Dr Alexandra McQueen

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Associate Research Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

a.mcqueen@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 68194

Publications

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2024

No effect of testosterone or sexual ornamentation on telomere dynamics: A case study and meta‐analyses

Gregory Taylor, Alexandra McQueen, Justin Eastwood, Andréaz Dupoué, Bob Wong, Simon Verhulst, Anne Peters

(2024), Vol. 14, pp. 1-19, Ecology and Evolution, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2023

Unexpected long-term retention of subcutaneous beeswax implants and additional notes on dose and composition from four testosterone implant studies

Jordan Boersma, Alexandra McQueen, Anne Peters, Joseph Welklin, Sarah Khalil, Rene Quispe, Wolfgang Goymann, Hubert Schwabl

(2023), Vol. 330, pp. 1-6, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, C1

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Birds are better at regulating heat loss through their legs than their bills: implications for body shape evolution in response to climate

Alexandra McQueen, Ryan Barnaby, Matthew Symonds, Glenn Tattersall

(2023), Vol. 19, pp. 1-7, Biology Letters, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2022

Cooperative breeding and the emergence of multilevel societies in birds

E Camerlenghi, A McQueen, K Delhey, C Cook, S Kingma, D Farine, A Peters

(2022), Vol. 25, pp. 766-777, Ecology Letters, England, C1

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Ecological and environmental predictors of escape among birds on a large tropical island

K Ekanayake, J Gnanapragasam, K Ranawana, D Vidanapathirana, U Abeyawardhana, C Fernando, A McQueen, M Weston, M Symonds

(2022), Vol. 76, pp. 1-13, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1

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Thermal adaptation best explains Bergmann's and Allen's Rules across ecologically diverse shorebirds

A McQueen, M Klaassen, G Tattersall, R Atkinson, R Jessop, C Hassell, M Christie, M Symonds

(2022), Vol. 13, pp. 1-12, Nature Communications, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2021

Male fairy-wrens produce and maintain vibrant breeding colors irrespective of individual quality

Alexandra McQueen, Kaspar Delhey, Flavia Barzan, Annalise Naimo, Anne Peters

(2021), Vol. 32, pp. 178-187, Behavioral Ecology, Oxford, Eng., C1

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Physiological costs and age constraints of a sexual ornament: an experimental study in a wild bird

Alexandra McQueen, Kaspar Delhey, Beatrice Szecsenyi, Ondi Crino, Michael Roast, Anne Peters

(2021), Vol. 32, pp. 327-338, BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, C1

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2019

Evolutionary drivers of seasonal plumage colours: colour change by moult correlates with sexual selection, predation risk and seasonality across passerines.

Alexandra McQueen, Bart Kempenaers, James Dale, Mihai Valcu, Zachary Emery, Cody Dey, Anne Peters, Kaspar Delhey

(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 1838-1849, Ecology Letters, London, Eng., C1-1

journal article
2017

Bright birds are cautious: Seasonally conspicuous plumage prompts risk avoidance by male superb fairy-wrens

A McQueen, A Naimo, N Teunissen, R Magrath, K Delhey, A Peters

(2017), Vol. 284, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, England, C1-1

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Funded Projects at Deakin

No Funded Projects at Deakin found

Supervisions

Associate Supervisor
2024

Sara Marie Karin Ryding

Thesis entitled: Shape-Shifting Birds: Morphological Responses to Climate Change

Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences