Publications
Peer-reviewed articles:
- Caro, S.M., Velasco, A.C.**, van Mastrigt, T.**, van Oers, K., Griffin, A.S., West, S.A., & Hinde, C.A. Parental control: ecology drives plasticity in parental response to offspring signals. Behavioral Ecology, araf058, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf058
- **grad coauthor
- Morisseau, S.D.* and Caro, S.M. In press at Ardea. Birds’ foraging on human-derived food in suburban areas.
- *undergrad coauthor
- Levin, S. R., Caro, S. M., Griffin, A. S. & West, S. A. 2019. Honest signaling and the double counting of inclusive fitness. Evolution Letters 3, 428–433, https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.138
- Wild, G.,* Caro, S. M.*, & West, S. A. 2017. Signaling about information that is neither cryptic nor private. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30, 806-813, doi: 10.1111/jeb.13049
- *Joint first authors
- Caro, S. M., West, S. A. & Griffin, A. S. (2016). Sibling conflict and dishonest signaling in birds. PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606378113
- PNAS commentary: Matt Dugas ‘Baby birds do not always tell the truth’
- Popular science coverage here
- Caro, S. M., Griffin, A. S., Hinde, C. A. & West, S. A. (2016). Unpredictable environments lead to the evolution of parental neglect in birds. Nature Communications 7:10985 doi: 10.1038/ncomms10985
- Nature News & Views coverage: Douglas Mock ‘Animal behaviour: Some begging is actually bragging’
- BBC Oxford radio interview
- Popular science coverage: IFL Science article; Science News article; International Business Times article; El País article; and more here
Articles in review
(manuscripts available, just email):
(manuscripts available, just email):
- Caro, S.M., Moreno Villareal, R.*, Velasco, A.C.**, van Mastrigt, T.**, van Oers, K., Hinde, C.A., Hofmann, H., Decision-making in the wild: Urgency and complexity drive feeding decision speed and the likelihood of revising a choice in a sex-dependent manner in great tit (Parus major) parents. In review at The American Naturalist
- *undergrad coauthor, ** grad coauthor
- Caro, S.M., Wu, K.* & Hofmann, H. Sex differences in parental response to offspring begging are associated with pair bond strength across birds.
- *undergrad coauthor