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List of works by Simon Griffith

A sex-linked supergene controls sperm morphology and swimming speed in a songbird

scientific article published on 17 July 2017

A trade-off between reproduction and a condition-dependent sexually selected ornament in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

scientific article published on 01 June 2000

AnimalTraits - a curated animal trait database for body mass, metabolic rate and brain size

scientific article published on 2 June 2022

Association mapping of morphological traits in wild and captive zebra finches: reliable within, but not between populations

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Building genetic networks using relatedness information: a novel approach for the estimation of dispersal and characterization of group structure in social animals

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

CONTEXT-DEPENDENT SEX ALLOCATION: CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXPRESSION AND EVOLUTION OF MATERNAL EFFECTS

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Clinal variation in avian body size is better explained by summer maximum temperatures during development than by cold winter temperatures

article

Colour polymorphism is likely to be disadvantageous to some populations and species due to genetic architecture and morph interactions

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Condition-dependent sex allocation in a lek-breeding wader, the ruff (Philomachus pugnax).

scientific article published in January 2003

Constrained mate choice in social monogamy and the stress of having an unattractive partner

scientific article published on 2 February 2011

Correlations between ultraviolet coloration, overwinter survival and offspring sex ratio in the blue tit.

scientific article published on September 2003

Covariation in life-history traits: differential effects of diet on condition, hormones, behavior, and reproduction in genetic finch morphs

scientific article published on 27 January 2012

Differential sperm-egg interactions in experimental pairings between two subspecies and their hybrids in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Divorce in the socially monogamous zebra finch: Hormonal mechanisms and reproductive consequences

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Does coloniality improve foraging efficiency and nestling provisioning? A field experiment in the wild Zebra Finch.

scientific article published on February 2013

Does genetic relatedness of mates influence competitive fertilization success in guppies?

scientific article published on 26 August 2008

Does testosterone mediate the trade-off between nestling begging and growth in the canary (Serinus canaria)?

scientific article published on 28 August 2007

Early-life social environment predicts social network position in wild zebra finches

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Ecoimmunology and microbial ecology: Contributions to avian behavior, physiology, and life history

scientific article published on 5 January 2017

Effects of predation risk on foraging behaviour and group size: adaptations in a social cooperative species

scientific article (publication date: October 2012)

Egg patterning is not a reliable indicator of intraspecific brood parasitism in the blue titCyanistes caeruleus

article by Simon Griffith et al published May 2009 in Journal of Avian Biology

Egg size is unrelated to ambient temperature in the opportunistically breeding zebra finch

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Empowering peer reviewers with a checklist to improve transparency

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Environmental determination of a sexually selected trait

scientific article published in Nature

Epigenetic and genetic variation among three separate introductions of the house sparrow (Passer domesticus) into Australia.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

Evidence for condition mediated trade-offs between the HPA- and HPG-axes in the wild zebra finch.

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Evolutionary genetics: evolution of mate choice in the wild.

scientific article published in December 2006

Experimental analysis of sperm competition mechanisms in a wild bird population

scientific article

Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch.

scientific article published in January 2018

Extra pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function

scientific article

Extra-pair paternity in birds

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Extra-pair paternity in the Skylark Alauda arvensis

scientific article published in 2007

Extra-pair paternity in the long-tailed finch Poephila acuticauda.

scientific article

Fecundity selection on ornamental plumage colour differs between ages and sexes and varies over small spatial scales.

scientific article published on 17 May 2011

Feeding nestlings does not function as a signal of social prestige in cooperatively breeding chestnut-crowned babblers

article published in 2013

Female choice and annual reproductive success favour less-ornamented male house sparrows

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Female extra-pair mating: adaptation or genetic constraint?

scientific article published on 6 June 2014

Females use multiple mating and genetically loaded sperm competition to target compatible genes

scientific article published in August 2010

Fitness consequences of polymorphic inversions in the zebra finch genome

scientific article

Frequency-dependent physiological trade-offs between competing colour morphs

scientific article published on October 2007

Genetic diversity through time and space: diversity and demographic history from natural history specimens and serially sampled contemporary populations of the threatened Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Genetic incompatibility drives sex allocation and maternal investment in a polymorphic finch

scientific article published in March 2009

Genetic monogamy despite variable ecological conditions and social environment in the cooperatively breeding apostlebird.

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

Genetics and evidence for balancing selection of a sex-linked colour polymorphism in a songbird

article

High air temperatures induce temporal, spatial and social changes in the foraging behaviour of wild zebra finches

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

High atmospheric temperatures and 'ambient incubation' drive embryonic development and lead to earlier hatching in a passerine bird

scientific article

Higher temperatures during development reduce body size in the zebra finch in the laboratory and in the wild.

scientific article

Hybridization and adaptive mate choice in flycatchers

scientific article published in Nature

Impact of nest sanitation on the immune system of parents and nestlings in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

In the eye of the beholder: visual mate choice lateralization in a polymorphic songbird

scientific article

Inaccuracies in the history of a well-known introduction: a case study of the Australian House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

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Interference from long-tailed finches constrains reproduction in the endangered Gouldian finch

scientific article

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in the chestnut-crowned babbler (Pomatostomus ruficeps)

scientific article published on 22 January 2009

Kin selection, not group augmentation, predicts helping in an obligate cooperatively breeding bird

scientific article (publication date: 11 July 2012)

