| 2013 |
85.
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Foote
JF, Palazzi E, Mennill DJ
(2013) Songs of the Eastern Phoebe, a suboscine songbird, are
individually distinctive but do not vary geographically. Bioacoustics
online first. [PDF] |
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84.
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Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2013) The
responses of duetting antbirds to stereo duet playback provide support
for the joint territory defense hypothesis. Ethology in press. |
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83.
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Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2013) Vocal
behaviour of
barred antshrikes, a Neotropical duetting suboscine songbird. Journal
of Ornithology online first. [PDF]
|
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82.
|
Mennill DJ (2013) The vocal
behaviour of common loons (Gavia immer)
changes with time of day, time of year, and climatic conditions:
insights from landscape-level recordings. Waterbirds in
press.
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81.
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Sandoval
L*, Mendez C, Mennill DJ
(2013) Different vocal signals, but not prior experience, influence
heterospecific from conspecific discrimination. Animal
Behaviour in press.
|
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80.
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Sandoval
L*, Mennill DJ (2013)
Morphometric measurements permit accurate sexing of three species of
Mesoamerican ground-sparrow (genus: Melozone).
Wilson
Journal of Ornithology in press.
|
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79.
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Sosa-López
JR*, Mennill DJ,
Navarro-Sigüenza AG
(2013) Geographic variation and the evolution of song in Mesoamerican
rufous-naped wrens (Campylorhynchus
rufinucha). Journal of Avian Biology
online first. [PDF] |
|
2012
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78.
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Baker
TM*, Wilson DR*, Mennill DJ
(2012) Vocal signals predict attack during aggressive interactions in
black-capped chickadees. Animal Behaviour 84:965-974. [PDF]
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| 77. |
Douglas
SB*, Heath DD, Mennill DJ
(2012) Low levels of
extra-pair paternity in a neotropical duetting songbird, the
rufous-and-white wren. Condor 114:393-400. [PDF]
This paper
is the cover article of Condor volume 114 issue 2. |
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| 76. |
Kamtaeja
S*, Sitasuwan N, Chomdej S, Jatisatienr A, Mennill DJ (2012)
Species-distinctiveness in the vocal behaviour of six sympatric bulbuls
(genus Pycnonotus) in
Southeast Asia. Emu
- Austral Ornithology 112:199-208. [PDF] |
75.
|
Maynard
DF*, Ward KA, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ
(2012) Calling in an acoustically competitive environment: Duetting
male long-tailed manakins avoid overlapping neighbours but not
playback-simulated rivals. Animal Behaviour 84:563-573. [PDF]
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| 74. |
Mennill DJ, Battiston M*, Wilson
DR*, Foote JR, Doucet SM (2012) Field test of an affordable, portable,
wireless microphone array for spatial monitoring of animal ecology and
behaviour. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
3:704-712. [PDF] [YouTube] |
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73.
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Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Ward KAA,
Maynard DF*, Otis B, Burt JM (2012) A novel digital telemetry system
for tracking wild animals: a field test for studying mate choice in a
lekking tropical bird. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
3:663-672. [PDF] [YouTube] |
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72.
|
Odom
KA*, Mennill DJ (2012)
Inconsistent geographic variation in the calls and duets of Barred Owls
across an area of genetic introgression. Auk
129:387-398. [PDF]
|
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71.
|
Sandoval
L*, Mennill DJ (2012) Breeding
biology of White-eared Ground-sparrows (Melozone leucotis) with a
description of a new nest type. Ornitologia Neotropical
23:225-234. [PDF]
|
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70.
|
Sosa-López
JR*, Martinez-Gomez JE, Mennill DJ
(2012) Description of the nest, eggs, and parental behavior of the
Clarion Wren (Troglodytes tanneri),
a vulnerable island-endemic song bird. Ornitologia
Neotropical 23:291-298. [PDF]
|
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69.
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Toth
CA, Mennill DJ, Ratcliffe LM
(2012) Evidence for multi-contest eavesdropping in chickadees. Behavioral
Ecology 23:836-842. [PDF]
This paper
is the cover article of Behavioral
Ecology volume 23 issue 4. |
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2011
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68.
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Baldo
S*, Mennill DJ (2011) Vocal
behavior of Great Curassows, a vulnerable Neotropical bird. Journal
of Field Ornithology 82:249-258.
[PDF]
|
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67.
|
Blumstein
DT, Mennill DJ, Clemins P,
Girod L, Yao K, Patricelli G, Deppe JL, Krakauer AH, Clark C,
Cortopassi KA, Hanser SF, McCowan B, Ali AM, Kirscehl ANG (2011)
Acoustic monitoring in terrestrial environments using microphone
arrays: applications, technological considerations, and prospectus. Journal of Applied
Ecology. 48:758-767. [PDF]
This paper was
featured
as “Editor’s Choice” in the May 2011 issue of Journal of Applied
Ecology. Read the feature here.
|
|
| 66. |
Bradley
DW*, Mennill DJ (2011)
Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus
rufinucha). Neotropical
Birds (T. S. Schulenberg, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of
Ornithology. [Online]
|
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65.
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Fitzsimmons
LP*, Barker NK*, Mennill DJ
(2011) Further analysis supports the conclusion that Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans) songs are
individually distinctive and bear a lek signature. Auk
128:790-792. [PDF] |
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64.
|
Foote
JR*, Fitzsimmons LP*, Mennill DJ,
Ratcliffe LM (2011) Male black-capped chickadees begin dawn chorusing
earlier in response to simulated territorial insertions. Animal
Behaviour 81:871-877. [PDF]
|
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63.
|
Hanna
D, Blouin-Demers G, Wilson DR*, Mennill
DJ (2011) Anthropogenic noise affects song structure in
Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius
phoeniceus). Journal of Experimental
Biology 214:3542-3548. [PDF]
This paper
is the cover article of Journal of Experimental Biology volume 214
issue 21, and is featured in "Inside JEB" (read the
feature here).
|
|
|
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62.
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Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2011)
Aggressive responses to playback of solos and duets in a neotropical
antbird. Animal Behaviour 82:587-593. [PDF] |
|
61.
|
Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2011) Barred
Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus).
Neotropical
Birds (T. S. Schulenberg, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell
Lab of Ornithology. [Online] |
|
60.
|
Lapierre
JM, Mennill DJ,
MacDougall-Shackleton EA (2011) Spatial and age-related variation in
use of locally common song elements in dawn singing of song sparrows Melospiza melodia; old males sing
the hits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
65:2149-2160. [PDF] |
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59.
|
Martin
JP*, Doucet SM, Knox RC*, Mennill DJ
(2011) Body size correlates negatively with frequency of distress calls
and songs in Neotropical birds. Journal of Field
Ornithology 82:259-268. [PDF]
|
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58.
|
Mennill DJ (2011) Individual
distinctiveness in avian vocalizations and the spatial montioring of
behaviour. Ibis 153:235-238. [PDF]
|
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57.
|
Osmun
AE*, Mennill DJ (2011)
Acoustic monitoring reveals congruent patterns of territorial singing
behaviour in male and female tropical wrens. Ethology
117:385-394. [PDF] |
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56.
|
Wilson
DR*, Mennill DJ (2011) Duty
cycle, not signal structure, explains conspecific and heterospecific
responses to the calls of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus). Behavioral
Ecology 22:784-790. [PDF]
|
|
2010
|
| 55. |
Doucet
SM, Mennill DJ (2010) Dynamic
sexual dichromatism in an explosively breeding Neotropical toad. Biology
Letters 6:63-66. [PDF] |
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54.
|
Douglas
SB*, Mennill DJ (2010) A
review
of acoustic playback techniques for studying avian vocal duets. Journal of Field
Ornithology 81:115-129. [PDF]
|
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53.
