| 2024 |
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178.
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Aubin
JA*, Dobney SL*,
Foreman SAM*, SM Doucet, DR Norris, H Williams, Mennill DJ (2024) Birds respond more
strongly to locally-common versus locally-rare songs: a playback
experiment with Savannah sparrows. Animal Behaviour 212:127-135.
[PDF]
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177.
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Gardner
KA*, Mennill DJ, Newman AEM,
Doucet SM
(2023) Stress, corticosterone, and colour change in a toad with dynamic
sexual dichromatism. Behaviour 1-18. [PDF] |
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176.
|
Gardner KA*, Mennill DJ, Doucet SM (2024)
Male-male competition in a toad with dynamic sexual dichromatism: males
react similarly to robotic models that vary in colour. Journal of
Herpetology in press.
|
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175.
|
Mennill DJ (2024) Field tests of
small autonomous recording units: An evaluation of in-person versus
automated point counts and a comparison of recording quality. Bioacoustics 2:1-21. [PDF] |
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174.
|
Mueller
SD, Wheelwright
NT, Mennill DJ, Newman AEM,
Doucet SM, Burant JB, Dobney SL*, Mitchell GW, Spina HA, Woodworth BK,
Norris DR (2024) Reduced fitness of females in a facultatively
polygynous species: a 32-year study of Savannah Sparrows. Behavioral Ecology in
press.
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173.
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Sanchez
N*, Mennill DJ (2024)
Behavioural consequences of conspecific density: a systematic
literature review of the effects of neighbours on avian vocal
communication. Journal
of Ornithology in press. |
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172.
|
Sanchez
N*, Vargas-Valverde I, Espejo-Uriba MJ, Mennill DJ (2004) Male and female
tropical wrens vary their vocal behaviour when local density changes: a
multi-speaker density experiment. Behavioral Ecology
accepted.
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171.
|
Sharma
SPS*, Dobney SL*, Norris DR, Doucet SM, Newman AEM, Burant JB, Moran
IG*, Mueller SD, Spina HA, Woodworth B, Mennill DJ (2024) Effects of age,
breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on
territory size and shape in Passerculus
sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow). Ornithology
141:1-10. [PDF]
|
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170.
|
Williams
H, Dobney SL*, Robins C, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2023) Familiarity and
homogeneity affect the discrimination of a local song dialect. Animal Behaviour
209:9-20. [PDF]
|
|
| 2023 |
|
169.
|
Aubin
JA*, Mikus M-A, Michaud R, Mennill DJ,
Vergara V (2023) Fly with care: belugas show evasive responses to low
altitude drone flights. Marine Mammal Science
39:718-739. [PDF]
|
|
168.
|
Bircher
N*, Mennill DJ, van Oers K,
Naguib M (2023) Singing interactions among territorial neighbors and
their relation to visual ornaments, parental care, and breeding success
in the great tit (Parus major).
Ethology
129:322-333. [PDF]
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167.
|
Dobney
SA*, Bornais MK*, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Williams H, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2023) Quiet in the
nest: the nest environment attenuates song in a grassland bird. Avian Research 14:100148. [PDF]
|
|
| 166. |
Gayk
ZG*, Mennill DJ (2022)
Acoustic similarity of flight calls corresponds with composition and
structure of mixed-species flocks of migrating birds: Evidence from a
3-D microphone array. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biology
378:20220114. [PDF] |
|
| 2022 |
|
165.
|
Burant
JB, Heisey EW, Wheelwright NT, Newman AEM, Whelan S, Mennill DJ, Doucet SM,
Mitchell GW, Woodworth BK, Norris DR (2022) Natal experience and
pre-breeding
environmental conditions affect lay date plasticity in Savannah
sparrows. Ecology
103:e03575. [PDF]
|
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164.
|
Graham
BA*, DD Heath, PC
Pulgarin, RP Walter, M Mark, Mennill
DJ
(2022) Habitat connectivity, gene flow, and population genetic
structure in a Neotropical understory insectivore, the Rufous-and-white
Wren. Ornithology
139:ukac030.
[PDF]
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163.
|
Hensel
AJL*, Dobney S*, Doucet SM, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Williams H, Mennill DJ (2022) Microgeographic
variation in bird song: Savannah Sparrows exhibit microdialects in an
island population. Animal Behaviour 188:119-131.
[PDF]
|
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162.
|
Hensel
ALJ*, Dobney S*, Moran I*, Thomas IP*, Burant JB, Woodworth BK, Doucet
SM, Newman AEM, Norris DR, Williams H, Mennill
DJ (2022) Passive acoustic monitoring provides predictable and
reliable underestimates of population size and longevity in wild
Savannah Sparrows. Ornithological
Applications 124:1-11. [PDF]
|
|
161.
|
Shangi
N*, Gardner KS*, Mennill DJ,
Doucet SM (2022) Is
color related to parasite load in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical
toad? Herpetologica
78:235-243. [PDF]
|
|
160.
|
Williams
H, Scharfab A, Rybaac A, Norris DR, Mennill
DJ, Newman AEM, Doucet SM, Blackwood J (2022) Cumulative
cultural evolution and mechanisms for cultural selection in wild bird
songs. Nature
Communications 13:1-11. [PDF]
|
|
| 2021 |
|
159.
|
Gardner
K*, Mennill DJ, Savi L*,
Shangi N*, Doucet SM (2021) Sexual selection in a neotropical toad: Do
female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour
change? Ethology 127:475-483. [PDF]
|
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158.
|
Gayk
ZG*, Simpson RK*, Mennill DJ
(2021) The evolution of Wood Warbler flight calls: species with similar
migrations produce acoustically similar calls. Evolution 75:719-730.
[PDF]
|
|
157.
|
Graham
BA*, Heath DH, Mennill DJ
(2021) Female and male song exhibit both parallel and divergent
patterns of
cultural evolution: A long-term study of song structure and diversity
in tropical wrens. Ornithology 138:1-16. [PDF]
|
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156.
|
Owen
KC*, Mennill DJ (2021)
Singing in a fragmented environment: the effects of neighbours, time of
day, and seasonal variation on vocal behaviours of female and male
tropical wrens. Journal
of Ornithology 162:881-893. [PDF]
|
|
155.
|
Simpson
RK*, Wilson DR, Mistakidis A, Mennill
DJ, Doucet SM 2021) Sympatry drives colour and song divergence
in wood-warblers (Parulidae). Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London, Series B: Biology 288:20202804. [PDF]
|
|
154.
|
Thomas
IP*, Doucet SM, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Williams H, Mennill DJ (2021) Vocal learning in
Savannah sparrows: Acoustic similarity to neighbours shapes song
development & territorial aggression. Animal Behaviour
176:77-86. [PDF]
|
|
| 2020 |
|
153.
|
Demko
AD*, Sosa-Lopez JR, Simpson RK, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2020). Divergence in
plumage, voice, and morphology indicates speciation in Rufous-capped
Warblers (Basileuterus rufifrons) Auk: Ornithological
Advances 137:ukaa029. [PDF]
|
|
152.
|
Gardner
KM*, Mennill DJ, Newman AEM,
Doucet SM (2020) Social and physiological drivers of rapid colour
change in a tropical toad. General and Comparative
Endocrinology 285:113292. [PDF]
|
|
151.
|
Gayk
ZG*, Mennill DJ (2020)
Pinpointing the
position of flying songbirds with a wireless microphone array:
three-dimensional triangulation of warblers on the wing. Bioacoustics 29:375-386.
[PDF]
|
|
150.
|
Landsborough
BL*, Wilson DA, Mennill DJ (2020)
Variation in chick-a-dee call
sequences, not in the fine structure of chick-a-dee calls,
influences mobbing behaviour in mixed-species
flocks. Behavioral
Ecology 31:54-62. [PDF]
|
|
149.
|
Owen
KC*, Melin AD, Campos FA, Fedigan LM, Gillespie TW, Mennill DJ (2020) Bioacoustic
analyses reveal that bird communities recover with forest succession in
tropical dry forests. Avian Conservation and
Ecology 15:25. [PDF]
|
|
| 2019 |
148.
|
Araya-Salas
M, Vidaurre GS, Mennill DJ,
Gonzalez-Gomez PL, Cahill H, Wright TF (2019) Social group signatures
provide evidence of learning in visual displays. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London Series B: Biology 286:20190666. [PDF]
|
|
147.
|
Demko
A*,
Sosa-López JR, Mennill DJ (2019).
