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- PhD Evolutionary Biology University of Oxford
- Masters Ecology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology Stanford University
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- Offspring Quality and the Polygyny Threshold: "The Sexy Son Hypothesis" (1979) (477)
- The relationship between fitness and baseline glucocorticoids in a passerine bird. (2009) (276)
- Extrapair paternity and egg hatchability in tree swallows: evidence for the genetic compatibility hypothesis? (1999) (220)
- Extra-pair paternity in monogamous tree swallows (1993) (217)
- Confidence of Paternity and Male Parental Care (1992) (192)
- Describing breeding territories of migratory passerines: suggestions for sampling, choice of estimator, and delineation of core areas (2005) (180)
- Nest-Site Characteristics, Reproductive Success and Cavity Availability for Tree Swallows Breeding in Natural Cavities (1989) (159)
- Immune Defense and Host Sociality: A Comparative Study of Swallows and Martins (2001) (155)
- Effects of breeding density, synchrony, and experience on extrapair paternity in tree swallows (1994) (148)
- A test of the mismatch hypothesis: How is timing of reproduction related to food abundance in an aerial insectivore? (2011) (146)
- Comparative Evidence for the Evolution of Sperm Swimming Speed by Sperm Competition and Female Sperm Storage Duration in Passerine Birds (2009) (132)
- Intraspecific Variation in Sperm Length is Negatively Related to Sperm Competition in Passerine Birds (2008) (131)
- The stress of parenthood? Increased glucocorticoids in birds with experimentally enlarged broods (2011) (129)
- Within-season and age-related patterns of reproductive performance in female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) (1988) (128)
- Life‐History Variation Predicts the Effects of Demographic Stochasticity on Avian Population Dynamics (2004) (128)
- A comparison of the breeding ecology of a secondary cavity nesting bird, the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), in nest boxes and natural cavities (1990) (127)
- A long‐term study of reproductive performance in tree swallows: the influence of age and senescence on output (2001) (125)
- The function and evolution of aggressive host behavior towards the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) (1977) (123)
- Behavioral Defenses to Brood Parasitism by Potential Hosts of the Brown-Headed Cowbird (1976) (121)
- Optimal niche space of the redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). I. Nesting success in marsh and upland habitat (1972) (110)
- Confidence of paternity and male parental care: an experimental study in tree swallows (1993) (109)
- Extra-pair paternity and the reproductive role of male floaters in the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) (2001) (104)
- Complex hybridization dynamics between golden‐winged and blue‐winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera and Vermivora pinus) revealed by AFLP, microsatellite, intron and mtDNA markers (2007) (103)
- Nest-Searching Behavior in the Brown-Headed Cowbird (1975) (103)
- Harem size, territory quality, and reproductive success in the redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) (1977) (101)
- Evidence for reliable badges of status in territorial yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) (1985) (99)
- The high frequency of extra-pair paternity in tree swallows is not an artifact of nestboxes (1996) (96)
- Kingbird aggression: Does it deter predation? (1982) (96)
- Complex social organization reflects genetic structure and relatedness in the cooperatively breeding bell miner, Manorina melanophrys (2000) (92)
- Cowbird parasitism and evolution of anti-parasite strategies in the yellow warbler (1981) (88)
- Nest usurpation and female competition for breeding opportunities by tree swallows (1985) (85)
- Scatterhoarding by territorial red squirrels: a test of the optimal density model (1987) (85)
- Floating Populations of Female Tree Swallows (1985) (84)
- Site consistency in kingbird breeding performance: implications for site fidelity (1985) (83)
- TERRITORY AND NEST-SITE SELECTION OF CERULEAN WARBLERS IN EASTERN ONTARIO (2001) (83)
- Sperm Length Variation as a Predictor of Extrapair Paternity in Passerine Birds (2010) (83)
- Parental Investment Strategies Determined by Expected Benefits (1979) (81)
- Life Span, Competition, and Delayed Plumage Maturation in Male Passerines: The Breeding Threshold Hypothesis (1985) (80)
- ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON A NEOTROPICAL MIGRANT SONGBIRD (2001) (77)
- MINIMUM ESTIMATES OF SURVIVAL AND POPULATION GROWTH FOR CERULEAN WARBLERS (DENDROICA CERULEA) BREEDING IN ONTARIO, CANADA (2004) (76)
- Female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) increase offspring heterozygosity through extrapair mating (2007) (75)
- Sperm quantity and quality effects on fertilization success in a highly promiscuous passerine, the tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor (2010) (75)
- Certainty of paternity and paternal investment in eastern bluebirds and tree swallows (1998) (73)
- Extrapair mating between relatives in the barn swallow: a role for kin selection? (2005) (72)
- Breeding behavior and reproductive success of Cerulean Warblers in southeastern Ontario (1996) (72)
- Spatial and temporal multi-species nesting aggregations in birds as anti-parasite and anti-predator defenses (1979) (71)
- Spatiotemporal Patterns in Nest Box Occupancy by Tree Swallows Across North America (2012) (70)
- Extra-pair paternity in tree swallows: why do females mate with more than one male? (1994) (68)
- Optimal Niche Space of the Redwinged Blackbird: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nesting Activity and Success (1973) (68)
- Male tail streamer length predicts fertilization success in the North American barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) (2005) (67)
- Parental investment based on clutch value: Nest desertion in response to partial clutch loss in dabbling ducks (1988) (67)
- Effect of Food Supply on the Breeding Biology of Western Kingbirds (1987) (66)
- An increase in parental investment during the breeding season (1981) (65)
- Female control of extra-pair fertilization in tree swallows (1992) (65)
- Time to extinction of bird populations (2005) (64)
- Extra-pair paternity in polygynous tree swallows (1993) (63)
- Food availability, parental care and male mating success in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) (1994) (63)
- Equality of feeding roles and the maintenance of monogamy in tree swallows (2004) (63)
- Paternity and the Relatedness of Helpers in the Cooperatively Breeding Bell Miner (1998) (61)
- Population genetic structure and dispersal across a fragmented landscape in cerulean warblers (Dendroica cerulea) (2005) (61)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) (2020) (60)
- Predatory responses of a raptor guild to changes in prey density (1978) (59)
- Forest Fragmentation and Nest Predation : Are Experiments with Japanese Quail Eggs Misleading ? (2003) (59)
- Facultative control of offspring sex in the cooperatively breeding bell miner, Manorina melanophrys (2003) (58)
- Aggressive and territorial behaviour in female Red-winged Blackbirds (1984) (56)
- Behavioural patterns of extra-pair copulation in tree swallows (1993) (56)
- Experimental evidence for sexually selected infanticide in tree swallows (1988) (53)
- Extrapair paternity and intraspecific brood parasitism in eastern bluebirds revealed by DNA fingerprinting (1994) (52)
- Preferred Nest Spacing of an Obligate Cavity-Nesting Bird, the Tree Swallow (1985) (52)
- High levels of extra‐pair paternity in an isolated, low‐density, island population of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) (2001) (52)
- Nestling Hunger And Parental Care In Red-Winged Blackbirds (1993) (52)
- Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations (2013) (51)
- WITHIN-TERRITORY HABITAT USE AND MICROHABITAT SELECTION BY MALE CERULEAN WARBLERS (DENDROICA CERULEA) (2006) (50)
- Behavioral tactics of subadult female floaters in the tree swallow (1987) (47)
- Group size and predator surveillance in foraging house sparrows (Passer domesticus) (1983) (46)
- Age before beauty? Relationships between fertilization success and age-dependent ornaments in barn swallows (2011) (46)
- Cerulean Warbler Reproduction, Survival, and Models of Population Decline (2008) (45)
- Geographic variation in the importance of male parental care and mating systems in tree swallows (1992) (45)
- Male-biased sex ratios in broods of the cooperatively breeding bell miner Manorina melanophrys (2002) (45)
- Colonial nesting of the Hudson Bay eider duck (1983) (43)
- Influence of forest edge in nest-site selection by tree swallows (1990) (43)
- Copulation behaviour of the tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor: paternity assurance in the presence of sperm competition (1991) (43)
- Rainy springs linked to poor nestling growth in a declining avian aerial insectivore (Tachycineta bicolor) (2019) (42)
- Paternity and performance of golden-winged warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) and golden-winged X blue-winged warbler (V. pinus) hybrids at the leading edge of a hybrid zone (2007) (42)
