Melinda Weaver
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-5402
USA
Journal Articles
In Press
Weaver, M., P. Hutton and K. J. McGraw. Subdued sound sensitivity in the city: urban house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) are less averse to novel noises, but not other environmental stimuli, than rural birds. Behaviour
2021
Arnold, S., M. Weaver and K. J. McGraw. 2021. Ornamental plumage coloration interacts with habtat urbanization to predict problem-solving in the house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus). Acta Ornithologica 56(1):29-37. DOI: 10.3161/00016454AO2021.56.1.003. (link )
2018
Weaver, M., S. Gao and K. J. McGraw. 2018. Circulating corticosterone levels vary during exposure to anthropogenic stimuli and show weak correlation with behavior across an urban gradient in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 266(Sep):52-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.04.017. (link )
Weaver, M., R. A. Ligon, M. Mousel and K. J. McGraw. 2018. Avian anthrophobia? Behavioral and physiological responses of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) to human and predator threats across an urban gradient. Landscape and Urban Planning 179(Nov):46-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.07.001. (link )
2017
Cook, M. O., M. J. Weaver, P. Hutton and K. J. McGraw. 2017. The effects of urbanization and human disturbance on problem solving in juvenile house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:Art. 85. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2304-6. (link )
Posters
2016
Weaver, M. and K. J. McGraw. 2016. Bold urbanites and shy hilllbillies? Variation in novel environment exploration in Haemorhous mexicanus. Poster presented at the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Eighteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 15 January 2016, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2013
Weaver, M., K. J. McGraw and M. Mousel. 2013. Avian anthrophobia? Stress response of House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) across an urban gradient in the presence of humans. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2012
Weaver, M., M. Giraudeau and K. J. McGraw. 2012. Response to predator scent by House Finches across an urban-rural gradient. Poster presented at 13 January 2012 CAP LTER 14th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )