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Pietrek, A.G., Cockle, K.L., Izquierdo, A.E., Berrios, V.S., Lyon, B.E. 2024. Habitat occupancy of the threatened Diademed Plover (Phegornis mitchellii) is not affected by llama grazing or peatland size, but declines with peatland humidity. PLoS ONE, 19(7).

Albery, G.F., Becker, D.J., Firth, J.A., Silk, M., Sweeny, A.R., Wal, E.V., Webber, Q., Allen, B., Babayan, S.A., Barve, S., Begon, M, 2024. Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems. bioRxiv, pp.2024-06.

Iverson, A.R., Humple, D.L., Cormier, R.L., Hahn, T.P., Block, T.A., Shizuka, D., Lyon, B.E., Chaine, A.S., Hudson, E.J., Hull, E.M., 2024. Winter GPS tagging reveals home ranges during the breeding season for a boreal-nesting migrant songbird, the Golden-crowned Sparrow. PLOS ONE, 19(6).

Zink, A. & Lyon B.E. 2022. Natural selection: Fair weather cooperators. Current Biology 232: R1240-1242. (solicited Dispatch article) PDF

Lyon, B.E., Carminati, A., Goggin, G. & Eadie. J.M. 2022.  Did extreme nest predation favor the evolution of obligate brood parasitism in a duck? Ecology and Evolution 12:e9251. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Chaine, A.S. 2022.  Mobbing for matings: dynamics, plumage correlates, and fitness impacts of conspicuous group extra-pair behaviors in the lark bunting. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76:1-16 PDF

Eadie, J.M., Lyon, B.E. & Bridge, E.S. 2022. Putting eggs in many baskets. American Scientist 110: 144-146 PDF. Link to longer online version.

Kwon, E., Valcu,M., Cragnolini, M., Martin Bulla, M., Lyon, B.E. & Kempenaers, B. 2022.  Breeding site fidelity is lower in polygamous shorebirds and male-biased in monogamous species. Behavioral Ecology 33: 592-605. PDF.

Block, T.A., Star, R., Shizuka, D., Chaine, A.C., Lyon, B.E. 2021. A migratory sparrow has personality in winter that is independent of other traits. Animal Behaviour 178: 217-227. PDF

Thow, C,M., Eadie, J.M., Wells, C.P. & Lyon, B.E. 2021. Pedigree simulations reveal that maternity assignment is reliable in populations with conspecific brood parasitism, incomplete parental sampling and kin structure. Molecular Ecology Resources 22:180-198. PDF

Eadie, J. M. & Lyon, B.E. 2020. Environmentally driven escalation of host egg rejection decimates success of an avian brood parasite. Behavioral Ecology 31:1316-1325. PDF

Sapp, J.R., Yost, J. & Lyon B.E. 2020. Microsatellite evidence shows host-associated population structure and relatedness among neighbors in a social parasite (Polyergus mexicanus). Molecular Ecology 29:2050-2062. PDF

Shizuka, D. & Lyon, B.E. 2020. How to learn to recognize conspecific brood parasitic offspring. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Shizuka D. 2020. Extreme offspring ornamentation in American coots is favored by selection within families, not benefits to conspecific brood parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 117: 2056-2064. PDF. Commentary by Doug Mock PDF

Tariel, J., Longo, G, Quiros, A., Crane N.L, Tenggardjaja, K., Jackson, A., Lyon, B.E. & Bernardi, G. 2019. Alloparental care in the sea: Brood parasitism within and between two species of coral reef Altrichthys damselfish? Molecular Ecology 28: 4680-4691. PDF

Bridge, E.S. et al. 2019. An Arduino-based RFID platform for animal research. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7: 257. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Zink, A. G. 2018. Evolution: How not to detect a brood parasite. Current Biology 28: R119-121 PDF

Chaine, A.S., Block, T.A., Zhang, L., Shizuka D. & Lyon, B.E. 2018. Manipulating badges of status only fools strangers. Ecology Letters 21:1477-1485. PDF

Lyon, B.E., Eadie, J.M. & Shizuka, D. 2018. Conspecific brood parasites can also help us understand the evolution of tolerance: a comment on Avilés. Behavioral Ecology 29:522-523. PDF Important Supplemental Figure PDF

