Dr Catherine Sheard
Interdisciplinary Fellow
- About
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- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
I am an evolutionary biologist who studies how innovations in behaviour shape trait distributions across broad swaths of space and time, particularly in birds and mammals. I frequently collaborate with linguists and anthropologists to translate methods developed in biology and palaeobiology to the study of human language/cultural evolution.
My Google Scholar page can be found here and more information about my research can be found here.
Qualifications
- DPhil Zoology2016 - University of Oxford
- BS Mathematics, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology2012 - Yale University
External Memberships
- Senior Editor, Global Ecology and Biogeography
- Deputy Chair, BES Macro SIG
- Equality and Diversity Advisory Group Member, British Ecological Society
- Diversity Committee Member, American Society of Naturalists
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Accepting PhDs - Publications
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Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds
Nature CommunicationsContributions to Journals: ArticlesSome birds are left behind in a race to beat the heat
Nature Ecology & EvolutionContributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02727-2
Viewing conditions predict evolutionary diversity in avian plumage colour
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 292, no. 2044, 20241728Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLonger wing bones in warmer climates suggest a role of thermoregulation in bird wing evolution
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 34, no. 4Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70033
Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 691-704Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Evolution of Rodent Tail Morphology
American Naturalist, vol. 203, no. 6, pp. 629-643Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/729751
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Primate coloration and colour vision: a comparative approach
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 141, no. 3, pp. 435-455Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLimited ecological opportunity influences the tempo of morphological evolution in birds
Current Biology, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 661-669.e4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNest traits for the world's birds
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 206-214Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat
Ornithology, vol. 141, no. 1, ukad048Contributions to Journals: Articles
