Publications

Scientific Publications* (popular science articles are below)

^Carlson, N. V., *Pargeter, H., & Templeton, C.N. (2017). Sparrowhawk movement, calling, and presence of dead conspecifics differentially impact blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) vocal and behavioral mobbing responses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 133

^ Quirós Guerrero, E., ^Janiero, MJ., Morales, M.L., Cresswell, W. &  Templeton, C.N. (2017). Riverside wren pairs jointly defend their territories against simulated intruders.  Ethology 123: 949–956

^Rivera-Cáceres, K.D., ^Quirós-Guerrero, E.,  Araya-Salas, M., Templeton, C.N., & Searcy, W.A. (2018). Early development of vocal interaction rules in a duetting songbird. Royal Society Open Science 5: 171791

2018

2017

^Rivera-Cáceres, K.D. & Templeton, C.N. (2018). A duetting perspective on avian song learning.  Behavioral Processes. Special Issue on Avian song learning. in press.

^Jones, N. A., Webster, M., Templeton, C. N., Schuster, S., & Rendell, L. (2018). Presence of an audience and consistent interindividual differences affect archerfish shooting behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 141, 95-103.

Boogert, N.J., Lachlan, R.F., Spencer, K.A., Templeton, C.N., & Farine, D.R. (2018). Stress hormones, social associations and song learning in zebra finches. Philosophical Transacations of the Royal Society B . 373, 20170290

Templeton, C.N. (2018). Animal Communication: Learning by listening about danger. Current Biology 28, R892-R894

Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., & Templeton, C.N. (2018). Mobbing Current Biology. 28, R1075–R1095

^Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., & Templeton, C.N. (2017). Hoo are you? Tits do not respond to novel predators as threats. Animal Behaviour 128: 79-84

Templeton, C.N., *Philp, K., Guillette, L.M., Laland, K.N., & Benson-Amram, S. (2017). Sex and pairing status impact how zebra finches use social information in foraging. Behavioral Processes 139: 38-42

^Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., & Templeton, C.N. (2017). A comparative study of how British tits encode predator threat in their mobbing calls. Animal Behaviour 125: 77-92

Templeton, C.N., Zollinger, S.A., & Brumm, H. (2016). Traffic noise drowns out great tit alarm calls. Current Biology 26: R1173-R1174

Templeton, C.N., (2016). Name that tune: Melodic recognition by songbirds. Learning and Behaviour 44: 305-306

2016

Templeton, C.N. & ^Carlson, N.V. (2019). Communication Networks. p568-580 in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2nd ed). Choe, J., ed.

^Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., &  Templeton, C.N.  (2019) Wild fledgling tits do not mob in response  to conspecific or heterospecific mobbing calls.  Ibis.

2019

^Jones, N. A., Webster, M., Newport, C., Templeton, C. N., Schuster, S., & Rendell, L. (2020). Cognitive styles: speed-accuracy trade-offs undelie individual differences in archerfish. Animal Behaviour, 160, 1-14.

^Carlson, N.V., Greene, E., &  Templeton, C.N.   Nuthatches vary their alarm calls based upon the source of the eavesdropped signals.  Nature Communications: 11, 1-7

2021

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^Swift K.N., Marzluff J.M, Templeton C.N., Shimizu T. & Cross D.J.  Brain activity underlying American crow processing of encounters with dead conspecifics. Behavioural Brain Research, 385:112546

Chan, L.M. *Eng, W. *Hergert, B. *Osbrink-McInroy, A., & Templeton C.N. Lithobates castebeianus (American Bullfrog) Diet. Herpetological Review (in press)

^ Quirós – Guerrero, E.,  ^ Janeiro, M.J., Cresswell, W.  & Templeton, C.N .  Evidence of repertoire sharing and stability despite a high turnover rate in a duetting neotropical wren.  Journal of Avian Biology 51 doi:10.1111/jav.02382

^Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., &  Templeton, C.N . What makes a 'community informant' ?  Reliability and anti-predator signal eavesdropping across mixed-species flocks of tits. Animal Behavior and Cognition  7 (2), 214-246

*Osbrink, A., *Meatte, M.A., *Tran, A., *Herranen, K.K., *Meek, L, *Murakami-Smith, M., *Ito, J., *Bhadra, S. *Nunnenkamp, C., & Templeton, C.N. Traffic noise inhibits cognitive performance in a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 288: 20202851

2020

^ Quirós-Guerrero, E., ^Rivera-Cáceres, K.D, ^ Janeiro, M.J., Cresswell, W.  & Templeton, C.N . Duet codes do not enhance neighbour recognition in two closely related species of duetting neotropical wrens. Journal of Avian Biology. 52:

*Keenan, E.L., Odom, K.J., Araya-Salas, M., Horton, K.G., Strimas-Mackey, M., *Meatte, M.A., Mann, N.I., Slater, P.J., Price, J.J. & Templeton, C.N. Breeding season length predicts duet coordination and consistency in Neotropical wrens (Troglodytidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287: 20202482.

^Pendergraft. L.T., Marzluff, J.M., Cross, D.J, Shimizu, T. &Templeton, C.N. American Crow Brain Activity in Response to Conspecific Vocalizations Changes When Food Is Present. Frontiers in Physiology, 12: 2016

^Schruth, D., Templeton, C.N., & Holman, D.J. On reappearance and complexity in musical calling. PLOS One: 6 (12), e0218006

2022

^Barrett, L.P., ^Marsh, J.L., Boogert, N.J., Templeton, C.N., & Benson-Amram, S. Links between personality traits and problem-solving performance in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Royal Society Open Science 9: 212001

^Di Giovanni, J., Fawcett, T.W., Templeton, C.N., *Raghav, S., & Boogert, N.J. Urban gulls show similar thermographic and behavioral responses to human shouting and conspecific alarm calls. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 858

2023

Templeton, C.N., *O'Connor, A., *Strack, A., *Meraz, F., Herranen, K. Traffic noise inhibits inhibitory control in wild-caught songbirds. iScience 26: 106650


Challéat, S. et al (260 authors, including Templeton, C.N.). A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data 11:928

Pendergraft, L.J.T., Marzluff, J.M., Cross, D.J., Shimizu, T., Templeton, C.N., American crows that excel at tool use activate neural circuits distrinct from less talented individuals. Nature Communications 14: 6539

2024

Schruth, D.M., Templeton, C.N., Holman, D.J. & Smith, E.A. The origins of musicality in the motion of primates. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 184: e24891

2025

*Mathews, B., *Crawford, R., *Dank, A., *McCutcheon, J., *Ilic, C., & Templeton C.N. Swainson’s thrushes vary song structure and singing behavior across ambient noise gradients and rapidly adjust songs in response to experimental traffic noise. preprint published on BioRXiv

Templeton, C.N. Noisy Nests: Early-life exposure impacts songbird fitness. Learning and Behavior 53: 143-4