Publications

2020

Houpt, N.S.B., Bose, A.P.H., Warriner, T., Brown, N.A.W., Quinn, J.S. & Balshine, S. (2020). Foraging behaviour of four avian species feeding on the same temporarily available prey. Canadian Journal of Zoology 98:581-590.

2019

Hing, J.S., Schmaltz, G. & Quinn, J.S. (2019). Testing for sentinel coordination in Smooth-billed Anis (Crotophaga ani). 2019. Journal of Ornithology 160: 165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1584-6

2018

Grieves, L.A. and Quinn, J.S. 2018. Group size, but not manipulated whole-clutch egg color,

contributes to ovicide in joint-nesting Smooth-billed Anis. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 479-484.

Miller, J.L., Sherry, J., Parrott, J., and Quinn J.S. 2018. An evaluation of germline mutations and reproductive impacts in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) exposed to contaminated sediment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 161: 594-601.

Hing, J.S., Schmaltz, G. & Quinn, J.S. Testing for sentinel coordination in Smooth-billed Anis (Crotophaga ani). 2019. J Ornithol (2019) 160: 165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-018-1584-6

Robertson, J.K., Caldwell J.R., Grieves, L.A., Samuelsen, A., Schmaltz, G. and Quinn, J.S. 2018. Male parental effort predicts reproductive contribution in the joint-nesting Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani). Journal of Ornithology 159: 471–481 https//doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1522-z.

2017

Robertson, J., Muir, C., Hurd, C.S., Hing, J.S., and Quinn, J.S. 2017. The effect of social group size on feather corticosterone in the cooperatively breeding smooth-billed ani: Consequences of extreme social living. PloS One 12(3): e0174650. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal pone.0174650

Dey, C.J., Quinn, J.S., King, A., Hiscox, J., and J. Dale. 2017. A bare-part ornament is a stronger

predictor of dominance than plumage ornamentation in the cooperatively breeding pukeko. The Auk 134: 317- 329.

King, L.E., de Solla, S.R., Marentette, J.R., Lavoie, R.A., Kyser, T.K.. Campbell, L.M., Arts, M.T., & Quinn, J.S. 2017. Fatty acids, stable isotopes, and regurgitate reveal diet differences between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus). J. Great Lakes Res. 43, 132-140.

Pynenburg, B.P., Moore, D.J., and Quinn, J.S. 2017. Efficacy of decoys and familiar versus unfamiliar playback calls in attracting common terns to a rehabilitated wetland on Lake Ontario. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 20(3): 285-294.

Healey, M.R., Hing, J.S. Dey, C.J., & Quinn, J.S. 2017. A novel PCR-based genetic marker shows that sex of offspring does not account for hatch-order effects on growth, survival and dominance in Pūkeko Porphyrio melanotus melanotus. Ibis doi: 10.1111/ibi.12486

Hing, J.S, Healey, M.R., Dey, C.J., & Quinn, J.S. 2017. Investigating the influence of social dominance on survival during a pukeko cull. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 41:139-144. DOI: 10.20417/nzjecol.41.3.

2015

Dale, J., Dey, C.J., Delhey, K., Kempenaers, B., Valcu, M. (2015). The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration. Nature 526, 367-370.

Grieves, L.A., Logue, D.M., & Quinn, J.S. (2015). Ready to fight: reliable predictors of attack in a cooperatively breeding, non-passerine bird. Ethology 121,1-12.

Grieves, L.A., Logue, D.M., & Quinn, J.S. (2015). Vocal repertoire of cooperatively breeding Smooth-billed Anis. Journal of Field Ornithology. 86, 130-143.

2014

Dey, C. J., O' Connor, C. M., & Quinn, J. S. (2014). Hatching order affects offspring growth, survival and adult dominance in the joint‐laying Pukeko Porphyrio melanotus melanotus. Ibis. 00, 000-000

Dey, C. J., & Quinn, J. S. (2014). Individual attributes and self-organizational processes affect dominance network structure in pukeko. Behavioral Ecology. 00, 000-000

Dey, C. J., Dale, J., & Quinn, J. S. (2014). Manipulating the appearance of a badge of status causes changes in true badge expression. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281, 20132680

Dey, C. J., O'Connor, C. M., Balshine, S., & Quinn, J. S. (2014). Cooperative males reduce incubation in response to cues of female–female competition Ibis. 156, 446-451.

Grieves, L.A., Logue, D.M & Quinn, J.S. (2014). Joint-nesting smooth-billed anis, Crotophaga ani, use a functionally referential alarm call system. Animal Behaviour, 89, 215-221.

2013

Rickett, J., Dey, C. J., Stothart, J., O'Connor, C. M., Quinn, J. S., & Ji, W. (2013). The influence of supplemental feeding on survival, dispersal and competition in translocated Brown Teal, or Pateke (Anas chlorotis). Emu, 113, 62-68.

2012

Quinn, J. S., Haselmayer, J., Dey, C., & Jamieson, I. G. (2012). Tolerance of female co-breeders in joint-laying pukeko: the role of egg recognition and peace incentives. Animal Behaviour, 83, 1035-1041.

Quinn, J. S., Lozer, M., & Somers, C. M. (2012). Tethered Raptor Displaces Roosting Cormorants. Waterbirds, 35, 77-81.

Dey, C. J., Jamieson, I. G., & Quinn, J. S. (2012). Reproductive skew and female trait elaboration in a cooperatively breeding rail. Ibis, 154, 452-460.

2011

Anmarkrud, J. A., Kleven, O., Augustin, J., Bentz, K. H., Blomqvist, D., Fernie, K. J., Magrath, M. J. L., Parn, H., Quinn, J. S., Robertson, R. J., Szep, T., Tarof, S., Wagner, R. H., & Lifjeld, J. T. (2011). Factors affecting germline mutations in a hypervariable microsatellite: a comparative analysis of six species of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae). Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 708, 37-43.

Miller, J. L., Sherry, J., Parrott, J., & Quinn, J. S. (2011). A subchronic in situ exposure method for evaluating effects in small‐bodied fish at contaminated sites. Environmental toxicology.

2010

Quinn, J. S., Samuelsen, A., Barclay, M., Schmaltz, G., & Kahn, H. (2010). Circumstantial evidence for infanticide of chicks of the communal Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 122, 369-374.

Sorger, G. J., & Quinn, J. S. (2010). Tetracycline-resistant coliforms in the effluent of the main sewage treatment plant in Hamilton, Ontario-do they have a common ancestral strain?. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 56, 558-568.

2008

Stiver, K. A., Fitzpatrick, J. L., Desjardins, J. K., Neff, B. D., Quinn, J. S., & Balshine, S. (2008). The role of genetic relatedness among social mates in a cooperative breeder. Behavioral Ecology, 19, 816-823.

Schmaltz, G., Quinn, J. S., & Schoech, S. J. (2008). Do group size and laying order influence maternal deposition of testosterone in smooth-billed ani eggs?.Hormones and behavior, 53, 82-89.

Schmaltz, G., Quinn, J. S., & Lentz, C. (2008). Competition and waste in the communally breeding smooth-billed ani: effects of group size on egg-laying behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 76, 153-162.

Somers, C. M., Valdes, E. V., Kjoss, V. A., Vaillancourt, A. L., & Quinn, J. S. (2008). Influence of a contaminated fish diet on germline expanded‐simple‐tandem‐repeat mutation frequency in mice. Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 49, 238-248.

2007

Stiver, K. A., Desjardins, J. K., Fitzpatrick, J. L., Neff, B., Quinn, J. S., & Balshine, S. (2007). Evidence for size and sex‐specific dispersal in a cooperatively breeding cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology, 16, 2974-2984.

Somers, C. M., Lozer, M. N., & Quinn, J. S. (2007). Interactions between double-crested cormorants and herring gulls at a shared breeding site.Waterbirds, 30, 241-250.

