Alistair Dawson, Ph.D., D.Sc. - Publications

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University of Bristol, Bristol, England, United Kingdom 

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2017 Dawson A. Daily Cycles in Body Temperature in a Songbird Change with Photoperiod and Are Weakly Circadian. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 32: 177-183. PMID 28470122 DOI: 10.1177/0748730417691206  0.327
2015 Ryan CP, Dawson A, Sharp PJ, Williams TD. Uncoupling clutch size, prolactin, and luteinizing hormone using experimental egg removal. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 213: 1-8. PMID 25687742 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2015.02.005  0.442
2015 Nelson BF, Daunt F, Monaghan P, Wanless S, Butler A, Heidinger BJ, Newell M, Dawson A. Protracted treatment with corticosterone reduces breeding success in a long-lived bird. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 210: 38-45. PMID 25449182 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2014.10.003  0.364
2015 Dawson A. Annual gonadal cycles in birds: modeling the effects of photoperiod on seasonal changes in GnRH-1 secretion. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 37: 52-64. PMID 25194876 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yfrne.2014.08.004  0.456
2014 Ryan CP, Dawson A, Sharp PJ, Meddle SL, Williams TD. Circulating breeding and pre-breeding prolactin and LH are not associated with clutch size in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 202: 26-34. PMID 24768674 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2014.04.006  0.469
2014 Reynolds SJ, Martin GR, Dawson A, Wearn CP, Hughes BJ. The sub-annual breeding cycle of a tropical seabird. Plos One. 9: e93582. PMID 24714514 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0093582  0.337
2013 Schaper SV, Gienapp P, Dawson A, Visser ME. Heritability of gonad size varies across season in a wild songbird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26: 2739-45. PMID 24118141 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.12249  0.402
2013 Dawson A. The effect of latitude on photoperiodic control of gonadal maturation, regression and molt in birds. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 190: 129-33. PMID 23770215 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2013.05.017  0.415
2013 Caro SP, Schaper SV, Dawson A, Sharp PJ, Gienapp P, Visser ME. Is microevolution the only emergency exit in a warming world? Temperature influences egg laying but not its underlying mechanisms in great tits. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 190: 164-9. PMID 23470654 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2013.02.025  0.394
2013 Salvante KG, Dawson A, Aldredge RA, Sharp PJ, Sockman KW. Prior experience with photostimulation enhances photo-induced reproductive response in female house finches. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 28: 38-50. PMID 23382590 DOI: 10.1177/0748730412468087  0.508
2012 Schaper SV, Dawson A, Sharp PJ, Caro SP, Visser ME. Individual variation in avian reproductive physiology does not reliably predict variation in laying date. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 179: 53-62. PMID 22884573 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2012.07.021  0.445
2012 Crossin GT, Trathan PN, Phillips RA, Gorman KB, Dawson A, Sakamoto KQ, Williams TD. Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins. The American Naturalist. 180: E31-41. PMID 22673661 DOI: 10.1086/666001  0.367
2012 Deviche P, Sharp PJ, Dawson A, Sabo J, Fokidis B, Davies S, Hurley L. Up to the challenge? Hormonal and behavioral responses of free-ranging male Cassin's sparrows, Peucaea cassinii, to conspecific song playback. Hormones and Behavior. 61: 741-9. PMID 22504307 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2012.03.012  0.425
2012 Deviche P, Gao S, Davies S, Sharp PJ, Dawson A. Rapid stress-induced inhibition of plasma testosterone in free-ranging male rufous-winged sparrows, Peucaea carpalis: characterization, time course, and recovery. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 177: 1-8. PMID 22449619 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2012.02.022  0.356
2012 Crossin GT, Phillips RA, Trathan PN, Fox DS, Dawson A, Wynne-Edwards KE, Williams TD. Migratory carryover effects and endocrinological correlates of reproductive decisions and reproductive success in female albatrosses. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 176: 151-7. PMID 22285395 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2012.01.006  0.396
2012 Schaper SV, Dawson A, Sharp PJ, Gienapp P, Caro SP, Visser ME. Increasing temperature, not mean temperature, is a cue for avian timing of reproduction. The American Naturalist. 179: E55-69. PMID 22218320 DOI: 10.1086/663675  0.33
2012 Crossin GT, Dawson A, Phillips RA, Trathan PN, Gorman KB, Adlard S, Williams TD. Seasonal patterns of prolactin and corticosterone secretion in an Antarctic seabird that moults during reproduction. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 175: 74-81. PMID 22020257 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2011.10.003  0.422
2011 Schaper SV, Rueda C, Sharp PJ, Dawson A, Visser ME. Spring phenology does not affect timing of reproduction in the great tit (Parus major). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 3664-71. PMID 21993796 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.059543  0.447
