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Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology (2020)
Journal Article
Durrant, K. L., Reader, T., & Symonds, M. R. E. (2020). Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology. Biology Letters, 16(1), 20190568. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0568

Passerine birds produce costly traits under intense sexual selection, including elaborate sexually dichromatic plumage and sperm morphologies, to compete for fertilizations. Plumage and sperm traits vary markedly among species, but it is unknown if t... Read More about Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology.

First Report of a Novel Hepatozoon sp. in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, J. H., Durrant, K. L., Liu, S., Carlin, E. P., Wang, C., Rodriguez, J., …Fleischer, R. C. (2019). First Report of a Novel Hepatozoon sp. in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). EcoHealth, 16(2), 338=345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01416-4

The first report of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) infected with a novel Hepatozoon species is presented. An intraleukocytic parasite was detected via routine blood smear from a zoo-housed giant panda at the National Zoological Park. Ribosomal... Read More about First Report of a Novel Hepatozoon sp. in Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca).

Vocal instability over time in individual male European nightjars, Caprimulgus europaeus: recommendations for acoustic monitoring and surveys (2019)
Journal Article
Raymond, S., Spotswood, S., Clarke, H., Zielonka, N., Lowe, A., & Durrant, K. L. (2020). Vocal instability over time in individual male European nightjars, Caprimulgus europaeus: recommendations for acoustic monitoring and surveys. Bioacoustics, 29(3), 280-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2019.1603121

Acoustic monitoring of birds is developing rapidly as equipment, methods and analyses improve. However, most population monitoring studies still utilise traditional techniques like mark-recapture or line transects. Rebbeck et al. (2001) used vocal re... Read More about Vocal instability over time in individual male European nightjars, Caprimulgus europaeus: recommendations for acoustic monitoring and surveys.

A pilot study to survey the carnivore community in the hyper-arid environment of South Sinai Mountains (2017)
Journal Article
Gecchele, L. V., Bremner-Harrison, S., Gilbert, F., Soultan, A. E., Davison, A., & Durrant, K. L. (2017). A pilot study to survey the carnivore community in the hyper-arid environment of South Sinai Mountains. Journal of Arid Environments, 141, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.01.009

Carnivores are one of the taxa most affected by habitat fragmentation and human persecution; as a result, most carnivore species are declining; for this reason monitoring changes in carnivore population is paramount to plan effective conservation pro... Read More about A pilot study to survey the carnivore community in the hyper-arid environment of South Sinai Mountains.

Comparative morphological trade-offs between pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe: Gromphadorhini) (2016)
Journal Article
Durrant, K. L., Skicko, I. M., Sturrock, C., & Mowles, S. L. (in press). Comparative morphological trade-offs between pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe: Gromphadorhini). Scientific Reports, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36755

Sperm competition theory predicts that animals face a trade-off between investment in weaponry and investment in ejaculate composition. Within the Madagascan giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe Gromphadorhini) differences in morphology exist that may in... Read More about Comparative morphological trade-offs between pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Giant hissing cockroaches (Tribe: Gromphadorhini).