Dr Claire Branston

Research Associate in Urban Ecology (Physiology Ageing & Welfare)
Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)

email: Claire.Branston@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984

Research interests

Research groups

Publications

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Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021

Number of items: 9.

2025

Navarro, Ana B., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Newton, Jason, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Silveira, Luis F. and Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Urbanization is associated with changes in stable isotopes across multiple trophic levels. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, (doi: 10.1080/10256016.2025.2546139) (Early Online Publication)

Navarro, Ana B., McGill, Rona A.R., Newton, Jason, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Silveira, Luís F. and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Urbanisation is associated with changes in stable isotopes across multiple trophic levels. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, (doi: 10.1080/10256016.2025.2546139) (PMID:40828863) (Early Online Publication)

Reid, Rachel R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9676, Dawson, Neal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5389-8692, Duncan, Eleanor, Gillespie, Robert, Mitchell, Christopher, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Boonekamp, Jelle and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Partial night lighting may reduce the physiological impact of artificial light at night on captive zebra finches. Frontiers in Physiology, 16, 1592407. (doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1592407) (PMID:40519783) (PMCID:PMC12162287)

Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Baker, Paul, Cochrane, Cara, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Urban effects on timing and variability of diel activity differ across passerine species and seasons. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(5), pp. 1088-1100. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.70038) (PMID:40202257) (PMCID:PMC12056343)

Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089 (2025) Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits: insights from an egg removal experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3), pp. 368-378. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14171) (PMID:39219149) (PMCID:PMC11880655)

2024

Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Whittingham, Mark J., Phillimore, Albert B., Leech, Dave and Willis, Stephen G. (2024) The phenology and clutch size of UK Blue Tits does not differ with woodland composition. IBIS, 166(2), pp. 487-503. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.13248)

2022

Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Thompson, Megan J., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Haddou, Yacob, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Réale, Denis, Charmantier, Anne and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2022) A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours. Ecology Letters, 25(11), pp. 2552-2570. (doi: 10.1111/ele.14099) (PMID:36136999)

2021

Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pollock, Christopher J., Griffiths, Kate, White, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-3181 and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2021) Urbanisation weakens selection on the timing of breeding and clutch size in blue tits but not in great tits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(11), 155. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03096-z)

Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Teo, Dylon, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Jakhar, Aryan, Albalawi, Bedur Faleh A. and Evans, Neil P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222 (2021) Feather, but not plasma, glucocorticoid response to artificial light at night differs between urban and forest blue tit nestlings. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(3), pp. 1111-1121. (doi: 10.1093/icb/icab067) (PMID:34272860) (PMCID:PMC8490687)

This list was generated on Thu Oct 30 19:39:43 2025 GMT.

Jump to: Articles

Number of items: 9.

Articles

Navarro, Ana B., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Newton, Jason, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Silveira, Luis F. and Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Urbanization is associated with changes in stable isotopes across multiple trophic levels. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, (doi: 10.1080/10256016.2025.2546139) (Early Online Publication)

Navarro, Ana B., McGill, Rona A.R., Newton, Jason, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Silveira, Luís F. and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Urbanisation is associated with changes in stable isotopes across multiple trophic levels. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, (doi: 10.1080/10256016.2025.2546139) (PMID:40828863) (Early Online Publication)

Reid, Rachel R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9676, Dawson, Neal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5389-8692, Duncan, Eleanor, Gillespie, Robert, Mitchell, Christopher, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Boonekamp, Jelle and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Partial night lighting may reduce the physiological impact of artificial light at night on captive zebra finches. Frontiers in Physiology, 16, 1592407. (doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1592407) (PMID:40519783) (PMCID:PMC12162287)

Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Baker, Paul, Cochrane, Cara, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2025) Urban effects on timing and variability of diel activity differ across passerine species and seasons. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(5), pp. 1088-1100. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.70038) (PMID:40202257) (PMCID:PMC12056343)

Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089 (2025) Environmental constraints can explain clutch size differences between urban and forest blue tits: insights from an egg removal experiment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(3), pp. 368-378. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14171) (PMID:39219149) (PMCID:PMC11880655)

Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Whittingham, Mark J., Phillimore, Albert B., Leech, Dave and Willis, Stephen G. (2024) The phenology and clutch size of UK Blue Tits does not differ with woodland composition. IBIS, 166(2), pp. 487-503. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.13248)

Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Thompson, Megan J., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Haddou, Yacob, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Réale, Denis, Charmantier, Anne and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2022) A global meta-analysis reveals higher variation in breeding phenology in urban birds than in their non-urban neighbours. Ecology Letters, 25(11), pp. 2552-2570. (doi: 10.1111/ele.14099) (PMID:36136999)

Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pollock, Christopher J., Griffiths, Kate, White, Stewart ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-3181 and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 (2021) Urbanisation weakens selection on the timing of breeding and clutch size in blue tits but not in great tits. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(11), 155. (doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03096-z)

Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Teo, Dylon, Branston, Claire J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Jakhar, Aryan, Albalawi, Bedur Faleh A. and Evans, Neil P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-3222 (2021) Feather, but not plasma, glucocorticoid response to artificial light at night differs between urban and forest blue tit nestlings. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(3), pp. 1111-1121. (doi: 10.1093/icb/icab067) (PMID:34272860) (PMCID:PMC8490687)

This list was generated on Thu Oct 30 19:39:43 2025 GMT.

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Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Effects of ectoparasites prevalence on the fitness and development of Sand Martin's (Riparia riparia) nesting in artificial nesting banks.
British Ornithologists' Union
2023 - 2024