Dr Chima Nwaogu

Publications

Papers

  • Nwaogu, C.J. & Cresswell, W. (2021) Local timing of rainfall predicts the timing of moult within a single locality and the progress of moult among localities that vary in the onset of the wet season in a year-round breeding tropical songbird. Journal of Ornithology 162: 265–276.

  • Nwaogu, C.J., Tieleman, B.I. & Cresswell, W. (2020) Geographic variation in baseline innate immune function does not follow variation in aridity along a tropical environmental gradient. Scientific Reports 10: 5909.

  • Nwaogu, C.J., Galema, A., Dietz, M.W., Cresswell, W. & Tieleman, B.I. (2020) A fruit diet rather than an invertebrate diet maintains a robust innate immunity without a deterioration of body condition. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 867-883.

  • Nwaogu, C.J., Cresswell, W., Versteegh, M.A. & Tieleman, B.I. (2018) Environment explains seasonal differences in baseline innate immune function better than annual cycle stages in a natural tropical songbird population.  Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 537-553.

  • Nwaogu, C.J., Tieleman, B.I., Bitrus K.Z. & Cresswell, W. (2018) Temperature and aridity determine body size conformity to Bergmann’s rule independent of latitudinal differences in a tropical environment.  Journal of Ornithology 159: 1053-1062.

  • Nwaogu, C.J.; Tieleman, B.I. & Cresswell, W (2018) Weak breeding seasonality of a songbird in a seasonally arid tropical environment arises from individual flexibility and strongly seasonal moult. Ibis 161: 533 – 545.

  • Nwaogu, C.J., Dietz, M.W., Tieleman, B.I. & Cresswell, W (2017) Breeding limits foraging time: evidence of interrupted foraging response from body mass variation in a tropical environment – Journal of Avian Biology 48: 565-569.
  • Nwaogu, C.J. & Cresswell, W. (2016) Body reserves in intra-African migrants. Journal of Ornithology 157: 125-135.

Other articles

      • Nwaogu C.J. & Ivande S.T. (2017). Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator brood parasitism and presence of a developmental bill hook in the Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus Bulletin of African Bird Club 24(2): 204-208.

      • Nwaogu C.J.; Agbo B.O.; Bitrus K.Z.; Ottosson U. & Manu S. A. (2017) Status of the Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus on the Niger River, north-central Nigeria – Bulletin of African Bird Club 24(2): 171-181.

 

News

Jess Lund awarded an R. C. Lewontin Grant from the Society for the Study of Evolution

The Society for the Study of Evolution has awarded Jess Lund an R. C. Lewontin Graduate Research Excellence Grant, which will enable her to expand her investigations into the fascinating lives of honeyguides. This grant is awarded to students early in their PhD programmes to assist them in enhancing the scope of their research. Thank you to the SSE for their generous support of our work!

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New paper on eggshell surface properties

Stephanie McClelland’s paper entitled “Eggshell composition and surface properties of avian brood-parasitic species compared with non-parasitic species” has been published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. This study measured structural properties of the eggshells of brood parasites and their hosts around the world. The study found that…

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