2011 Ouyang JQ, Sharp PJ, Dawson A, Quetting M, Hau M. Hormone levels predict individual differences in reproductive success in a passerine bird. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 278: 2537-45. PMID 21247953 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2010.2490  0.424
2011 Newton I, Dawson A. Seasonal changes in moult, body mass and reproductive condition in siskins Carduelis spinus exposed to daylength regimes simulating different latitudes Journal of Avian Biology. 42: 22-28. DOI: 10.1111/J.1600-048X.2010.05249.X  0.408
2011 Visser ME, Schaper SV, Holleman LJM, Dawson A, Sharp P, Gienapp P, Caro SP. Genetic variation in cue sensitivity involved in avian timing of reproduction Functional Ecology. 25: 868-877. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2011.01844.X  0.384
2010 Crossin GT, Trathan PN, Phillips RA, Dawson A, Le Bouard F, Williams TD. A carryover effect of migration underlies individual variation in reproductive readiness and extreme egg size dimorphism in macaroni penguins. The American Naturalist. 176: 357-66. PMID 20636133 DOI: 10.1086/655223  0.421
2010 Kumar V, Wingfield JC, Dawson A, Ramenofsky M, Rani S, Bartell P. Biological clocks and regulation of seasonal reproduction and migration in birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 83: 827-35. PMID 20604684 DOI: 10.1086/652243  0.536
2010 Dawson A, Sharp PJ. Seasonal changes in concentrations of plasma LH and prolactin associated with the advance in the development of photorefractoriness and molt by high temperature in the starling. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 167: 122-7. PMID 20152838 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2010.02.004  0.418
2009 Dawson A, Perrins CM, Sharp PJ, Wheeler D, Groves S. The involvement of prolactin in avian molt: the effects of gender and breeding success on the timing of molt in Mute swans (Cygnus olor). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 161: 267-70. PMID 19523387 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.016  0.369
2009 Young GR, Dawson A, Newton I, Walker L. The timing of gonadal development and moult in three raptors with different breeding seasons: Effects of gender, age and body condition Ibis. 151: 654-666. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.2009.00957.X  0.416
2008 Dawson A. Control of the annual cycle in birds: endocrine constraints and plasticity in response to ecological variability. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 363: 1621-33. PMID 18048294 DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.2007.0004  0.371
2007 Dawson A, Sharp PJ. Photorefractoriness in birds--photoperiodic and non-photoperiodic control. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 153: 378-84. PMID 17367789 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2007.01.043  0.364
2007 Dawson A. Seasonality in a temperate zone bird can be entrained by near equatorial photoperiods. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 721-5. PMID 17254997 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.0067  0.39
2006 Dawson A. Control of molt in birds: association with prolactin and gonadal regression in starlings. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 147: 314-22. PMID 16530194 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2006.02.001  0.42
2005 Dawson A. Seasonal differences in the secretion of luteinising hormone and prolactin in response to N-methyl-DL-aspartate in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 17: 105-110. PMID 15796761 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01284.x  0.372
2004 Sockman KW, Williams TD, Dawson A, Ball GF. Prior experience with photostimulation enhances photo-induced reproductive development in female European starlings: a possible basis for the age-related increase in avian reproductive performance. Biology of Reproduction. 71: 979-86. PMID 15151935 DOI: 10.1095/Biolreprod.104.029751  0.616
2004 Dawson A. Evidence against a period of relative photorefractoriness during the recovery of photosensitivity in common starlings. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 136: 117-21. PMID 14980802 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2003.12.008  0.412
2004 Dawson A. The effects of delaying the start of moult on the duration of moult, primary feather growth rates and feather mass in common starlings Sturnus vulgaris Ibis. 146: 493-500. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.2004.00290.X  0.386
2003 Dawson A. A comparison of the annual cycles in testicular size and moult in captive European starlings Sturnus vulgaris during their first and second years Journal of Avian Biology. 34: 119-123. DOI: 10.1034/J.1600-048X.2003.03055.X  0.414
2002 Dawson A, Talbot RT, Dunn IC, Sharp PJ. Changes in basal hypothalamic chicken gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide associated with a photo-induced cycle in gonadal maturation and prolactin secretion in intact and thyroidectomized starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 14: 533-539. PMID 12121489 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00807.x  0.404
2002 Dawson A, Van't HT. Ontogeny of the daily profile of plasma melatonin in European starlings raised under long or short photoperiods. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 17: 259-65. PMID 12054197 DOI: 10.1177/07430402017003009  0.498
2001 Dawson A, King VM, Bentley GE, Ball GF. Photoperiodic control of seasonality in birds. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 16: 365-80. PMID 11506381 DOI: 10.1177/074873001129002079  0.705
