Tim Birkhead - Publications

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Sheffield University, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom 

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2021 Montgomerie R, Hemmings N, Thompson JE, Birkhead TR. The Shapes of Birds' Eggs: Evolutionary Constraints and Adaptations. The American Naturalist. 198: E215-E231. PMID 34762571 DOI: 10.1086/716928  0.71
2021 Mendonca T, Birkhead TR, Cadby AJ, Forstmeier W, Hemmings N. Correction to: A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 288: 20211695. PMID 34493085 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1695  0.734
2020 Birkhead TR, Montgomerie R. Three decades of sperm competition in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 375: 20200208. PMID 33070724 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0208  0.315
2020 Birkhead T, Russell D, Garbout A, Attard M, Thompson J, Jackson D. New insights from old eggs – the shape and thickness of Great Auk Pinguinus impennis eggs Ibis. DOI: 10.1111/Ibi.12820  0.68
2018 Mendonca T, Birkhead TR, Cadby AJ, Forstmeier W, Hemmings N. A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 285. PMID 30051869 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2018.0865  0.725
2017 Kim KW, Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Hurley LL, Griffith SC, Burke T, Birkhead TR, Slate J. A sex-linked supergene controls sperm morphology and swimming speed in a songbird. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 1168-1176. PMID 29046578 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-017-0235-2  0.735
2017 Hemmings N, Birkhead T. Differential sperm storage by female zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28814657 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2017.1032  0.764
2016 Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Slate J, Birkhead T. Sperm morphology, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentration and swimming velocity: unexpected relationships in a passerine bird. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 283. PMID 27559067 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2016.1558  0.739
2016 Mills JA, Teplitsky C, Arroyo B, Charmantier A, Becker PH, Birkhead TR, Bize P, Blumstein DT, Bonenfant C, Boutin S, Bushuev A, Cam E, Cockburn A, Côté SD, Coulson JC, et al. Solutions for Archiving Data in Long-Term Studies: A Reply to Whitlock et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PMID 26778168 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2015.12.004  0.358
2015 Mills JA, Teplitsky C, Arroyo B, Charmantier A, Becker PH, Birkhead TR, Bize P, Blumstein DT, Bonenfant C, Boutin S, Bushuev A, Cam E, Cockburn A, Côté SD, Coulson JC, et al. Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30: 581-9. PMID 26411615 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2015.07.006  0.354
2015 Bennison C, Hemmings N, Slate J, Birkhead T. Long sperm fertilize more eggs in a bird. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 282: 20141897. PMID 25621327 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2014.1897  0.771
2013 Parker GA, Birkhead TR. Polyandry: the history of a revolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 368: 20120335. PMID 23339245 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0335  0.419
2013 Mossman JA, Slate J, Birkhead TR, Moore HD, Pacey AA. Sperm speed is associated with sex bias of siblings in a human population. Asian Journal of Andrology. 15: 152-4. PMID 23202700 DOI: 10.1038/Aja.2012.109  0.416
2012 Immler S, Gonzalez-Voyer A, Birkhead TR. Distinct evolutionary patterns of morphometric sperm traits in passerine birds. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 279: 4174-82. PMID 22896646 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1398  0.332
2011 Calhim S, Double MC, Margraf N, Birkhead TR, Cockburn A. Maintenance of sperm variation in a highly promiscuous wild bird. Plos One. 6: e28809. PMID 22194918 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0028809  0.477
2011 Immler S, Pitnick S, Parker GA, Durrant KL, Lüpold S, Calhim S, Birkhead TR. Resolving variation in the reproductive tradeoff between sperm size and number. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108: 5325-30. PMID 21402912 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1009059108  0.45
2011 Lüpold S, Wistuba J, Damm OS, Rivers JW, Birkhead TR. Sperm competition leads to functional adaptations in avian testes to maximize sperm quantity and quality. Reproduction (Cambridge, England). 141: 595-605. PMID 21307271 DOI: 10.1530/Rep-10-0501  0.399
