Publications
Peer-reviewed articles:
- Caro, S.M., Moreno Villareal, R., Velasco, A.C., van Mastrigt, T., van Oers, K., Hinde, C.A., Hofmann, H. In press. 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.The American Naturalist.
- Caro, S.M., Velasco, A.C., van Mastrigt, T., van Oers, K., Griffin, A.S., West, S.A., & Hinde, C.A. 2025. Parental control: ecology drives plasticity in parental response to offspring signals. Behavioral Ecology, araf058, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf058
- Caro, S.M., Wu, K. & Hofmann, H. 2025. Sex differences in parental response to offspring begging are associated with pair bond strength across birds. Behaviour, 1.aop (2025): 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10318
- Morisseau, S.D. and Caro, S.M. 2025. Birds’ foraging on human-derived food in suburban areas. Ardea, 113: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.2024.a22
- 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, please email if interested):
(manuscripts available, please email if interested):
- de Gasperin, O., Malazarte, K.M., Morisseau, S.D., & Caro, S.M. Ultra-processed food increases cockroaches’ mortality. In review at Scientific Reports