Lyon, B.E. 2018. Why do some birds carry their chicks? Ecology 99: 241-243. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Eadie, J.M. 2017. Why do birds lay eggs in conspecifics’ nests? In: Soler M (ed) Avian Brood Parasitism - Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution and Coevolution. Springer Nature, Heidelberg. PDF

Lyon B.E. & Eadie J.M. 2017. A comprehensive survey of the life history aspects of conspecific brood parasitism in birds. Dataset posted at Figshare: DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.4787872 (comprehensive dataset from a review on life history characteristics of all birds with conspecific brood parasitism). Access at: https://figshare.com/s/5e5043f798871e65b30c

Lyon, B.E. & Shizuka, D. 2017.Context-dependent response to eggs: egg retrieval versus egg rejection in a conspecific brood parasite. Animal Behaviour 132: 281-289. PDF 

       See also an online blog article I wrote about the study: LINK

Zink, A.G. & Lyon, B.E. 2016. Evolution of conspecific brood parasitism versus cooperative breeding as alternative reproductive tactics. American Naturalist 187: 35-47. PDF

Arnberg, N, Chaine, A.S., Shizuka, D. & Lyon, B.E. 2015. Social network structure in wintering golden-crowned sparrows is not correlated with kinship. Molecular Ecology 24: 5034-44. PDF

Chaine A.S. & Lyon, B.E. 2015. Signal architecture: temporal variability and individual consistency of multiple sexually selected signals. Functional Ecology 29: 1178-1188. PDF

Lyon, B.E., Shizuka D. & Eadie, J.M. 2015. Interspecific egg rejection as ecological collateral damage from selection driven by conspecific brood parasitism.  Animal Behavior 103: 117-124.  PDF

Chaine, A.S., Montgomerie R.D. & Lyon, B.E. 2015. Sexual conflict arising from extrapair matings in birds. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 7:a017590.  PDF

Shizuka D., Chaine A.S., Anderson, J., Johnson O., Laursen, I.M. &Lyon, B.E. 2014. Across-year social stability shapes network structure in wintering migrant sparrows. Ecology Letters 17: 998-1007. PDF

Pöysa, H., Eadie, J.M.& Lyon, B.E. 2014. Conspecific brood parasitism in waterfowl and the cues parasites use.  Wildfowl Special Issue 4: 192-219.  PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Gilbert, G.S. 2013. Rarely parasitized and unparasitized species mob and alarm call to cuckoos: Implications for Sparrowhawk mimicry by brood parasitic cuckoos. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125: 627-630. PDF

Chaine A.S., Roth, A., Shizuka D. & Lyon B.E. 2013. Experimental confirmation that avian plumage traits function as multiple status signals in winter flocks. Animal Behaviour 86: 409-415. PDF

Rose, A.P. & Lyon, B.E. 2013. Day length, reproductive effort and the avian latitudinal clutch size gradient. Ecology 94:1327-1337. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Eadie J.M. 2013. Patterns of host use by a precocial obligate brood parasite, the Black-headed Duck: ecological and evolutionary considerations. Chinese Birds 4:71-85. PDF

Shizuka, D. & Lyon, B.E. 2013. Family dynamics though time: brood reduction followed by parental compensation through aggression and favoritism. Ecology Letters 16: 315-322. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 2012. Sexual selection is a form of social selection. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367: 2266-2273. PDF

Tobias, J.A., Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 2012. The evolution of female ornaments and weaponry: social selection, sexual selection and ecological competition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367: 2274-2293. PDF

Eadie. J.M & Lyon, B.E. 2011. The relative role of relatives in conspecific brood parasitism. Molecular Ecology 20: 5114-5118. (Invited News and Views piece) PDF

Arnold, T.W., Shizuka, D, Lyon, B.E., Pelayo, J.T, Mehl, K.R., Traylor,J.J., Reed, W.L.& Amundson,C.L. 2011. Use of nape tags for marking offspring of precocial waterbirds. Waterbirds 34: 312-318. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 2011. Q & A. Current Biology 21: R484-485. PDF

Abbot, P et al. 2011. Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality. Nature 141: Ei-E4. (137 author response to a Nature paper by Nowak, Tarnita & Wilson). PDF

Shizuka, D. & Lyon, B.E. 2011. Hosts improve the reliability of chick recognition by delaying the hatching of brood parasitic eggs. Current Biology 21:515-519. PDF (Supplemental Information PDF)

Chaine, A.S., Tjernell, K.A., Shizuka, D. and Lyon, B.E. 2011. Sparrows use multiple status signals in winter social flocks. Animal Behaviour 81: 447-453. PDF

Montgomerie, R.D & Lyon, B.E. 2011. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis). The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology (revision of a species account published in 1995). Access available from the Birds of North America Online website with a subscription or by payment LINK

Montgomerie, R.D & Lyon, B.E. 2011. McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperborieus).The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology (revision of a species account published in 1995). Access available from the Birds of North America Online website with a subscription or by payment LINK

Lyon, B.E. & Shizuka, D. 2010. Communal breeding: clever defence against cheats. (Invited commentary). Current Biology 20: R931-933. PDF

Shizuka, D. & Lyon, B.E. 2010. Coots use hatch order to learn to recognize and reject conspecific brood parasitic chicks. Nature 463: 223-226. PDF (Supplemental Information PDF) (News and Views PDF)

Shizuka, D. & Lyon, B.E. 2008. Improving the reliability of molecular sexing of birds using a W-specific marker. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1249-1253. PDF

Lyon, BE & Eadie J.McA. 2008. Conspecific brood parasitism in birds: a life history perspective. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 39: 343-363. PDF (Supplemental Information PDF)

Lyon, B.E., Chaine, A.S. & Winkler D.W. 2008. A matter of timing. Science 321: 1051-52. (Invited Perspective piece on the mechanisms of flexibility in life history responses to climate change) PDF

Chaine, A.S. & Lyon, B.E. 2008. Intra-sexual selection on multiple plumage ornaments in the lark bunting. Animal Behavior 76: 657-667. PDF

Chaine A.S. & Lyon, B.E. 2008. Adaptive plasticity in female mate choice dampens sexual selection on male ornaments in the lark bunting. Science 319: 459-62. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 2007. Mechanism of conspecific egg recognition in defenses against brood conspecific brood parasitism: American coots (Fulica americana) know their own eggs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61: 455-463. PDF

Wasson, K.R. & Lyon, B.E. 2005. Flight or fight: flexible anti-predatory strategies in porcelain crabs. Behavioral Ecology 16: 1037-1041. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 2004. Dirty little secrets. Natural History Magazine June 2004: 18-22. PDF (Popular article about ptarmigan plumage color through dirtying)

Lyon, B.E. & Eadie, J. M. 2004. An obligate brood parasite trapped in the intraspecific arms race of its hosts. Nature 432: 390-393. PDF

Griffith, S.C., Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R. 2004. Quasi-parasitism in birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56: 191-200. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 2003. Egg recognition and counting reduce costs of avian conspecific brood parasitism. Nature 422: 495-499. PDF and News and Views

Estes J.A., Riedman, M.L., Staedler, M.M., Tinker, M.T., & Lyon, B.E. 2003. Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes, and implications. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 144-155. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 2003. Ecological and social constraints on conspecific brood parasitism by nesting female American coots (Fulica americana). Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 47-60. PDF

Lyon, B.E., Hochachka, W.M. & Eadie, J.M. 2002. Paternity-parasitism trade-offs: a model and test of host-parasite cooperation in an avian conspecific brood parasite. Evolution 56: 1253-1266. PDF

Wasson, K. & Lyon B.E. 2002. How are animal care guidelines applied to invertebrates? International Society for Behavioral Ecology Newsletter 14: 17-19 (Commentary invited by editor of Behavioral Ecology) PDF

Wasson, K., Lyon B.E. & Knope, M. 2002. An antipredatory benefit to hair-trigger autotomy in porcelain crabs. Behavioral Ecology 13: 481-486. PDF

Montgomerie, R.D., Lyon, B.E. & Holder, K. 2001. Dirty ptarmigan: behavioural modification of conspicuous male plumage. Behavioral Ecology 12:429-38. PDF (NOTE VERY LARGE FILE 7MB DUE TO HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE!)