|
Foote
JR*, Mennill DJ, Ratcliffe LM,
Smith SM
(2010) Black-capped chickadee (Poecile
atricapillus), The Birds of North
America (A. Poole,
Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. [Online]
|
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52.
|
Foote
JR*, Fitzsimmons LP*, Mennill DJ,
Ratcliffe LM (2010) Black-capped chickadee dawn choruses are
interactive communication networks. Behaviour 147:1219-1248. [PDF]
|
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51.
|
Naguib
M, Mennill DJ (2010) The
signal value of bird song: empirical evidence suggests song overlapping
is a signal. Animal Behaviour 80:e11-e15. [PDF]
|
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50.
|
Odom
KJ*, Mennill DJ (2010) Vocal
duets in a nonpasserine: an examination of territory defense and
neighbour-stranger discrimination in a neighbourhood of Barred Owls. Behaviour
147, 619-639. [PDF]
|
|
49.
|
Odom
KJ*, Mennill DJ (2010) A
quantitative description of Barred Owl vocalizations and vocal
activity. Condor 112:549-560. [PDF]
|
|
| 48. |
Wilson
DR*, Mennill DJ (2010)
Black-capped chickadees (Poecile
atricapillus) use individually distinctive songs to discriminate
between conspecifics. Animal Behaviour
79:1267-1275. [PDF]
|
|
2009
|
47.
|
Barker
NK*, Mennill DJ
(2009) Song perch height in rufous-and-white wrens: Does behaviour
enhance effective communication in a tropical forest? Ethology
115:897-904. [PDF] |
|
46.
|
Barker
NK*, Dabelsteen T, Mennill DJ
(2009) Degradation of
rufous-and-white wren songs in a tropical forest: Effects of sex, perch
height, and habitat. Behaviour 146:1093-1122.
[PDF] |
|
45.
|
Bradley
DW*, Mennill DJ (2009)
Solos,
duets, and
choruses: The vocal behaviour of the Rufous-naped Wren, a cooperatively
breeding neotropical songbird. Journal of Ornithology. [PDF] |
|
44.
|
Bradley
DW*, Mennill DJ (2009)
Strong
ungraded responses to playback of solos, duets, and choruses in a
cooperatively breeding neotropical songbird. Animal
Behaviour. [PDF] |
|
| 43. |
Hennin
HL*, Barker NK*,
Bradley DW*, Mennill DJ
(2009)
Bachelor and paired male rufous-and-white wrens use different singing
strategies. Behavioral
Ecology &
Sociobiology. [PDF]
|
|
42.
|
Swiston
KA*, Mennill DJ (2009)
Comparison of
manual and automated cross-correlation methods for identifying target
sounds in continuous audio recordings of Pileated, Pale-billed, and
putative Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. Journal of Field Ornithology
80:42-50. [PDF] |
|
2008
|
41.
|
Fitzsimmons
LP*, Foote JR,
Ratcliffe LM, Mennill DJ (2008)
Frequency
matching,
overlapping, and movement behaviour in diurnal countersinging
interactions of black-capped chickadees. Animal Behaviour
75:1913-1920. [PDF] |
|
40.
|
Fitzsimmons
LP*, Foote JR,
Ratcliffe LM, Mennill DJ (2008)
Eavesdropping and communication networks revealed through stereo
playback and an Acoustic Location System. Behavioral Ecology
19:824-829. [PDF] |
|
39.
|
Fitzsimmons
LP*, Barker
NK*, Mennill DJ (2008)
Individual variation and lek-based vocal distinctiveness in songs of
the Screaming Piha (Lipaugus
vociferans), a suboscine songbird. Auk 125:908-914. [PDF] |
|
38.
|
Foote
JR,
Fitzsimmons LP*, Mennill DJ,
Ratcliffe LM (2008) Male chickadees match neighbours
interactively at dawn: support for the social dynamics hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology 19:1192-1199.