Subspecies discrimination on the basis of acoustic signals: a playback
experiment in a Neotropical songbird. Animal Behaviour
157:77-85. [PDF]
|
|
146.
|
Demko
AD*, Mennill DJ (2019)
Rufous-capped
Warblers Basileuterus rufifrons
show seasonal, temporal, and annual variationin song use. Ibis
161:481-494. [PDF] |
|
145.
|
Landsborough
BL*, Foote
JR, Mennill DJ (2019)
Decoding the "Zeep" complex: Quantitative
analysis of interspecific variation in the nocturnal flight calls of
nine wood warbler species (Parulidae spp.). Bioacoustics 28:555-574 [PDF] |
|
144.
|
Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Newman AEM,
Williams H, Moran IG*, Thomas IP*, Woodworth BK, Bornais M*, Norris DR
(2019) Eavesdropping on adult vocal interactions does not enhance
juvenile song learning: an experiment with wild songbirds. Animal Behaviour
155:67-75. [PDF]
|
|
143.
|
Moran
IG*, Lukianchuk KC*, Doucet SM, Newman AEM, Williams H, Norris DR, Mennill DJ (2019) Diel and seasonal
patterns of variation in the singing behaviour of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). Avian Research
10:16. [PDF]
|
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142.
|
Moser-Purdy
C*, Kahn ZA*, Graham BA*, Mennill DJ (2019)
Male and female Rufous-and-white Wrens do not song type match during
simulated territorial intrusions. Journal of Avian
Biology 50:7. [PDF]
|
|
141.
|
Williams
H, Robins CAW,
Norris DR, Newman AEM, Freeman-Gallant CR, Wheelwright NT, Mennill DJ (2019) The buzz segment
of Savannah Sparrow song is a population marker. Journal of Ornithology
1:217-227. [PDF]
|
|
| 2018 |
140.
|
Demko
AD*, Mennill DJ (2018) Male
and female signaling behavior varies seasonally during territorial
interactions in a tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology
72:84. [PDF]
|
|
139.
|
Demko
AD*, Mennill DJ (2018) Nest
description and nesting behavior of the Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons). Ornitologia
Neotropical 29:167-174. [PDF]
|
|
138.
|
Graham
BA*, Heath DD,
Walter RP, Mark MM, Mennill DJ
(2018) Parallel evolutionary forces
influence the evolution of male and female songs in a tropical
songbird. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology 31:979-994. [PDF]
|
|
137.
|
Graham
BA*, Heath DD, Walter R, Mennill DJ
(2018) Immigrant song: males and females learn songs post-dispersal
in a tropical bird. Behavioral Ecology
7:10089-10102. [PDF]
|
|
136.
|
Hedley
RW, Logue DM,
Benedict L, Mennill DJ (2018)
Assessing the similarity of song syntax among birds: Evidence for
inter-species variation. Animal Behaviour 140:161-170. [PDF]
|
|
135.
|
Kahn
ZA*, Moser-Purdy CE*, Mennill DJ
(2018)
Sing and do not stray: Male Rufous-and-white Wrens use duets and
physical behaviours to guard their mates. Animal Behaviour
143:35-42. [PDF]
|
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134.
|
Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Newman AEM,
Williams H, Moran IG*, Thomas IP*, Woodworth BK, Norris DR (2018) Wild
birds learn songs from experimental vocal tutors. Current
Biology 28:3273-3278.
[PDF]
This paper
was the cover article of Current Biology volume 28 issue 20. |
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|
|
133.
|
Moran
IG, Doucet SM, Newman AEM, Norris DR, Mennill
DJ (2018) Quiet violence: Savannah Sparrows respond to
playback-simulated rivals using low-amplitude songs as aggressive
signals. Ethology 124:724-732. [PDF]
|
|
132.
|
Woodworth
B, Norris RD,
Graham BA*, Kahn ZA*, Mennill DJ
(2018) Hot temperatures during the dry season reduce survival of a
resident tropical bird. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London Series B: Biology 285:20180176. [PDF]
|
|
| 2017 |
| 131. |
Araya-Salas
M, Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Phillips EM, Mennill
DJ, Wright TF (2017) To
overlap or not to overlap: context-dependent coordinated singing in
lekking long-billed hermits. Animal Behaviour
124:57-64. [PDF]
|
|
| 130. |
Foote
JR, Fitzsimmons LP*, Lobert LM, Ratcliffe LM, Mennill DJ (2017) A population-level
analysis of morning song: exploring the implications for point counts. Canadian
Field-Naturalist 131:10-18. [PDF]
|
|
129.
|
Graham
BA*, Heath DD, Mennill DJ
(2017) Dispersal influences genetic and acoustic spatial structure for
both males and females in a tropical songbird. Ecology and Evolution
7:10089-10102. [PDF]
|
|
128.
