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Publications Peer-reviewed journals
Carlson, N.V., Slabbekoorn, H. (in review). Determining mobbing drives and propensity across species: a theoretical framework. Behavioral Ecology Carlson, N.V., White, M., Tavera, J., O’Hara, P., Baker, M.R., Bertram, D., Summers, A., Fifield, D.A., Juanes, F. (2025). Noise results in lower quality of an important forage fish the Pacific sand lance, Ammodytes personatus. Marine Pollution Bulletin 213:117664 PDF D’Amelio, P.B., Carlson, N.V., Tognetti, A., Sentis, V.M., Silva, R.L., Rybak, F., Covas, R., Doutrelant, C. (2025) Is feeding rate of parents and helpers of a cooperative breeding bird influenced by the simulated presence of novel individuals? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 79:14 PDF Nagy, M., Naik, H., Fumihiro, K., Carlson, N. V., Koblitz, J., Wikelski, M., Couzin, I. (2023) SMART-BARN: Scalable multimodal arena for real-time tracking behavior of animals in large numbers, Science Advances, 9: eadf8068 PDF Carlson, N.V., Freeberg, T.M., Goodale, E, Theo, Anne Heloise (2023). Mixed-species groups and aggregations: shaping ecological and behavioural patterns and processes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378: 20220097 PDF Coppinger, B., Carlson, N.V., Freeberg, T., Sieving, K. (2023). Mixed-species groups and the question of dominace in the social ecosystem. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378: 20220097 PDF Kok, A.C., Berkhout, B., Carlson, N.V., Evans, N.P., Khan, N., Potvin, D., Radford, A., Sebire, M., Sabet, S.S., Shannon, G., Wascher, C.A. (2023). How chronic anthropogenic noise can affect communities. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11:1130075 PDF Carlson, N.V. & Griesser, H. (2022) Mobbing in animals: a thorough review and proposed future directions, Advances in the Study of Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016/bs.asb.2022.01.003 PDF Reichert, M. S., Enriquez, M. S., & Carlson, N.V. (2021) New dimensions for animal communication networks: space and time. Integrative & Comparative Biology, icab013, DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab013 PDF Carlson, N.V., Kelley, E. McKenna, & Couzin, I. (2020) Individual vocal recognition across taxa: a review of the literature and a look into the future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375: 20190479 PDF Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., & Templeton, C.N. (2020) What makes a ‘community informant’? Reliability and anti-predator signal eavesdropping across mixed-species flocks of tits. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 7:214-246 PDF Carlson, N.V., Greene, E., & Templeton, C.N. (2020) Nuthatches vary their alarm calls based on the source of the eavesdropped signals. Nature Communications, 11:526 PDF Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D. & Templeton, C.N. (2019) Wild fledgling tits do not mob in response to conspecific or heterospecific mobbing calls. Ibis, DOI: 10.111/ibi.12754 PDF Carlson, N.V., Pargeter, H.M., & Templeton, C.N. (2017) Sparrowhawk movement, calling, and presence of dead conspecifics differentially impact blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) vocal and behavioral mobbing responses. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71:133 PDF Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., & Templeton, C.N. (2017) Hoo are you? Tits do not recognize novel predators as threats. Animal Behaviour, 128:79-84. PDF Carlson, N.V., Healy, S.D., & Templeton, C.N. (2017) A comparative study of how British tits encode predator threat in their mobbing calls. Animal Behaviour, 125:77-92. PDF Encyclopedia entries Carlson, N.V., Juanes, F., Bertram, D.F., O’Hara, P.D. (in press) Moving up the chain: impacts of noise on marine birds - an indirect pathway through an important forage fish. In: A.N. Popper, J.A. Sisneros, P. Lepper, K. J. Vigness-Raposa (Eds.) The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life VI, Elsiver Templeton, C.N. & Carlson, N. V. (2025). Communication Networks. In: J. Choe (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 3rd edition, Elsevier, Academic Press. Templeton, C.N., Carlson, N.V. (2019). Communication Networks. In: Choe, J.C. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, (2nd ed.). vol. 1, (pp. 568–580). Elsevier, Academic Press. PDF Carlson, N. V.,Healy, S.D. & Templeton, C.N. (2018). Mobbing. Current Biology, 28:R1081-R1082 PDF Carlson, N.V. (2017) Crepuscular. In J. Vonk, & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (pp. 1-4). Springer International Publishing AG. PDF Popular media Carlson, N. (2016). Sounding the alarm: how birds communicate about danger. St Andrews in Focus, 79:23. Carlson, N. & Templeton, C.N. (2015). It’s not all in the eyes. Biosphere, 7:24-29. |
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Conference Presentations & Posters
Presentations