[PDF]
|
|
37.
|
Foote
JR,
Fitzsimmons LP*, Mennill DJ,
Ratcliffe LM (2008) Tied to the nest: Male black-capped chickadees
decrease dawn chorus movement behaviour when their mate is fertile. Animal
Behaviour 76:1227-1233.
[PDF] |
|
36.
|
Lippold
S*,
Fitzsimmons
LP*,
Foote JR, Ratcliffe LM, Mennill
DJ (2008) Post-contest behaviour in black-capped chickadees
(Poecile atricapillus): Loser
displays, not victory displays, follow
asymmetrical countersinging exchanges. Acta Ethologica 11:67-72.
[PDF] |
|
35.
|
Mennill DJ, Vehrencamp SL
(2008)
Context-dependent functions of avian duets revealed through microphone
array recordings and multi-speaker playback. Current
Biology 18:1314-1319. [PDF] |
|
34.
|
Schubert
KA, Mennill DJ, Ramsay SM,
Otter KA,
Boag PT, Ratcliffe LM, & Kraus KC (2008)
Between-year survival and rank transitions in male black-capped
chickadees: a multi-strata modelling approach. Auk
125:629-636. [PDF] |
|
33.
|
Topp
SM*, Mennill DJ (2008)
Seasonal variation in the duetting behaviour of rufous-and-white wrens (Thryothorus rufalbus). Behavioral
Ecology & Sociobiology 62:1107-1117. [PDF] |
|
32.
|
Tremain
SB*,
Swiston KA*, Mennill DJ
(2008) Seasonal
Variation
in Acoustic Signals of Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus). Wilson
Journal of Ornithology 120:499-504. [PDF] |
|
31.
|
Valderrama
S*, Parra J,
Davila N, Mennill DJ (2008)
The vocal behavior of the critically-endangered Niceforo's Wren (Thryothorus nicefori). Auk 125:
395-401. [PDF] |
|
2007
|
30.
|
Cuthbert
JL*, Mennill DJ (2007)
The
duetting
behavior of Pacific coast plain wrens (Thryothrous
modestus modestus). Condor 109:686-692. [PDF]
Online
supplement:
Listen to the songs
described in this paper at my interactive Plain Wren Song Page. |
|
29.
|
Doucet
SM, Mennill DJ, Hill GE
(2007) The
evolution of signal design in manakin plumage ornaments. The
American Naturalist 169:S63-S80.
[PDF] |
|
28.
|
Freeberg
TM, Baker MC,
Bloomfield LL, Charrier I, Gammon DE, Hailman JP, Lee TT-Y, Lucas JR, Mennill DJ, Sturdy CB (2007)
Complexities in Vocal Communication. In: Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and
Titmice (Otter KA, ed) 235-240. [PDF] |
|
27.
|
Mennill DJ, Otter KA (2007)
Status signalling and
communication networks in black-capped chickadees: Complex
communication with a simple song. In: Ecology
and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice (Otter KA, ed) 215-233. [PDF] |
|
26.
|
Mennill DJ, Burg TM, Curry BL,
Martin K, Norris AR, Ratcliffe
LM, Reudink MW, Rossano LM, Shubert KA (2007) Parid Reproductive
Behaviour. In: Ecology
and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice (Otter KA, ed) 147-150. [PDF] |
|
25.
|
Ratcliffe
LM, Mennill DJ, Schubert
KA (2007)
Dominance in black-capped chickadees. In: Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and
Titmice (Otter KA, ed) 131-146. [PDF] |
|
24.
|
Schubert
KA, Mennill
DJ,
Ramsay SM, Otter KA, Boag PT, Ratcliffe LM (2007) Variation in
social rank acquisition influences lifetime reproductive success in
black-capped chickadees. Biological Journal of
the Linnean Society 90:85-95. [PDF] |
|
23.
