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Publications - PDFs freely available, HERe
(* = supervised student co-author; [oa] = open access publication; [dC] = data & code published; [PP] = Pre-print)

10.   Breen, A.J., & Deffner, D. (2023) Leading an urban invasion: risk-sensitive learning is a winning strategy.
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10.1101/2023.03.19.533319 [PP]

9.
     Breen, A.J., Healy, S.D., & Guillete, L.M. (2021) Reproductive consequences of material use in avian nest construction.
​        Behavioural Processes. 193:104507. 
10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104507 [DC]

8.     Breen, A.J. (2021) Animal culture research should include avian nest construction​. Biology Letters. 17(7):20210327. 
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https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0327 [OA]

7.     Breen, A.J., Sugasawa, S., & Healy, S.D. (2021) Manipulative and technological skills do not require a slow life history​. Frontiers in                Ecology and Evolution. 9:635802. 10.3389/fevo.2021.635802 [OA] [DC]

6.     Breen, A.J., Lovie, K.E.,* Guerard, C.*, Edwards, S.C., Cooper, J.*, Healy, S.D., & Guillette, L.M. (2020) Juvenile socio-ecological
        environment shapes material technology in nest-building birds. Behavioral Ecology​. 31(4):892
–901. 10.1093/beheco/araa027 [DC]                   
5.     Breen, A.J., Bonneaud, C.C.*, Healy, S.D., & Guillette, L.M. (2019) Social learning about construction behaviour via an artefact.
        Animal Cognition. 22(3):305
–315. 10.1007/s10071-019-01240-x [OA] [DC]

4.   ​  Neilands, P.D., Jelbert, S.J., Breen, A.J., Schiestl, M., & Taylor, A.H. (2016). How insightful is 'insight'? New Caledonian crows do
        not attend to object weight during spontaneous stone dropping. PLoS ONE.
11(12):e0167419. 10.1371/journal.pone.01674179
       
3.     Logan, C.J., Breen, A.J., Taylor, A.H., Gray, R.D., & Hoppitt, W. (2016). How New Caledonian crows solve novel foraging problems
        and what it means for cumulative culture. Learning & Behavior. 44(1):1
8–28. 10.3758/s13420-015-0194-x

2.     Breen, A.J., Guillette, L.M., & Healy, S.D. (2016). What can nest-building birds teach us? Comparative Cognition & Behavior
        Reviews. 
11:83–102. 10.3819/ccbr.2016.110005 [OA] 

1.     Logan, C.J., Jelbert, S.J., Breen, A.J., Gray, R.D., & Taylor, A.H. (2014). Modifications to the Aesop’s Fable paradigm change New
​        Caledonian crow performances. PLoS ONE.
9(7):1–9. 10.1371/journal.pone.0103049 [OA]

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