Shana M Caro
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Peer-reviewed articles:
  • 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​
In progress articles
(manuscripts available, just email):
  • Caro, S.M., Wu, K. & Hofmann, H. Sex differences in parental response to offspring begging are associated with pair bond strength across birds.
  • 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.

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