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University of Aberdeen: Aberdeen, GB

2023 to present (School of Biological Sciences)
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Catherine Sheard

University of Bristol: Bristol, GB

2019 to 2023 (School of Earth Sciences)
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Catherine Sheard

University of St Andrews: St Andrews, GB

2017 to 2019 (School of Biology)
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Catherine Sheard

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2012 to 2016 | DPhil (Department of Zoology)
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Catherine Sheard

Yale University: New Haven, CT, US

2008 to 2012 | BS
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Catherine Sheard

Works (37)

Longer Wing Bones in Warmer Climates Suggest a Role of Thermoregulation in Bird Wing Evolution

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2025-04 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/geb.70033
Part of ISSN: 1466-822X
Part of ISSN: 1466-8238
Contributors: Brian Weeks; Christina Harvey; Joseph A. Tobias; Catherine Sheard; Zhizhuo Zhou; David F. Fouhey
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Catherine Sheard

Viewing conditions predict evolutionary diversity in avian plumage colour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1728
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
Contributors: Jamie Dunning; Catherine Sheard; Prof. John A. Endler
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Catherine Sheard

The Evolution of Rodent Tail Morphology

American Naturalist
2024-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1086/729751
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PMID: 38781527
Contributors: Catherine Sheard; Nina Skinner; Tim Caro
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University of Aberdeen - PURE

Anthropogenic nest material use in a global sample of birds

Journal of Animal Ecology
2024-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14078
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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EID:

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Contributors: Catherine Sheard; Lucy Stott; Sally E. Street; Susan D. Healy; Shoko Sugasawa; Kevin N. Lala
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University of Aberdeen - PURE

Nest traits for the world's birds

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2024-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13783
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EID:

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Contributors: Catherine Sheard; Sally E. Street; Susan D. Healy; Camille A Troisi; Andrew D Clark; Antonia Yovcheva; Alexis Trebaol; Karina Vanadzina; Kevin N. Lala
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University of Aberdeen - PURE

Limited ecological opportunity influences the tempo of morphological evolution in birds

Current Biology
2024-02-05 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.055
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EID:

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PMID: 38218182
Contributors: Jonathan P. Drury; Julien Clavel; Joseph A. Tobias; Jonathan Rolland; Catherine Sheard; Hélène Morlon
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Nest architecture influences host use by avian brood parasites and is shaped by coevolutionary dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-01-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1734
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EID:

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PMID: 38196369
Contributors: Mark E. Hauber; Jenő Nagy; Catherine Sheard; Nicholas D. Antonson; Sally E. Street; Susan D. Healy; Kevin N. Lala; Mark C. Mainwaring
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University of Aberdeen - PURE

The macroevolutionary dynamics of mammalian sexual size dimorphism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-11-29 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1211
Part of ISSN: 0962-8452
Part of ISSN: 1471-2954
Contributors: Megan E. Jones; Catherine Sheard
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Catherine Sheard
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Primate coloration and colour vision

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2023-09-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blad089
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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EID:

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Contributors: Robert X MacDonald; Catherine Sheard; Natasha K Howell; Tim Caro
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University of Bristol - PURE
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The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat

Ornithology
2023-09-11 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad048
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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EID:

2-s2.0-85177874064
Contributors: Karina Vanadzina; Sally e Street; Catherine Sheard
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University of Bristol - PURE
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Beak shape and nest material use in birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-08-28 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0147
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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PMID: 37427471
EID:

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Contributors: Catherine Sheard; Sally E Street; Caitlin Evans; Kevin Lala; Susan Healy; Shoko Sugasawa
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Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2023-08-28 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0148
Part of ISSN: 0962-8436
Part of ISSN: 1471-2970
Contributors: David Ocampo; Thilina De Silva; Catherine Sheard; Mary Caswell Stoddard
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Catherine Sheard
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Kinbank: A global database of kinship terminology

PLOS ONE
2023-05-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283218
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Sam Passmore; Wolfgang Barth; Simon J. Greenhill; Kyla Quinn; Catherine Sheard; Paraskevi Argyriou; Joshua Birchall; Claire Bowern; Jasmine Calladine; Angarika Deb et al.
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Catherine Sheard
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Global drivers of variation in cup nest size in passerine birds

Journal of Animal Ecology
2022-09-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13815
Part of ISSN: 0021-8790
Part of ISSN: 1365-2656
Contributors: Catherine Sheard
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Catherine Sheard
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Deterministic assembly and anthropogenic extinctions drive convergence of island bird communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2022-06-10 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13556
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Contributors: Kostas Triantis; Fracois Rigal; Robert J. Whittaker; Julian P. Hume; Catherine Sheard; Dimitrios Poursanidis; Jonathan Rolland; Spyros Sfenthourakis; Thomas J. Matthews; Christophe Thebaud et al.
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Morphological adaptations linked to flight efficiency and aerial lifestyle determine natal dispersal distance in birds

