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  1. Fear of predators suppresses neurogenesis in the brains of wild songbirds

    Article • Integrative Organismal Biology, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  2. Effects of wintering under methylmercury exposure on spring reproductive onset in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, April 2025, Wiley

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  3. Early testosterone exposure during development advances myelination and affects neurogenesis of the vocal control motor path in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  4. Effects of sublethal methylmercury and food stress on songbird energetic performance: metabolic rates, molt and feather quality

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, July 2024, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  5. Rising to the Challenge: Mounting an Acute Phase Immune Response Has No Long-Term Negative Effects on Captive Sparrow Migratory Body Composition or Migratory Restlessness

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  6. Opening the black box of bird-window collisions: passive video recordings in a residential backyard

    Article • PeerJ, December 2022, PeerJ

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  7. Leptin administration does not influence migratory behaviour in white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)

    Article • PeerJ, June 2022, PeerJ

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  8. Zebra finches go wild! Experimental cultural evolution of birdsong.

    Article • August 2019, Center for Open Science

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  9. Long-term winter-site fidelity in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

    Article • Ornithology, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  10. Glucocorticoids and “Stress” Are Not Synonymous

    Article • Integrative Organismal Biology, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  11. White-throated sparrows adjust behaviour in response to manipulations of barometric pressure and temperature

    Article • Animal Behaviour, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton

  12. The importance of development: What songbirds can teach us.

    Article • Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale, March 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton