Claire L. O'Connell, PhD

Claire L. O'Connell, PhD

Behavioral ecologist and ornithologist.

Publications

  1. Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships

    Claire L. O’Connell, Gerald G. Carter, Annemarie van der Marel, Elizabeth A. Hobson; Monk parakeets ‘test the waters’ when forming new relationships. Biol Lett 1 November 2025; 21 (11): 20250399. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0399

  2. The Effect of Familiarity on the Temporal Dynamics of Spatial and Affiliative Associations in Monk Parakeets

    O’Connell, C. L., van der Marel, A., & Hobson, E. A. (2025). The effect of familiarity on the temporal dynamics of spatial and affiliative associations in monk parakeets. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 12(4), 498-520. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.12.04.03.2025

  3. Perturbations highlight importance of social history in parakeet rank dynamics

    Annemarie van der Marel, Xavier Francis, Claire L O’Connell, Cesar O Estien, Chelsea Carminito, Virginia Darby Moore, Nickolas Lormand, Bryan M Kluever, Elizabeth A Hobson, Perturbations highlight importance of social history in parakeet rank dynamics, Behavioral Ecology, 2023; arad015, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad015

  4. Temporary Behavioral Responses to Playbacks by a Pest Parrot and Implications for Management

    Estien, C. O., O’Connell, C. L., Francis, X., Smith-Vidaurre, G., Kluever, B. M., Hobson, E. A., & van der Marel, A. (2022). Temporary behavioral responses to playbacks by a pest parrot and implications for management. Animal Behavior and Cognition, 9(4), 363-384. https://doi.org/10.26451/abc.09.04.01.2022

  5. A comparison of common behavioral observation software applications and recommendations for use

    van der Marel, A., O’Connell, C. L., Prasher, S., Carminito, C., Francis, X., & Hobson, E. A. (2021). A comparison of low-cost behavioral observation software applications and recommendations for use. Ethology. http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07576

  6. A framework to evaluate whether to pool or separate behaviors in a multilayer network

    van der Marel, A., Prasher, S., Carminito, C., O’Connell, C. L., Phillips, A., Kluever, B. M., & Hobson, E. A. (2021). A framework to evaluate whether to pool or separate behaviors in a multilayer network. Current Zoology, 67(1), 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa077