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List of works by Alistair Dawson

A carryover effect of migration underlies individual variation in reproductive readiness and extreme egg size dimorphism in macaroni penguins

scientific article published in September 2010

A comparison of the annual cycles in testicular size and moult in captive European starlings Sturnus vulgaris during their first and second years

A comparison of the effects of single and repeated exposure to an organophosphate insecticide on acetylcholinesterase activity in mammals

scientific article published in July 2006

Annual gonadal cycles in birds: modeling the effects of photoperiod on seasonal changes in GnRH-1 secretion.

scientific article published on 04 September 2014

Biological clocks and regulation of seasonal reproduction and migration in birds

scientific article

Circulating breeding and pre-breeding prolactin and LH are not associated with clutch size in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

Control of molt in birds: association with prolactin and gonadal regression in starlings.

scientific article

Control of the annual cycle in birds: endocrine constraints and plasticity in response to ecological variability

scientific article

Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins.

scientific article published on 24 May 2012

Detection of seroconversion to West Nile virus, Usutu virus and Sindbis virus in UK sentinel chickens

scientific article (publication date: 4 September 2006)

Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and ecosystems

scientific article

Evidence against a period of relative photorefractoriness during the recovery of photosensitivity in common starlings

article

Genetic variation in cue sensitivity involved in avian timing of reproduction

scientific article published in 2011

Heritability of gonad size varies across season in a wild songbird.

scientific article

Hormone levels predict individual differences in reproductive success in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Hypothalamic expression of thyroid hormone-activating and -inactivating enzyme genes in relation to photorefractoriness in birds and mammals

scientific article published in January 2007

Increasing temperature, not mean temperature, is a cue for avian timing of reproduction

scientific article

Individual variation in avian reproductive physiology does not reliably predict variation in laying date

scientific article published on 3 August 2012

Is microevolution the only emergency exit in a warming world? Temperature influences egg laying but not its underlying mechanisms in great tits

scientific article

Migratory carryover effects and endocrinological correlates of reproductive decisions and reproductive success in female albatrosses.

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Photorefractoriness in birds--photoperiodic and non-photoperiodic control

scientific article published on 9 February 2007

Pollutants affect development in nestling starlings Sturnus vulgaris

article

Prior experience with photostimulation enhances photo-induced reproductive development in female European starlings: a possible basis for the age-related increase in avian reproductive performance

scientific article published on 19 May 2004

Protracted treatment with corticosterone reduces breeding success in a long-lived bird

scientific article

Rapid stress-induced inhibition of plasma testosterone in free-ranging male rufous-winged sparrows, Peucaea carpalis: Characterization, time course, and recovery

scientific article published on 16 March 2012

Seasonal changes in concentrations of plasma LH and prolactin associated with the advance in the development of photorefractoriness and molt by high temperature in the starling

scientific article published on 10 February 2010

Seasonal differences in the secretion of luteinising hormone and prolactin in response to N-methyl-DL-aspartate in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).

scientific article published in February 2005

Seasonal patterns of prolactin and corticosterone secretion in an Antarctic seabird that moults during reproduction

scientific article published on 15 October 2011

Seasonality in a temperate zone bird can be entrained by near equatorial photoperiods

scientific article published in March 2007

Serological evidence of West Nile virus, Usutu virus and Sindbis virus infection of birds in the UK.

scientific article published on October 2003

Spring phenology does not affect timing of reproduction in the great tit (Parus major).

scientific article published in November 2011

Testosterone and autumn territorial behavior in male red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

scientific article published in May 2005

The effect of latitude on photoperiodic control of gonadal maturation, regression and molt in birds

scientific article

The involvement of prolactin in avian molt: the effects of gender and breeding success on the timing of molt in Mute swans (Cygnus olor).

scientific article published on 31 January 2009

The sub-annual breeding cycle of a tropical seabird.

scientific article

Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

article

Uncoupling clutch size, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone using experimental egg removal

scientific article published on 14 February 2015

Up to the challenge? Hormonal and behavioral responses of free-ranging male Cassin's sparrows, Peucaea cassinii, to conspecific song playback.

scientific article published on April 2012

Wood size and timing of moult in birds: potential consequences for plumage quality and bird survival

scientific article published in 2003

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