Poole, Joyce H. 1989. Mate guarding, reproductive success and female choice in African elephants. Anim. Behav., 1989, 37, 842-849. Biology Department, Princeton University, New Jersey.

Poole, Joyce H. 1989. Announcing intent: the aggressive state of musth in African elephants. Anim. Behav., 1989, 37, 140-152. Biology Department, Princeton University, New Jersey.

Poole, Joyce H. 1987. Rutting behavior in African Elephants: The phenomenon of musth. Behaviour. 102: 283-316.

Poole, J and Granli, P. 2008. Mind and Movement: Meeting the Interests of Elephants. In: An Elephant in the Room: The Science and Well Being of Elephants in Captivity. Eds. D. L. Forthman, L. F. Kane and P. Waldau. North Grafton MA: Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine’s Center for Animals and Public Policy.

Poole, J.H and Moss, C. J. 2008. Elephant sociality and complexity: The scientific evidence.In: Elephants and Ethics: Toward a morality of Co-existence. C. Wemmer K. Christen (Eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press.

Poole, J.H. and Granli, P.K. 2005. The Ethical Management of Elephants and the Value of Long-Term Field Research. AAVS 63: 2-5  

Poole, J.H., P. L. Tyack, A. S. Stoeger-Horwath S. Watwood. 2005. Elephants are capable of vocal learning. Nature, 434: 455-456. Poole, J.H., Tyack, P.L., Stoeger-Horwath, A. Watwood, S. 2006. Vocal imitation in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana). Razprave IV. Rezreda SAZU, XLVII-3: 118-124.

Poole, J. H. P.K. Granli. 2004. The visual, tactile and acoustic signals of play in African savannah elephants. In Endangered Elephants, past present future. Jayewardene, Jayantha. (Ed.)  Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Elephant Relationships and Conflicts, Sri Lanka, September 2003. Biodiversity Elephant Conservation Trust, Colombo. Pages 44-50.

O'Connell-Rodwell, C., Wood, J.D., Kinzley, C., Rodwell, T.C., Poole, J., Puria, S. 2007. Wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana) discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar conspecific seismic alarm calls. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122: 823-830.

Karen McComb, Graeme Shannon, Sarah M. Durant, Katito Sayialel, Rob Slotow, Joyce Poole and Cynthia Moss. 2011. Leadership in elephants: the adaptive value of age. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B, doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.0168. Published online 16 March 2011.