Claire Spottiswoode: Publications

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• 37. Spottiswoode, C.N., Olsson, U., Mills, M.S.L., Cohen, C., Francis, J.E., Dagne, A., Toye, N., Hoddinott, D., Wood, C., Donald, P.F., Collar, N.J. & Alström, P. 2013 Rediscovery of a long-lost lark reveals the conspecificity of endangered Heteromirafra populations in the Horn of Africa. Journal of Ornithology doi: 10.1007/s10336-013-0948-1
  
  
• 36. van Dijk, R.E., Eising, C.M., Merrill, R.M., Karadas, F., Hatchwell B.J.& Spottiswoode, C.N. 2012 Maternal effects in the highly communal sociable weaver may exacerbate brood reduction and prepare offspring for a competitive social environment. Oecologia 171: 379-389.
  
  
• 35. Donald, P.F., Gedeon, K., Collar, N.J., Spottiswoode, C.N., Wondafrash, M. & Buchanan, G.M. 2012 The restricted range of the Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni is a consequence of high reliance on modified habitats within narrow climatic limits. Journal of Ornithology DOI 10.1007/s10336-012-0832-4
  (Covered by: Wildlife Extra)
  
  
• 34. Spottiswoode, C. N. & Stevens, M. (2012) Host-parasite arms races and rapid changes in bird egg appearance. American Naturalist 179: 633-648
  (Covered by: New Scientist, Forskning.no, ScienceNews magzine)
  
  
• 33. Spottiswoode, C.N., Stryjewski, K.F., Quader, S., Colebrook-Robjent, J.F.R. & Sorenson, M.D. (2011) Ancient host-specificity within a single species of brood parasitic bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108, 17738-17742.
  (Commentary in PNAS)
  
  
• 32. Spottiswoode, C.N. & Koorevaar, J. (2012) A stab in the dark: chick killing by brood parasitic honeyguides. Biology Letters 8: 241-244. Download PDF
  (see also a Royal Society Publishing video podcast about this paper)
  (Covered by: The New York Times, New Scientist, BBC News website, Wired, Discover Magazine, Science News, Mother Nature Network, Kijk, Natural History Magazine, Farmer's Weekly, Wetenschap24 ScienceFlash, Infox.ru)
  
  
• 31. Spottiswoode, C.N. & Stevens, M. (2011) How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 278: 3566-3573. Download PDF
  (Covered by: The New York Times, USA Today, The Times, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Scotland, NRC Handelsblad, De Volkskrant, WDR5, Il Venerdi di Repubblica)
  
  
• 30. Birkhead, T.R., Hemmings, N., Spottiswoode, C.N., Mikulica, O, Moskát, C., Bán, M. & Schulze-Hagen, K. (2011) Internal incubation and early hatching in brood parasitic birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 278:1019-1024.
  (Covered by: BBC News website)
  
  
• 29. Covas, R., Deville, A.-S., Doutrelant, C, Spottiswoode, C.N. & Grégoire, A. (2011) The effect of helpers on post-fledging survival in a cooperatively breeding bird, the sociable weaver. Animal Behaviour 81:121-126.
  
  
• 28. Tobias, J.A., Seddon, N., Spottiswoode, C.N., Pilgrim, J.D., Fishpool, L.D.C. & Collar, N.J. (2010) Quantitative criteria for species delimitation. Ibis 152: 724-746.
  (Commentary in Ibis; commentary in Nature)
  
  
• 27. Spottiswoode, C.N. & Stevens, M. (2010) Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 107: 8672-8676.
  (Covered by: BBC Earthnews website, 27 April 2010; Wired 27 April 2010)
  
  
• 26. Spottiswoode, C.N. (2010) The evolution of host-specific variation in cuckoo eggshell strength. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1792-1799.
  
  
• 25. Donald, P.D., Buchanan, G.M, Collar, N.J., Dellelegn Abebe, Y., Gabremichael, M.N., Mwangi, M.A.K., Ndang’ang’a, P.K., Spottiswoode C.N. & Wondafrash, M. (2010) Rapid declines in habitat quality and population size in the Sidamo (Liben) Lark Heteromirafra sidamoensis necessitate immediate conservation action. Bird Conservation International 20: 1-12. Download PDF
  
  
• 24. Biard, C., Gil, D., Karadas, F., Saino, N., Spottiswoode, C.N., Surai, P.F. & Møller, A.P. (2009) Maternal effects mediated by antioxidants and the evolution of carotenoid-based signals in birds. American Naturalist 174: 696-708.
  
