* = co-first authors
† = undergraduate author
26. Salett, J.†, Kennerley, J. A., Jack, R., Coleman, J., Webster, M. S., Feeney, W. E., Boersma, J. Use of anthropogenic material for extended ornamented phenotype in two fairy-wrens. Preprint in review.
25. Gregg, J. A.*, Boersma, J.*, Nason, D., Malesa, E., Le Breton, C., Ketaloya, S., Iova, B., & Mittermeier, J. C. Lost to science for 126 years: Indigenous Knowledge and Camera Trapping Document the Critically Endangered Black-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon Otidiphaps insularis. Preprint in revision.
24. Ben Mocha, Y., Woith, M., Scemama de Gialluly, S., Bruscagnin, L. Kestel, N., Hex, S., Markman, S., Drobniak, S. Baglione, V., Boersma, J., Cousseau, ., Covas, R. de Miranda, G., Dey, C., Doutrelant, C., Gula, R., Heinsohn, R., Keynan, O., Kingma, S., Leitao, A., Li, J. Makuya, L., Middleton, K-M. Pruett-Jones, S., Radford, A. N., Restrepo, C., Rubenstein, D., Schradin, C., Theuerkauf, J., Warrington, M., Williams, D., Woxvold, I., Griesser, M. An integrative, peer-reviewed and open-source Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD). Journal of Animal Ecology, In press.
23. Feeney, W. E., Kennerley, J. A., Wheatcroft, D., Liang, W., Lamb, J. B., Teunissen, N., Lawson, S. L., Enos, J. K., Zhou, B., Poje, C., Richardson, N. M., Ryan, T. A., Cowan, Z-L., Brooker, M., Attwood, M., Boersma, J., Zamora, M., Attisano, A., Gula, R., Theuerkauf, J., Goag, R., Fiorini, V. D., Gill, S. A., Peters, A., Honza, M., Spottiswoode, C. N., Hauber, M., Manica, A., Webster, M. S., Blasi, D. E. 2025. Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-13.
22. Corneliussen, L., Kennerley, J. A., Zamora, M., Soulliere, L., Jack, R., Monteith, M., Partridge, S., Webster, M. S., Boersma, J., Feeney, W. E. Repeated nest failure precedes group dissolution and joining a neighbouring group by a female Variegated Fairy-wren 'Malurus lamberti'. Australian Field Ornithology 42, 131-133.
21. Mason, M. W., Greig, E. I., Boersma, J.. (2025). Climate and landscape modification facilitate range expansion in Spinus psaltria (Lesser Goldfinch) across the Pacific Northwest. Ornithology: ukaf013.
20. Boersma, J.*, Gregg, J. J.*, Nason, D., Malesa, E., Le Breton, C., Ketaloya, S., Iova, B., Mittermeier, J. C. (2025). An ornithological survey of Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Papua New Guinea: new island records and noteworthy natural history observations. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 145(1): 4-23.
19. Resendiz, E., Ditzel, P. C., Kessler, W. P., Buckley, E. R., Huff, C. E., Poje, C., Lamb, J. B., Kennerley, J. A., Coleman, J. T., Boersma, J. Webster, M. S., Feeney, W. E. A photographic guide for determining egg incubation stage in the superb Fairy-Wren Malurus cyaneus. Australian Field Ornithology 41: 150-154.
18. Hotaling, S., Boersma, J., Paprocki, N. A., Anderson, A., Whiles, L., Ogburn, L., Kasper, S., White, C., Thornton, D. H., Wimberger, P. (2024). Human and wildlife use of mountain glacier habitat in western North America. Northwest Science(1-2): 42-51.
17. Boersma, J*, Thrasher, D. J.*, Welklin, J. F., Baldassarre, D. T., Webster, M. S. Plural breeding among unrelated females and other insights on complex social structure in the cooperatively breeding Variegated Fairywren. Emu - Austral Ornithology 1-12.