|
Valderrama
S*, Parra
J, Mennill DJ (2007)
Species differences in the songs of the critically endangered
Niceforo's Wren (Thryothorus nicefori)
and the related Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryothorus
rufalbus). Condor 109:870-878. [PDF]
Online supplement:
Listen to the songs
described in this paper at my interactive Niceforo's
Wren Song Page. |
|
2006
|
22.
|
Hill
GE, Mennill
DJ, Rolek BW, Hicks TL, Swiston KA (2006) Evidence
suggesting that ivory-billed woodpeckers exist in Florida. Avian Conservation and
Ecology - Écologie et conservation des oiseaux. [Online access] |
|
21.
|
Mennill
DJ (2006) Aggressive responses of male and female
rufous-and-white wrens to stereo duet playback. Animal Behaviour
17:219-226. [PDF] |
|
20.
|
Mennill DJ, Rogers AC (2006)
Whip it good! Geographic
consistency in male songs and variability in female songs of the
duetting Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes
olivaceus). Journal
of Avian
Biology 37:93-100. [PDF]
Online
supplement:
Listen to the songs
described in this paper at my interactive Eastern
Whipbird Song Page. |
|
19.
|
Mennill
DJ, Badyaev AV, Jonart LM, Hill GE (2006) Male house
finches with elaborate songs have higher reproductive performance. Ethology
112:174-180. [PDF] |
|
18.
|
Mennill
DJ, Burt JM, Fristrup KM, Vehrencamp SL (2006) Accuracy of
an acoustic location system for monitoring the position of duetting
tropical songbirds. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America 119:2832-2839. [PDF] |
|
2005
|
17.
|
Doucet
SM, Mennill DJ,
Montgomerie
R, Boag PT, Ratcliffe LM (2005) Achromatic plumage reflectance
predicts reproductive success in male black-capped chickadees. Behavioral
Ecology 16:218-222. [PDF] |
|
16.
|
Doucet
SM, Mennill
DJ (2005) First description of the nest of the Round-tailed
Manakin (Pipra chloromeros).
Ornithologia
Neotropical 16:433-434. [PDF] |
|
15.
|
Mennill
DJ, Vehrencamp SL (2005) Sex differences in the singing and
duetting behavior of neotropical Rufous-and-white Wrens ( Thryothorus
rufalbus). Auk
122:175-186. [PDF]
Online
supplement:
Listen to the
songs
described in this paper at my interactive Rufous-and-white
Wren Song Page. |
|
14.
|
Mennill DJ, Doucet
SM (2005) First description of the nest of the Ruddy Treerunner (Margarornis rubiginosus). Cotinga
24:109-110. [PDF] |
|
2004
|
13.
|
Christie
PJ, Mennill DJ,
Ratcliffe
LM (2004) Pitch shifts and song structure indicate male quality in the
dawn chorus of
black-capped
chickadees. Behavioral
Ecology and
Sociobiology 55:341-348. [PDF] |
|
12.
|
Christie
PJ, Mennill DJ,
Ratcliffe
LM (2004) Chickadee song structure is individually distinctive over
long broadcast
distances. Behaviour
141:101-124. [PDF] |
|
11.
|
Mennill
DJ, Ratcliffe LM (2004) Nest cavity orientation in
black-capped chickadees Poecile
atricapillus: do the acoustic properties of cavities influence
sound reception in the nest and extra-pair matings? Journal of Avian Biology
35:477-482. [PDF] |
|
10.
|
Mennill
DJ, Ratcliffe LM
(2004) Overlapping and matching in the song contests of black-capped
chickadees. Animal Behavior
67:441-450. [PDF] |
|
9.
|
Mennill
DJ,
Ramsay SM,
Boag PT,
Ratcliffe LM (2004) Patterns of extrapair mating in relation to
male dominance status and female nest placement in black-capped
chickadees. Behavioral
Ecology
15:757-765. [PDF] |
|
8.