Looking after your partner: sentinel behaviour in a socially monogamous bird

scientific article published on June 4, 2013

Low level of extrapair parentage in wild zebra finches

article published in 2010

Male song structure predicts reproductive success in a wild zebra finch population

article by Joseph L. Woodgate et al published March 2012 in Animal Behaviour

Maternal effects in the Zebra Finch: a model mother reviewed

Nest size is predicted by female identity and the local environment in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), but is not related to the nest size of the genetic or foster mother

scientific article

Nestling activity levels during begging behaviour predicts activity level and body mass in adulthood

scientific article

No evidence of assortative mating on the basis of putative ornamental traits in Long-tailed Finches Poephila acuticauda

article

Open cup nests evolved from roofed nests in the early passerines.

scientific article published in February 2017

Personality in captivity: more exploratory males reproduce better in an aviary population

scientific article

Phenotypic plasticity in the expression of sexually selected traits: neglected components of variation

scholarly article by Simon Griffith & Ben C. Sheldon published May 2001 in Animal Behaviour

Postzygotic genetic incompatibility between sympatric color morphs

scientific article published on 12 December 2008

Pronounced within-individual plasticity in sperm morphometry across social environments

scientific article published on 10 December 2009

Quantifying realized inbreeding in wild and captive animal populations

scientific article

Red dominates black: agonistic signalling among head morphs in the colour polymorphic Gouldian finch

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Reproductive coordination breeds success: the importance of the partnership in avian sperm biology

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Seasonal changes in a ultraviolet structural colour signal in blue tits, Parus caeruleus

Sex chromosome inversions enforce reproductive isolation across an avian hybrid zone

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Sex steroid profiles and pair-maintenance behavior of captive wild-caught zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Sex steroid profiles in zebra finches: Effects of reproductive state and domestication.

scientific article

Sexual variation in heritability and genetic correlations of morphological traits in house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Short- and long-term consequences of early developmental conditions: a case study on wild and domesticated zebra finches

scientific article published in February 2009

Signatures of genetic adaptation to extremely varied Australian environments in introduced European house sparrows

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Signs of adaptation to trace metal contamination in a common urban bird

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Social Learning: Parents May Not Always Know Best

scientific article published in September 2015

Socially mediated trade-offs between aggression and parental effort in competing color morphs

scientific article published in October 2009

Song rate and duetting in the Chirruping Wedgebill (<i>Psophodes cristatus</i>): frequency, form and functions

scientific article published on 31 January 2019

Stable recombination hotspots in birds

scientific article

Stress reactivity, condition, and foraging behavior in zebra finches: effects on boldness, exploration, and sociality

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Subspecific variation in sperm morphology and performance in the Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Synchronised provisioning at the nest: parental coordination over care in a socially monogamous species

scientific article

The Design of Artificial Nestboxes for the Study of Secondary Hole-Nesting Birds: A Review of Methodological Inconsistencies and Potential Biases

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The Ecology of the Zebra Finch Makes It a Great Laboratory Model but an Outlier amongst Passerine Birds

scientific article published on 01 February 2021

The Field Metabolic Rate, Water Turnover, and Feeding and Drinking Behavior of a Small Avian Desert Granivore During a Summer Heatwave

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

The Zebra Finch: a synthesis revised

article published in 2010

The adaptive significance of provisioning and foraging coordination between breeding partners.

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

The colour of paternity: extra-pair paternity in the wild Gouldian finch does not appear to be driven by genetic incompatibility between morphs

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

The danger within: the role of genetic, behavioural and ecological factors in population persistence of colour polymorphic species

scientific article

The evolution of infidelity in socially monogamous passerines: neglected components of direct and indirect selection

scientific article published on 11 January 2007

The genetic structure of the introduced house sparrow populations in Australia and New Zealand is consistent with historical descriptions of multiple introductions to each country

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The hawk-dove game in a sexually reproducing species explains a colourful polymorphism of an endangered bird

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

The impact of diet quality on the velocity, morphology and normality of sperm in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

scientific article published on 09 May 2022

The price of associating with breeders in the cooperatively breeding chestnut-crowned babbler: foraging constraints, survival and sociality

scientific article published on 2 May 2016

The relative role of male vs. female mate choice in maintaining assortative pairing among discrete colour morphs

scientific article published in July 2007

The role of the Ord Arid Intrusion in the historical and contemporary genetic division of long-tailed finch subspecies in northern Australia.

scientific article

The variability of song variability in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) populations

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Three Molecular Markers Show No Evidence of Population Genetic Structure in the Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

scientific article

Ultraviolet colour variation influences blue tit sex ratios

scientific article published in Nature

Under the weather: Corticosterone levels in wild nestlings are associated with ambient temperature and wind

scientific article published on 17 August 2019

Unscrambling variation in avian eggshell colour and patterning in a continent-wide study

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Validation of an automated data collection method for quantifying social networks in collective behaviours

scientific article published in 2014

Variation in Reproductive Success Across Captive Populations: Methodological Differences, Potential Biases and Opportunities

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Variation in avian egg shape and nest structure is explained by climatic conditions.

scientific article

Variation in female reproductive tract morphology across the reproductive cycle in the zebra finch

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Variation in the timing of avian egg‐laying in relation to climate

article by Daisy Englert Duursma et al published 12 December 2018 in Ecography

When mothers make sons sexy: maternal effects contribute to the increased sexual attractiveness of extra-pair offspring

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

Wild zebra finches choose neighbours for synchronized breeding

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Wild zebra finches that nest synchronously have long-term stable social ties

scientific article published on 12 August 2019