Publications
2026
Nigam OK, Mueller SD, Jones, PL, Dobney SL, Norris DR (2026). Causes and consequences of incubation patterns in female Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 104, 1-10. [PDF]
Hill MM, Dobney SL, Fanburg LK, Mennill DJ, Taylor LU (2026). Experimental study of social signalling through delayed plumage
maturation in a colony-nesting seabird. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 237:123616. [PDF]
Spina HA, Newman AEM, Wheelwright NT, Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Burant JB, Dobney SL, Mueller SD, Mitchell GW, Norris DR (2026). Causes and consequences of within-population variation in interbrood interval of a migratory songbird. IBIS, 168, 182-200. [PDF]
2025
Spina HA, Newman AEM, Wheelwright NT, Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Burant JB, Dobney SL, Mueller SD, Mitchell GW, Norris DR (2025). Multigenerational fitness outcomes of double-brooding: a 30-year study of a migratory songbird. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 36, araf040. [PDF]
Mueller SD, Wheelwright NT, Mennill DJ, Newman AEM, Doucet SM, Burant JB, Dobney SL, Mitchell GW, Spina HA, Woodworth BK, Norris DR (2025). Reduced fitness of secondary females in a polygynous species: a 32-yr study of Savannah sparrows. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 36:arae093. [PDF]
Mueller SD, Wheelwright NT, Mennill DJ, Newman AEM, Doucet SM, Burant JB, Dobney SL, Mitchell GW, Spina HA, Norris DR (2025). Population density and timing of breeding mediate effects of early life conditions on recruitment. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 21:20240689. [PDF]
Mueller SD, Mennill DJ, Doucet SM, Dobney SL, Spina HA, Norris DR (2025). Environmental conditions and individual characteristics influence movement patterns of juvenile Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah sparrow) throughout the post-fledging period. ORNITHOLOGY, 142:1-13. [PDF]
Spina HA, Norris DR, Nong L, Dobney SL, Mueller SD, Freeman NE, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ, Newman AEM (2025). Corticosterone predicts double-brooding in female Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis). HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR, 168, 105679. [PDF]
2024
Suarez Sharma SP, Dobney SL, Norris DR, Doucet SM, Newman AEM, Burant JB, Moran IG, Mueller SD, Spina HA, Mennill DJ (2024). Effects of age, breeding strategy, population density, and number of neighbors on territory size and shape in Passerculus sandwichensis (Savannah Sparrow). ORNITHOLOGY, 141, 1-10. [PDF]
Aubin JA, Dobney SL, Foreman SAM, Doucet SM, Norris DR, Williams H, Mennill DJ (2024). Birds respond more strongly to locally-common versus locally-rare songs: a playback experiment with Savannah sparrows. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 212, 127-135. [PDF]
Williams H, Dobney SL, Robins C, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2024). Familiarity and homogeneity affect the discrimination of a song dialect. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 209, 9-20. [PDF]
2023
Dobney SL, Bornais MMK, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Williams H, Doucet SM, Mennill DJ (2023). Quiet in the nest: the nest environment attenuates song in a grassland songbird. AVIAN RESEARCH, 14, 100148. [PDF]
2022
Hensel AJL, Dobney SL, Doucet SM, Norris DR, Newman AEM, Williams H, Mennill DJ (2022). Microgeographical variation in bird song: Savannah Sparrows exhibit microdialects in an island population. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 188, 119-131. [PDF]
Hensel AJL, Dobney SL, Moran I, Thomas IP, Burant JB, Woodworth BK, Doucet SM, Newman AEM, Norris DR, Williams H, Mennill DJ (2022). Passive acoustic monitoring provides predictable and reliable underestimates of population size and longevity in wild Savannah Sparrows. ORNITHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 124, 1-11. [PDF]
Sarah Dobney 