|
Mennill
DJ,
Ratcliffe LM
(2004) Do male black-capped chickadees eavesdrop on song contests? A
multi-speaker playback experiment. Behaviour
141:125-139. [PDF] |
|
2003
|
7.
|
Mennill
DJ, Boag PT, Ratcliffe
LM (2003) The reproductive choices of eavesdropping female
black-capped
chickadees, Poecile atricapillus. Naturwissenschaften
90:577-582. [PDF] |
|
6.
|
Mennill
DJ, Doucet SM,
Montgomerie
R, Ratcliffe LM (2003) Achromatic color variation in black-capped
chickadees, Poecile atricapilla:
Black and white signals
of sex and rank. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology
53:350-357. [PDF] |
|
5.
|
Ramsay
SM, Mennill DJ,
Otter
KA,
Ratcliffe LM, Boag PT (2003) Sex allocation in black-capped
chickadees. Journal of Avian
Biology
34:134-139. [PDF] |
|
2002
|
4.
|
Mennill
DJ, Ratcliffe LM,
Boag PT (2002) Female eavesdropping on male song contests in songbirds.
Science 296:873-873.
[PDF] [download
supplementary materials] |
|
2001
|
3.
|
Mennill
DJ (2001) Song
characteristics
and singing behaviour of the mangrove warbler (Dendroica petechia
bryanti). Journal
of Field Ornithology 72:327-337. [PDF] |
|
2000
|
2.
|
Mennill
DJ, Ratcliffe LM
(2000)
A field test of Syrinx sound analysis software in interactive playback.
Bioacoustics
11:77-86. [PDF] |
|
1.
|
Ramsay
SM, Otter KA, Mennill
DJ,
Ratcliffe LM, Boag PT (2000) Divorce and extrapair mating in
female black-capped chickadees (Parus
atricapillus): separate
strategies with a common target. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology
49:18-23. [PDF] |
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Non-refereed
contributions to research
|
|
Mennill DJ (2011) "Chickadee" and
"Black-capped Chickadee" entries in The Canadian
Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation, Ottawa, Canada.
|
|
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Mennill DJ, Smith JNM (2011)
"Nuthatch" entry in The Canadian
Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation, Ottawa, Canada. |
|
|
Mennill DJ (2009) Book
review: The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario, 2001-2005. Wilson
Journal of Ornithology 121:662-663. [PDF]
|
|
|
Mennill DJ
(2006) Book
review: Animal Communication Networks. International
Society for
Behavioral Ecology Newsletter
18:11-12. [PDF] |
|
|
Rogers
AC, Mennill
DJ, Hall
ML (2002) The function of avian duets: defining hypotheses, discussing
advances and clarifying
future
directions. International Society for
Behavioral Ecology Newsletter
14:19-21. [PDF] |
|
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Peer-reviwed
contributions written by my students
|
|
La V* (2012) Diurnal and
nocturnal birds vocalize at night: a review. Condor 114:245-257.
|
|
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Sandoval L*, Wilson DR*
(2012) Local predation pressure predicts the strength of mobbing
responses in tropical birds. Current Zoology
58:781-790.
|
|
|
Sosa R* (2011). Socorro
Wren (Troglodytes sissonii). Neotropical Birds (T.
S. Schulenberg, Ed.). Itahca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
|
|
|
Barker
NK*
(2008) Bird
song
structure and transmission in the neotropics: trends, methods and
future directions. Ornitologia
Neotropical 19:175-199. |
|
|
Bradley
DW* (2008)
Description of the
nest and parental behavior of the bare-crowned antbird (Gymnocichla nudiceps). Ornitologia
Neotropical 19:153-156. |
|
|
Valderrama
SV*,
Parra JE, DaVila N
(2007) First description of the nest of the Niceforo's Wren: A
critically endangered Colombian endemic songbird. Ornitologia
Neotropical 18:313-318. |
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