2001 Dawson A. The effects of a single long photoperiod on induction and dissipation of reproductive photorefractoriness in European starlings General and Comparative Endocrinology. 121: 316-324. PMID 11254373 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.2001.7601  0.424
2001 Rothery P, Wyllie I, Newton I, Dawson A, Osborn D. The timing and duration of moult in adult Starlings Sturnus vulgaris in east-central England Ibis. 143: 435-441. DOI: 10.1111/J.1474-919X.2001.Tb04944.X  0.392
2000 Dawson A, Hinsley SA, Ferns PN, Bonser RHC, Eccleston L. Rate of moult affects feather quality: A mechanism linking current reproductive effort to future survival Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 267: 2093-2098. PMID 11416914 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2000.1254  0.344
2000 Bentley GE, Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Lack of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuron response to decreasing photoperiod in thyroidectomized male starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 287: 74-9. PMID 10861552 DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20000615)287:1<74::Aid-Jez9>3.0.Co;2-R  0.748
1999 Weil S, Rozenboim I, Degen AA, Dawson A, Friedländer M, Rosenstrauch A. Fertility decline in aging roosters is related to increased testicular and plasma levels of estradiol General and Comparative Endocrinology. 115: 23-28. PMID 10375460 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.1999.7276  0.429
1998 Sharp PJ, Dawson A, Lea RW. Control of luteinizing hormone and prolactin secretion in birds Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology. 119: 275-282. PMID 9827000 DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)00016-4  0.474
1998 Dawson A. Thyroidectomy of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) prevents photo- induced testicular growth but not the increased hypothalamic gonadotrophin- releasing hormone General and Comparative Endocrinology. 110: 196-200. PMID 9570940 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.1998.7065  0.418
1998 Bentley GE, Goldsmith AR, Dawson A, Briggs C, Pemberton M. Decreased light intensity alters the perception of day length by male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Journal of Biological Rhythms. 13: 148-58. PMID 9554576 DOI: 10.1177/074873098128999998  0.72
1998 Dawson A, Sharp PJ. The role of prolactin in the development of reproductive photorefractoriness and postnuptial molt in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Endocrinology. 139: 485-490. PMID 9449615 DOI: 10.1210/Endo.139.2.5701  0.431
1997 Dawson A. Plasma-Luteinizing Hormone and Prolactin during Circannual Rhythms of Gonadal Maturation and Molt in Male and Female European Starlings Journal of Biological Rhythms. 12: 371-377. PMID 9438885  0.424
1997 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Changes in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH-I) in the pre-optic area and median eminence of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) during the recovery of photosensitivity and during photostimulation. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. 111: 1-6. PMID 9370960  0.689
1997 Bentley GE, Goldsmith AR, Dawson A, Glennie LM, Talbot RT, Sharp PJ. Photorefractoriness in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) is not dependent upon the long-day-induced rise in plasma thyroxine. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 107: 428-38. PMID 9268624 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.1997.6941  0.726
1997 Bentley GE, Goldsmith AR, Juss TS, Dawson A. The effects of nerve growth factor and anti-nerve growth factor antibody on the neuroendocrine reproductive system in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 181: 133-41. PMID 9251255 DOI: 10.1007/S003590050100  0.713
1995 McNaughton FJ, Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. A comparison of the responses to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone of adult and juvenile, and photosensitive and photorefractory European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 97: 135-44. PMID 7713378 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.1995.1013  0.684
1994 Degen AA, Weil S, Rosenstrauch A, Kam M, Dawson A. Seasonal plasma levels of luteinizing and steroid hormones in male and female domestic ostriches (Struthio camelus) General and Comparative Endocrinology. 93: 21-27. PMID 8138115 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.1994.1003  0.479
1994 Dawson A, King V. Thyroidectomy does not affect the daily or free-running rhythms of plasma melatonin in European starlings J.Biol.Rhythms. 9: 137-144. PMID 7873773  0.378
1994 Dawson A, McNaughton FJ, Goldsmith AR, Degen AA. Ratite-like neoteny induced by neonatal thyroidectomy of European starlings,Sturnus vulgaris Journal of Zoology. 232: 633-639. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1994.Tb04618.X  0.575
1993 Dawson A, McNaughton FJ. Circannual rhythms in starlings: response of castrated birds to 12-hr days depends on photoperiodic history Journal of Biological Rhythms. 8: 141-150. PMID 8369550  0.441
1993 Dawson A. Thyroidectomy progressively renders the reproductive system of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) unresponsive to changes in daylength Journal of Endocrinology. 139: 51-55. PMID 8254293  0.396
1992 McNaughton FJ, Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Puberty in birds: the reproductive system of starlings does not respond to short days until birds are fully grown. The Journal of Endocrinology. 132: 411-7. PMID 1564426 DOI: 10.1677/Joe.0.1320411  0.662