Functional Ecology
2022-04-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14056
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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Part of ISSN: 0269-8463
Part of ISSN: 1365-2435
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Catherine Sheard
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AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Ecology Letters
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13898
Part of ISSN: 1461-023X
Part of ISSN: 1461-0248
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Catherine Sheard
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The Evolution of Australian Kin Terminologies

Current Anthropology
2022-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1086/719365
Part of ISSN: 0011-3204
Part of ISSN: 1537-5382
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Catherine Sheard
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Ecological and behavioural drivers of offspring size in marine teleost fishes

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2021-09-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13392
Part of ISSN: 1466-822X
Part of ISSN: 1466-8238
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Catherine Sheard
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Tempo and mode of morphological evolution are decoupled from latitude in birds

PLoS Biology
2021-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001270
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

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PMID: 34428214
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Contributors: Jonathan P Drury; Julien Clavel; Joseph A Tobias; Jonathan Rolland; Catherine Sheard; Hélène Morlon
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Aposematism in mammals

Evolution
2021-08-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14320
Part of ISSN: 0014-3820
Part of ISSN: 1558-5646
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Catherine Sheard
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Pama–Nyungan grandparent systems change with grandchildren, but not cross-cousin terms or social norms

Evolutionary Human Sciences
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/ehs.2020.31
Part of ISSN: 2513-843X
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Catherine Sheard
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Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology

Nature Communications
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/816603
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16313-6
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Catherine Sheard
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Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations

Nature Communications
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16257-x
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
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Catherine Sheard
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CHIELD: the causal hypotheses in evolutionary linguistics database

Journal of Language Evolution
2020-04-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jole/lzaa001
Part of ISSN: 2058-458X
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Catherine Sheard
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Macroevolutionary convergence connects morphological form to ecological function in birds

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2020-01-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-1070-4
Part of ISSN: 2397-334X
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Catherine Sheard
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Evolution of avian egg shape: underlying mechanisms and the importance of taxonomic scale

Ibis
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12755
Part of ISSN: 0019-1019
Part of ISSN: 1474-919X
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Catherine Sheard
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Usage frequency and lexical class determine the evolution of kinship terms in Indo-European

Royal Society Open Science
2019-10-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191385
Part of ISSN: 2054-5703
Part of ISSN: 2054-5703
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Catherine Sheard
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Tempo and timing of ecological trait divergence in bird speciation

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0570-y
Part of ISSN: 2397-334X
Contributors: Jay P. McEntee; Joseph A. Tobias; Catherine Sheard; J. Gordon Burleigh
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Catherine Sheard via Crossref Metadata Search
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The macroecological dynamics of species coexistence in birds

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0572-9
Part of ISSN: 2397-334X
Contributors: Alex L. Pigot; Walter Jetz; Catherine Sheard; Joseph A. Tobias
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Catherine Sheard via Crossref Metadata Search
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Flight range, fuel load and the impact of climate change on the journeys of migrant birds.

Proceedings. Biological sciences
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2329
PMID: 29467262
PMC: PMC5832701
Contributors: Howard C; Stephens PA; Tobias JA; Sheard C; Butchart SHM; Willis SG
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Catherine Sheard via Europe PubMed Central
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Professional medical writing support and the reporting quality of randomized controlled trial abstracts among high-impact general medical journals.

F1000Research
2017 | Journal article
PMID: 29034080
PMC: PMC5615774
Contributors: Mills I; Sheard C; Hays M; Douglas K; Winchester CC; Gattrell WT
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Catherine Sheard via Europe PubMed Central
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Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj1945
PMID: 28642430
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Catherine Sheard via Europe PubMed Central
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Quantifying species contributions to ecosystem processes: a global assessment of functional trait and phylogenetic metrics across avian seed-dispersal networks

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1597
Contributors: Alexander L. Pigot; Tom Bregman; Catherine Sheard; Benjamin Daly; Rampal S. Etienne; Joseph A. Tobias
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Catherine Sheard via Crossref Metadata Search
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Territoriality, Social Bonds, and the Evolution of Communal Signaling in Birds

Front. Ecol. Evol.
2016-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00074
Contributors: Joseph A. Tobias; Catherine Sheard; Nathalie Seddon; Andrew Meade; Alison J. Cotton; Shinichi Nakagawa
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Catherine Sheard via Crossref Metadata Search
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Ecological traits reveal functional nestedness of bird communities in habitat islands: a global survey

Oikos
2015-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02370
Contributors: Thomas J. Matthews; Catherine Sheard; H. Eden W. Cottee-Jones; Tom P. Bregman; Joseph A. Tobias; Robert J. Whittaker
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Catherine Sheard via Crossref Metadata Search
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Loan and Inheritance Patterns in Hunter-Gatherer Ethnobiological Systems

Journal of Ethnobiology
2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-34.2.195
Contributors: Claire Bowern; Hannah Haynie; Catherine Sheard; Barry Alpher; Patience Epps; Jane Hill; Patrick McConvell
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Catherine Sheard via Crossref Metadata Search
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