Unhatched eggs: methods for discriminating between infertility and early embryo mortality TR Birkhead, J Hall, E Schut, N Hemmings Ibis 150 (3), 508-517, 2008 | 110 | 2008 |
Long sperm fertilize more eggs in a bird C Bennison, N Hemmings, J Slate, T Birkhead Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1799), 20141897, 2015 | 108 | 2015 |
A sex-linked supergene controls sperm morphology and swimming speed in a songbird KW Kim, C Bennison, N Hemmings, L Brookes, LL Hurley, SC Griffith, ... Nature ecology & evolution 1 (8), 1168-1176, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds CM Kinsella, FJ Ruiz-Ruano, AM Dion-Côté, AJ Charles, TI Gossmann, ... Nature Communications 10 (1), 5468, 2019 | 93 | 2019 |
Inbreeding causes early death in a passerine bird NL Hemmings, J Slate, TR Birkhead Nature Communications 3 (1), 863, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
Polyspermy in birds: sperm numbers and embryo survival N Hemmings, TR Birkhead Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1818), 20151682, 2015 | 61 | 2015 |
Internal incubation and early hatching in brood parasitic birds TR Birkhead, N Hemmings, CN Spottiswoode, O Mikulica, C Moskát, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1708), 1019-1024, 2011 | 59 | 2011 |
Sperm morphology, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentration and swimming velocity: unexpected relationships in a passerine bird C Bennison, N Hemmings, L Brookes, J Slate, T Birkhead Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1837), 20161558, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations CR Cooney, C Sheard, AD Clark, SD Healy, A Liker, SE Street, CA Troisi, ... Nature Communications 11 (1), 2383, 2020 | 51 | 2020 |
Causes of hatching failure in endangered birds N Hemmings, M West, TR Birkhead Biology letters 8 (6), 964-967, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
Parthenogenesis in a passerine bird, the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata. E Schut, N Hemmings, TR Birkhead Ibis 150 (1), 2008 | 37 | 2008 |
Why do eggs fail? Causes of hatching failure in threatened populations and consequences for conservation K Assersohn, AF Marshall, F Morland, P Brekke, N Hemmings Animal Conservation 24 (4), 540-551, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
Intra-ejaculate sperm selection in female zebra finches N Hemmings, C Bennison, TR Birkhead Biology Letters 12 (6), 20160220, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
Differential sperm storage by female zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata N Hemmings, T Birkhead Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1860), 20171032, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
Physiological factors influencing female fertility in birds K Assersohn, P Brekke, N Hemmings Royal Society Open Science 8 (7), 202274, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
Unhatched eggs represent the invisible fraction in two wild bird populations N Hemmings, S Evans Biology letters 16 (1), 20190763, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
Timing associated with oviductal sperm storage and release after artificial insemination in domestic hens N Hemmings, TR Birkhead, JP Brillard, P Froment, S Brière Theriogenology 83 (7), 1174-1178. e1, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
A trade-off between thickness and length in the zebra finch sperm mid-piece T Mendonca, TR Birkhead, AJ Cadby, W Forstmeier, N Hemmings Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1883), 20180865, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
Low hatching success in the critically endangered kākāpō is driven by early embryo mortality not infertility JL Savage, JMS Crane, Kākāpō Recovery Team, N Hemmings Animal Conservation 25 (3), 352-360, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
Evaluating the reliability of non-specialist observers in the behavioural assessment of semi-captive Asian elephant welfare JL Webb, JAH Crawley, MW Seltmann, O Liehrmann, N Hemmings, ... Animals 10 (1), 167, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |