2025

Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Branston, C. J. , Baker, P., Cochrane, C., Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. (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)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. and Risely, A. (2025) Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco-physiology. Journal of Avian Biology, 2025(2), e03406. (doi: 10.1111/jav.03406)

Pitt, M. D., Alhowiti, N. S. S., Branston, C. J. , Carlon, E., Boonekamp, J. , Dominoni, D. and Capilla Lasheras, P. (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

Capilla-Lasheras, P. et al. (2024) Evolution of sex differences in cooperation can be explained by trade-offs with dispersal. PLoS Biology, 22(10), e3002859. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002859) (PMID:39446701) (PMCID:PMC11500963)

Martin, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Monaghan, P. and Burraco, P. (2024) The impact of chemical pollution across major life transitions: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress in amphibians. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 291(2029), 20241536. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1536) (PMID:39191283) (PMCID:PMC11349447)

Reid, R., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Haddou, Y., Boonekamp, J. and Dominoni, D. (2024) The impact of urbanisation on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanisation: a global meta-analysis on avian species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2027), 20240617. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0617) (PMID:39016598) (PMCID:PMC11253839)

2023

Capilla Lasheras, P. , Wilson, A. J. and Young, A. J. (2023) Mothers in a cooperatively breeding bird increase investment per offspring at the pre-natal stage when they will have more help with post-natal care. PLoS Biology, 21(11), e3002356. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002356)

Womack, R. J., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGlade, C. L. O., Dominoni, D. M. and Helm, B. (2023) Reproductive fitness is associated with female chronotype in a songbird. Animal Behaviour, 205, pp. 65-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.018)

Salmon, P. , López-Idiáquez, D., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Pérez-Tris, J., Isaksson, C. and Watson, H. (2023) Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(10), pp. 1924-1936. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13982) (PMID:37574652)

McGlade, C. L.O., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Womack, R. J., Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. (2023) Experimental light at night explains differences in activity onset between urban and forest great tits. Biology Letters, 19(9), 20230194. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0194) (PMID:37670610) (PMCID:PMC10480697)

Schmid, D. W., Capilla Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Müller‐Klein, N., Sommer, S. and Risely, A. (2023) Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: Implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14255)

2022

Wood, E. M., Capilla‐Lasheras, P. , Cram, D. L., Walker, L. A., York, J. E., Lange, A., Hamilton, P. B., Tyler, C. R. and Young, A. J. (2022) Social dominance and rainfall predict telomere dynamics in a cooperative arid‐zone bird. Molecular Ecology, 31(23), pp. 6141-6154. (doi: 10.1111/mec.15868) (PMID:33657651)

Capilla Lasheras, P. , Thompson, M. J., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Haddou, Y., Branston, C. J. , Réale, D., Charmantier, A. and Dominoni, D. M. (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)

Thompson, M.J., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D.M. , Réale, D. and Charmantier, A. (2022) Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(2), pp. 171-182. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.009) (PMID:34690006)

2021

Branston, C. J. , Capilla Lasheras, P. , Pollock, C. J., Griffiths, K., White, S. and Dominoni, D. M. (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)

Brown, A. M., Wood, E. M., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Harrison, X. A. and Young, A. J. (2021) Longitudinal evidence that older parents produce offspring with longer telomeres in a wild social bird. Biology Letters, 17(10), 20210409. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0409) (PMID:34665991)

Capilla Lasheras, P. , Harrison, X., Wood, E. M., Wilson, A. J. and Young, A. J. (2021) Altruistic bet-hedging and the evolution of cooperation in a Kalahari bird. Science Advances, 7(39), eabe8980. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8980) (PMID:34550732) (PMCID:PMC8457656)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Bondía, B. and Aguirre, J. I. (2021) Environmental conditions but not nest composition affect reproductive success in an urban bird. Ecology and Evolution, 11(7), pp. 3084-3092. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.7234) (PMID:33841769) (PMCID:PMC8019055)

2019

Łapińska, U., Glover, G., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Young, A. J. and Pagliara, S. (2019) Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786), 20180442. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0442) (PMID:31587633) (PMCID:PMC6792439)

Bravo-Santano, N., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Mateos, L. M., Calle, Y., Behrends, V. and Letek, M. (2019) Identification of novel targets for host-directed therapeutics against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports, 9, 15435. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51894-3) (PMID:31659191) (PMCID:PMC6817851)

2018

Capilla-Lasheras, P. (2018) incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), e01710. (doi: 10.1111/jav.01710)

Gwinner, H., Capilla Lasheras, P., Cooper, C. and Helm, B. (2018) 'Green incubation': avian offspring benefit from aromatic nest herbs through improved parental incubation behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880), 20180376. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0376) (PMID:29875299) (PMCID:PMC6015870)

2017

Pollock, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGill, R. A.R. , Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. M. (2017) Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Scientific Reports, 7, 5014. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y) (PMID:28694437) (PMCID:PMC5503996)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Babayan, S. A. , O'Shaughnessy, P. J. , Mladenova, M., Woodford, L., Pollock, C. J., Barr, T., Baldini, F. and Helm, B. (2017) Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 64. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00064)

Articles

Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Branston, C. J. , Baker, P., Cochrane, C., Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. (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)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. and Risely, A. (2025) Migratory microbiomes: the role of the gut microbiome in bird migration eco-physiology. Journal of Avian Biology, 2025(2), e03406. (doi: 10.1111/jav.03406)

Pitt, M. D., Alhowiti, N. S. S., Branston, C. J. , Carlon, E., Boonekamp, J. , Dominoni, D. and Capilla Lasheras, P. (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)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. et al. (2024) Evolution of sex differences in cooperation can be explained by trade-offs with dispersal. PLoS Biology, 22(10), e3002859. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002859) (PMID:39446701) (PMCID:PMC11500963)

Martin, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Monaghan, P. and Burraco, P. (2024) The impact of chemical pollution across major life transitions: a meta-analysis on oxidative stress in amphibians. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 291(2029), 20241536. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1536) (PMID:39191283) (PMCID:PMC11349447)

Reid, R., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Haddou, Y., Boonekamp, J. and Dominoni, D. (2024) The impact of urbanisation on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanisation: a global meta-analysis on avian species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2027), 20240617. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0617) (PMID:39016598) (PMCID:PMC11253839)

Capilla Lasheras, P. , Wilson, A. J. and Young, A. J. (2023) Mothers in a cooperatively breeding bird increase investment per offspring at the pre-natal stage when they will have more help with post-natal care. PLoS Biology, 21(11), e3002356. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002356)

Womack, R. J., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGlade, C. L. O., Dominoni, D. M. and Helm, B. (2023) Reproductive fitness is associated with female chronotype in a songbird. Animal Behaviour, 205, pp. 65-78. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.018)

Salmon, P. , López-Idiáquez, D., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Pérez-Tris, J., Isaksson, C. and Watson, H. (2023) Urbanisation impacts plumage colouration in a songbird across Europe: evidence from a correlational, experimental, and meta-analytical approach. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(10), pp. 1924-1936. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13982) (PMID:37574652)

McGlade, C. L.O., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Womack, R. J., Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. (2023) Experimental light at night explains differences in activity onset between urban and forest great tits. Biology Letters, 19(9), 20230194. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0194) (PMID:37670610) (PMCID:PMC10480697)

Schmid, D. W., Capilla Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Müller‐Klein, N., Sommer, S. and Risely, A. (2023) Circadian rhythms of hosts and their gut microbiomes: Implications for animal physiology and ecology. Functional Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14255)

Wood, E. M., Capilla‐Lasheras, P. , Cram, D. L., Walker, L. A., York, J. E., Lange, A., Hamilton, P. B., Tyler, C. R. and Young, A. J. (2022) Social dominance and rainfall predict telomere dynamics in a cooperative arid‐zone bird. Molecular Ecology, 31(23), pp. 6141-6154. (doi: 10.1111/mec.15868) (PMID:33657651)

Capilla Lasheras, P. , Thompson, M. J., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Haddou, Y., Branston, C. J. , Réale, D., Charmantier, A. and Dominoni, D. M. (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)

Thompson, M.J., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D.M. , Réale, D. and Charmantier, A. (2022) Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(2), pp. 171-182. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.09.009) (PMID:34690006)

Branston, C. J. , Capilla Lasheras, P. , Pollock, C. J., Griffiths, K., White, S. and Dominoni, D. M. (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)

Brown, A. M., Wood, E. M., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Harrison, X. A. and Young, A. J. (2021) Longitudinal evidence that older parents produce offspring with longer telomeres in a wild social bird. Biology Letters, 17(10), 20210409. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0409) (PMID:34665991)

Capilla Lasheras, P. , Harrison, X., Wood, E. M., Wilson, A. J. and Young, A. J. (2021) Altruistic bet-hedging and the evolution of cooperation in a Kalahari bird. Science Advances, 7(39), eabe8980. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8980) (PMID:34550732) (PMCID:PMC8457656)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Bondía, B. and Aguirre, J. I. (2021) Environmental conditions but not nest composition affect reproductive success in an urban bird. Ecology and Evolution, 11(7), pp. 3084-3092. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.7234) (PMID:33841769) (PMCID:PMC8019055)

Łapińska, U., Glover, G., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Young, A. J. and Pagliara, S. (2019) Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1786), 20180442. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0442) (PMID:31587633) (PMCID:PMC6792439)

Bravo-Santano, N., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Mateos, L. M., Calle, Y., Behrends, V. and Letek, M. (2019) Identification of novel targets for host-directed therapeutics against intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. Scientific Reports, 9, 15435. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51894-3) (PMID:31659191) (PMCID:PMC6817851)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. (2018) incR: a new R package to analyse incubation behaviour. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(8), e01710. (doi: 10.1111/jav.01710)

Gwinner, H., Capilla Lasheras, P., Cooper, C. and Helm, B. (2018) 'Green incubation': avian offspring benefit from aromatic nest herbs through improved parental incubation behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880), 20180376. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0376) (PMID:29875299) (PMCID:PMC6015870)

Pollock, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGill, R. A.R. , Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. M. (2017) Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Scientific Reports, 7, 5014. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y) (PMID:28694437) (PMCID:PMC5503996)

Capilla-Lasheras, P. , Dominoni, D. M. , Babayan, S. A. , O'Shaughnessy, P. J. , Mladenova, M., Woodford, L., Pollock, C. J., Barr, T., Baldini, F. and Helm, B. (2017) Elevated immune gene expression is associated with poor reproductive success of urban blue tits. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 64. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00064)