- Sexual selection and variation in reproductive strategy in male yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) (1985) (41)
- Do Female Red-Winged Blackbirds Limit Harem Size? I. A Removal Experiment (1985) (41)
- In Defense of the "Sexy Son" Hypothesis (1981) (41)
- Tactics and Counter-Tactics of Sexually Selected Infanticide in Tree Swallows (1990) (40)
- Effects of Parental Age and Environmental Change on Offspring Sex Ratio in a Precocial Bird (1997) (39)
- Do Nest Building and First Egg Dates Reflect Settlement Patterns of Females (1987) (38)
- DENSITY INFLUENCES CENSUS TECHNIQUE ACCURACY FOR CERULEAN WARBLERS IN EASTERN ONTARIO (2000) (38)
- Female Response to Reduced Male Parental Care in Birds: An Experiment in Tree Swallows (2010) (38)
- Frequency of Extrapair Young Increases in Second Broods of Eastern Phoebes (1998) (38)
- Response of American redstarts (suborder Passeri) and least flycatchers (suborder Tyranni) to heterospecific playback: the role of song in aggressive interactions and interference competition (1996) (36)
- K reproductive strategy and larval behavior of the pitcher plant sarcophagid fly, Blaesoxipha fletcheri (1975) (36)
- Parental care of nestlings by male red-winged blackbirds (1986) (36)
- Temporary male removal increases extra-pair paternity in eastern bluebirds (1996) (35)
- Interspecific competition for nestboxes affects mate guarding in eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis (1994) (35)
- Multiple selection pressures generate adherence to Bergmann's rule in a Neotropical migratory songbird (2005) (35)
- Migratory Connectivity and Rate of Population Decline in a Vulnerable Songbird (2008) (34)
- Patterns of parental provisioning by eastern phoebes (1993) (34)
- SPECIES COMPOSITION OF BIRD COMMUNITIES IN SHADE COFFEE PLANTATIONS IN THE VENEZUELAN ANDES (2002) (34)
- Infanticide in female tree swallows : a role for sexual selection (1991) (33)
- SOCIALITY AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE CERULEAN WARBLER IN VENEZUELAN SHADE-COFFEE PLANTATIONS (2000) (33)
- CAVITY-ENTRANCE ORIENTATION AND NEST-SITE USE BY SECONDARY HOLE-NESTING BIRDS (2004) (31)
- Latitudinal variation in clutch size-lay date regressions in Tachycineta swallows: effects of food supply or demography? (2014) (31)
- Paternity assurance through frequent copulations in a wild passerine with intense sperm competition (2009) (31)
- Distribution Patterns of Migrant and Resident Birds in Successional Forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico1 (2001) (31)
- Breeding Ecology of the Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica Petechia Bryanti) and Comparative Life History of the Yellow Warbler Subspecies Complex (2008) (31)
- Pair bonds and factors influencing the diversity of mating systems in brown-headed cowbirds (1986) (30)
- Signaling Subordinate and Female Status: Two Hypotheses for the Adaptive Significance of Subadult Plumage in Female Tree Swallows (1987) (30)
- Do male tree swallows guard their mates? (1984) (30)
- Spitefulness, altruism, and the cost of aggression: evidence against superterritoriality in tree swallows (1986) (28)
- Variation in the food hoarding behaviour of red squirrels (1990) (28)
- Adoption of young by replacement male birds: an experimental study of eastern bluebirds and a review (1991) (28)
- Male Behavior and Female Recruitment in the Red-Winged Blackbird (1977) (27)
- Honest Advertisement in Flight Displays of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus) (1992) (27)
- FEMALE TREE SWALLOW HOME-RANGE MOVEMENTS DURING THEIR FERTILE PERIOD AS REVEALED BY RADIO-TRACKING (2006) (26)
- REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY AND INDICES OF QUALITY IN MALE TREE SWALLOWS: THE POTENTIAL REPRODUCTIVE ROLE OF FLOATERS (2000) (26)
- Residual reproductive value and parental investment (1983) (26)
- Sperm competition in tropical versus temperate zone birds (2013) (25)
- The Potential to Lay Replacement Clutches by Tree Swallows (1997) (25)
- A test of the genetic compatibility hypothesis with tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor (2005) (24)
- Generalizability of artificial neural network models in ecological applications: Predicting nest occurrence and breeding success of the red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus (2005) (24)
- Confidence of paternity and paternal care by eastern bluebirds (1998) (24)
- Superterritoriality in Tree Swallows: A Reexamination (1982) (24)
- Female spacing patterns in brown-headed cowbirds (1985) (24)
