Members of the Avian Behaviour and Ecology Research Group

Head
Richard Zann

Postdoctoral Fellows
Dave Runciman

Jan Rozman (now at Phillipps University Marburg)

PhD Students
Erynne Ewenson
Annabelle Roper

Honours Students
Mark Pell

 


Dr Richard Zann

Recent Publications

Ewenson EL, Zann RA & Flannery GR 2001. Body condition and immune response in wild zebra finches: effects of capture, confinement and captive-rearing. Naturwissenschaften 88: 391-394.

Runciman D, Zann RA & Murray ND 1999. A W-chromosome linked marker for gender identification in the zebra finch. Animal Genetics 30: 66-67.

Dunn AM & Zann RA 1997. Effects of pair bond and presence of conspecifics on singing in captive Zebra Finches. Behaviour 134: 127-142.

Zann RA 1996. The Zebra Finch: A Synthesis of Field and Laboratory Studies. Oxford University Press, London.

Zann RA & Dunn AM 1996. Undirected song encourages the breeding female zebra finch to remain in the nest. Ethology 102: 540-548.

Dunn AM & Zann RA 1996. Undirected song in wild Zebra Finch flocks: contexts and effects of mate removal. Ethology 102: 529-539.

Zann RA, Morton SR, Jones KR & Burley N 1995. The timing of breeding of Zebra Finches in relation to rainfall in central Australia. Emu 95: 208-222.

Zann RA 1994. Reproduction in a Zebra Finch colony in south-eastern Australia: the significance of monogamy, precocial breeding and multiple broods in a highly mobile species. Emu 94: 285-299.

Zann R & Runciman D 1994. Survivorship, dispersal and sex ratios of Zebra Finches Taeniopygia guttata in southeast Australia. Ibis 136:136-146.

Zann R 1994. Effects of band color on survivorship, body condition and reproductive effort of free-living Australian Zebra Finches. Auk 111: 131-142.

Click here to see Richard's pre-1994 publications.

 

 

Dr David Runciman

Publications

Runciman D, Zann RA & Murray ND 1999. A W-chromosome linked marker for gender identification in the zebra finch. Animal Genetics 30: 66-67.

Runciman D, Cook S, Riley J, Wardill J & Thornton IWB 1998. The avifauna of Sebesi, a possible stepping-stone to the Krakatau Islands. Tropical Biodiversity 5: 89-97.

Runciman D 1996. Activity budget of non-breeding Helmeted Honeyeaters. Emu 96: 62-65.

Runciman D, Franklin DC & Menkhorst PW 1995. Movements of Helmeted Honeyeaters during the non-breeding season. Emu 95: 111-118.

Zann R & Runciman D 1994. Survivorship, dispersal and sex ratios of Zebra Finches Taeniopygia guttata in southeast Australia. Ibis 136: 136-146.

 

Dr Jan Rozman

Publications

Meijer T, Rozman J, Schulte M & Stach-Dreesmann C 1996. New findings in body mass regulation in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) in response to photoperiod and temperature. Journal of Zoology 240: 717-734.

 

 

Ms Erynne Ewenson

Publications

Ewenson EL, Zann RA & Flannery GR 2001. Body condition and immune response in wild zebra finches: effects of capture, confinement and captive-rearing. Naturwissenschaften 88: 391-394.

 

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