1992 McNaughton FJ, Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Juvenile photorefractoriness in starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, is not caused by long days after hatching Proceedings - Royal Society of London, B. 247: 123-128. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1992.0051  0.69
1989 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Sexual maturation in starlings raised on long or short days: changes in hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and plasma LH concentrations. The Journal of Endocrinology. 123: 189-96. PMID 2691617  0.698
1988 Nicholls TJ, Goldsmith AR, Dawson A. Photorefractoriness in birds and comparison with mammals. Physiological Reviews. 68: 133-76. PMID 3275941  0.574
1987 Williams TD, Dawson A, Nicholls TJ, Goldsmith AR. Short days induce premature reproductive maturation in juvenile starlings, Sturnus vulgaris. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. 80: 327-33. PMID 3598969  0.66
1987 Williams TD, Dawson A, Nlcholls TJ, Goldsmith AR. Reproductive endocrinology of free-living nestling and juvenile starlings,Sturnus vulgaris;an altricial species Journal of Zoology. 212: 619-628. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1987.Tb05960.X  0.684
1986 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR, Nicholls TJ. Seasonal changes in testicular size and in plasma follicle-stimulating hormone and prolactin concentrations in thyroidectomized male and thyroidectomized castrated starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 63: 38-44. PMID 3095176 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(86)90179-6  0.683
1986 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR, Nicholls TJ, Follett BK. Endocrine changes associated with the termination of photorefractoriness by short daylengths and thyroidectomy in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). The Journal of Endocrinology. 110: 73-9. PMID 3090185 DOI: 10.1677/Joe.0.1100073  0.695
1985 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR, Nicholls TJ. Thyroidectomy results in termination of photorefractoriness in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) kept in long daylengths. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. 74: 527-33. PMID 3930712 DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0740527  0.678
1985 Dawson A, Follett BK, Goldsmith AR, Nicholls TJ. Hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and pituitary and plasma FSH and prolactin during photostimulation and photorefractoriness in intact and thyroidectomized starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). The Journal of Endocrinology. 105: 71-7. PMID 3921645 DOI: 10.1677/Joe.0.1050071  0.682
1985 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR, Nicholls TJ. Development of Photorefractoriness in Intact and Castrated Male Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) Exposed to Different Periods of Long-Day Lengths Physiological Zoology. 58: 253-261. DOI: 10.1086/physzool.58.3.30155996  0.639
1984 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Effects of gonadectomy on seasonal changes in plasma LH and prolactin concentrations in male and female starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). The Journal of Endocrinology. 100: 213-8. PMID 6693831 DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1000213  0.658
1984 Dawson A. Changes in plasma thyroxine concentrations in male and female starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) during a photo-induced gonadal cycle General and Comparative Endocrinology. 56: 193-197. PMID 6510682 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(84)90030-3  0.376
1984 Nicholls TJ, Goldsmith AR, Dawson A. Photorefractoriness in European starlings: associated hypothalamic changes and the involvement of thyroid hormones and prolactin. The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 232: 567-72. PMID 6394697 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.1402320324  0.639
1984 Nicholls T, Goldsmith A, Dawson A. Photorefractoriness in starlings Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 20: 1564. DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(84)90812-4  0.571
1984 Dawson A, Follett B, Goldsmith A, Nicholls T. Hypothalamic gonadotrophin-releasing hormone and pituitary and plasma FSH and prolactin during photostimulation and photorefractoriness in intact and thyroidectomized starlings Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 20: 1538. DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(84)90760-X  0.622
1983 Dawson A. Plasma gonadal steroid levels in wild starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) during the annual cycle and in relation to the stages of breeding General and Comparative Endocrinology. 49: 286-294. PMID 6840523 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(83)90146-6  0.424
1983 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Plasma prolactin and gonadotrophins during gonadal development and the onset of photorefractoriness in male and female starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) on artificial photoperiods. The Journal of Endocrinology. 97: 253-60. PMID 6406634 DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.0970253  0.624
1982 Dawson A, Goldsmith AR. Prolactin and gonadotrophin secretion in wild starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) during the annual cycle and in relation to nesting, incubation, and rearing young. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 48: 213-21. PMID 6814982 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(82)90019-3  0.67
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