2006

Somers, C. M., Valdes, E. V., & Quinn, J. S. (2006). An approach to feeding high-percentage fish diets to mice for human and wildlife toxicology studies. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 63(3), 481-487.

Gregory, S. M., & Quinn, J. S. (2006). Microsatellite isolation from four avian species comparing two isolation techniques. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6(1), 87-89.

Schmaltz, G., Somers, C. M., Sharma, P., & Quinn, J. S. (2006). Non-destructive sampling of maternal DNA from the external shell of bird eggs.Conservation Genetics, 7(4), 543-549.

2005 and earlier

Gill, S. A., Vonhof, M. J., Stutchbury, B. J., Morton, E. S., & Quinn, J. S. (2005). No evidence for acoustic mate-guarding in duetting buff-breasted wrens (Thryothorus leucotis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 57(6), 557-565.

Somers, C. M., Kwiecien, J. M., & Quinn, J. S. (2005). A marine fish diet reduces spontaneous lymphoma in outbred Swiss-Webster mice. Leukemia & lymphoma, 46(12), 1797-1800.

Macedo, R. H., Quinn, J. S., & Lima, M. R. (2005). Reproductive skew and individual strategies: infanticide or cooperation? Acta Ethologica, 8(2), 92-102.

Somers, C. M., McCarry, B. E., Malek, F., & Quinn, J. S. (2004). Reduction of particulate air pollution lowers the risk of heritable mutations in mice. Science,304, 1008-1010.

Somers, C. M., Sharma, R., Quinn, J. S., & Boreham, D. R. (2004). Gamma radiation-induced heritable mutations at repetitive DNA loci in out-bred mice.Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis,568, 69-78.

Somers, C. M., Lozer, M. N., Kjoss, V. A., & Quinn, J. S. (2003). The Invasive Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in the Diet of Nestling Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 29, 392-399.

Somers, C. M., Yauk, C. L., White, P. A., Parfett, C. L., & Quinn, J. S. (2002). Air pollution induces heritable DNA mutations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99, 15904-15907.

Blanchard, L., & Quinn, J. S. (2001). The characterization of microsatellite loci in the communally breeding smooth‐billed ani (Crotophaga ani). Molecular Ecology Notes, 1, 152-154.

Yauk, C. L., Smits, J. E., Quinn, J. S., & Bishop, C. A. (2001). Pulmonary histopathology in ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) from colonies near steel mills and in rural areas. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology,66, 563-569.

Yauk, C. L., Fox, G. A., McCarry, B. E., & Quinn, J. S. (2000). Induced minisatellite germline mutations in herring gulls (Larus argentatus) living near steel mills. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 452, 211-218.

Haselmayer, J., & Quinn, J. S. (2000). A comparison of point counts and sound recording as bird survey methods in Amazonian southeast Peru. The Condor, 102(4), 887-893.

Bishop, C. A., Ng, P., Mineau, P., Quinn, J. S., & Struger, J. (2000). Effects of pesticide spraying on chick growth, behavior, and parental care in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting in an apple orchard in Ontario, Canada. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19, 2286-2297.

Quinn, J. S., Woolfenden, G. E., Fitzpatrick, J. W., & White, B. N. (1999). Multi-locus DNA fingerprinting supports genetic monogamy in Florida scrub-jays. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 45, 1-10.

Moore, O. R., Stutchbury, B. J., & Quinn, J. S. (1999). Extrapair mating system of an asynchronously breeding tropical songbird: the mangrove swallow. The Auk, 1039-1046.

Yauk, C. L., & Quinn, J. S. (1999). Genetic Structure Among Breeding Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) from the Great Lakes and Eastern Canada. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 25, 856-864.

Quinn, J. S., & Sirdevan, J. (1998). Experimental measurement of nesting substrate preference in Caspian terns, Sterna caspia, and the successful colonisation of human constructed islands. Biological Conservation, 85, 63-68.