  
• 23. Spottiswoode, C.N., Wondafrash, M, Gabremichael, M.N., Dellelegn, Y., Mwangi, M.K., Collar, N.J., Dolman, P.M. (2009) Rangeland degradation is poised to cause Africa’s first recorded avian extinction. Animal Conservation 12: 249-257.
  (Covered by: BBC news website, 15 April 2009, New Scientist, 20 March 2009, One India, 16 April 2009, WildlifeExtra.com, March 2009)
  (in context of new IUCN red list: The Independent, 14 May 2009; The Times, 14 May 2009, WorldWatch, 29 May 2009)
  
  
• 22. Spottiswoode, C.N. (2009) Fine-scale life-history variation in Sociable Weavers in relation to colony size. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 504-512.
  
  
• 21. Collar, N.J., Dingle, C. Gabremichael, M.N. & Spottiswoode, C.N. (2009) Taxonomic status of the Degodi Lark Mirafra degodiensis, with notes on the voice of Gillett’s Lark M. gilletti. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 129: 49-62. Download PDF
  
  
• 20. Mellanby, R. J., Ross, B., Watt, A., Wondafrash, M., Ewnetu, M., Broadhurst, C., Critchlow, R., Dadesa, A., Deas, T., Enawgaw, C., Gebremedin, B., Graham, E., Maclean, S., Mckean, M., Collar, N. J. & Spottiswoode, C. N. (2008) Distribution, abundance and habitat preferences of White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis and Ethiopian Bush-crow Zavattariornis stresemanni, two southern Ethiopian endemics. Bird Conservation International 18: 395-412. Download PDF
  
  
• 19. Spottiswoode, C.N., Patel, I. H., Herrmann, E., Timberlake, J. & Bayliss, J. (2008) Threatened bird species on two little-known mountains (Mabu and Chiperone) in northern Mozambique. Ostrich 79: 1-7. Download PDF
  
  
• 18. Spottiswoode, C.N. (2008) Cooperative breeding and immunity: a comparative study of PHA response in African birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 963-974.
  (Covered by: The Economist, 10 January 2008)
  

• 17. Møller, A.P., Garamszegi, L.Z. & Spottiswoode, C.N. (2008) Genetic similarity, distribution range and sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 213-225.
  
  
• 16. Spottiswoode, C.N. (2007) Phenotypic sorting in morphology and reproductive investment among Sociable Weaver colonies. Oecologia 154: 589-600.
  
  
• 15. Spottiswoode, C.N. & Colebrook-Robjent, J.F.R. (2007) Egg puncturing by the brood parasitic Greater Honeyguide and potential host counteradaptations. Behavioral Ecology 18: 792-799. Download PDF
  
  
• 14. Gil, D., Biard, C., Lacroix, A., Spottiswoode, C.N., Saino, N., Puerta, M. & Møller, A.P. (2007) Evolution of yolk androgens in birds: development, coloniality and sexual dichromatism. American Naturalist 169: 802-819. Download PDF
  (Covered by: Science Daily, 25 May 2007)
  
  
• 13. Saino, N., Martinelli, R., Biard, C., Gil, D., Spottiswoode, C.N., Rubolini, D., Surai, P. & Møller, A. P. (2007) Maternal immune factors and the evolution of secondary sexual characters. Behavioral Ecology 18: 513-520. Download PDF
  
  
• 12. Spottiswoode, C.N., Tøttrup, A.P. & Coppack, T. (2006) Sexual selection predicts advancement of avian spring migration in response to climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 273: 3023-3029. Download PDF
  (Covered by: Science Online News, 4 October 2006; Conservation magazine, January-March 2007)
  
  
• 11. Jamieson, B. G. M, Hodgson, A. & Spottiswoode, C. N. (2006) Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Myrmecocichla formicivora (Vieillot, 1881) and Philetairus socius (Latham, 1790) (Aves; Passeriformes), with a new interpretation of the passeridan acrosome. Acta Zoologica 87: 297-304.
  
  
• 10. Coppack, T., Tøttrup, A.P. & Spottiswoode, C. (2006) Degree of protandry reflects level of extrapair paternity in migratory songbirds. Journal of Ornithology 147: 260-265. Download PDF
  
  
• 9. Ryan, P.G., Sinclair, I., Cohen, C., Mills, M.S.L., Spottiswoode, C., & Cassidy, R. (2004) The conservation status and vocalisations of threatened birds from the scarp forest of the Western Angola Endemic Bird Area. Bird Conservation International 14: 247-260. Download PDF
  
  
• 8. Spottiswoode, C., Herrmann, E., Rasa, O.A.E. & Sapsford, C.W. (2004) Cooperative breeding in the Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus. Ostrich 75: 322-324. Download PDF
  
  
• 7. Spottiswoode, C. & Møller, A.P. (2004) Extra-pair paternity, migration and breeding synchrony in birds. Behavioral Ecology 15: 41-57. Download PDF
  
  
• 6. Spottiswoode, C. & Møller, A.P. (2004) Genetic similarity and hatching success in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 271: 267-272. Download PDF
  
  
• 5. Jackson, H.D. & Spottiswoode, C. (2004) Breeding biology and taxonomy of the Red-breasted Swallow Hirundo semirufa in Zimbabwe. Ostrich 75: 5-10.
  
  
• 4. Ryan, P.G. & Spottiswoode, C. (2003) The conservation status of Long-billed Tailorbird Orthotomus moreaui and other birds on Serra Jeci, northern Mozambique. Ostrich 74: 141-145. Download PDF
  
  
• 3. Hõrak, P., Ots, I., Vellau, H., Spottiswoode, C. & Møller, A.P. (2001) Carotenoid-based plumage coloration reflects hemoparasite infection and local survival in breeding great tits. Oecologia 126: 166-173. Download PDF
  
  
• 2. Ryan, P.G., Bento, C., Cohen, C., Graham, J., Parker, V. & Spottiswoode, C. (1999) The avifauna and conservation status of the Namuli Massif, northern Mozambique. Bird Conservation International 9: 315-331. Download PDF (please note that file size is 14.5 MB)
  
  
• 1. Underhill, L.G., Underhill, G.D. & Spottiswoode, C.N. (1999) Primary moult and body-mass of the Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola, and its abundance relative to the Laughing Dove S. senegalensis, in the Western Cape. Ostrich 70: 196-199.
  
  

• Spottiswoode, C., Gabremichael, M.N. & Francis, J. (2010) Where to Watch Birds in Ethiopia. A & C Black, London.
  
  
• Cohen, C., Spottiswoode, C. & Rossouw, J. (2006) Southern African Birdfinder: Where to find 1400 bird species in southern Africa and Madagascar. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
  
  
• Cohen, C. & Spottiswoode, C. (2000) Essential Birding in Western South Africa: Key routes from Cape Town to the Kalahari. Cape Town: Struik New Holland Publishers.
  

• Spottiswoode, C.N., Kilner, R.M. & Davies, N.B. (2012) Brood Parasitism. in: Royle, N.J., Smiseth, P.T. & Kölliker, M. (Eds) The Evolution of Parental Care. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Langmore, N.E. & Spottiswoode, C.N. (2012) Host manipulation through visual trickery in avian brood parasites. in: Hughes, D.P., Brodeur, J. & Thomas, F. (Eds) Host Manipulation By Parasites. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C.N. & Saino, N. (2010) Sexual selection and climate change. In: Møller, A.P., Fiedler, W. & Berthold, P. (Eds) Effects of Climate Change on Birds. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Twenty-two species accounts in: Hockey, P.A.R., Dean, W.R.J. & Ryan, P.G. (Eds) (2005) Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa. VIIth ed. Cape Town: The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund.
  

• Two species accounts in: Young, D.J., Harrison, J.A., Navarro, R.A., Anderson, M.D. & Colahan, M.D. (Eds) (2003) Big Birds on Farms: Mazda CAR Report 1993-2001. Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit. [2 species accounts written]
  
  
• Twenty-nine species accounts in: Harrison, J.A., Allan, D.G., Underhill, L.G., Herremans, M., Tree, A.J., Parker, V. & Brown, C.J. (Eds) (1997) The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.
  
  
• A site account in: Peterson, W. & Tripp, M. (Eds) (1995) Birds of the South-Western Cape and Where to Watch Them. Cape Town: Cape Bird Club.
  