2025 American Fisheries Society (AFS) Conference, Vancouver, Canada 2024 International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress 2024, Melbourne, Australia Forage Fish Symposium, Online 2023 Animal Behavior Conference, Online UKAN, Online Forage Fish Symposium 2022 International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress 2022, Stockholm Sweden 2021 Mixed-species Animal Groups Symposium, Online 2020 African Bioacoustics Conference, Online Animal Behavior Conference, Online 2019 International Bioacoustics Council, Brighton University, UK Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Summer Conference, University of Konstanz, Germany Behaviour2019, University of Chicago, USA 2017 Behaviour2017, Estoril, Portugal 2016 International Society of Behavioral Ecology, University of Exeter, UK European Conference for Behavioural Biology, University of Vienna, Austria European Student Conference on Behaviour & Cognition, University of St Andrews, UK 2015 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, University of Lincoln, UK 52nd Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society, University of Alaska, USA IBANS Symposium, University of St Andrews, UK Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour, University of St Andrews, UK Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Durham University, UK 2012 The 75th Anniversary of Wildlife Biology Program, The University of Montana, USA Posters 2024 International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress 2024, Melbourne, Austrailia Ecological Society of America Conference, Long Beach, USA Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference, Seattle, USA 2018 European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Liverpool, UK 2014 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, University of Sheffield, UK 2012 University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate Research, The University of Montana, USA |
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2020
MaxCine Science Goes Public Talk: Noisy Neighbour: Human Noise and Animal Communication Interview as part of a Dutch video on group movement (my section starts around 10 min in): Here
African Bioacoustics Community Conference 2020 Presentation
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2017
3 Minute Thesis: 3MT 2017 Nora from University of St Andrews on Vimeo. AudioSlides:
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Awards & Scholarship2025
Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life Travel Award, Seventh International Conference on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Czech Republic 2024 ISBE Conference Travel Award, International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Australia 2022-2025 Mitacs Accelerate, Victoria, Canada 2022 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Standard Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan, Kyoto, Japan (declined) 2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Short-term Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan, Kyoto, Japan ISBE 2020 Abstract Prize, International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Australia 2020 Centre for the advanced study of Collective Behaviour Medium-sized Project Grant, Konstanz, Germany 2019 The Company of Biologists Scientific Meeting Grant Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Conference Grant 2018-2020 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Konstanz, Germany 2018 NVIDIA GPU Grant 2017 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Research Grant, UK Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour travel grant, Estoril, Portugal Three Minute Thesis St Andrews University People's Choice Award, St Andrews, UK 2016 International Society for Behavioral Ecology travel grant, University of Exeter, UK Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour travel grant, University of Vienna, Austria Sir Ken Murray Award, University of St Andrews, UK 3rd Place best talk prize, European Student Conference on Behaviour & Cognition, St Andrews, UK 2015 Runner up student talk prize, Association of the study of Animal Behaviour Summer Conference, Lincoln University, UK 2014 Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour travel grant, University of Sheffield, UK 2013 St. Leonard’s Scholarship, University of St Andrews, UK (2013-2016) St. Andrews 600th Year Anniversary Scholarship, University of St Andrews, UK (2013-2016) President’s Recognition Award, The University of Montana, Montana, USA 2012 Dean’s List, The University of Montana, Montana, USA 2011 Montana Integrative Learning experience for Students (MILES) Research Award, The University of Montana, Montana, USA Philip L. Wright Memorial Research Award, The University of Montana, Montana, USA Fred H. Mass Scholarship, The University of Montana, Montana, USA Forester’s Ball Scholarship, The University of Montana, Montana, USA Dean’s List, The University of Montana, Montana, USA 2010 Dean’s List, The University of Montana, Montana, USA 2007 Japanese Prize, Kenyon College, Ohio, USA 2004-2007 Dean’s List, Kenyon College, Ohio, USA |
