (Falco novaeseelandiae). Emu 113: 84-87. Supplementary material. doi:10.1071/MU12020
• Kross, S. M., McDonald, P. M., Nelson, X. J. 2013. New Zealand falcon nests suffer lower predation in agricultural habitat than in natural habitat. Bird Conservation International  23: 512-519. doi:10.1017/S0959270913000130
• Kross, S. M., Tylianakis, J. M., Nelson, X. J. 2013. Diet Composition and prey choice of New Zealand falcons nesting in anthropogenic and natural habitats. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 37: 51-59.
• Schwing, R., Parsons, S., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Vocal repertoire of the New Zealand kea parrot (Nestor notabilis). Current Zoology 58: 727-740. 
• Kross, S. M., Tylianakis, J. M., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Translocation of threatened New Zealand falcons to vineyards increases nest attendance, brooding and feeding rates. PLoS ONE 7, e386979. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038679.    

• Young, L. M., Kelly, D., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Alpine flora may depend on declining frugivorous parrot for seed dispersal. Biological Conservation 147: 133-142. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.023
• Kross, S. M., Tylianakis, J. M., Nelson, X. J. 2012. Effects of introducing threatened falcons into vineyards on abundance of Passeriformes and grape yield. Conservation Biology 26: 142-149. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01756.x
• Kross, S. M., Nelson, X. J. 2011. A portable low-cost remote videography system for monitoring wildlife. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2: 191-196. doi:10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00064.x Featured podcast on MEE homepage. Supplementary material.
• Wilson, D. R., Nelson, X. J., Evans, C. S. 2009. Seizing the opportunity: subordinate male fowl respond rapidly to variation in social context. Ethology 115: 996-1004. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01688.x
• Nelson, X. J., Wilson, D. R., Evans, C.S. 2008. Behavioral syndromes in stable social groups: an artifact of external constraints? Ethology 114: 1154-1165. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01568.x
• Wilson, D. R., Bayly, K., Nelson, X. J., Gillings, M., Evans, C. S. 2008. Alarm calling best predicts mating and reproductive success in ornamented male fowl, Gallus gallus. Animal Behaviour 76: 543-554.  doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.026   'In focus' summary of article in Animal Behaviour