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Scientific Publications

Seddon, N., Merrill, R. & Tobias, J.A. (in press) Sexually selected traits predict patterns of species richness in a diverse clade of suboscine birds. American Naturalist.

Tobias, J.A., Bates, J.M., Hackett, S., & Seddon, N. (2008) Comment on "The Latitudinal Gradient in Recent Speciation and Extinction Rates of Birds and Mammals". Science. 319: 901c

Seddon, N. & Tobias, J.A. (2007) Song divergence at the edge of Amazonia: an empirical test of the peripatric speciation model. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.90: 173-188.

Seddon, N. & Tobias, J.A. (2007) Population size and habitat associations of the Long-tailed Ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera). Bird Conservation International.17: 1-13

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2007) Nine bird species new to Bolivia and notes on other significant records. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127, 49-84.

Seddon, N. & Tobias, J.A. (2006) Duets defend mates in a suboscine passerine, the warbling antbird (Hypocnemis cantator). Behavioral Ecology.17: 73-83.

Seddon, N., Amos, W., Adcock, G.J., Johnson, P., Kraaijeveld, K., Kraaijeveld-Smit, F.J.L., Lee, W., Senapathi, G.D., Mulder, R.A., & Tobias, J.A. (2005) Mating system, philopatry and patterns of kinship in the cooperatively breeding subdesert mesite Monias benschi. Molecular Ecology 14: 3573-3583.

Seddon, N. (2005) Ecological adaptation and species recognition drives vocal evolution in Neotropical suboscine birds. Evolution 59: 200-215.

Seddon, N., Amos, W., Mulder, R. & Tobias, J.A. (2004) Male heterozygosity predicts territory size, song structure and reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B. 271: 1823-1829.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2004) Breeding, foraging and vocal behavior in the White-throated Jacamar (Brachygalba albogularis). Wilson Bulletin 115: 237-240.

Seddon, N. & Tobias, J.A. (2003) Communal singing in the cooperatively breeding subdesert mesite (Monias benschi): evidence for numerical assessment? Journal of Avian Biology 34: 72-80.

Seddon, N., Tobias, J.A. & Butchart, S.H.M. (2003) Group living, breeding behaviour and territoriality in the Subdesert Mesite Monias benschi. Ibis 145: 277-294.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2003) Vocalization and display in the Long-tailed Ground-roller (Uratelornis chimaera). Wilson Bulletin 115: 193-196.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2002) First nest record for Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii). Cotinga 18: 104.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2002) Reading the sand: identifying bird tracks in Madagascar's spiny forest. African Bird Club Bulletin 9: 12-15.

Seddon, N. (2002) The structure, context and possible function of solos, duets and choruses in the subdesert mesite (Monias benschi). Behaviour 139: 645-676.

Seddon, N., Butchart, S.H.M. & Odling-Smee, L. (2002) Duetting in the subdesert mesite (Monias benschi): evidence for acoustic mate-defence? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 7-16.

Seddon, N., Tobias, J.A. & Alvarez, A. (2002) Vocal communication in the Pale-winged Trumpeter (Psophia leucoptera): repertoire, context and functional reference. Behaviour 139: 1331-1359.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2002) Estimating population size in the Subdesert Mesite (Monias benschi): new methods and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation 108: 199-212.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2002) Female begging in European robins: do neighbours eavesdrop for extra-pair copulations? Behavioural Ecology 13: 637-642.

Tobias, J.A. & Seddon, N. (2000) Territoriality as a paternity guard in the European robin, Erithacus rubecula. Animal Behaviour 60: 165-173.

Seddon, N., Tobias, J., Yount, J.W., Ramanampamonjy, J.R., Butchart, S.H.M. & Randrianizahana, H. (2000) Conservation issues and priorities in the Mikea Forest of south-west Madagascar. Oryx 34: 287-304.

Butchart, S.H.M., Seddon, N. & Ekstrom, J.M.M. (1999) Polyandry and competition for territories in bronze-winged jacanas. Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 928-939.

Butchart, S.H.M., Seddon, N. & Ekstrom, J.M.M. (1999) Yelling for sex: harem males compete for female access in bronze-winged jacanas. Animal Behaviour 57: 637-646.