16. Boersma, J., Enbody, E. D., Ketaloya, S., Watts, H. E., Karubian, J., Schwabl, H. (2023). Does capacity to produce androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)? Hormones and Behavior 154: 105393.
15. Brooks, W. E., Boersma, J., Paprocki, N., Wimberger, P., Hotaling, S. (2023). Community science for enigmatic ecosystems: Using eBird to assess avian biodiversity on glaciers and snowfields. Journal of Field Ornithology: 94(1): 6.
14. Boersma, J., McQueen, A., Peters, A., Welklin, J. F., Quispe, R., Goymann, W., & Schwabl, H. (2023). Unexpected long-term retention of subcutaneous beeswax implants and additional notes on dose and composition from four testosterone implant studies. General and Comparative Endocrinology 330: 114124.
13. Boersma, J., Enbody, E. D., Karubian, J., Watts, H. E., & Schwabl, H. (2022). Drought disrupts year-round breeding readiness in a tropical songbird. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17(2): 44.
12. Jones, J.A, Boersma, J., Karubian, J. (2022). Female aggression toward same sex rivals depends on context in a tropical songbird. Behavioural Processes 202, 104735.
11. Enbody, E. D, Sin, S. Y. W., Boersma, J., Edwards, S. V., Schwabl, H., Webster, M. S., & Karubian, J. (2022). Evolutionary history and mechanisms of production suggest selection for female ornamentation in a tropical songbird. Evolution 76(8): 1720-1736.
10. Jones, J. A., Boersma, J., Liu, J., Nason, D., Ketaloya, S., & Karubian, J. (2022). Female ornamentation does not predict aggression in a tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76(4): 1-16.
9. Boersma, J., Jones, J. A., Enbody, E. D., Welklin, J. F., Nason, D., Ketaloya, S., Karubian, J., & Schwabl, H. (2022). Male White-shouldered Fairywrens (Malurus alboscapulatus) elevate androgens greater when courting females than during territorial challenges. Hormones and Behavior 142: 105158.
8. Boersma, J., Barron, D. G., Baldassarre, D. T., Webster, M. S., Schwabl, H. (2021). Wildfire affects expression of male sexual plumage through suppressed testosterone circulation in a tropical songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 52(9).
7. Gregg, J. J., Nason, D., & Boersma, J. (2020). Survey of the montane avifauna of Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 140(3): 309-320.
6. Khalil, S., Welklin, J. F., McGraw, K. J., Boersma, J., Schwabl, H, & Karubian, J.K. (2020). Testosterone regulates CYP2J19-linked carotenoid signal expression in male red-backed fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20201687.
5. Boersma, J., Jones, J. A., Enbody, E. D., Nason, D., Lopez-Contreras, E., Karubian, J., & Schwabl, H. (2020). Testosterone induces an ornament followed by enhanced territoriality in a tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology 31(5), 1233-1241.
4. Mitchell, A. E., Boersma, J., Anthony, A., Kitayama, K., & Martin, T. E. (2020). Experimental amelioration of harsh weather speeds growth and development in a tropical montane songbird. The American Naturalist 196(4): E110-E118.
3. Enbody, E. D., Boersma, J., Jones, J. A., Chatfield, M. W. H., Ketaloya, S., Baldassarre, D.T., Hazelhurst, J., Gowen, O., Schwabl, H., & Karubian, J. (2019). Social organization and breeding biology of the White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus. Emu - Austral Ornithology 119(3), 274-285.
2. Enbody, E. D., Boersma, J., Schwabl, H., & Karubian, J. (2018). Female ornamentation is associated with increased aggression and circulating androgens in a tropical passerine bird. Behavioral Ecology 29(5), 1056-1066.
1. Lantz, S. M., Boersma, J., Schwabl, H., & Karubian, J. (2017). Early moulting red-backed fairywren males acquire ornamented plumage in the absence of elevated androgens. Emu - Austral Ornithology 117(2), 170-180.