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List of works by Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

Adaptive specialization, conditional plasticity and phylogenetic history in the reproductive cue response systems of birds

scientific article published on January 2008

Annual cycle of the black-capped chickadee: seasonality of singing rates and vocal-control brain regions

scientific article published in August 2006

Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) use temperature as a cue for reproductive timing

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Coping with uncertainty: integrating physiology, behavior, and evolutionary ecology in a changing world

scientific article published on 11 August 2013

Corticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone have opposing effects on adult neuroplasticity in the avian song control system.

scientific article published on September 2010

Developmental stress and birdsong: current evidence and future directions

article

Developmental stress impairs performance on an association task in male and female songbirds, but impairs auditory learning in females only

scientific article

Developmental stress, condition, and birdsong: a case study in song sparrows

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Distribution of gonadotropin releasing-hormone-II in the house sparrow brain (Passer domesticus).

scientific article published on 7 September 2006

Do stable isotopes reflect nutritional stress? Results from a laboratory experiment on song sparrows

scientific article published on 11 November 2006

Early Exposure to 2,2′,4,4′,5-Pentabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE-99) Affects Mating Behavior of Zebra Finches ⬇️

scientific article published on February 8, 2012

Early nutritional stress impairs development of a song-control brain region in both male and female juvenile song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) at the onset of song learning

scientific article published in October 2006

Early-life stress affects the behavioural and neural response of female song sparrows to conspecific song

article by Kim L. Schmidt et al published April 2013 in Animal Behaviour

Early-life stress has sex-specific effects on immune function in adult song sparrows

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Effects of corticosterone and DHEA on doublecortin immunoreactivity in the song control system and hippocampus of adult song sparrows

scientific article published in January 2014

Effects of day-length and food availability on food caching, mass and fat reserves in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Effects of early song experience on song preferences and song control and auditory brain regions in female house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus).

scientific article

Effects of early-developmental stress on growth rates, body composition and developmental plasticity of the HPG-axis

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

Effects of learning on song preferences and Zenk expression in female songbirds.

scientific article published on 13 November 2007

Effects of social cues on GnRH-I, GnRH-II, and reproductive physiology in female house sparrows (Passer domesticus).

scientific article

Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of a brominated flame retardant reduces the size of song-control nuclei in a songbird

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Evolution of environmental cue response mechanisms: adaptive variation in photorefractoriness.

scientific article published on 23 April 2009

Experience with songs in adulthood reduces song-induced gene expression in songbird auditory forebrain

scientific article published on 27 June 2006

Experimental exposure to urban and pink noise affects brain development and song learning in zebra finches (Taenopygia guttata).

scientific article

Exposing migratory sparrows to Plasmodium suggests costs of resistance, not necessarily of infection itself

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Female cowbirds have more accurate spatial memory than males

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

HPA axis regulation, survival, and reproduction in free-living sparrows: Functional relationships or developmental correlations?

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Immediate early gene expression following exposure to acoustic and visual components of courtship in zebra finches

scientific article published on 10 August 2005

Immune profiles vary seasonally, but are not significantly related to migration distance or natal dispersal, in a migratory songbird

scientific article published on 01 June 2017

Juvenile nutritional stress affects growth rate, adult organ mass, and innate immune function in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on 9 September 2013

Male bias in the song control system despite female bias in song rate in streak-backed orioles (Icterus pustulatus).

scientific article published on 28 October 2010

Male song sparrows have elevated testosterone in response to neighbors versus strangers

scientific article

No Trade-Offs between Lipid Stores and Structural Growth in Juvenile Zebra Finches Undergoing Nutritional Stress during Development.

scientific article

Photostimulation induces rapid growth of song-control brain regions in male and female chickadees (Poecile atricapilla).

scientific article published in April 2003

Predator-induced fear causes PTSD-like changes in the brains and behaviour of wild animals

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Regulation of the HPA axis is related to song complexity and measures of phenotypic quality in song sparrows ⬇️

scientific article published on March 6, 2012

Revising hypotheses does not indicate a flawed approach. Reply to Bolhuis and Macphail

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Seasonal change in the avian hippocampus

scientific article

Sex Differences in Spatial Memory in Brown-Headed Cowbirds: Males Outperform Females on a Touchscreen Task

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Sex and seasonal differences in hippocampal volume and neurogenesis in brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater).

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Sex and seasonal differences in neurogenesis and volume of the song-control system are associated with song in brood-parasitic and non-brood-parasitic icterid songbirds

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Sex steroid-independent effects of photostimulation on the song-control system of white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

Social rank, neophobia and observational learning in black-capped chickadees

Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male quality in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).

scientific article published in August 2007

Symposium Overview: Integrating Cognitive, Motivational, and Sensory Biases Underlying Acoustic- and Multimodal-Based Mate Choice

scientific article published in October 2017

Testosterone, migration distance, and migratory timing in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

scientific article published on 14 August 2016

Tests of absolute photorefractoriness in four species of cardueline finch that differ in reproductive schedule

scientific article

The avian hippocampus and the hypothetical maps used by navigating migratory birds (with some reflection on compasses and migratory restlessness).

scientific article

The importance of development: what songbirds can teach us.

scientific article published in March 2009

The levels of analysis revisited

scientific article (publication date: 27 July 2011)

The neural response of female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) to conspecific, heterospecific, and isolate song depends on early-life song exposure

scientific article published on 21 December 2017

Traffic noise affects embryo mortality and nestling growth rates in captive zebra finches

scientific article published on 09 September 2015

Transient and permanent effects of suboptimal incubation temperatures on growth, metabolic rate, immune function and adrenocortical responses in zebra finches

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Variation among individuals in photoperiod responses: Effects of breeding schedule, photoperiod, and age-related photoperiodic experience in birds.

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

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