Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
For a full list of publications, please visit our Avian Behavioural Ecology Lab page.
Selected Peer Reviewed Publications
Dorph A, McDonald PG. (2017). The acoustic repertoire and behavioural context of the vocalisations of a nocturnal dasyurid, the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus). PLoS ONE 12: e0179337. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0179337
Farrow LF, Doohan SJ, McDonald PG. (2017). Alarm calls of a cooperative bird are referential and elicit context-specific antipredator behavior. Behavioral Ecology 28: 724–31. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx020
Beckmann C, McDonald PG. (2016). Placement of re-nests following predation: are birds managing risk? Emu 116: 9–13. http://www.publish.csiro.au/mu/mu15064
McEvoy JF, Hall GP, McDonald PG. (2016). Evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicle shape, flight path and camera type for waterfowl surveys: disturbance effects and species recognition. PeerJ 4: e1831. https://peerj.com/articles/1831/
Wright J, McDonald PG. (2016). Bell miners: Kin-selected helping decisions. Cooperative breeding in vertebrates: Studies of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK, p272–93. https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iCN0CwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA165&dq=info:pdfjNQLaRG4J:scholar.google.com&ots=6jhobanVig&sig=sLPNdb_1ssmMD27IBF56Rpwgayg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
McDonald PG. (2012). Cooperative bird differentiates between the calls of different individuals, even when vocalizations were from completely unfamiliar individuals. Biology Letters 8: 365–8. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/8/3/365.short
McDonald PG, Griffith SC. (2011). To pluck or not to pluck: the hidden ethical and scientific costs of relying on feathers as a primary source of DNA. Journal of Avian Biology 42: 197–203. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05365.x/full
McDonald PG, Wright J. (2011). Bell miner provisioning calls are more similar among relatives and are used by helpers at the nest to bias their effort towards kin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 278(1723): 3403–11. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/278/1723/3403.short
Media
Our work attracts media interest form time to time. Here are some links to more recent stories, although they may not last…
- Wine-swilling region may save falcon - Yahoo! News - New Zealand
- UNE News & Events - UNE scientist wins Young Tall Poppy Award
- The Armidale Express - Scientist Paul is a Young Tall Poppy
- ABC Sydney 702 interview about noisy miners in Australian gardens
- Hear Paul talk about miners on NZ radio in February 2012
- ABC Science
- Science fare
- UNE News and Events Blog