Angela M. Pitera

University of Nevada, Reno — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

18h-index973citations59works2.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(39), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(26), Avian ecology and behavior(24), Primate Behavior and Ecology(19), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(7)

Publications59 total

Social group membership does not facilitate spatial learning of fine-scale resource locations
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2025
Male chickadees with better spatial cognition sire more extra-pair young
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Individual repeatability and plasticity of reproductive phenology in a resident montane bird
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2025
Social pairing in the absence of reproductive senescence in a socially monogamous songbird
Behavioral Ecology·2025· 2 cited
Small scale, elevation- and environmental-related differences in life history strategies in a temperate resident songbird
Royal Society Open Science·2025Open Access
Postnatal dispersal and drivers of successful recruitment in resident <i>Poecile gambeli</i> (Mountain Chickadee)
The Auk·2025· 5 cited
Author response for "Small scale, elevation- and environmental-related differences in life history strategies in a temperate resident songbird"
2025
Author response for "Small scale, elevation- and environmental-related differences in life history strategies in a temperate resident songbird"
2025
No evidence of reproductive senescence within the natural lifespan in resident mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2024· 4 cited
Author response for "Small scale, elevation- and environmental-related differences in life history strategies in a temperate resident songbird"
2024
Spatial cognitive ability is associated with longevity in food-caching chickadees
Science·2024· 24 cited
Relative breeding timing and reproductive success of a resident montane bird species
Royal Society Open Science·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Relative breeding timing and reproductive success of a resident montane bird species"
2024
Author response for "Relative breeding timing and reproductive success of a resident montane bird species"
2024
Spatiotemporal variation in cognitive phenotype, social network position, and distribution of social associations in a food-caching bird
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2024· 2 cited
Feather growth rate and hormone deposition vary with elevation but not reproductive costs in resident Mountain Chickadees
The Auk·2024· 1 cited
What's in a mate? Social pairing decisions and spatial cognitive ability in food-caching mountain chickadees
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Food-caching chickadees with specialized spatial cognition do not use scrounging as a stable strategy when learning a spatial task
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Complex relationships between climate and reproduction in a resident montane bird
Royal Society Open Science·2023· 18 citedOpen Access
Females pair with males larger than themselves in a socially monogamous songbird
Animal Behaviour·2023· 5 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Vladimir V. Pravosudov(49), Benjamin R. Sonnenberg(37), Lauren M. Benedict(31), Carrie L. Branch(30), Eli S. Bridge(27), Virginia K. Heinen(27), Dovid Y. Kozlovsky(23), Joseph F. Welklin(16), Carrie L. Branch(15), Lauren E. Whitenack(10), Jenny Q. Ouyang(4), Maria C. Tello-Ramos(2), Rebecca Croston(2), Jay Wilhelm(1), Meelyn Pandit(1), Alexander Moreno(1), Claire Curry(1), Tyler Pearson(1), Darren S. Proppe(1), Charles Holwerda(1)