Dr Sally Street's Outputs (4)

Nest traits for the world's birds (2023)
Journal Article
Sheard, C., Street, S. E., Healy, S. D., Troisi, C. A., Clark, A. D., Yovcheva, A., …Lala, K. N. (2024). Nest traits for the world's birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(2), 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13783

Motivation
A well-constructed nest is a key element of successful reproduction in most species of birds, and nest morphology varies widely across the class. Macroecological and macroevolutionary studies tend to group nest design into a small number... Read More about Nest traits for the world's birds.

The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat (2023)
Journal Article
Vanadzina, K., Street, S., & Sheard, C. (2024). The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat. Ornithology, 141(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad048

Many avian species breed in enclosed nests that may provide better protection against predation and climatic conditions compared to open nests and are generally associated with larger clutch sizes and slower offspring growth. Here we show that differ... Read More about The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat.

Beak shape and nest material use in birds (2023)
Journal Article
Sheard, C., Street, S. E., Evans, C., Lala, K. N., Healy, S. D., & Sugasawa, S. (2023). Beak shape and nest material use in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1884), https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0147

The evolution of behaviour can both influence, and be influenced by, morphology. Recent advances in methods and data availability have facilitated broad-scale investigations of physical form and behavioural function in many contexts, but the relation... Read More about Beak shape and nest material use in birds.

Human activities favour prolific life histories in both traded and introduced vertebrates (2023)
Journal Article
Street, S. E., Gutiérrez, J. S., Allen, W. L., & Capellini, I. (2023). Human activities favour prolific life histories in both traded and introduced vertebrates. Nature Communications, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35765-6

Species’ life histories determine population demographics and thus the probability that introduced populations establish and spread. Life histories also influence which species are most likely to be introduced, but how such ‘introduction biases’ aris... Read More about Human activities favour prolific life histories in both traded and introduced vertebrates.