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Peer-reviewed articles

2024

23 - Capilla-Lasheras P., Bircher N., Brown A. M., Harrison X., Reed T., York J. E., Cram D. L., Rutz C.s, Walker L., Naguib M., Young A. J. 2024. Evolution of sex differences in cooperation can be explained by trade-offs with dispersal. PLOS Biology 22(10): e3002859

22 - Pitt M. D., Alhowiti N. S. S., Branston C., Carlon E., Boonekamp J., Dominoni D. M., Capilla-Lasheras P. 2024. Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): insights from an egg removal experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology 291, 20241536

21 - Tello-Ramos M. C., Harper L., Tortora-Brayda I., Guillette L. M., Capilla-Lasheras P., Harrison X. A., Young A. J., Healy S. D. 2024. Architectural traditions in the structures built by cooperative weaver birds. Science 385, 1004-1009

20 - Martin C., Capilla-Lasheras P., Monaghan P., Burraco P. 2024. The impact of chemical pollution across major life transitions: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress in amphibians. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, 20241536

19 - Reid R., Capilla-Lasheras P., Haddou Y., Boonekamp J., Dominoni D. M. 2024. The impact of urbanization on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanization: a global meta-analysis on avian species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291, 20240617

2023

18 - Capilla-Lasheras P., Wilson A., Young A. J. 2023. Mothers in a cooperatively breeding bird increase investment per offspring at the pre-natal stage when they will have more help with postnatal care. PLOS Biology 21, e3002356

17 - McGlade C. L. O., Capilla-Lasheras P., Womack R. J., Helm B., Dominoni D. M. 2023. Experimental light at night explains differences in activity onset between urban and forest Great tits. Biology Letters 19, 20230194

16 - Womack R. J.*, Capilla-Lasheras P.*, McGlade C. L. O., Dominoni D. M., Helm B. 2023. Reproductive fitness is associated with female chronotype in a songbird. Animal Behaviour 205, 65-78. * shared first authorship

15 - Salmón P., López-Idiáquez D., Capilla-Lasheras P., Pérez-Tris J., Isaksson C., Watson H. 2023. Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach. Journal of Animal Ecology 92, 1924-1936

14 - Schmid D. W., Capilla-Lasheras P., Dominoni D. M., Müller-Klein N., Sommer S., Risely A. 2023. Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology 37, 476-487

2022

13 - Capilla-Lasheras P., Thompson M. J., Sánchez-Tójar A., Haddou Y., Branston C. J., Réale D., Charmantier C., Dominoni D. M. 2022. A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours. Ecology Letters 25, 2552-2570

12 - Thompson M. J., Capilla-Lasheras P., Dominoni D. M., Réale D., Charmantier A. 2022. Phenotypic variation in urban environments: proximate causes and evolutionary implications. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37, 171-182

11 - Wood E., Capilla-Lasheras P., Cram D., Walker L., York J., Lange A., Hamilton P., Tyler C., Young A. J. 2022. Social dominance and rainfall predict telomere dynamics in a cooperative arid-zone bird. Molecular Ecology 31, 6141-6154

2021

10 - Branston C. J., Capilla-Lasheras P., Pollock C. J., Griffiths K., White S., Dominoni D. M. 2021. Weaker selection on timing of breeding and clutch size in urban blue tits compared to non-urban counterparts, but not in great tits. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 75, 155

9 - Brown A., Wood E., Capilla-Lasheras P., Harrison X., Young A. J. 2021. Longitudinal evidence that older parents produce offspring with longer telomeres in a wild social bird. Biology Letters 17, 20210409

8 - Capilla-Lasheras P., Harrison X., Wood E., Wilson A., Young A. J. 2021. Altruistic bet-hedging and the evolution of cooperation in a Kalahari bird. Science Advances 7, eabe8980

7 - Capilla-Lasheras P., Bondía B., Aguirre J. I. 2021. Environmental conditions but not nest composition affect reproductive success in an urban bird. Ecology & Evolution 11, 3084-3092

2019

6 - Łapińska U., Glover G., Capilla-Lasheras P., Young A. J., Pagliara S. 2019. Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374, 20180442

5 - Bravo-Santano N., Capilla-Lasheras P., Mateos L. M., Calle Y., Behrends V., Letek M. 2019. Identification of novel targets for host-directed therapeutics against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports 39, 15435

2018

4 - Capilla-Lasheras P. 2018. incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour. Journal of Avian Biology 49, e01710

3 - Gwinner H., Capilla-Lasheras P., Cooper C., Helm B. 2018. ‘Green incubation’: avian offspring benefit from aromatic nest herbs through improved parental incubation behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285, 20180376

2017

2 - Pollock C. J., Capilla-Lasheras P., McGill R. A. R., Helm B., Dominoni D. M. 2017. Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Scientific Reports 7, 5014

1 - Capilla-Lasheras P., Dominoni D. M., Babayan S. A., O’Shaughnessy P. J., Mladenova M., Woodford L., Pollock C. J., Barr T., Baldini F., Helm B. 2017. Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 5, 64