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Bruce E. Lyon is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in environmental science. Within these fields, their subfields of specialization include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, developmental biology, and parasitology.

The scientist's main topics of study revolve around animal behavior and reproduction, avian ecology and behavior, plant and animal studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, genetic diversity and population structure, animal vocal communication and behavior, and bird parasitology and diseases.

Bruce E. Lyon has published extensively in several notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include Behavioral Ecology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Birds of the World, PLoS ONE, and Current Biology.

Frequent collaborators include Alexis S. Chaine, Daizaburo Shizuka, Theadora A. Block, John M. Eadie, and Anastasia E. Madsen, with whom they have coauthored multiple papers.

Recent publications by Bruce E. Lyon demonstrate a focus on bird ecology and behavioral patterns. These include:

  • "Breeding site fidelity is lower in polygamous shorebirds and male-biased in monogamous species" (2022), Behavioral Ecology
  • "Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)" (2020), Birds of the World
  • "Loss of flockmates weakens winter site fidelity in golden-crowned sparrows ( Zonotrichia atricapilla )" (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Pedigree simulations reveal that maternity assignment is reliable in populations with conspecific brood parasitism, incomplete parental sampling and kin structure" (2021), Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "A migratory sparrow has personality in winter that is independent of other traits" (2021), Animal Behaviour

Best Publications

  • Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes and implications

    J. A. Estes;M. L. Riedman;M. M. Staedler;M. T. Tinker

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • The evolution of female ornaments and weaponry: social selection, sexual selection and ecological competition.

    Joseph A. Tobias;Robert Montgomerie;Bruce E. Lyon

  • Egg recognition and counting reduce costs of avian conspecific brood parasitism

    Bruce E. Lyon

  • Adaptive Plasticity in Female Mate Choice Dampens Sexual Selection on Male Ornaments in the Lark Bunting

    Alexis S. Chaine;Alexis S. Chaine;Bruce E. Lyon

  • Sexual selection is a form of social selection

    Bruce E. Lyon;Robert Montgomerie

  • Conspecific Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Life-History Perspective

    Bruce E. Lyon;John McA. Eadie

  • DELAYED PLUMAGE MATURATION IN PASSERINE BIRDS: RELIABLE SIGNALING BY SUBORDINATE MALES?

    Bruce E. Lyon;Robert D. Montgomerie

  • Parental choice selects for ornamental plumage in American coot chicks

    Bruce E. Lyon;Bruce E. Lyon;John M. Eadie;Linda D. Hamilton

  • Incubation feeding in snow buntings: female manipulation or indirect male parental care?

    Bruce E. Lyon;Robert D. Montgomerie

  • Disruptive sexual selection for plumage coloration in a passerine bird

    Erick Greene;Bruce E. Lyon;Vincent R. Muehter;Laurene Ratcliffe

  • Conspecific brood parasitism as a flexible female reproductive tactic in American coots

    Bruce E. Lyon

  • Male parental care and monogamy in snow buntings

    Bruce E. Lyon;Robert D. Montgomerie;Linda D. Hamilton

  • Across-year social stability shapes network structure in wintering migrant sparrows.

    Daizaburo Shizuka;Alexis S. Chaine;Jennifer Anderson;Oscar Johnson

  • Dirty ptarmigan: behavioral modification of conspicuous male plumage

    Robert Montgomerie;Bruce Lyon;Karen Holder

  • Delayed Plumage Maturation in Passerine Birds: Reliable Signaling by Subordinate Males?

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  • Quasi-parasitism in birds

    Simon C. Griffith;Simon C. Griffith;Bruce E. Lyon;Robert Montgomerie

  • Ecological Correlates of Incubation Feeding: A Comparative Study of High Arctic Finches

    Bruce E. Lyon;Robert D. Montgomerie

  • Coots use hatch order to learn to recognize and reject conspecific brood parasitic chicks

    Daizaburo Shizuka;Bruce E. Lyon

  • Mode of development and interspecific avian brood parasitism

    Bruce E. Lyon;John M. Eadie

  • Optimal clutch size and conspecific brood parasitism

    Bruce E. Lyon;Bruce E. Lyon

  • An Arduino-based RFID Platform for Animal Research

    Eli Samuel Bridge;Jay Wilhelm;Meelyn M Pandit;Alexander Moreno

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Montgomerie
Robert Montgomerie Queen's University
John M. Eadie
John M. Eadie University of California, Davis
Simon C. Griffith
Simon C. Griffith Macquarie University
Peter T. Boag
Peter T. Boag Queen's University
Frank Gill
Frank Gill Drexel University
Laurene M. Ratcliffe
Laurene M. Ratcliffe Queen's University
Pierre-Henri Gouyon
Pierre-Henri Gouyon French National Museum of Natural History
Leda Cosmides
Leda Cosmides University of California, Santa Barbara
John Tooby
John Tooby University of California, Santa Barbara

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