DANIEL T. BALDASSARRE
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20) Baldassarre, D. T., Bedell, H. S.*, Drzewiecki, K. M.*, Goodman, B. D.*, Mills, M. L.*, and Ramos, D. A.* Multiple carotenoid-based signals are enhanced despite poor body condition in male and female Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 134: 575-586.
     *Undergraduate mentee
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19) Devries, M. S., Anderson, R. C., Baldassarre, D. T., Jawor, J. M., and Slevin, M. C. 2022. Geographic variation in morphology of Northern Cardinals: possible application of Bergmann’s rule? Journal of Field Ornithology 93: 9.

18) Rowe, M., van Oort, A., Brouwer, L., Lifjeld, J. T., Webster, M. S., Welklin J. F., and Baldassarre, D. T. 2022. Sperm numbers as a paternity guard in a wild bird. Cells 11: 231.

17) Tobias, J. A., … Baldassarre, D. T. et al. (115 authors) ​. et al. AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581-597.
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16) Boersma, J., Barron, D. G., Baldassarre, D. T., Webster, M. S., and Schwabl, H. Wildfire affects expression of male sexual plumage in a tropical songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 52.

15) Baldassarre, D. T., Campagna, L., Thomassen, H. A., Atwell, J. W., Chu, M., Crampton, L. H., Fleischer, R. C., and Riehl, C. 2019. GPS tracking and population genomics suggest itinerant breeding across drastically different habitats in the Phainopepla. The Auk 136: ukz058.
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     News coverage: Audubon Magazine, Scientific American, Cosmos Magazine


14) Song, S. J., Sanders, J. G., Baldassarre, D. T., Chaves, J. A., Johnson, N. S., Piaggio, A. J., Stuckey, M. J., Nováková, E., Metcalf, J. L., Chomel. B. B., Aguilar-Setién, A., Knight, R., and McKenzie, V. J. 2019. Is there convergence of gut microbes in blood-feeding vertebrates? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374: 20180249.
     News coverage: Science Magazine, The New York Times

13) Enbody, E. D., Boersma, J., Jones, J. A., Chatfield, M. W. H., Ketaloya, S., Nason, D., Baldassarre, D. T., Hazlehurst, J., Gowen, O., Schwabl, H., and Karubian, J. 2019. Social organisation and breeding biology of the White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus. Emu 119: 274-285.

12) Michel, A. J., Ward, L. M., Goffredi, S. K., Dawson, K. S., Baldassarre, D. T., Brenner, A., Gotanda, K. M., McCormack, J. E., Mullin, S., O’Neill, A., Tender, G., Uy, J. A. C., Yu, K., Orphan, V. J., and Chaves, J. A. 2018. The gut of the finch: uniqueness of the gut microbiome of the Galápagos vampire finch. Microbiome 6: 167.

11) Hauber, M. E., Dainson, M., Baldassarre, D. T., Hossain, M., Holford, M., and Riehl, C. 2018. The perceptual and chemical basis of egg discrimination in communally nesting Greater Anis (Crotophaga major). Journal of Avian Biology 49: e10776.
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10) Brouwer, L., van de Pol, M., Hidalgo Aranzamendi, N., Bain, G., Baldassarre, D. T., Brooker, L. C., Brooker, M. G., Colombelli-Négrel, D., Enbody, E., Gielow, K., Hall, M. L., Johnson, A. E., Karubian, J., Kingma, S. J., Kleindorfer, S., Louter, M., Mulder, R. A., Peters, A., Pruett-Jones, S., Tarvin, K. A., Thrasher, D. J., Varian-Ramos, C. W., Webster, M. S., and Cockburn, A. 2017. Multiple hypotheses explain variation in extra-pair paternity at different levels in a single bird family. Molecular Ecology. 26: 6717-6729.

9) Baldassarre, D. T.*, Greig, E. I.*, and Webster, M. S. 2016. The couple that sings together stays together: duetting, aggression and extra-pair paternity in a promiscuous bird species. Biology Letters 12: 20151025.
     *Authors contributed equally to this work
     News coverage: Science, The Economist, Forbes, Wall Street Journal

8) Potticary, A. L., Dowling, J. L., Barron, D. G., Baldassarre, D. T., and Webster, M. S. 2016. Subtle benefits of cooperation to breeding males of the Red-backed Fairywren. The Auk 133: 286-297.

7) Toews, D. P. L, Campagna, L., Taylor, S. A., Balakrishnan, C. N., Baldassarre, D. T., Deane-Coe, P. E., Harvey, M. G., Hooper, D. M., Irwin, D. E., Judy, C. D., Mason, N.A., McCormack, J. E., McCracken, K. G., Oliveros, C. H., Safran, R. J., Scordato, E. S. C., Stryjewski, K. F., Tigano, A., Uy, J. A. C., and Winger. B. 2016. Genomic approaches to understanding the early stages of population divergence and speciation in birds. The Auk 133: 13-30.

6) Greig, E. I.*, Baldassarre, D. T.*, and Webster, M. S. 2015. Differential rates of phenotypic introgression are associated with male behavioral responses to multiple signals. Evolution 69: 2602-2612.
     *Authors contributed equally to this work
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5) Schwabl, H., Dowling, J. L., Baldassarre, D. T., Gahr, M., Lindsay, W. R., and Webster, M. S. 2015. Variation in song system anatomy and androgen levels does not correspond to song characteristics in a tropical songbird. Animal Behaviour 104: 39-50.

4) Baldassarre, D. T., White, T. A., Karubian, J. and Webster, M. S. 2014. Genomic and morphological analysis of a semipermeable avian hybrid zone suggests asymmetrical introgression of a sexual signal. Evolution 68: 2644-2657.
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3) Baldassarre, D. T. and Webster, M. S. 2013. Experimental evidence that extra-pair mating drives asymmetrical introgression of a sexual trait. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 20132175.
     News coverage: NBC News, Science Update, ABC News Australia

2) Baldassarre, D. T., Thomassen, H. A., Karubian, J., and Webster, M. S. 2013. The role of ecological variation in driving divergence of sexual and non-sexual traits in the red-backed fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 75.

1) Hurtado-Gonzales, J. L., Baldassarre, D. T., and Uy, J. A. C. 2010. Interaction between female mating preferences and predation may explain the maintenance of rare males in the pentamorphic fish Poecilia parae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1293-1301.  


​MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW

Boersma, J., Thrasher, D. J., Welklin, J. F., Baldassarre, D. T., and Webster, M. S. Plural breeding among unrelated females and other insights on complex social structure in the cooperatively breeding Variegated Fairywren. Emu: In review.
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Barron, D. G., Schwabl, H., Carter, P. A., Baldassarre, D. T., Lindsay, W. R., and Webster, M. S. Females paired with attractive males benefit from early-season breeding by producing sexy sons. The American Naturalist: In review.


​Book Reviews

Baldassarre, D. T. 2014. Book review: "40 Years of Evolution: Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island". Emu 114: 386-387. doi: 10.1071/MUv114n4_BRs.


​popular articles

Baldassarre, D. T. 2011. "Chickadees" of the outback: in northern Queensland, two subspecies reunite. BirdScope: Summer 2011. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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