2024
McDonald, G.C., Z. Barta, B.A. Caspers, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (Accepted) Sex roles in parental care in a species with precocial offspring and frequent brood desertion. Anim. Behav.
McDonald, G.C., Z. Barta, B.A. Caspers, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (Accepted) Sex roles in parental care in a species with precocial offspring and frequent brood desertion. Anim. Behav.
2023
Székely, T., Carmona-Isunza, M.C., Engel, N., [...] Valdebenito, J.O., Wanders, K. and McDonald, G.C. (2023) The causes and implications of sex role diversity in shorebird breeding systems. Ibis. [link]
Morimoto, J., G.C. McDonald and S. Wigby (2023) Social context modulates the role of last male sperm precedence in post-copulatory sexual selection. J. Evol. Biol. [link]
Engel, N., G.C. McDonald, B. Sandercock, and T. Székely (2023) Long-term decline of nest survival in an island population of shorebirds. Global Ecol. Conserv. [link]
McDonald, G.C. (2023) The impact of small groups on pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection in polyandrous populations. Ecol. Evol. [link]
Carleial, R., T. Pizzari, D.S. Richardson and G.C. McDonald (2023) Disentangling the causes of temporal variation in the opportunity for sexual selection. Nat. Commun. [link]
Székely, T., Carmona-Isunza, M.C., Engel, N., [...] Valdebenito, J.O., Wanders, K. and McDonald, G.C. (2023) The causes and implications of sex role diversity in shorebird breeding systems. Ibis. [link]
Morimoto, J., G.C. McDonald and S. Wigby (2023) Social context modulates the role of last male sperm precedence in post-copulatory sexual selection. J. Evol. Biol. [link]
Engel, N., G.C. McDonald, B. Sandercock, and T. Székely (2023) Long-term decline of nest survival in an island population of shorebirds. Global Ecol. Conserv. [link]
McDonald, G.C. (2023) The impact of small groups on pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection in polyandrous populations. Ecol. Evol. [link]
Carleial, R., T. Pizzari, D.S. Richardson and G.C. McDonald (2023) Disentangling the causes of temporal variation in the opportunity for sexual selection. Nat. Commun. [link]
2022
McDonald, G.C., I.C. Cuthill, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (2022) Remating opportunities and low costs underlie maternal desertion. Evolution. [link]
Collier, M., G.F. Albery, G.C. McDonald and S. Bansal (2022) Pathogen transmission modes determine contact network structure, altering other pathogen characteristics. Proc. R. Soc. B. [link]
McDonald, G.C.†, Á. Bede-Fazekas†, A. Ivanov, L. Crecco, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (2022) Landscape and climatic predictors of Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) distributions throughout Kazakhstan. Ibis. [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
McDonald, G.C., I.C. Cuthill, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (2022) Remating opportunities and low costs underlie maternal desertion. Evolution. [link]
Collier, M., G.F. Albery, G.C. McDonald and S. Bansal (2022) Pathogen transmission modes determine contact network structure, altering other pathogen characteristics. Proc. R. Soc. B. [link]
McDonald, G.C.†, Á. Bede-Fazekas†, A. Ivanov, L. Crecco, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (2022) Landscape and climatic predictors of Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) distributions throughout Kazakhstan. Ibis. [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
2021
Roth, A.M., N. Dingemanse, S. Nakagawa, G.C. McDonald, H. Løvlie, D. Robledo-Ruiz, and T. Pizzari (2021) Sexual selection and personality: individual and group-level effects on mating behaviour in red junglefowl. J. Anim. Ecol. [link]
Roth, A.M., N. Dingemanse, S. Nakagawa, G.C. McDonald, H. Løvlie, D. Robledo-Ruiz, and T. Pizzari (2021) Sexual selection and personality: individual and group-level effects on mating behaviour in red junglefowl. J. Anim. Ecol. [link]
2020
Carleial†, R., G.C. McDonald†, L.G. Spurgin, E.A. Fairfield, Y. Wang, D.S. Richardson and T. Pizzari (2020) Temporal dynamics of competitive fertilisation in social groups of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) shed new light on avian sperm competition. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 375:20200081 [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
Halimubieke, N., K. Kupán, J.O. Valdebenito, [...] G.C. McDonald, Y. Liu, A. Kosztolányi and T. Székely (2020) Successful breeding predicts divorce in plovers. Sci. Rep. 10:15576 [link]
McDonald, G. C., N. Engel, S.S. Ratão, T. Székely and A. Kosztolányi (2020) The impact of social structure on breeding strategies in an island bird. Sci. Rep. 10:13872 [link]
2019
McDonald, G.C., L.G. Spurgin, E.A. Fairfield, D.S. Richardson and T. Pizzari (2019). Differential female sociality is linked with the fine-scale structure of sexual interactions in replicate groups of red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. Proc. R. Soc. B. 286. [link]
Carleial†, R., G.C. McDonald† and T. Pizzari. 2019. Dynamic phenotypic correlates of social status and mating effort in male and female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. J. Evol. Biol. [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
Alvarez-Fernandez†, A., K. Borziak†, G.C. McDonald, S. Dorus and T. Pizzari. 2019. Female novelty and male status dynamically modulate ejaculate expenditure and seminal fluid proteome over successive matings in red junglefowl. 9(1). Sci. Rep. [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
McDonald, G.C., A. Gardner and T. Pizzari. 2019. Sexual selection in complex communities: integrating interspecific reproductive interference in structured populations. Evolution. [link]
Pizzari, T. and G.C. McDonald. 2019. Sexual selection in socially-structured, polyandrous populations: some insights from the fowl. Adv. Study Behav. 51. Pp 77-141 [link]
Morimoto, J., G.C. McDonald, E. Smith, D. Smith, J. Perry, T. Chapman, T. Pizzari and S. Wigby. 2019. Sex peptide receptor-regulated polyandry modulates the balance of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Drosophila. Nat. Commun. 10(1):283. [link]
McDonald, G.C., L.G. Spurgin, E.A. Fairfield, D.S. Richardson and T. Pizzari (2019). Differential female sociality is linked with the fine-scale structure of sexual interactions in replicate groups of red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. Proc. R. Soc. B. 286. [link]
Carleial†, R., G.C. McDonald† and T. Pizzari. 2019. Dynamic phenotypic correlates of social status and mating effort in male and female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. J. Evol. Biol. [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
Alvarez-Fernandez†, A., K. Borziak†, G.C. McDonald, S. Dorus and T. Pizzari. 2019. Female novelty and male status dynamically modulate ejaculate expenditure and seminal fluid proteome over successive matings in red junglefowl. 9(1). Sci. Rep. [link]
† Authors contributed equally.
McDonald, G.C., A. Gardner and T. Pizzari. 2019. Sexual selection in complex communities: integrating interspecific reproductive interference in structured populations. Evolution. [link]
Pizzari, T. and G.C. McDonald. 2019. Sexual selection in socially-structured, polyandrous populations: some insights from the fowl. Adv. Study Behav. 51. Pp 77-141 [link]
Morimoto, J., G.C. McDonald, E. Smith, D. Smith, J. Perry, T. Chapman, T. Pizzari and S. Wigby. 2019. Sex peptide receptor-regulated polyandry modulates the balance of pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection in Drosophila. Nat. Commun. 10(1):283. [link]
2018
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2018. Structure of sexual networks determines the operation of sexual selection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 115:E53–E61. [link]
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2018. Structure of sexual networks determines the operation of sexual selection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 115:E53–E61. [link]
2017
McDonald, G.C., D.R. Farine, K.R. Foster and J.M. Biernaskie. 2017. Assortment and the analysis of natural selection on social traits. Evolution. 71:2693–2702. [link]
McDonald, G.C., L.G. Spurgin, E.A. Fairfield, D.S. Richardson and T. Pizzari. 2017. Pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection favor aggressive, young males in polyandrous groups of red junglefowl. Evolution. 71:1653–1669. [link]
McDonald, G.C., D.R. Farine, K.R. Foster and J.M. Biernaskie. 2017. Assortment and the analysis of natural selection on social traits. Evolution. 71:2693–2702. [link]
McDonald, G.C., L.G. Spurgin, E.A. Fairfield, D.S. Richardson and T. Pizzari. 2017. Pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection favor aggressive, young males in polyandrous groups of red junglefowl. Evolution. 71:1653–1669. [link]
2016
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2016. Why patterns of assortative mating are key to study sexual selection and how to measure them. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 70:209–220. [link]
Miller, C.W., G.C. McDonald and A.J. Moore. 2016. The tale of the shrinking weapon: seasonal changes in nutrition affect weapon size and sexual dimorphism, but not contemporary evolution. J. Evol. Biol. 29:2266–2275. [link]
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2016. 162. Sexual networks. Pp. 114-118 in Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Academic Press. [link]
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2016. Why patterns of assortative mating are key to study sexual selection and how to measure them. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 70:209–220. [link]
Miller, C.W., G.C. McDonald and A.J. Moore. 2016. The tale of the shrinking weapon: seasonal changes in nutrition affect weapon size and sexual dimorphism, but not contemporary evolution. J. Evol. Biol. 29:2266–2275. [link]
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2016. 162. Sexual networks. Pp. 114-118 in Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Academic Press. [link]
2015
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2015. Mating behaviour: sexual networks and sexual selection. Pp. 24–37 in Animal social networks: Perspectives and challenges. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [link]
McDonald, G.C. and T. Pizzari. 2015. Mating behaviour: sexual networks and sexual selection. Pp. 24–37 in Animal social networks: Perspectives and challenges. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [link]
2013
McDonald, G.C., R. James, J. Krause and T. Pizzari. 2013. Sexual networks: measuring sexual selection in structured, polyandrous populations. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 368:1–10. [link]
McDonald, G.C., R. James, J. Krause and T. Pizzari. 2013. Sexual networks: measuring sexual selection in structured, polyandrous populations. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 368:1–10. [link]