Dr Claire Branston

  • Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)

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Number of items: 6.

2025

Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Baker, Paul, Cochrane, Cara, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Thompson, Megan J., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Haddou, Yacob, Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Réale, Denis, Charmantier, Anne and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pollock, Christopher J., Griffiths, Kate, White, Stewart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-3181 and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Teo, Dylon, Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Jakhar, Aryan, Albalawi, Bedur Faleh A. and Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 Mon Jun 23 06:59:56 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 6.

Articles

Capilla-Lasheras, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Baker, Paul, Cochrane, Cara, Helm, Barbara and Dominoni, Davide ORCID logoORCID: 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)

Pitt, Mark D., Alhowiti, Norah S. S., Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Carlon, Eugenio, Boonekamp, Jelle ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-627X, Dominoni, Davide ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955 and Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Thompson, Megan J., Sánchez-Tójar, Alfredo, Haddou, Yacob, Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Réale, Denis, Charmantier, Anne and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Capilla Lasheras, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6091-7089, Pollock, Christopher J., Griffiths, Kate, White, Stewart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-3181 and Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Teo, Dylon, Branston, Claire J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0984, Jakhar, Aryan, Albalawi, Bedur Faleh A. and Evans, Neil P. ORCID logoORCID: 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 Mon Jun 23 06:59:56 2025 BST.

Grants

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