Université de Sherbrooke
Candidat Membre employé(e) / Employed member
superviseur(e): Marco Festa Bianchet
Début: 2016-01-01
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Projet

Behavioural ecology of eastern grey kangaroos
I am interested in how kin relationships affect social structure of animal societies, particularly among female mammals. My research also investigates the fitness consequences of kin associations.

Mots-clés

Animal behaviour, Behavioral Ecology, Grouping behaviour, Eastern Grey kangaroo

Publications

1- Large eastern grey kangaroo males are dominant but do not monopolize matings
Montana, Luca, Wendy J. King, Graeme Coulson, Dany Garant, Marco Festa-Bianchet
2022 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

2- Effects of rainfall, forage biomass, and population density, on survival and growth of juvenile kangaroos
Plaisir, Charles-Alexandre, Wendy J King, David M Forsyth, Marco Festa-Bianchet,
2022 Journal of Mammalogy

3- Tall young females get ahead: size-specific fecundity in wild kangaroos suggests a steep trade-off with growth
Quesnel, Louise, Wendy J. King, Graeme Coulson, Marco Festa-Bianchet
2017 Oecologia

4- Long-term consequences of mother-offspring associations in eastern grey kangaroos
King, Wendy J., Marco Festa-Bianchet, Graeme Coulson, Anne W. Goldizen
2017 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

5- Few sex effects in the ontogeny of mother-offspring relationships in eastern grey kangaroos
King, Wendy J., Anne W. Goldizen
2016 Animal Behaviour

6- Adoption in Eastern Grey Kangaroos: A Consequence of Misdirected Care?
Wendy J. King, David M. Forsyth, Graeme Coulson, Marco Festa-Bianchet
2015 PLOS ONE

7- Mother-offspring distances reflect sex differences in fine-scale genetic structure of eastern grey kangaroos
King, Wendy J., Dany Garant, Marco Festa-Bianchet
2015 Ecology and Evolution

8- A capture technique for free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) habituated to humans
King, W. J., M. E. Wilson, T. Allen, M. Festa-Bianchet, G. Coulson
2011 Australian Mammalogy

9- Age–related reproductive effort in bighorn sheep ewes
FESTA–BIANCHET, Marco, Wendy J. KING
2007 Ecoscience

10- Social, maternal, and environmental influences on reproductive success in female Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)
King, Wendy J, Dominique Allainé
2002 Canadian Journal of Zoology

11- Copulatory behaviour of alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)
King, W.J. and D. Allainé
1998 Mammalia

12- The development of sexual dimorphism: seasonal and lifetime mass changes in bighorn sheep
Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Wendy J. King, Jon T. Jorgenson, Kirby G. Smith, William D. Wishart
1996 Canadian Journal of Zoology

13- Effects of Litter Size and Population Dynamics on Juvenile and Maternal Survival in Columbian Ground Squirrels
Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Wendy J. King
1991 The Journal of Animal Ecology

14- Determinants of reproductive success in female Columbian ground squirrels
King, Wendy J., Marco Festa-Bianchet, Susan E. Hatfield
1991 Oecologia

15- Spacing of female kin in Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus)
King, Wendy J.
1989 Canadian Journal of Zoology

16- Kin-differential behaviour of adult female Columbian ground squirrels
King, Wendy J.
1989 Animal Behaviour

17- Temporal overlap of female kin in Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus)
King, Wendy J., Jan O. Murie
1985 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

18- Behavior and dispersal of yearling Columbian ground squirrels
Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Wendy J. King
1984 Canadian Journal of Zoology