·  Publications

12. van Dongen WFD, White J, Brandl HB, Moodley Y, Merkling T, Leclaire S, Blanchard P, Danchin E, Hatch SA & Wagner RH. (2013) Age-related differences in the cloacal microbiota of a wild bird species. BMC Ecology 13: 11. LINKS

 

11. Leclaire S, Nielsen JF, Sharp SP & Clutton-Brock TH. (2013) Mating strategies in dominant meerkats: Evidence for extra-pair paternity in relation to genetic relatedness between pair mates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (accepted)

 

10. Leclaire S, Nielsen JF, Thavarajah NK, Manser M & Clutton-Brock TH. (2013) Odour-based kin discrimination in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Biology Letters 9: 20121054 LINKS

 

9. Merkling T, Leclaire S, Danchin E, Lhuillier E, Wagner RH, White J, Hatch SA & Blanchard P. (2012) Food availability and offspring sex in a monogamous seabird: insights from an experimental approach. Behavioral Ecology 23: 751-758  pdf

 

8. Leclaire S, Merkling T, Raynaud C, Lhuillier E, Mulard H, Bessière JM, Hatch SA & Danchin E. (2012) Semiochemicals of preen secretion reflect genetic make-up in a seabird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 1185-1193 pdf

 

7. Leclaire S, Bourret V, Wagner RH, Hatch SA, Helfenstein F, Chastel O & Danchin E. (2011) Behavioral and physiological responses to male handicap in chick-rearing black-legged kittiwakes. Behavioral Ecology 22: 1156-1165 pdf

 

6. Leclaire S, White J, Arnoux E, Faivre B, Vetter N, Hatch SA, & Danchin E. (2011) Integument coloration reflects reproductive success, heterozygosity and antioxidant levels in Black-legged kittiwakes. Naturwissenschaften 98:773-782 pdf

 

5. Leclaire S, Merkling T, Raynaud C, Giacinti G, Bessière JM, Hatch SA & Danchin E. (2011) An individual and a sex odor signature in kittiwakes? Study of the semiochemical composition of preen secretion and preen down feathers. Naturwissenschaften 98: 615-624  pdf

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4. Leclaire S, Helfenstein F, Degeorges A, Wagner RH & Danchin E. (2010) Family size and sex-specific parental care in Black-legged kittiwakes. Behaviour 147: 1841-1862 pdf

 

3. White J, Leclaire S, Kriloff M, Mulard H, Hatch SA & Danchin E. (2010) Sustained increase in food supplies reduce broodmate aggression in Black-legged kittiwakes. Animal Behaviour 79: 1095-1100 pdf

 

2. Leclaire S, Mulard H, Hatch SA, Wagner RH & Danchin E. (2009) Can kittiwakes smell? Experimental evidence in a larid species. Ibis 151: 584-587 pdf

 

1. Hazard D, Leclaire S, Couty M & Guémené D. (2008). Genetic differences in coping strategies in response to prolonged and repeated restraint in Japanese quail divergently selected for long and short tonic immobility. Hormones and Behavior 54: 645-653 pdf

 

 

· Publications submitted

 

 

- Leclaire S, Blanchard P, White J, Hatch SA & Danchin E. Symmetry of black wingtips is related to laying success and integument coloration in black-legged kittiwakes. (The Auk - minor revison)

 

 

· Reports

-  PhD thesis: “Sexual signals, mate choice and parental investment in the black-legged kittiwake”, Université de Toulouse, France pdf

-  Master (M2R) thesis: “Regulation de la condition corporelle en fonction du cycle annuel chez le manchot royal”, Université de Strasbourg, France pdf

-  Master (M1) thesis: “Observations comportementales sur un jeune couple d’anoas des plaines Bubalus depressicornis en captivité”, Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, France pdf