Recent Publications (students and post-docs in
bold)
Haff, T.M.,
A.G. Horn, M.L. Leonardand R.D.
Magrath. 2015. Conspicuous calling near cryptic
nests: a review of hypotheses and a field study
on white-browed scrubwrens. Journal of Avian
Biology. In press.
Pollet,
I.L., A. Hedd, P.D.
Taylor, W.A. Montevecchi and D. Shutler. 2014.
Migratory movements and wintering areas of
Leach's Storm‐Petrels
tracked
using geolocators. Journal of
Field Ornithology.85:
321-328.
Gutowsky, S.E., L.F.G. Gutowsky,
I.D. Jonsen, M.L. Leonard, M.B. Naughton, M.D.
Romano and S.A. Shaffer. 2014. Daily activity
budgets reveal a quasi-flightless stage during
non-breeding in Hawaiian albatrosses. Movement
Ecology. 2:23.
Farmer,
R.G., M.L. Leonard, J.E. Mills Flemming and S.C.
Anderson.
2014.Observer
aging and long-term avian survey data quality.
Ecology and Evolution. 4: 2563-2576.
McIntyre,
E., M.L. Leonard and A.G. Horn. 2014.Do
nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta
bicolor) respond to parental alarm
calls? The Auk. 131: 314-320.
Pollet, I., R. Ronconi, I. Jonsen, M.L.
Leonard, P. Taylor and D. Shutler. 2014.
Foraging movements of Leach’s storm-petrels, Oceanodroma
leucorhoa, during incubation. Journal of
Avian Biology. 45: 305-314.
Beaulieu,
G., D. Austin and M.L. Leonard. 2014. Do nest
exclosures affect the behaviour of Piping
Plovers (Charadrius
melodus) and their predators? Canadian
Journal of Zoology 92: 105-112.
Reers,
H., M.L. Leonard, A.G. Horn and A. Jacot. 2014.
Development of brood signatures in tree
swallows: a cross-fostering experiment. Journal
of Avian Biology. 45:
123-130.
McIntyre,
E., M.L. Leonard and A.G. Horn. 2014.
Ambient noise and predation risk in nestling
birds. Animal Behaviour. 87: 85-89.
Winkler, D., K.
Ringelman, P. Dunn, L. Whittingham, D.
Hussell, R. Clark, R. Dawson, L. Johnson, A.
Rose, S. Austin, W.D. Robinson, M. Lombardo,
P. Thorpe, D. Shutler, R. Robertson, M.
Stager, M. Leonard, A. Horn, J. Dickinson, V.
Ferretti, V. Massoni, F. Bulit, J. Reboreda,
M. Liljesthrom, M. Quiroga, E. Rakhimberdiev,
and D. Ardia. 2014.
Latitudinal
variation in clutch size-lay date regressions
in swallows: effects of food supply or
demography? Ecography.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00458.x
Breed, G.A., W.D. Bowen and M.L.
Leonard. 2013.
Behavioural signature of
intraspecific competition and
density-dependence in colony breeding marine
predators. Ecology and Evolution. 3:
3838-3854.
Fairhurst,
E.N., Horn, A.G. and M.L. Leonard. 2013.
Nest acoustics and begging call structure
in nestling tree swallows. Animal Behaviour. 85:
917-923.
Patriquin, K.J., F. Palstra,
M.L. Leonardand H.G. Broders..
2013. Female northern myotis (Myotis
septentrionalis) that roost together are
related. Behavioral Ecology. 24: 949-954.
McGregor, P.K., A.G. Horn, M.L. Leonard
and F. Thomsen. 2013. Anthropogenic
Noise and Conservation In: Animal
Communication and Noise. Edited by: H. Brumm;
Springer, Heidelberg. pp 409-444.
Laughlin,
A.J., C.M. Taylor, D.W. Bradley, R.G. Clark,
R. Dawson, P.O. Dunn, A. Horn, D. LeClair,
M.L. Leonard, D.R. Sheldon, D. Shutler, L.
Whittingham, D.W. Winkler, D.R. Norris. 2013.
Combining geolocators with weather radar and
citizen science data to test hypotheses about
habitat use during fall migration in an aerial
insectivore. The Auk. 130: 230-239.
Shutler, D.,
D.J.T. Hussell, D.R. Norris, D.W. Winkler, R.J.
Robertson, F. Bonier, W.B. Rendell, M. Belisle,
R.G. Clark, R.D. Dawson, N.T. Wheelwright, M.P.
Lombardo, P.A. Thorpe, M.A. Truan, R. Walsh,
M.L. Leonard, A.G. Horn, C.M. Vleck, D. Vleck,
A.P. Rose, L.A. Whittingham, P.O. Dunn, K.A.
Hobson and M.T. Stanback. 2012. Spatiotemporal
patterns
in nest box occupancy by tree swallows.Special
Feature: Avian Conservation and Ecology. 7(1):
3.
Zanette,
L., M. Clinchy,M.L. Leonard, A. Horn, D. Haydon and E.
Hampson. 2012.
Brood parasite induced female-biased mortality
affects songbird demography: negative
implications for conservation. Oikos. 121:
1493-1500.
Leonard,
M.L. and A.G. Horn. 2012.
Ambient noise increases missed detections in
nestling birds. Biology Letters. 8:
530-532.
Farmer,
R.G., M.L. Leonard and A.G. Horn. 2012.
Observer effects and avian call count survey
quality: rare-species biases and overconfidence.
The Auk. 129: 76-86.
Steenweg, R., R. Ronconi
and M.L. Leonard. 2011.
Seasonal and age-dependent dietary
partitioning between Great Black-backed and
Herring Gulls. The Condor. 113: 795-805.
Breed, G.A., W.D. Bowen and M.L.
Leonard. 2011.
Development of foraging strategies with age in
a long-lived marine predator. Marine Ecology
Progress Series. 431: 267-279.
Marques,
P., M.L. Leonard, A.G. Horn and A. Contasti.
2011.
Begging by nestling
tree swallows (Tachycineta
bicolor) in response to hunger and
signalling by nestmates. Ethology 117:
163-170.
Magrath, R.D, T.M. Haff,
A.G. Horn and M.L. Leonard. 2010. Calling in the face of
danger? How predation risk affects acoustic
communication by parent birds and their
offspring. Advances in Behavior. 41:
187-253.
Patriquin,
K., M.L. Leonard, H. Broders and C. Garroway. 2010. Do social
networks of female northern long-eared bats
vary with reproductive period and age?
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64:
899-913.
Horn, A.G. and M.L. Leonard. 2010.
Parent-offspring signaling.
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Breed, M. D. and
Moore, J., eds, Academic Press, Oxford.
Drummond,
B.E. and M.L. Leonard. 2009.
Breeding biology of the fork-tailed storm-petrel
in the Aleutian Islands. Marine Ornithology. 37:
265-273.
Horn,
A.G. and M.L. Leonard. 2008.
Acoustic
interactions
in nestling birds. Journal of Comparative
Psychology. 122: 298-304.
Leonard,
M.L. and A.G. Horn.2008.
Does ambient noise affect growth and call
structure in nestlings birds? Behavioral
Ecology. 19: 502-507.
Pagnucco,
K., L. Zanette, M. Clinchy and M.L. Leonard.2008.
Sheep in wolf’s clothing: host nestling
vocalizations resemble their cowbird
competitor’s. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London B. 275:
1061-1065.
Chisholm, S.E. and M.L.
Leonard. 2008.
Effect of forest management on the
abundance of Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus
bicknelli). Canadian Journal of Zoology.
86: 217-223.
Rock,
J.C., M.L. Leonard and A.W. Boyne. 2007. Do
co-nesting arctic and common terns partition
foraging habitat and chick diets? Waterbirds.
30: 579-587.
Rock,
J.C., M.L. Leonard and A.W. Boyne. 2007.
Foraging habitat and chick diets of Roseate
Terns Sterna
dougllii breeding
on Country Island, Nova Scotia. Avian Conservation and Ecology. 2: 4.
Horn,
A.G. and M.L. Leonard. 2006.
Acoustic interactions in broods of begging
nestling birds. Journal of theAcousticalSociety
of America. 119: 3223.
Breed,
G.A., W.D. Bowen,J.I.
McMillan and M.L. Leonard.2006.
Sexual segregation of seasonal foraging
habitats in a non-migratory marine mammal.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.
273: 2319-2326.
Leonard,
M.L. and A.G. Horn.2006.
Age-related changes in signalling of need by
nestling tree swallows. Ethology. 112:
1020-1026.
Cockle,
K.L., M.L. Leonard and A.A. Bodrati.2005.
Presence and abundance of birds
in an Atlantic forest reserve and adjacent
plantation of shade-grown yerba mate, in
Paraguay. Biodiversity and Conservation. 14:
3265-3288.
Smith,
T.E., M.L. Leonardand
B.D. Smith.2005. Provisioning rules and competition
in asynchronously hatching common terns.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58:
456-465.
Leonard,
M.L. and A.G. Horn.2005.
Ambient noise and the design of begging
signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London B. 272: 651-656.
Leonard,
M.L., A.G. Horn and A. Mukhida.2005.
False alarms and begging in nestling birds.
Animal Behaviour. 69: 701-708.
Horn,
A.G. and M.L. Leonard.2005.
Nestling begging as a communication network. In:
Animal Communication Networks (Ed. by P.
McGregor). Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge.
Zink,
R.M, J.D. Rising, S. Mockford,
A.G. Horn, J. Wright, M.L. Leonard and M.
Westberg. 2005.Mitochondial DNA variation, species
limits, and rapid evolution of plumage
coloration and size in the savannah sparrow. The
Auk. 107: 21-28.
Taylor,
S., M.L. Leonard, D.J. Boness and P. Majluf.2004.
Humboldt penguins Spheniscus
humboldti change their foraging patterns
following breeding failure.Marine
Ornithology. 32: 63-67.
Shutler,
D.., D.J.T. Hussell, A. G. Horn, M.L.
Leonard, R.W. Shutler and D. Lepage..2004.
Breeding between tree swallows from the same
brood. Journal of Field Ornithology. 75:
353-358.
Leonard, M.L., A.
Boyne and S. Boates.2004.
Status and recovery of roseate terns (Sterna
dougallii) in Nova Scotia. Journal of
the Nova Scotia Institute of Science. 42:
253-262.
