Timothy H. Parker - Department of Biology - Whitman College

PUBLICATIONS

Schook, D. M, M. D. Collins, W. E. Jensen, P. J. Williams, N. E. Bader, and T. H. Parker 2008. Geographic patterns of song similarity in the Dickcissel (Spiza americana). Auk. 125. 953-964.

Parker, T. H., and J. D. Ligon. 2007. Multiple aspects of condition influence a heritable sexual trait: a synthesis of the evidence for capture of genetic variance in red junglefowl. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 92: 651-660.

Parker, T. H. and H. Tillin. 2006 Male blue tits Parus caeruleus choose early-leafing tree species during spring dawn chorus. Bird Study. 53: 253-257.

Parker, T. H. , C. D. Becker, B. K. Sandercock, and A. E. Agreda. 2006. Apparent survival estimates from five species of tropical birds in an endangered forest habitat in western Ecuador. Biotropica. 38: 764-769.

Parker, T. H. , I. Barr, and S.C. Griffith. 2006. The blue tit’s song is an inconsistent signal of male condition. Behavioral Ecology. 17: 1029-1040.

Kosciuch, K. L. T. H. Parker, and B. K. Sandercock. 2006. Nest desertion by a cowbird host: an antiparasite behavior or a response to egg loss? Behavioral Ecology. 17: 917-924.

Parker, T. H. , D. Thompson, J. D. Ligon, B. Schneider, and F. Byrn. 2006. Does red junglefowl comb size predict sperm swimming speed and motility? Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 18: 53-60.

Griffith, S. C., T. H. Parker, and V. A. Olson. 2006 . Melanin- versus carotenoid-based sexual signals: is the difference really so black and red? Animal Behaviour 71: 749-763.

Parker,T. H.,J. C. Hagelin, and J. D. Ligon. 2005. Do female Callipepla quail respond to male plumage ornaments? Animal Behaviour 70:e7-e9.

Parker, T. H. 2005. No evidence for adaptive differential sex allocation in red junglefowl. Auk122: 1161-1168.

Parker, T. H. and D. Garant. 2005. Quantitative genetics of ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in red junglefowl (Gallus gallus ). Heredity 95: 401-407.

Parker, T. H. , B. M. Stansberry, C. D. Becker, and P. S. Gipson. 2005. Edge and area effects on the occurrence of migrant forest songbirds. Conservation Biology 19: 1157-1167.

Parker, T. H. and D. Garant. 2004. Quantitative genetics of sexually dimorphic traits and capture of genetic variance by a sexually-selected condition-dependent ornament in red junglefowl (Gallus gallus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 1277-1285.

Parker, T. H. , B. M. Stansberry, C. D. Becker, and P. S. Gipson. 2003. Do melanin or carotenoid pigmented plumage ornaments signal condition and predict pairing success in the Kentucky Warbler? Condor 105: 663-671.

Parker, T. H. 2003. Genetic benefits of mate choice separated from differential maternal investment . Evolution 57: 2157-2165.

Parker, T. H. and J. D. Ligon. 2003. Female mating preferences in red junglefowl: a meta-analysis. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 15: 63-72.

Parker , T. H and J. D. Ligon. 2002. Dominant male red junglefowl test the dominance status of other males. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 53:20-24.

Parker, T. H. , R. Knapp, and J. A. Rosenfield. 2002. Social mediation of sexually selected ornamentation and steroid hormone levels in male junglefowl. Animal Behaviour 64:291-298.

Parker, T. H. 2002. Maternal condition, reproductive investment, and offspring sex ratio in captive red junglefowl (Gallus gallus ) Auk 119: 840-845. See Parker 2005 Auk (above) for corrected analyses

Parody, J. M. and T. H. Parker. 2002. Biogeographic variation in nest placement: a case study with conservation implications. Diversity and Distributions 8:11-20.

Parker, T. H. 1999. Responses of Bell’s Vireos to brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird in Kansas. Wilson Bulletin 111: 499-504.

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