Sirdevan, J. E., & Quinn, J. S. (1997). Foraging patterns of Caspian Terns (Sterna caspia) determined using radio-telemetry. Colonial Waterbirds, 429-435

Jamieson, I. G., & Quinn, J. S. (1997). Problems with removal experiments designed to test the relationship between paternity and parental effort in a socially polyandrous bird. The Auk, 114, 291-295.

Davis, J., & Quinn, J. S. (1997). Distribution of parental investment and sibling competition in the herring gull, Larus argentatus. Behaviour, 961-974.

Yauk, C. L., & Quinn, J. S. (1996). Multilocus DNA fingerprinting reveals high rate of heritable genetic mutation in herring gulls nesting in an industrialized urban site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 93, 12137-12141.

Quinn, J. S., Morris, R. D., Blokpoel, H., Weseloh, D. V., & Ewins, P. J. (1996). Design and management of bird nesting habitat: tactics for conserving colonial waterbird biodiversity on artificial islands in Hamilton Harbour, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53, 45-57.

Bruce, J. P., Quinn, J. S., Sloane, S. A., & White, B. N. (1996). DNA fingerprinting reveals monogamy in the bushtit, a cooperatively breeding species. The Auk, 511-516.

Jamieson, I. G., Quinn, J. S., Rose, P. A., & White, B. N. (1994). Shared paternity among non-relatives is a result of an egalitarian mating system in a communally breeding bird, the pukeko. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 257, 271-277.

Quinn, J. S., Macedo, R., & White, B. N. (1994). Genetic relatedness of communally breeding guira cuckoos. Animal Behaviour, 47, 515-529.

Patenaude, N. J., Quinn, J. S., Beland, P., Kingsley, M., & White, B. N. (1994). Genetic variation of the St. Lawrence beluga whale population assessed by DNA fingerprinting. Molecular Ecology, 3, 375-381.

Quinn, J. S., Whittingham, L. A., & Morris, R. D. (1994). Infanticide in skimmers and terns: side effects of territorial attacks or inter-generational conflict?. Animal Behaviour, 47, 363-367.

Quinn, J. S., Guglich, E., Seutin, G., Lau, R., Marsolais, J., Parna, L., ... & White, B. N. (1992). Characterization and assessment of an avian repetitive DNA sequence as an icterid phylogenetic marker. Genome, 35, 155-162.

King, K. A., Custer, T. W., & Quinn, J. S. (1991). Effects of mercury, selenium, and organochlorine contaminants on reproduction of Forster's terns and black skimmers nesting in a contaminated Texas Bay. Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 20, 32-40.

Quinn, J. S. (1990). Sexual size dimorphism and parental care patterns in a monomorphic and a dimorphic larid. The Auk, 260-274.

Quinn, J. S., & Wiggins, D. A. (1990). Differences in prey delivered to chicks by individual Gull-billed Terns. Colonial Waterbirds, 67-69.

Quinn, J. S. (1989). Black skimmer parental defence against chick predation by gulls. Animal Behaviour, 38, 534-541.

Quinn, T. W., Quinn, J. S., Cooke, F., & White, B. N. (1987). DNA marker analysis detects multiple maternity and paternity in single broods of the lesser snow goose. Nature, 326, 392-394.

Quinn, J. S., & Morris, R. D. (1986). Intraclutch egg-weight apportionment and chick survival in Caspian terns. Canadian journal of zoology, 64, 2116-2122.

Quinn, J. S., & Sakaluk, S. K. (1986). Prezygotic male reproductive effort in insects: why do males provide more than sperm. Florida Entomologist, 84-94.

Quinn, J. S. (1985). Capsain terns respond to rattlesnake predation in a colony.The Wilson bulletin, 97, 233-234.

Quinn, J. S. (1984). Egg predation reduced by nest covers during researcher activities in a Caspian Tern colony. Colonial Waterbirds, 7, 149-151.

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