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(Photographs by Paulo E. Llambias, 2007, Ithaca, New York)
Forsman,
A.M., L.A. Vogel, S.K. Sakaluk, B.G. Johnson , B.S. Masters, L.S.
Johnson, and C. F. Thompson. 2008. Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through
extra-pair mating. Molecular Ecology 17: 3697-3706.
Forsman,
A.M, L.A. Vogel, S.K. Sakaluk, J.L. Grindstaff, and C.F.
Thompson. 2008. Immune-challenged house wren broods differ in the relative
strengths of their responses among different axes of the immune system. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology 21: 873-878.
Robinson, W.D., J.D. Strysky, B.J. Payne, R.G. Harper, and C.F. Thompson. 2008. Why are incubation periods longer in the tropics? A common-garden experiment with house wrens reveals it is all in the egg. American Naturalist 171: 532-535.
Dobbs, R.C., J.D. Styrsky, and C.F. Thompson. 2006. Clutch size and the costs of incubation in the house wren. Behavioral Ecology 17: 849-856.
Eckerle, K.P., and C.F. Thompson. 2006. Mate choice in house wrens:
nest cavities trump male characteristics.
Behaviour 143:
253-271.
Eckerle, K.P, and C.F. Thompson. 2005. Addition of arthropod cocoons
to house wren nests is correlated with delayed pairing.
Behavioral Ecology 16: 1-7.
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Janota, S.M., S.S. Soukup, and C.F. Thompson. 2002. Male-biased offspring sex ratio in the house wren. Condor 104: 881-885.
Styrsky, J.D., R.C. Dobbs, and C.F. Thompson. 2002. Sources of egg-size variation in house wrens: ontogenetic and environmental components. Auk 119: 800-807.
Ellis, L.A., J.D. Styrsky, R.C. Dobbs, and C.F. Thompson. 2001. Female condition: a predictor of hatching synchrony in the house wren? Condor 103: 587-591.
Eckerle, K.P., and C.F. Thompson. 2001. Yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens. in The Birds of North America, No. 575 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ellis, L.A., D.W. Borst, and C.F. Thompson. 2001. Hatching asynchrony and maternal androgens in egg yolks of house wrens. Journal of Avian Biology 32: 26-30.
Styrsky, J.D., R.C. Dobbs, and C.F. Thompson. 2000. Food-supplementation does not override the effect of egg mass on fitness-related traits of nestling house wrens. Journal of Animal Ecology 69: 690-702.
Styrsky, J.D., K.P. Eckerle, and C.F. Thompson. 1999. Fitness-related consequences of egg mass in nestling house wrens. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B 266: 1253-1258.
Thompson, C.F. 1999. Ectoparasite behavior and its effects on avian nest-site selection: corrections and comment. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 108-109.
Pacejka, A.J., C.M. Gratton, and C.F. Thompson. 1998. Do potentially virulent mites affect house wren Troglodytes aedon reproductive success? Ecology 79: 1797-1806.
Soukup, S.S., and C.F. Thompson. 1998. Social mating system and reproductive success in house wrens. Behavioral Ecology 9: 43-48.
Soukup, S.S., and C.F. Thompson. 1997. Social mating system affects the frequency of extra-pair paternity in house wrens. Animal Behaviour 54: 1089-1105.
Cavitt, J.F., and C.F. Thompson. 1997. Mass loss in breeding house wrens: effects of food supplements. Ecology 78: 2512-2523.
Thompson, C.F., G.F. Ray, and R.L. Preston. 1996. Nectar-robbing in blue tits Parus caeruleus: failure of a novel feeding trait to spread. Ibis 138: 552-553.
Harper, R.G., J.A. Frick, A.P. Capparella, B. Borup, M. Nowak,D. Biesinger, and C.F. Thompson. 1996. Organochlorine pesticide contamination in neotropical migrant passerines. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 31: 386-390.
Pacejka, A.J., and C.F. Thompson. 1996. Does removal of old nests from nestboxes by researchers affect mite populations in subsequent nests of house wrens? Journal of Field Ornithology 67: 558-564.
Pacejka, A.J., E. Santana, R.G. Harper, and C.F. Thompson. 1996. House wrens (Troglodytes aedon) and nest-dwelling ectoparasites: mite population growth and feeding patterns. Journal of Avian Biology 27: 273-278.
Flux, J.E.C., and C.F. Thompson. 1995. Distribution of parental effort between nestlings of European starlings: runting and a spoilt-brat strategy. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 22: 331-338.
Harper, R.G., S.A. Juliano, and C.F. Thompson. 1994. Intrapopulation variation in hatching synchrony in house wrens: test of the individual optimization hypothesis. Auk 111: 516-524.
Thompson, C.F., J.E.C. Flux, and V.T. Tetzlaff. 1993. The heaviest nestlings are not necessarily the fattest nestlings. Journal of Field Ornithology 64: 426-432.
Thompson, C.F., and A.J. Neill. 1993. Statistical power and accepting the null hypothesis. Animal Behaviour 46: 1012.
Harper, R.G., S.A. Juliano, and C.F. Thompson. 1993. Avian hatching asynchrony: Brood classification based on discriminant function analysis of nestling masses. Ecology 74: 1191-1196.
Harper, R.G., S.A. Juliano, and C.F. Thompson. 1992. Hatching asynchrony in the house wren, Troglodytes aedon: a test of the brood-reduction hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology 3: 76-83.
Thompson, C.F., and A.J. Neill. 1991. House wrens do not prefer clean nestboxes. Animal Behaviour 42: 1022-1024.
Thompson, C.F., and J.E.C. Flux. 1991. Body mass, composition, and survival of nestling and fledgling starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) at Belmont, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 15: 41-47.
Drilling, N.E., and C.F. Thompson. 1991. Mate switching in multibrooded house wrens. Auk 108: 60-70.
Price, D.K., G.E. Collier, and C.F. Thompson. 1989. Multiple parentage in broods of house wrens: genetic evidence. Journal of Heredity 80: 1-5.
Thompson, C.F., and J.E.C. Flux. 1988. Body mass and lipid content at nest-leaving of European starlings in New Zealand. Ornis Scandinavica 19: 1-6.
Drilling, N.E., and C.F. Thompson. 1988. Natal and breeding dispersal in house wrens (Troglodytes aedon). Auk 105: 342-352.
Baltz, M.E., and C.F. Thompson. 1988. Successful incubation of experimentally enlarged clutches by house wrens. Wilson Bulletin 100: 70-79.
Finke, M.A., D.J. Milinkovich, and C.F. Thompson. 1987. Evolution of clutch size: An experimental test in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon). Journal of Animal Ecology 56: 99-114.