Bridget Stutchbury

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Bridget J. Stutchbury is a Canadian biologist, currently a Distinguished Research Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ecology and Conservation Biology at York University. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is the author of the book Silence of the Songbirds , finalist for the 2007 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. [5]

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Education and early career

Bridget Stutchbury earned an M.Sc. at Queen's University and a Ph.D. at Yale University before going on to complete postdoctoral and research associate work at the Smithsonian Institution. [6] [7]

Stutchberry discovered that hooded warbler females will initiate sexual activity outside of the pair bond. Hooded warblers, along with birds more generally, were previously believed to form clutches with a single father. Radio tracking and DNA testing have demonstrated mixed paternity offspring instead. [8]

Awards and recognition

List of works

Books

Selected Journal Publications

References

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  3. "Stutchbury, Bridget J." worldcat.org. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  4. "Bridget Stutchbury" . Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  5. "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  6. "Silence of the Songbirds". The Green Interview. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. "Author". HarperCollins Canada. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  8. de Waal, Frans (2022). Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist. W.W. Norton. p. 154. ISBN   978-1-324-00710-4.
  9. "Past GGBooks winners and finalists". Governor General's Literary Awards. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  10. "Finalists". Canadian Museum of Nature. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  11. Canada, Wildlife Preservation (2022-09-21). "WPC Past President Bridget Stutchbury nominated for prestigious award | Wildlife Preservation Canada Blog" . Retrieved 2022-09-28.