Publications
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co-author(s): **grad student, *undergraduate, †field assistant(s)
Submitted/In Review/In Revision:
LaPergola, J.B., G.M. Leighton, and C. Riehl. Weak genetic structure in Palmchats (Dulus dominicus) suggests mixed kinship in compound nests and long-distance dispersal. in revision, Ibis
Published/In press (see links below for PDF's):
LaPergola, J.B., J.E. Martínez-Gómez, and R.L. Curry. 2024. Confirmed nesting of Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) on Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, México. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 136(2) DOI:10.1676/23-00032
Smith, M.G.**, J.B. LaPergola, and C. Riehl. 2024. Workload inequality increases with group size in a cooperatively breeding bird. Animal Behaviour. 207:87-99. DOI:10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.10.015
Riehl, C., and J.B. LaPergola. 2023. Commentary: Inclusive fitness explains behavioral diversity in a social bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(21): e2305610120. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2305610120.
LaPergola, J.B. 2023. Life-stage and sex influence Philornis ectoparasitism in a Neotropical woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus) with essential male parental care. Ibis. 165(4):1235-1250. DOI:10.1111/ibi.13221
LaPergola, J.B., A.G. Savagian**, M.G. Smith**, B.L. Bennett**, M. J. Strong, and C. Riehl. 2023. Referential signaling in a communally breeding bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(19): e2222008120. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2222008120
LaPergola, J.B., C. J. Proctor, H. Almonte, and K. Wallace. 2023 Mortality of an adult Antillean Palm-Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) associated with Philornis sp. parasitism in the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 36:36-44. DOI: 10.55431/jco.2023.36.36-44
LaPergola, J.B., C. Riehl, J.E. Martínez-Gómez, B. Roldán-Clarà, and R.L. Curry. 2022. Extra-pair paternity correlates with genetic diversity, but not breeding density, in a Neotropical passerine, the Black Catbird. Journal of Avian Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jav.03034
associated data publication: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2bvq83btg
My watercolor of the Black Catbird is featured on the journal cover for this issue (see above)!
LaPergola, J.B. and C. Riehl. (2022). Opportunity is not everything: genetic monogamy and limited brood parasitism in a colonial woodpecker. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 76(5):1-10. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-022-03178-6
associated data publication: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/FNU5K
LaPergola, J.B., J.G. Marina-Hipolito*, J.E. Martínez-Gómez, and R.L. Curry. (2021) Nesting of the Yucatan Vireo, Vireo magister, in mainland Mexico and on Isla Cozumel, with details of breeding phenology. Ornitología Neotropical. 32(2):192-197. DOI: 10.58843/ornneo.v32i2.917
LaPergola, J.B. 2019. First record of albinism in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). Caribbean Naturalist. 64:1-5. [https://www.eaglehill.us/CANAonline/CANA-access-pages/CANA-regular/CANA-064-LaPergola.shtml]
associated video: https://youtu.be/bblQfhoR2ng
Gilbert, N.A.†, M.R. Angelucci†, A.E. Janik†, K.L. Kauffman†, and J.B. LaPergola. A rare observation of breeding activity of the White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris) in Hispaniola. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 31(1):12-16. [https://www.jco.birdscaribbean.org/index.php/jco/article/view/478]
Garrod, H.M.† and J.B. LaPergola. 2018. Overlap in molt and breeding phenology in the Hispaniolan Woodpecker (Melanerpes striatus). Ornitología Neotropical. 29:S29-S36. [https://journals.sfu.ca/ornneo/index.php/ornneo/article/view/160]
Roldán-Clarà, B., J.B. LaPergola, and J. Correa-Sandoval. 2018. Características biológicas del dzibabán (Melanoptila glabrirostris) en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka’an, México. Huitzil, Revista Mexicana de Ornitología. 19(1):100-108. DOI: 10.28947/hrmo.2018.19.1.312
Roldán-Clarà, B., J.B. LaPergola, L. Chapa-Vargas, and S. Calmé. 2013. Nest survival in the Neotropical Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris). Journal of Ornithology.154(2):491-499. doi: 10.1007/s10336-012-0917-0
LaPergola, J.B., J.G. Marina-Hipolito*, J.E. Martínez-Gómez, and R.L. Curry. 2012. First description of the nest and eggs of the island-endemic Cozumel Vireo, Vireo bairdi. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124(4):743-749. DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.743
LaPergola, J.B., J.L. Mortensen, and R.L. Curry. 2011. Nest, eggs, and nesting behavior of the Gray Trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis) on St. Lucia, West Indies. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 123(2):390-395. DOI: 10.1676/10-086.1
Holbrook, L., and J. LaPergola. 2011. A new genus of Perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Bridgerian of Wyoming, with comments on basal Perissodactyl phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31(4):895-901. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.579669
In-prep (selected):
LaPergola, J.B. Constraints, not fitness benefits, drive colonial nesting in a tropical woodpecker.