Lyon, B.E. & Eadie, J.M. 2000. Family matters: Kin selection and the evolution of conspecific brood parasitism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 97: 12942-12944. PDF

Greene, E.P., Lyon, B.E., Meuhter,V.R., Ratcliff. L., Boag, P.T. & Oliver, S.J. 2000. Disruptive sexual selection for plumage coloration in a monogamous passerine bird. Nature 407: 1000-1003. PDF

Eadie, J.M. & Lyon, B.E. 1998. Cooperation, conflict and crèching behavior in Barrow's Goldeneyes. American Naturalist 151: 397-408. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 1998. Optimal clutch size and conspecific brood parasitism. Nature 392: 380-383. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 1997. Brood parasitism by shiny cowbirds on chestnut-capped blackbirds: egg morphs and spatial patterns of parasitism. Animal Behaviour 54: 927-939. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Everding, S. 1996 A high frequency of conspecific brood parasitism in a colonial waterbird, the Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis). Journal of Avian Biology 27: 238 - 244. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Cartar, R.V. 1996 Functional significance of the cocoon in two arctic Gynaephora moth species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London 263: 1159-1163. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 1995. Snow Bunting and McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis and P. hyperborieus) In The Birds of North America, No. 198-199 (A. Poole, P. Steenheim, and F. Gill eds.) The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and The American Ornithologists Union, Washington, D.C.

Lyon, B.E., Eadie, J.M. & Hamilton, L.D. 1994. Parental preference selects for ornamental plumage in American coot chicks. Nature 371: 240-243. PDF   News and Views PDF

Lyon, B.E. 1994. A technique for measuring chicks from photographs. Condor 96: 805-809. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 1993. Conspecific brood parasitism as a flexible female reproductive tactic in American coots. Animal Behaviour 46: 911-928. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 1993. Tactics of parasitic American coots: host choice and the pattern of egg dispersion among host nests. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33: 87-100. PDF

Lyon, B.E., Hamilton, L.D. & Magrath, M. 1992. The frequency of conspecific brood parasitism and the pattern of laying determinancy in yellow-headed blackbirds. Condor 94: 590-597. PDF

Lyon, B.E. 1991. Brood parasitism in American coots: avoiding the constraints of parental care. Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: pp. 1023-30.

Lyon, B.E. & Eadie, J.McA. 1991. Mode of development and interspecific avian brood parasitism. Behavioral Ecology 2: 309-318. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Fogden, M.P.L. 1989. Breeding biology of the Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) in Costa Rica. Auk 106: 503-507. PDF

Cartar, R.V. & Lyon, B.E. 1988. The mating system of the buff-breasted sandpiper: lekking and resource defense polygyny. Ornis Scandinavica 19: 74-76. PDF

Lyon, B.E., Montgomerie, R.D. & Hamilton, L.D. 1987. Male parental care and monogamy in snow buntings. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 20: 377-382. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 1987. Ecological correlates of incubation feeding: a comparative study of two high arctic finches. Ecology 68: 713-722. PDF

Montgomerie, R.D. & Lyon, B.E. 1986. Does longevity influence the evolution of delayed plumage maturation in passerine birds? American Naturalist 128: 930-936. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 1986. Delayed plumage maturation in passerine birds: reliable signaling by subordinate males? Evolution 40: 605-615. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 1985. Incubation feeding in snow buntings: female manipulation or indirect male parental care? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 17: 279-284. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Montgomerie, R.D. 1985. Conspicuous plumages of birds: sexual selection or unprofitable prey? Animal Behaviour 33: 1038-1040. PDF

Lyon, B.E. & Kuhnigk, A. 1985. Observations on nesting ornate hawk-eagles in Guatemala. Wilson Bulletin 97: 141-147. PDF

Montgomerie, R.D., Cartar, R.V., McLaughlin, R.L. & Lyon, B.E. 1983. The birds of Sarcpa Lake, Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories: breeding phenologies, densities and biogeography. Arctic 36: 65-75 PDF