Mhairi McCready

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

7h-index142citations14works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(8), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(7), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(5), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(5), Plant and animal studies(4)

Publications14 total

Simulating Demography, Monitoring, and Management Decisions to Evaluate Adaptive Management Strategies for Endangered Species
Conservation Letters·2025Open Access
Capturing the dynamics of small populations: A retrospective assessment using long‐term data for an island reintroduction
Journal of Animal Ecology·2021· 4 cited
Incorporating data‐based estimates of temporal variation into projections for newly monitored populations
Animal Conservation·2021· 3 cited
A modelling framework for integrating reproduction, survival and count data when projecting the fates of threatened populations
Oecologia·2021· 14 cited
Testing management alternatives for controlling nest parasites in an endangered bird
Animal Conservation·2020· 1 cited
Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Using long‐term data for a reintroduced population to empirically estimate future consequences of inbreeding
Conservation Biology·2020· 9 cited
Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds
Animal Behaviour·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival
Animal Conservation·2019· 36 citedOpen Access
Time Spent With Parents Varies With Early-Life Condition, but Does Not Predict Survival or Sociality of Juvenile Hihi
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2019· 4 citedOpen Access
A novel method for using ecoacoustics to monitor post‐translocation behaviour in an endangered passerine
Methods in Ecology and Evolution·2019· 22 citedOpen Access
One of the gang: social group dynamics in a juvenile passerine bird
2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Copy parents or follow friends? Juvenile foraging behaviour changes with social environment
2018· 4 citedOpen Access
Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post-release survival
2018· 11 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

John G. Ewen(13), Victoria R. Franks(7), Kevin A. Parker(7), Rose Thorogood(7), Elizabeth H. Parlato(5), Doug P. Armstrong(5), J. Marcus Rowcliffe(3), Caitlin E. Andrews(2), Donal Smith(2), Barbara Egli(2), Wendy J. Dimond(2), Åsa Berggren(2), Oliver C. Metcalf(1), Emma M. Williams(1), Renske Kwikkel(1), James L. Savage(1), F. J. Gordon(1), Ellen K. Mather(1), Deborah J. Fogell(1), Kate McInnes(1)