|
Graham
BA*, Sandoval LA*, Dabelsteen T, Mennill
DJ (2017) A test of the Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis in three
types of tropical forest: degradation of male and female
Rufous-and-white Wren songs. Bioacoustics 26:37-61. [PDF] |
|
| 127. |
Moser-Purdy
CE*, MacDougall-Shackleton EA, Mennill
DJ (2017) Enemies aren't always
dear: male song sparrows adjust dear enemy effect expression in
response to female fertility. Animal Behaviour
93:47-52. [PDF]
|
|
126.
|
Moser-Purdy
CE*, MacDougall-Shackleton S, Bonier F, Graham BA*, Boyer A, Mennill DJ (2017) Male song sparrows
have elevated testosterone in response to neighbors versus strangers. Hormones and Behavior
93:47-52. [PDF]
|
|
125.
|
Rehberg-Besler
N*, Doucet
SM, Mennill DJ (2017)
Overlapping vocalizations produce far-reaching
choruses: a test of the signal enhancement hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology
28:494-499. [PDF]
This paper
was the cover article of Behavioral Ecology volume 28 issue 2. |
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|
|
124.
|
Roach
SP, Mennill DJ, Phillmore L
(2017) Operant discrimination of relative frequency ratios in
black-capped chickadee song. Animal Cognition 20:961-973.
[PDF]
|
|
123.
|
Sandoval
L*, Epperly K, Klicka J, Mennill DJ
(2017) The biogeographic and evolutionary history of an endemic clade
of Middle American sparrows: Melozone and Aimophila (Aves:
Passerellidae). Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution 110:50-59. [PDF]
|
|
122.
|
Sandoval
L*, Bitton P-P, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ
(2017) Phenotypic variation and vocal divergence reveals a species
complex in White-eared Ground-sparrows (Cabanis) (Aves: Passerellidae).
Zootaxa
4291: 155-170. [PDF]
|
|
121.
|
Sosa-López
JR*, Mennill DJ, Renton K
(2017) Sexual differentiation and seasonal variation in response to
conspecific and heterospecific acoustic signals. Ethology
123:460-466. [PDF]
|
|
| 2016 |
| 120. |
Hahn
AH, Hoeschele M, Guillette LM, Hoang J, McMillan N, Congdon JV,
Campbell KA, Mennill DJ, Otter
KA, Grava T, Ratcliffe LM, & Sturdy CB (2016) Black-capped
chickadees categorize songs based on features that vary geographically.
Animal
Behaviour 112:93-104. [PDF]
|
|
| 119. |
Harris
AJ*, Wilson DR*,
Graham BA*, Mennill DJ (2016)
Estimating repertoire size in a songbird: A comparison of three
techniques. Bioacoustics
1-14. [PDF]
|
|
118.
|
Hick
KG*, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2016) Tropical wrens rely more on acoustic
signals than visual signals for inter- and intraspecific
discrimination. Animal
Behaviour 118:153-163. [PDF]
|
|
117.
|
Masco
C, Allesina S, Mennill DJ,
Pruett-Jones S (2016) The Song Overlap Null model Generator (SONG): a
new method for distinguishing between random and non-random song
overlap. Bioacoustics
25:29-40. [PDF]
|
|
116.
|
Moser-Purdy
CE*, Mennill DJ (2016) Large
vocal
repertoires do not constrain the dear enemy effect: a playback
experiment and comparative study of songbirds. Animal Behaviour 118:55-64. [PDF]
|
|
115.
|
Rehberg-Besler N*, Doucet
SM, Mennill DJ (2016) Vocal
behaviour of the explosively breeding Neotropical yellow toad, Incilius
letkenii. Journal
of Herpetology 50:502-508.
[PDF]
|
|
| 114. |
Roach
SP, Lockyer AC,
Yousef T, Mennill DJ,
Phillmore LS (2016) Vocal production and playback of altered song do
not affect ZENK expression in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus). Behavioural Brain
Research 298:91-99. [PDF] |
|
113.
|
Sandoval
L*, Méndez
C, Mennill DJ (2016) Vocal
behaviour of White-eared Ground-sparrows (Melozone leucotis) during the
breeding season: repertoires, diel variation, behavioural contexts, and
individual distinctiveness. Journal of Ornithology
157:1-12. [PDF] |
|
112.
|
Sosa-López
JR*, Martinez Gomez J, Mennill DJ (2016)
Divergence in mating signals correlates with genetic distance and
behavioural responses to playback. Journal of Evolutionary
Biology 29:306-318. [PDF]
|
|
111.
|
Watson
MJ*, Wilson DR*, Mennill DJ
(2016) Anthropogenic light is associated with increased vocal activity
by nocturnally migrating birds. Condor: Ornithological
Applications 118:338-344.
