Ecology & Evolution of Avian Visual Systems

Ausprey, I. J. 2021. Adaptations to light contribute to the ecological niches and evolution of the terrestrial avifauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288: 20210853. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0853

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Relative eye size across the Avian Tree of Life.

Ausprey, I. J., D. Hanley, M. E. Hauber, T. Hiers, and J. P. McEntee. 2025. Correlated evolution between nest architecture and the visual system of Passerine birds. Evolution 79: 1490–1502, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpaf088.

Ausprey, I. J., J. S. Dominguez, H. S. Pollock, and M. E. Hauber. 2026. Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behavior. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 39: 148–157, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf136.

Ausprey, I. J. 2024. Eye morphology contributes to the ecology and evolution of the aquatic avifauna. Journal of Animal Ecology 93: 1262 – 1274. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14141

Ausprey, I. J. and M. E. Hauber. 2021. Host and brood parasite coevolutionary interactions covary with comparative patterns of the avian visual system. Biology Letters 17: 20210309. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0309.

Ausprey, I. J., F. L. Newell, and S. K. Robinson. 2021. Adaptations to light predict the foraging niche and disassembly of avian communities in tropical countrysides. Ecology 102: e03213. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3213