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List of works by Michael S. Webster

A comparative assessment of SNP and microsatellite markers for assigning parentage in a socially monogamous bird.

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Asymmetries in reproductive anatomy: insights from promiscuous songbirds

scientific article published on 9 August 2019

BIOFAIR Data Network’s Listening Sessions for Engagement and Data Integration

scientific article published in 2024

Body condition influences sexual signal expression independent of circulating androgens in male red-backed fairy-wrens.

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Characterization of microsatellite markers for the Restinga Antwren, Formicivora littoralis (Thamnophilidae), an endangered bird endemic to Brazil.

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Characterizing selection in black-throated blue warblers using a sexual network approach.

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Climate‐mediated population dynamics of a migratory songbird differ between the trailing edge and range core

scientific article published in 2023

Community Action: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals

scientific article published on 4 June 2024

Conspicuous Plumage Does Not Increase Predation Risk: A Continent-Wide Test Using Model Songbirds

scientific article published on 23 January 2019

Cross-fostering alters advertisement vocalizations of grasshopper mice (Onychomys): Evidence for the developmental stress hypothesis.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Cuckoldry as a cost of polyandry in the sex-role-reversed wattled jacana, Jacana jacana

scientific article published in 1998

Differential rates of phenotypic introgression are associated with male behavioral responses to multiple signals.

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Digital Extended Specimens: Enabling an Extensible Network of Biodiversity Data Records as Integrated Digital Objects on the Internet

article published in 2022

Double-digest RAD sequencing outperforms microsatellite loci at assigning paternity and estimating relatedness: a proof of concept in a highly promiscuous bird.

scientific article published on 17 February 2018

Ecological and Social Factors Constrain Spatial and Temporal Opportunities for Mating in a Migratory Songbird

scientific article published in February 2017

Experimental evidence that extra-pair mating drives asymmetrical introgression of a sexual trait.

scientific article published on 2 October 2013

Experimental food supplementation reveals habitat-dependent male reproductive investment in a migratory bird.

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Genomic and morphological analysis of a semipermeable avian hybrid zone suggests asymmetrical introgression of a sexual signal

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Helping enhances productivity in campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) cooperative groups.

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF PAIRING SUCCESS, EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS AND MATE QUALITY ON THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEXUAL SELECTION

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

Multiple hypotheses explain variation in extra-pair paternity at different levels in a single bird family.

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Partners coordinate territorial defense against simulated intruders in a duetting ovenbird

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Sexually selected male plumage color is testosterone dependent in a tropical passerine bird, the red-backed fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus).

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Testosterone activates sexual dimorphism including male-typical carotenoid but not melanin plumage pigmentation in a female bird

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The couple that sings together stays together: duetting, aggression and extra-pair paternity in a promiscuous bird species.

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The interacting effects of food, spring temperature, and global climate cycles on population dynamics of a migratory songbird.

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The opportunity for sexual selection: not mismeasured, just misunderstood.

scientific article published on 2 June 2011

Vocal divergence is concordant with genomic evidence for strong reproductive isolation in grasshopper mice (Onychomys)

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Working with what you've got: unattractive males show greater mate-guarding effort in a duetting songbird

scientific article published in January 2017