[PDF]
|
|
110.
|
Wilson
DR*, Ratcliffe LM, Mennill DJ
(2016) Black-capped chickadees (Poecile
atricapillus) avoid song overlapping: evidence for the acoustic
interference hypothesis. Animal Behaviour
114:219-229. [PDF]
|
|
| 2015 |
109.
|
Baldo
S*, Mennill DJ, Guindre-Parker
S, Gilchrist HG, Love OP (2015) The oxidative cost of acoustic signals:
testing steroid versus aerobic-activity hypotheses in a wild bird. Ethology 121:1081-1090.
[PDF]
|
|
108.
|
Battiston
MM*, Wilson DR*,
Graham BA*, Kovach KA*, Mennill DJ (2015)
Rufous-and-white Wrens (Thryophilus
rufalbus) do not exhibit dear enemy effects towards conspecific
or heterospecific competitors. Current Zoology
61:23-33. [PDF] |
|
107.
|
Caselli
CB*, Mennill DJ, Bicca-Marques
JC, Setz
WZF (2015) Playback response of socially monogamous black-fronted titi
monkeys to simulated solitary and paired intruders. American Journal of
Primatology 77:1135-1142. [PDF]
This paper
was the cover article of the American Journal of Primatology volume 77 issue 11. |
|
|
|
106.
|
Hick
KA*, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2015)
Interspecific
vocal discrimination in neotropical wrens: responses to congeneric
signals in sympatry and allopatry. Animal Behaviour
109:113-121. [PDF]
|
|
105.
|
Maynard
DF*, Ward K-AA, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ
(2015) Telemetric and video assessment of female response to male vocal
performance in a lek-mating manakin. Behavioral Ecology 26:65-74. [PDF]
|
|
104.
|
Rehberg-Besler
N*, Mennill DJ, Doucet SM
(2015) Dynamic
Sexual Dichromatism produces a sex signal in an explosively breeding
Neotropical toad: a model presentation experiment. Behavioural Processes
121:74-79. [PDF]
|
|
103.
|
Sandoval
L*, Dabelsteen T, Mennill DJ
(2015) Transmission
characteristics of solo songs and duets in a neotropical thicket
habitat specialist bird. Bioacoustics 24:289-306.
[PDF] |
|
| 2014 |
102.
|
Baldo
S*, Mennill DJ, Guindre-Parker
S,
Gilchrist HG, Love OP (2014) Snow Buntings sing individually
distinctive songs and show inter-annual variation in song structure. Wilson Journal of
Ornithology 126:333-338. [PDF]
|
|
101.
|
Bruni
A*, Mennill DJ, Foote JR
(2014) Dawn
chorus start time variation in a temperate bird community:
relationships with seasonality, weather, and ambient light. Journal of Ornithology
155:877-890. [PDF]
|
|
100.
|
Caselli
CB*, Mennill DJ, Bicca-Marques
JC, Setz
WZF (2014) Vocal behavior of black-fronted titi monkeys (Callicebus nigrifrons): acoustic
properties and behavioral contexts of loud calls. American Journal of
Primatology 76:788-800. [PDF]
|
|
99.
|
Gough
DC, Mennill DJ, Nol E (2014)
Singing
seaside: Pacific Wrens (Troglodytes
pacificus) change their songs in the presence of natural and
anthropogenic noise. Wilson Journal of
Ornithology 126:269-278. [PDF]
|
|
98.
|
Hanna
DEL, Wilson DR*,
Blouin-Demers G, Mennill DJ (2014)
Noise affects call structure in spring peepers, Pseudacris crucifer. Current Zoology
60:438-448. [PDF]
|
|
97.
|
Kovach
KA*, Hall ML,
Vehrencamp SL, Mennill DJ
(2014) Timing isn't everything: responses of tropical wrens to
coordinated duets, uncoordinated duets and alternating solos. Animal
Behaviour 95:101-109. [PDF]
|
|
96.
|
Mennill DJ (2014) Variation in the
vocal behavior of common loons (Gavia
immer):
insights from landscape-level recordings. Waterbirds 37:26-36.
[PDF]
|
|
95.
|
Sanders
CE*, Mennill DJ (2014) Acoustic
monitoring of nocturnally migrating birds accurately predicts the
timing and magnitude of migration through the Great Lakes. Condor 116:371-383. [PDF] [Online Supplement]
|
|
94.
|
Sanders
CE*, Mennill DJ (2014)
Acoustic
monitoring of migratory birds over Lake Erie: avian responses to
barriers and the importance of islands. Canadian
Field-Naturalist 128:135-144. [PDF]
|
|
93.
|
Sandoval
L*, Méndez
C, Mennill DJ (2014)
Individual distinctiveness in the fine structural features and
repertoire characteristics of the songs of white-eared ground-sparrows. Ethology
120:275-286. [PDF]
|
|
92.
|
Sandoval L*, Bitton P-P,
Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2014)
Analysis of plumage, morphology, and voice reveals species-level
differences between two subspecies of Prevost’s Ground-sparrow Melozone biarcuata (Prévost
and Des Murs) (Aves: Emberizidae). Zootaxa 3895:103-116.
[PDF]
|
|
91.
|
Sandoval L*, Mennill DJ (2014) A quantitative
description of the vocalizations and vocal behaviour of Rusty-crowned
Ground-sparrow (Melozone kieneri).
Ornitologia
Neotropical 25:219-230.
[PDF]
|
|
90.
|
Sosa-Lopez
JR*, Mennill DJ (2014)
Continent-wide
patterns of divergence in acoustic and morphological traits in the
house wren species complex. Auk: Ornithological
Advances 131:41-54. [PDF]
|
|
89.
|
Sosa-Lopez JR*, Mennill DJ (2014) The vocal
behaviour of the Brown-throated Wren (Troglodytes brunneicollis): Song
structure, repertoires, sharing, syntax, and diel variation. Journal of Ornithology 155:435-446.
[PDF] |
|
88.
|
Sosa-López
JR*, Mennill DJ (2014) Vocal
behaviour of the island-endemic Cozumel Wren (Troglodytes aedon beani): Song
structure, repertoires, and song sharing. Journal
of Ornithology
155:337-346. [PDF] |
|
87.
|
Wilson
DR*, Battiston M*,
Brzustowski J, Mennill DJ
(2014) Sound Finder: A new software approach for localizing animals
recorded with a microphone array. Bioacoustics 23:99-112.
[PDF]
|
|
86.
|
Wilson
DR*, Bitton P-P, Podos J, Mennill DJ (2014) Uneven sampling and the
analysis of vocal performance constraints. American Naturalist
183:214-228. [PDF]
|
|
| 2013 |
|
85.
|
Foote
JF, Palazzi E, Mennill DJ
(2013) Songs of the Eastern Phoebe, a suboscine songbird, are
individually distinctive but do not vary geographically. Bioacoustics
22:137-151. [PDF] |
|
| 84. |
Hahn
AH, Guillette LM, Hoeschele M, Mennill
DJ, Otter KA, Grava T, Ratcliffe LM, Sturdy CB (2013) Dominance
and geographic information contained within black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) song. Behaviour 150:1601-1622. [PDF]
|
|
83.
|
Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2013) The
responses of duetting antbirds to stereo duet playback provide support
for the joint territory defense hypothesis. Ethology 119:449-539. [PDF]
This paper
is the cover article of Ethology volume 119 issue 6. |
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82.
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Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2013) Vocal
behaviour of
barred antshrikes, a Neotropical duetting suboscine songbird. Journal
of Ornithology 154:51-61. [PDF]
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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 85:907-915. [PDF]
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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 125:471-478. [PDF]
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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
44:27-38. [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.
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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.
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|
| 66. |
Bradley
DW*, Mennill DJ (2011)
Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus
rufinucha). Birds
of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell
Lab of Ornithology. [Online]
|
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65.
|
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] |
|
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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|
|
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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] |
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61.
|
Koloff
J*, Mennill DJ (2011) Barred
Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus).
Birds
of the World (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] |
|
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]
|
|
53.
|
Foote
JR*, Mennill DJ, Ratcliffe LM,
Smith SM
(2010) Black-capped chickadee (Poecile
atricapillus). Birds of the World
(T. S. Schulenberg, 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]
|
|
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] |
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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). Birds of the World
(T. S. Schulenberg, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell
Lab of Ornithology. [online]
|
|
|
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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