Seddon, N., Ekstrom, J.M.M., Capper, D.R., Isherwood, I.S., Muna, R., Pople, R.G., Tarimo, E., & Timothy, J. (1999) The importance of the Nilo and Nguu north forest reserves for the conservation of montane forest birds in Tanzania. Biological Conservation 87: 59-72.

Seddon, N., Ekstrom, J.M.M., Capper, D.R., Isherwood, I. S., Muna, R., Pople, R.G., Tarimo, E., & Timothy, J. (1999) Notes on the ecology and conservation status of key bird species in Nilo and Nguu North Forest Reserves, Tanzania. Bird Conservation International 9: 9-28.

Barnes, R., Butchart, S.H.M., Davies, C.W.N., Fernandez, M., & Seddon, N. (1997) New distributional information on eight bird species from northern Peru. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 117: 69-74.

Evans, T., Cordeiro, N. & Seddon, N. (1997) Birding in the East Usambara Mountains. African Bird Club Bulletin 4: 116-125.

Seddon, N., Barnes, R., Butchart, S.H.M., Davies, C.W.N., & Fernandez, M. (1997). Recent observations and notes on the ecology of the Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 116: 46-49.

Davies, C.W.N., Barnes, R., Butchart, S.H.M., Fernandez, M., & Seddon, N. (1997) The conservation status of birds on the Cordillera de Colan, Peru. Bird Conservation International 7: 181-195.

Seddon, N., Ekstrom, J.M.M., Capper, D.R., Isherwood, I.S., Muna, R., Pople, R.G., Tarimo, E., & Timothy, J. (1996) Recent discoveries in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. African Bird Club Bulletin 3: 90-95.

Butchart, S.H.M., Barnes, R., Davies, C.W.N., Fernandez, M. & Seddon, N. (1995) Threatened mammals of the Cordillera de Colan. Oryx 29: 275-281.

Butchart, S.H.M., Barnes, R., Davies, C.W.N., Fernandez, M. & Seddon, N. (1995). Observations of two threatened primates in the Peruvian Andes. Primate Conservation 16: 15-19.

Book Chapters

Hawkins, A.F.A. & Seddon, N. (2003) Mesitornithidae, Mesites. Pp. 1095-1098 in The Natural History of Madagascar (eds. S. Goodman & J. Benstead). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.

Conference Contributions
2008. Invited symposium. Integrating genetic and biogeographic research: the key to understanding diversity in the tropics? British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Imperial College, London, UK.
2008. Talk. Avian diversity in Amazonia: exploring the roles of social signals and sexual selection. British Ecological Society Early Careers Conference, Tropical Ecology Group, Oxford , UK.
2008. Plenary. Social signals and speciation in suboscine birds. Edward grey Institute Student Conference, Oxford, UK.
2007. Talk. Sexually selected traits predict species richness in Neotropical suboscine birds. VIII Neotropical Ornithology Congress in Maturin, Venezuela.
2007. Invited symposium. Speciation in Neotropical suboscines: the role of mating signals. 125th meeting of the AOU, Wyoming, USA.
2004. Talk. Bird speciation In Amazonia: divergence in a mating signal acts as an incipient barrier to gene flow. 10th Behavioural Ecology Congress, Jyväskylä, Finland.
2000 Poster. Communal singing in the cooperatively breeding mesites: evidence of numerical assessment? 8th Behavioural Ecology Congress, Zurich, Switzerland.

 

Mainstream articles
Seddon, N. (1993) Walking in Harmony. The Times Magazine. Saturday 11th December.

Reports
Davies, C.W.N., Butchart, S.H.M., Barnes, R., Fernandez, M. & Seddon, N. (1994) Project Abiseo '94: a conservation expedition to the Cordillera del Colan, Northern Peru. University of Cambridge, UK.

Seddon, N., Ekstrom, J.M.M., Capper, D.R., Isherwood, I.S., Muna, R., Pople, R.G., Tarimo, E., & Timothy, J. (1995) Project Mount Nilo '95: A bird conservation expedition to the East Usambara and Nguu Mountains, Northern Tanzania. University of Cambridge, UK.

 
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