2010 Immler S, Pryke SR, Birkhead TR, Griffith SC. Pronounced within-individual plasticity in sperm morphometry across social environments. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 64: 1634-43. PMID 20015235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00924.x  0.419
2010 Monaghan P, Birkhead T. Dad V Mom: the ultimate battle of the sexes New Scientist. 205: 36-39. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(10)60479-4  0.447
2009 Mossman J, Slate J, Humphries S, Birkhead T. Sperm morphology and velocity are genetically codetermined in the zebra finch. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 63: 2730-7. PMID 19552737 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2009.00753.X  0.476
2009 Lüpold S, Linz GM, Rivers JW, Westneat DF, Birkhead TR. Sperm competition selects beyond relative testes size in birds Evolution. 63: 391-402. PMID 19215291 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2008.00571.X  0.385
2009 Lüpold S, Calhim S, Immler S, Birkhead TR. Sperm morphology and sperm velocity in passerine birds. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 276: 1175-81. PMID 19129098 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1645  0.347
2009 Calhim S, Lampe HM, Slagsvold T, Birkhead TR. Selection on sperm morphology under relaxed sperm competition in a wild passerine bird. Biology Letters. 5: 58-61. PMID 18986959 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2008.0544  0.435
2008 Immler S, Calhim S, Birkhead TR. Increased postcopulatory sexual selection reduces the intramale variation in sperm design. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 62: 1538-43. PMID 18384656 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00393.x  0.412
2008 Cornwallis CK, Birkhead TR. Plasticity in reproductive phenotypes reveals status-specific correlations between behavioral, morphological, and physiological sexual traits. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 62: 1149-61. PMID 18266985 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00346.x  0.342
2007 Cornwallis CK, Birkhead TR. Changes in sperm quality and numbers in response to experimental manipulation of male social status and female attractiveness. The American Naturalist. 170: 758-70. PMID 17926297 DOI: 10.1086/521955  0.401
2007 Birkhead TR, Immler S. Making sperm: design, quality control and sperm competition. Society of Reproduction and Fertility Supplement. 65: 175-81. PMID 17644961  0.393
2007 Cornwallis CK, Birkhead TR. Experimental evidence that female ornamentation increases the acquisition of sperm and signals fecundity. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 274: 583-90. PMID 17476780  0.427
2007 Immler S, Birkhead TR. Sperm competition and sperm midpiece size: no consistent pattern in passerine birds. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 274: 561-8. PMID 17476777  0.325
2007 Brennan PL, Prum RO, McCracken KG, Sorenson MD, Wilson RE, Birkhead TR. Coevolution of male and female genital morphology in waterfowl. Plos One. 2: e418. PMID 17476339 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0000418  0.761
2007 Calhim S, Immler S, Birkhead TR. Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with reduced variation in sperm morphology. Plos One. 2: e413. PMID 17476335 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000413  0.385
2007 Birkhead TR, Brillard JP. Reproductive isolation in birds: postcopulatory prezygotic barriers. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 22: 266-72. PMID 17306413 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.02.004  0.316
2007 Immler S, Moore HD, Breed WG, Birkhead TR. By hook or by crook? Morphometry, competition and cooperation in rodent sperm. Plos One. 2: e170. PMID 17245446 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000170  0.38
2006 Cornwallis CK, Birkhead TR. Social status and availability of females determine patterns of sperm allocation in the fowl. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 60: 1486-93. PMID 16929665  0.447
2006 Pizzari T, Birkhead TR, Blows MW, Brooks R, Buchanan KL, Clutton-Brock TH, Harvey PH, Hosken DJ, Jennions MD, Kokko H, Kotiaho JS, Lessells CM, Macias-Garcia C, Moore AJ, Parker GA, et al. Debating sexual selection and mating strategies. Science (New York, N.Y.). 312: 689-97; author reply. PMID 16680817  0.657
2006 Lessells CM, Bennett AT, Birkhead TR, Colegrave N, Dall SR, Harvey PH, Hatchwell B, Hosken DJ, Hunt J, Moore AJ, Parker GA, Pitnick S, Pizzari T, Radwan J, Ritchie M, et al. Debating sexual selection and mating strategies. Science (New York, N.Y.). 312: 689-97; author reply. PMID 16680815  0.709
2005 Votier SC, Hatchwell BJ, Beckerman A, McCleery RH, Hunter FM, Pellatt J, Trinder M, Birkhead TR. Oil pollution and climate have wide-scale impacts on seabird demographics. Ecology Letters. 8: 1157-64. PMID 21352439 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2005.00818.X  0.471
2004 Forstmeier W, Coltman DW, Birkhead TR. Maternal effects influence the sexual behavior of sons and daughters in the zebra finch Evolution. 58: 2574-2583. PMID 15612299  0.319
2003 Pizzari T, Cornwallis CK, Løvlie H, Jakobsson S, Birkhead TR. Sophisticated sperm allocation in male fowl. Nature. 426: 70-4. PMID 14603319 DOI: 10.1038/Nature02004  0.697
2003 Blount JD, Metcalfe NB, Birkhead TR, Surai PF. Carotenoid modulation of immune function and sexual attractiveness in zebra finches. Science (New York, N.Y.). 300: 125-7. PMID 12677066 DOI: 10.1126/science.1082142  0.308
2002 Froman DP, Pizzari T, Feltmann AJ, Castillo-Juarez H, Birkhead TR. Sperm mobility: mechanisms of fertilizing efficiency, genetic variation and phenotypic relationship with male status in the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 269: 607-12. PMID 11916477 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2001.1925  0.702
2001 Monaghan P, Birkhead T. Spot the difference Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 16: 527. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02232-7  0.45
1999 Birkhead T. Distinguished Sperm In Competition Nature. 400: 406-407. PMID 10440365 DOI: 10.1038/22650  0.53
1999 Olsson M, Birkhead T, Shine R. Can relaxed time constraints on sperm production eliminate protandry in an ectotherm Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66: 159-170. DOI: 10.1006/Bijl.1998.0283  0.49
1998 Birkhead T. Sperm competition in birds Reviews of Reproduction. 3: 123-129. PMID 9685191 DOI: 10.1530/Ror.0.0030123  0.572
1997 Briskie JV, Montgomerie R, Birkhead TR. THE EVOLUTION OF SPERM SIZE IN BIRDS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 51: 937-945. PMID 28568571 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1997.Tb03674.X  0.48
1997 Cunningham E, Birkhead T. Female roles in perspective. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 12: 337-338. PMID 21238097 DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01160-9  0.438
1995 Birkhead T. Sperm competition: evolutionary causes and consequences Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 7: 755-775. PMID 8711212 DOI: 10.1071/Rd9950755  0.534
1993 Birkhead T, Møller A. Female control of paternity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 8: 100-104. PMID 21236119 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(93)90060-3  0.499
1993 Hunter FM, Petrie M, Otronen M, Birkhead T, Møller AP. Why do females copulate repeatedly with one male Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 8: 21-26. PMID 21236094 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(93)90126-A  0.51
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2012 Mossman JA, Slate J, Birkhead TR, Moore HD, Pacey AA. Mitochondrial haplotype does not influence sperm motility in a UK population of men. Human Reproduction (Oxford, England). 27: 641-51. PMID 22215629 DOI: 10.1093/Humrep/Der438  0.298
2009 Calhim S, Birkhead TR. Intraspecific variation in testis asymmetry in birds: evidence for naturally occurring compensation. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 276: 2279-84. PMID 19324740 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0134  0.29
2010 Warren WC, Clayton DF, Ellegren H, Arnold AP, Hillier LW, Künstner A, Searle S, White S, Vilella AJ, Fairley S, Heger A, Kong L, Ponting CP, Jarvis ED, Mello CV, ... ... Birkhead T, et al. The genome of a songbird. Nature. 464: 757-62. PMID 20360741 DOI: 10.1038/Nature08819  0.252
2011 Ekblom R, Stapley J, Ball AD, Birkhead T, Burke T, Slate J. Genetic mapping of the major histocompatibility complex in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Immunogenetics. 63: 523-30. PMID 21494955 DOI: 10.1007/S00251-011-0525-9  0.236
2013 Birkhead T. Bird senses: Vision New Scientist. 219. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(13)61890-4  0.228
2005 Dawson DA, Chittock J, Jehle R, Whitlock A, Nogueira D, Pellatt J, Birkhead T, Burke T. Identification of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata (Passeridae, Aves) Molecular Ecology Notes. 5: 298-301. DOI: 10.1111/J.1471-8286.2005.00907.X  0.227
2018 Biggins JD, Thompson JE, Birkhead TR. Accurately quantifying the shape of birds' eggs. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 9728-9738. PMID 30386570 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4412  0.225
2012 Birkhead T. LEWIS, D. The feathery tribe: Robert Ridgway and the modern study of birds. Yale University Press, New Haven & London: 2012. Pp 352; illustrated. Price: £ 35.00, US$ 45.00. ISBN 9780300175523. Archives of Natural History. 39: 373-374. DOI: 10.3366/Anh.2012.0125  0.217