  

• Spottiswoode, C. N. 2010 Finding southern Ethiopia's endemic birds. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17: 106-113. Download PDF
  
  
• Gabremichael, M.N., Spottiswoode, C. N., Fishpool. L., Forsyth, E., Lewis, A. Pain, D., Thomas, R. & Toye, N. 2009 Occurrence of the White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis near Negele, Ethiopia. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 16: 83-86. Download PDF
  
  
• Collar, N.J., Dellelegn, Y., Fishpool, L.D.C., Gabremichael, M.N., Spottiswoode, C.N. & Wondafrash, M. 2008 Type locality, behaviour, voice, nest, eggs and plight of the Sidamo Lark Heteromirafra sidamoensis. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 15: 180-190. Download PDF
  
  
• Collar, N.J. & Spottiswoode, C.N. 2005 Species limits in birds: A response to Watson. Bioscience 55: 388-389. Download PDF
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C., Leonard, P. & Mills, M. 2005 Little-known African Bird: Chaplin’s Barbet Lybius chaplini, Zambia’s fig-loving endemic. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 12: 50-52. Download PDF
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 2005 Opening up [New Worlds: Angola]. World of Birds 2005 (BirdWatch Suppl.) 26-27.
  
  
• Anderson, M.D., Anderson, T.A. & Spottiswoode, C. 2004 Murmuring white giants of the Kalahari. Africa Geographic 12 (8).
  

• Spottiswoode, C. & Lambert, F. 2004 First record of Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis in western South Africa. Bird Numbers 13(2): 30.
  
  
• Sinclair, I., Spottiswoode, C., Cohen, C., Mills, M., Cassidy, R., vaz Pinto, P. & Ryan, P. 2004 Birding western Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 11: 152-160.
  
  
• Mills, M., Cohen, C. & Spottiswoode, C. 2004 Little-known African Bird: Gabela Akalat, Angola's long-neglected Gabelatrix. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 11: 149-151.
  
  
• Cohen, C., Mills, M., Ryan, P.G., Sinclair, I., Vaz Pinto, P. & Spottiswoode, C. 2004 Angola’s neglected mountain endemics. World BirdWatch 26: 5.
  
  
• Cohen, C., Mills, M. & Spottiswoode, C. 2004 Angola’s mountain endemics emerge. Africa: Birds & Birding 9(2): 16-17.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. Sociable-ising in Namibia. Lanioturdus 37(2): 25-26.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. & Cohen, C. 2003 Top 50 birds of the world: Congo Peafowl Afropavo congolensis. Birdwatch Suppl. 9.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 2002 Review: Guide sonore des Oiseaux nicheurs des Comores. Africa: Birds & Birding 7(4): 11.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. & Ryan, P.G. 2002 First record of Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica in Sul do Save, Mozambique. Bird Numbers 11: 23.
  

• Spottiswoode, C. & Cohen, C. 2002 Birding the Tanqua Karoo: the long unwinding road. Africa: Birds & Birding 7(1): 52-59
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 2002 Portfolio: Beyond Marrakech. Africa Geographic 10(1): 50-57
  
  
• Ryan, P.G. & Spottiswoode, C. 2001 Tailorbirds rediscovered in northern Mozambique. Africa: Birds & Birding 6(5): 18-19.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C., Cohen, C. & Hester, A. 2001 First breeding records of the South African Cliff Swallow in Botswana. Babbler 39: 52-52.
  
  
• Cohen, C., Spottiswoode, C. & Rose, B. 2001 Pelagic seabirding off Cape Town, South Africa. African Bird Club Bulletin 8: 12-17. Click here for online version
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. & Mills, M. 2000 Records from Gambela, western Ethiopia. African Bird Club Bulletin 7: 97-100. Click here for online version
  
  
• Mills, M. & Spottiswoode, C. 2000 Photospot: Star-spotted Nightjar. African Bird Club Bulletin 7: 141-143.
  
  
• Ryan, P., Spottiswoode, C., Parker, V., Graham, J., Cohen, C. & Bento, C. 1999 The birds of Namuli, northern Mozambique: retracing Vincent’s footsteps. African Bird Club Bulletin 6: 138-143. Click here for online version
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 1999 Review: Roberts’ Multimedia Birds of Southern Africa. Africa: Birds & Birding 4(5):12-13.
  
  
• Herremans, M, Herremans-Tonnoeyr, D., Pryce, E. & Spottiswoode, C. 1994 Mortality of swallows and swifts in the Okavango during a mega cold spell. Babbler 28: 16-17.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 1994 Lesser Honeyguide parasitizing Cardinal Woodpecker. Promerops 213: 9.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 1993 Orangebreasted Sunbirds feeding on the ground. Promerops 208: 10-11.
  
  
• Spottiswoode, C. 1993 Raptors in Newlands. Promerops