Research: Sexual selection, evolution of mating systems, communication, population biology of birds, introduced species, damselflies
University of California
Berkeley, CA
Ph.D. - Zoology
1985
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
M.S. - Zoology
1981
University of California
Davis, CA
B.S. - Zoology
1976
Conspicuous Plumage Does Not Increase Predation Risk: A Continent-Wide Test Using Model Songbirds.
Conspicuous Plumage Does Not Increase Predation Risk: A Continent-Wide Test Using Model Songbirds. Am Nat. 2019 03; 193(3):359-372.
PMID: 30794446
Multiple hypotheses explain variation in extra-pair paternity at different levels in a single bird family.
Multiple hypotheses explain variation in extra-pair paternity at different levels in a single bird family. Mol Ecol. 2017 Dec; 26(23):6717-6729.
PMID: 29068511
Different modes of evolution in males and females generate dichromatism in fairy-wrens (Maluridae).
Different modes of evolution in males and females generate dichromatism in fairy-wrens (Maluridae). Ecol Evol. 2013 Sep; 3(9):3030-46.
PMID: 24101992
Sons learn songs from their social fathers in a cooperatively breeding bird.
Sons learn songs from their social fathers in a cooperatively breeding bird. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Aug 22; 279(1741):3154-60.
PMID: 22593105
Multiple shifts between violet and ultraviolet vision in a family of passerine birds with associated changes in plumage coloration.
Multiple shifts between violet and ultraviolet vision in a family of passerine birds with associated changes in plumage coloration. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Apr 07; 279(1732):1269-76.
PMID: 21976683
A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves).
A multigene phylogeny examining evolutionary and ecological relationships in the Australo-papuan wrens of the subfamily Malurinae (Aves). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2011 Sep; 60(3):480-5.
PMID: 21466855
Sperm competition selects for sperm quantity and quality in the Australian Maluridae.
Sperm competition selects for sperm quantity and quality in the Australian Maluridae. PLoS One. 2011 Jan 25; 6(1):e15720.
PMID: 21283577
The genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in birds.
The genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in birds. Evolution. 2008 Jan; 62(1):214-9.
PMID: 18005159
Promiscuity drives sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird.
Promiscuity drives sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird. Evolution. 2007 Sep; 61(9):2205-11.
PMID: 17725624
Starlings can categorize symmetry differences in dot displays.
Starlings can categorize symmetry differences in dot displays. Am Nat. 2001 Sep; 158(3):300-7.
PMID: 18707326