2014 Birkhead T. Stormy outlook for long-term ecology studies. Nature. 514: 405. PMID 25341754 DOI: 10.1038/514405A  0.216
2013 Birkhead T. Bird senses: What next New Scientist. 219. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(13)61893-X  0.216
2017 Birkhead T, Montgomerie R. Publishing: One submission to all journals. Nature. 545: 30. PMID 28470194 DOI: 10.1038/545030A  0.215
2013 Birkhead T. Bird senses: Touch and hearing New Scientist. 219. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(13)61891-6  0.214
2012 Ekblom R, Slate J, Horsburgh GJ, Birkhead T, Burke T. Comparison between Normalised and Unnormalised 454-Sequencing Libraries for Small-Scale RNA-Seq Studies. Comparative and Functional Genomics. 2012: 281693. PMID 22319409 DOI: 10.1155/2012/281693  0.209
2016 Birkhead T. British Ornithologists' Union Godman–Salvin Medal Ibis. 158: 676-677. DOI: 10.1111/Ibi.12379  0.206
2017 Kenny E, Birkhead TR, Green JP. Allopreening in birds is associated with parental cooperation over offspring care and stable pair bonds across years. Behavioral Ecology : Official Journal of the International Society For Behavioral Ecology. 28: 1142-1148. PMID 29622926 DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx078  0.202
2019 Birkhead TR, Attard M, Pilastro A. SUBTLE EGG-SHELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES IN BIRDS' EGGS. Molecular Reproduction and Development. PMID 30624824 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23103  0.201
2013 Birkhead T. Bird senses: Taste, smell and magnetism New Scientist. 219. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(13)61892-8  0.2
2018 Riordan J, Birkhead T. Changes in the diet composition of Common Guillemot Uria aalge chicks on Skomer Island, Wales, between 1973 and 2017 Ibis. 160: 470-474. DOI: 10.1111/Ibi.12570  0.199
2012 Birkhead T. Elliott Coues Award, 2011 The Auk. 129: 187-188. DOI: 10.1525/Auk.2012.129.1.187  0.189
2002 Birkhead T. A bestial feast Nature. 418: 483-483. DOI: 10.1038/418483A  0.187
1990 Birkhead T, Hunter F. Reply from tim birkhead and fiona hunter. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 5: 263-264. PMID 21232369 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(90)90069-P  0.176
2015 Corfield JR, Price K, Iwaniuk AN, Gutierrez-Ibañez C, Birkhead T, Wylie DR. Diversity in olfactory bulb size in birds reflects allometry, ecology, and phylogeny. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 9: 102. PMID 26283931 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00102  0.146
2013 Cunningham SJ, Corfield JR, Iwaniuk AN, Castro I, Alley MR, Birkhead TR, Parsons S. The anatomy of the bill tip of kiwi and associated somatosensory regions of the brain: comparisons with shorebirds. Plos One. 8: e80036. PMID 24244601 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0080036  0.133
2010 Stapley J, Birkhead TR, Burke T, Slate J. Pronounced inter- and intrachromosomal variation in linkage disequilibrium across the zebra finch genome Genome Research. 20: 496-502. PMID 20357051 DOI: 10.1101/Gr.102095.109  0.085
2013 Corfield JR, Birkhead TR, Spottiswoode CN, Iwaniuk AN, Boogert NJ, Gutiérrez-Ibáñez C, Overington SE, Wylie DR, Lefebvre L. Brain size and morphology of the brood-parasitic and cerophagous honeyguides (Aves: Piciformes). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 81: 170-86. PMID 23615026 DOI: 10.1159/000348834  0.084
2010 Santure AW, Stapley J, Ball AD, Birkhead TR, Burke T, Slate J. On the use of large marker panels to estimate inbreeding and relatedness: empirical and simulation studies of a pedigreed zebra finch population typed at 771 SNPs. Molecular Ecology. 19: 1439-51. PMID 20149098 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2010.04554.X  0.075
2016 Mundy NI, Stapley J, Bennison C, Tucker R, Twyman H, Kim KW, Burke T, Birkhead TR, Andersson S, Slate J. Red Carotenoid Coloration in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 27212402 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2016.04.047  0.069
2018 Birkhead TR. Brighten outlook for long-term seabird monitoring. Nature. 563: 35. PMID 30382213 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07242-y  0.053
2010 Ball AD, Stapley J, Dawson DA, Birkhead TR, Burke T, Slate J. A comparison of SNPs and microsatellites as linkage mapping markers: lessons from the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Bmc Genomics. 11: 218. PMID 20359323 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-218  0.036
2015 Birkhead T. Tim Birkhead. Current Biology : Cb. 25: R817-8. PMID 26726333  0.014
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