- Demographic drivers of local population decline in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) in Ontario, Canada (2018) (23)
- Seasonal, habitat, and sex-specific food habits of red-winged blackbirds: implications for agriculture. (1982) (23)
- Sex allocation and parental quality in tree swallows (2008) (23)
- Female sociality in the common eider duck during brood rearing (1982) (22)
- Effects of male removal on the behaviour and reproductive success of female eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis (1994) (22)
- Floater males engage in extrapair copulations with resident female tree swallows (1999) (21)
- Clutch size in eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe). I. The cost of nest building (1993) (20)
- Sexual recognition and anticuckoldry behaviour in savannah sparrows. (1980) (19)
- Timing of copulations and the pattern of paternity in relation to laying order in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor (2007) (19)
- Repeatability of sperm size and motility within and between seasons in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) (2013) (19)
- Why Are Waxwings “Waxy”? Delayed Plumage Maturation in the Cedar Waxwing (1988) (19)
- Modeling ice storm damage to a mature, mixed-species hardwood forest in eastern Ontario (2001) (18)
- The impact of male parental care on female Eastern Kingbird reproductive success (1989) (18)
- Laying-order effects on sperm numbers and on paternity: comparing three passerine birds with different life histories (2012) (18)
- Demographic comparison of Golden-Winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) populations in northern and southern extremes of their breeding range (2013) (18)
- How do floater male eastern bluebirds benefit by filling vacancies on territories where females already have young (1992) (18)
- Intraseasonal effects of clutch manipulation on parental provisioning and residual reproductive value of eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) (1992) (17)
- Population decline in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) linked to climate change and inclement weather on the breeding ground (2020) (17)
- No evidence of paternal genetic contribution to nestling cell-mediated immunity in the North American barn swallow (2006) (17)
- Long-distance Dispersal Patterns of Male Cerulean Warblers ( Dendroica cerulea ) Measured by Stable-hydrogen Isotopes (2007) (17)
- WITHIN-PAIR INTERACTIONS AND PARENTAL BEHAVIOR OF CERULEAN WARBLERS BREEDING IN EASTERN ONTARIO (2006) (17)
- Predation in relation to spacing of Kingbird nests (1985) (16)
- Invited Minireview: Restoring Demographic Processes in Translocated Populations: The Case of Collared Lizards in the Missouri Ozarks Using Prescribed Forest Fires (2007) (16)
- Food stress, nestling growth, and fluctuating asymmetry (2000) (16)
- Resource use by sympatric kingbirds (1984) (16)
- Nest-construction tactics in the Cedar Waxwing (1988) (16)
- Do female tree swallows guard their mates by copulating frequently? (1994) (16)
- Differential allocation of reproductive effort to territorial establishment and maintenance by male yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia) (1988) (15)
- Influence of age and territory quality on the reproductive behaviour of male Yellow Warblers (1989) (15)
- Factors affecting germline mutations in a hypervariable microsatellite: a comparative analysis of six species of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae). (2011) (15)
- Vocalizations of the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) During the Prelaying Period: A Structural and Contextual Analysis (1994) (15)
- Geographic variation in prevalence and parasitemia of Haemoproteus paruli in the cerulean warbler (Dendroica cerulea) (2005) (14)
- Cavity size, clutch‐size and the breeding ecology of Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor (2008) (14)
- PROVISIONING RATES BY GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS (2007) (12)
- On Assessing the Economic and Ecological Impact of Winter Blackbird Flocks (1978) (11)
- A comparison of eastern kingbird breeding biology in lakeshore and upland habitats (1985) (11)
- Experimental mate replacement does not increase extra–pair paternity in tree swallows (1998) (10)
- SEASONAL CHANGES TO ARTHROPOD ABUNDANCE IN SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR OVERWINTERING FOREST BIRDS (2008) (10)
- Effects of nest-box density on the behavior of Tree Swallows during nest building (2006) (9)
- Blood Parasite Infection and Heterozygosity in Pure and Genetic-Hybrid Golden-Winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) Across Canada (2012) (9)
