Selected Publications

Zanette, L., White, A. F., Allen, M. C. and Clinchy, M.  2011.  Perceived predation risk
     risk reduces the number of offspring songbirds produce per year.  Science 334:
     1398-1401. (Supporting Online Material; Movie S1).

Clinchy, M., Zanette, L., Charlier, T. D., Newman, A. E. M., Schmidt, K. L., Boonstra, R.
     and Soma, K. K.  2011
.  Multiple measures elucidate glucocorticoid responses
     to environmental variation in predation threat.  Oecologia 166: 607–614.

Clinchy, M., Schulkin, J., Zanette, L. Y., Sheriff, M. J., McGowan, P. O. and Boonstra, R.
     2011
.  The neurological ecology of fear: insights neuroscientists and ecologists
     have to offer one another.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 5: 21.

MacDougall-Shackleton, E. A., Clinchy, M., Zanette, L. and Neff, B. D.  2011.
     Songbird genetic diversity is lower in anthropogenically versus naturally
     fragmented landscapes.  Conservation Genetics 12: 1195–1203.

Travers, M., Clinchy, M., Zanette, L., Boonstra, R, and Williams, T. D.  2010.
     Indirect predator effects on clutch size and the cost of egg production.
     Ecology Letters, 13: 980-988.

Zanette, L. and Clinchy, M.  2010.  Food supplementation leads to bottom-up
     and top-down food–host–parasite interactions.  Journal of Animal Ecology,
     79: 1172–1180.

Zanette, L., Clinchy, M. and H.-C. Sung.  2009.  Food supplementing parents
     reduces their sons’ song repertoire size.  Proc. R. Soc. B, 276: 2855-2860. 
     (Quirks and Quarks interview with Bob MacDonald, 30 May 2009).

Pagnucco, K., Zanette, L., Clinchy, M., and Leonard, M. L.  2008.  Sheep in wolf's
     clothing: host nestling vocalizations resemble their cowbird competitors.  Proc. R.
     Soc. B
, 275: 1061-1065. 
     (Quirks and Quarks interview with Bob MacDonald, 05 April 2008).

Pfaff, J. A., Zanette, L., MacDougall-Shackleton, S. A., and MacDougall-Shackleton,
    
E. A.  2007.  Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male
     quality in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).  Proc. R. Soc. B, 274: 2035-2040. 
     (Guardian [UK] feature "Big song repetoire makes male sparrows sexier")

Zanette, L., Haydon, D. T., Smith, J. N. M, Taitt, M. J., and Clinchy, M.  2007
     Reassessing the cowbird threat.  Auk, 124: 210-223.

Kempster, B., Zanette, L., Longstaffe, F., MacDougall-Shackleton, S. A., Wingfield,
     J. C., and Clinchy, M.  2007
.  Do stable isotopes reflect nutritional stress?  Results
     from a laboratory experiment on song sparrows.  Oecologia, 151: 365-371.

Zanette, L., Clinchy, M., and Smith, J. N. M.  2006.  Food and predators affect egg
     production in song sparrows.  Ecology, 87: 2459-2467.

Zanette, L., Clinchy, M., and Smith, J. N. M.  2006.  Combined food and predator
     effects on songbird nest survival and annual reproductive success: results from a
     bi-factorial experiment.  Oecologia, 147: 632-640.

MacDonald, I. F., Kempster, B., Zanette, L., and MacDougall-Shackleton, S. A.  2006.  
     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.  Proc. R. Soc. B
, 273: 2559-2563.
     (New Scientist feature "Hungry sparrows sing the saddest songs")

Duncan-Rastogi, A., Zanette, L., and Clinchy, M.  2006.  Food availability affects
     diurnal nest predation and adult antipredator behaviour in song sparrows, Melospiza
     melodiaAnimal Behaviour, 72: 933-940.

Zanette, L., MacDougall-Shakleton, E., Clinchy, M., and Smith, J. N. M.  2005.
     Brown-headed cowbirds skew host offspring sex ratios.  Ecology, 86: 815-820.
     (Quirks and Quarks interview with Bob McDonald, 21 May 2005)

Clinchy, M., Zanette, L., Boonstra, R., Wingfield, J. C., and Smith, J. N. M.  2004
     Balancing food and predator pressure induces chronic stress in songbirds. 
     Proc. R. Soc. B,
271: 2473-2479.
     (See features in the Globe and Mail, National Post and on CBC webnews).

Clinchy, M., Taylor, A. C., Zanette, L. Y., Krebs, C. J. and Jarman, P. J.  2004
     Body size, age and paternity in common brushtail possums (Trichosurus 
    
vulpecula).  Molecular Ecology, 13: 195-202.

Zanette, L., Smith, J. N. M., van Oort, H., and Clinchy, M.  2003.  Synergistic
     effects of food and predators on annual reproductive success in song sparrows.  
     Proc. R. Soc. B
, 270: 799-803.

Smith, J. N. M., Taitt, M. J. and Zanette, L., and Myers-Smith, I. H. 2003.  How do
     Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) cause nest failures in Song Sparrows
     (Melospiza melodia)? A removal experiment. Auk, 120: 772-783.

Smith, J. N. M., Taitt, M. J. and Zanette, L.  2002.  Removing Brown-headed
     Cowbirds increases seasonal fecundity and population growth in Song Sparrows.
     Ecology, 83: 3037-3047.

Zanette, L.  2001.  What do artificial nests tell us about nest predation?
     Biological Conservation, 103: 323-329.

Zanette, L.  2001.  Indicators of habitat quality and the reproductive output of a forest
     songbird in small and large fragments. Journal of Avian Biology, 32: 38-46.

Zanette, L.  2000.  Fragment size and the demography of an area-sensitive songbird.
     Journal of Animal Ecology, 69: 458-470.

Zanette, L., and Jenkins, B.  2000.  Nesting success and nest predators in forest
     fragments: a study using real and artificial nests. Auk, 117: 445-454.

Zanette, L., Doyle, P., and Tremont, S. M.  2000.  Food shortage in small fragments:
     evidence from an area-sensitive passerine. Ecology, 81: 1654-1666. 
     (E.S.A. Press Release)

Leonard, M. L., and Zanette, L.  1998.  Female mate choice and male behaviour
     in domestic fowl.  Animal Behaviour, 56: 1099-1105. 
     (Nature Science Update)

Zanette, L., and Ratcliffe, L. M.  1994.  Social rank influences conspicuous behaviour
     by black-capped chickadees, Parus atricapillus. Animal Behaviour, 48: 119-127.
     ("Watching the hunted", Bird Watcher's Digest)

Herz, R. S., Zanette, L., and Sherry, D. F.  1994.  Spatial cues for cache retrieval in
     black-capped chickadees.  Animal Behaviour, 48: 343-351.

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