- Brood size and the cost of provisioning nestlings: interpreting Lack's hypothesis (1993) (9)
- Testis size and asymmetry in the tree swallow: A test of the compensation hypothesis (2002) (8)
- Clutch size in eastern phoebes (Sayornis phoebe) II: age effects and seasonal variation (1993) (8)
- The role of cavity size in the evolution of clutch size in tree swallows (1999) (8)
- Breeding seasonality of the mangrove warbler ( Dendroica petechia bryanti ) from southern Mexico (2009) (8)
- Time of day of egg laying by eastern bluebirds (1995) (7)
- DIFFICULTIES STORING AND PRESERVING TYRANT FLYCATCHER BLOOD SAMPLES USED FOR GENETIC ANALYSES (2000) (7)
- Occurrence of extra-pair copulation in the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) (1990) (7)
- Predicting the Effects of Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea Management on Eastern Ontario Bird Species (2004) (7)
- Male Song Variation and Female Mate Choice in the Golden-Winged Warbler (2010) (7)
- The Signal Function Of A Melanin-Based Plumage Ornament In Golden-Winged Warblers (2008) (7)
- Extra nest site occupancy by Tree Swallows : Do floaters avoid nest sites near settled pairs ? (1996) (7)
- RESPONSES OF BIRDS TO BROKEN EGGS IN THEIR NESTS (2000) (7)
- Nestling sex ratio of golden-winged warblersVermivora chrysopterain an introgressed population (2008) (6)
- A prairie Warbler with a conspecific and heterospecific song repertoire (1995) (6)
- Lack of mate-guarding in a territorial passerine bird with a low intensity of sperm competition, the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) (2010) (6)
- Mate guarding tactics used by Great Crested Flycatchers (1995) (5)
- Minimal Genetic Structure in the Cerulean Warbler Despite Evidence for Ecological Differentiation Among Populations (2013) (5)
- Testing the female mate-guarding hypothesis: a reply (1995) (5)
- Brooding behaviour in the cooperatively breeding Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys) (2006) (4)
- Maturity and Viability of Seed From Squirrel-Cut Pine Cones (1987) (4)
- When Older Males Sire More Offspring—Increased Attractiveness or Higher Fertility? (2022) (3)
- Comments on Blancher and Robertson's double-brooded Eastern kingbird (1984) (3)
- Weak Mate Guarding in Tree Swallows: Ecological Constraint or Female Control? (2010) (3)
- Tree Swallows Cannot Be Classified as Determinate or Indeterminate Layers (1993) (3)
- Altruism in the Savannah sparrow? (1980) (3)
- Distribution Patterns of Migrant and Resident Birds in Successional Forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico 1 (2001) (3)
- Does white tail patch size indicate quality in male Cerulean Warblers (Setophaga cerulea)? (2016) (2)
- Relationship of age and sex to size and color of eastern phoebes (1993) (1)
- SPECIES COMPOSITION, FOOD HABITS, AND THE ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGIC IMPACT OF WINTER BLACKBIRD FLOCKS (1976) (1)
- Swainson's Warblers nesting in early seral pine forests in East Texas.-Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) breeds locally throughout the southeastern United States (1996) (1)
- Spatial and demographic effects on Tree Swallow nest quality and reproductive success (2002) (1)
- Swainson's Warblers nesting in early seral pine forests in East Texas.-Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) breeds locally throughout the southeastern United States (1996) (1)
- Descriptions of Nests and Eggs of the Green-backed Sparrow and the Grey-throated Chat from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (2001) (1)
- The University of Chicago Confidence of Paternity and Male Parental Care (2010) (0)
- Long-distance Dispersal Patterns of Male Cerulean Warblers (Dendroica cerulea) Measured by Stable-hydrogen Isotopes Patrons de dispersion sur de longues distances de Parulines azurées mâles (Dendroica cerulea) mesurés à l'aide d'isotopes stables d'hydrogène (2007) (0)
- Response to R. P. Yunick (1988) (0)
- Laying-order effects on sperm numbers and on paternity: comparing three passerine birds with different life histories (2011) (0)
- Variation in sperm morphometry and sperm competition among barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations (2012) (0)
- Repeatability of sperm size and motility within and between seasons in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) (2013) (0)
- Shoreline Birds (0)
- Do Males Exchange Feathers for Copulations in Tree Swallows (1995) (0)
- Correction to: When Older Males Sire More Offspring—Increased Attractiveness or Higher Fertility? (2022) (0)
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