MONTE NEATE-CLEGG, PHD
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Publications

2026

34. F. Sayol, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, C. Sheard, A. L. Pigot, & J. A. Tobias. (2026) AVONICHE: A global dataset of dietary and foraging niches for birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography link


2025

33. Ç. H. Şekercioğlu, K. D. Kittelberger, F. M. M. Mota, A. N. Buxton, N. Orton, A. DeNiro, E. R. Buechley, J. J. Horns, J. D. Blount, J. Socci, & M. H. C. Neate-Clegg. (2025) BIRDBASE: A global dataset of avian biogeography, conservation, ecology and life history traits. Scientific Data 12:1558 link
  • Yahoo! News
  • Phys.org

32. N. Ocampo-Peñuela, S. de Alfaro,  M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, L. de Alfaro, K. Bjegovic, & R. Scott Winton. (2025) Human development, societal stability, and bird capital predict global tourist eBirding activity. People and Nature 7(10):2486-2499 link
  • UCSC News
  • Audubon Magazine
  • The American Birding Podcast
  • BirdGuides
  • Rare Bird Alert
  • earth.com
  • euronews
  • Meteored
  • El Spectator (Colombian national newspaper)
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31. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, S. Eberhard, C. Gómez, S. Siddens, & N. Ocampo-Peñuela. (2025) Range-restricted species are poor proxies for functional diversity in the world’s largest avifauna. Conservation Science and Practice 7(9):e70136 link


30. L. G. Soifer, J. L. Lockwood, J. J. Lembrechts, L. H. Antão, D. H. Klinges, R. A. Senior, N. C. Ban, B. Evengard, B. Fadrique, S. H. Falkeis, A. L. Fredston, R. Guralnick, J. Lenoir, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, J. Palacios-Abrantes, G. Pecl, M. L. Pinsky, J. E. Smith, B. Stys, M. W. Tingley, & B. R. Scheffers. (2025) Extreme events drive rapid and dynamic range fluctuations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 40(9):862-873 link


29. N. Pérez-Amaya, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, C. D. Cadena, J. Soto-Patiño, & A. M. Cuervo. (2025) Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds. Evolutionary Ecology link​
  • ​El Espectador

28. K. Kittelberger, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2025) Fall advances in the timing of molt in birds in the Southwestern United States. The American Naturalist 206(1):44-63 link
  • @TheU
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27. A. L. Fredston, M. W. Tingley (co-first), M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, L. J. Evans, L. H. Antão, N. C. Ban, I.-C. Chen, Y.-W. Chen, L. Comte, D. P. Edwards, B. Evengard, B. Fadrique, S. H. Falkeis, R. Guralnick, D. H. Klinges, J. J. Lembrechts, J. Lenoir, J. Palacios-Abrantes, A. Pauchard, G. Pecl, M. L. Pinsky, R. A. Senior, J. E. Smith, L. D. Soifer, J. M. Sunday, K. D. Tape, P. Washam, & B. R. Scheffers. (2025) Reimagining species on the move across space and time. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 40(7):629-638 link
  • UCSC News

​26. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, J. F. Saracco, F. Rodríguez-Vásquez, & S. E. I. Jones. (2025) Unraveling demographic patterns in tropical birds across an elevational gradient. Ornithological Applications 127(1):1-14 link
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2024

25. B. A. Tonelli, C. Youngflesh, T. Cox, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, E. Cohen, & M. W. Tingley. (2024) Spatial nonstationarity in phenological responses of Nearctic birds to climate variability. Ecology Letters 27(10):e14526​ link

24. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, B. A. Tonelli, & M. W. Tingley. (2024) Advances in breeding phenology outpace latitudinal and elevational shifts for North American birds tracking temperature. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8:2027-2036 link
  • ScienceAdviser
  • UCLA Newsroom

23. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, M. W. Tingley, & W. D. Newmark. (2024) Afromontane understory birds increase in body size over four decades. Ecography 2024(4):e07106​ link
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution Spotlight
  • ​UCLA IoES
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2023

22. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, M. A. Etterson, M. W. Tingley, & W. D. Newmark. (2023) The combined effects of temperature and fragment area on the demographic rates of an Afrotropical bird community over 34 years. Biological Conservation 282:110051 link
  • UCLA Newsroom​

21. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, B. A. Tonelli, C. Youngflesh, J. X. Wu, G. A. Montgomery, Ç. H. Şekercioğlu, & M. W. Tingley. (2023) Traits shaping urban tolerance in birds differ around the world. Current Biology 33(9):1677-1688 link
  • Current Biology dispatch
  • The Revelator
  • The STEM Post
  • ​​earth.com
  • Daily Bruin
  • UCLA Newsroom

20. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg & M. W. Tingley. (2023) Building a mechanistic understanding of climate-driven elevational shifts in birds. PLOS Climate 2(3):e0000174 link


19. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg & M. W. Tingley. (2023) Adult male birds advance spring migratory phenology faster than females and juveniles across North America. Global Change Biology 29(2):341-354 link
  • National Audubon Society​
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2022

​18. J. A. Tobias, C. Sheard, A. L. Pigot, A. J. Devenish, J. Yang, F. Sayol, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, + 108 authors. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25(3):581-597 link
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17. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, J. J. Horns, M. Buchert, T. Pope, R. Norvell, J. R. Parrish, F. Howe, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2022) The effects of climate change and fluctuations on the riparian bird communities of the arid Intermountain West. Animal Conservation 25(3):325-341 link
  • The Wildlife Society
  • Fox13 SLC
  • earth.com
  • UNews​

16. E. R. Buechley, M. Girardello, A. Santangeli, A. D. Ruffo, G. Ayalew, Y. Abebe, D. Barber, R. Buij, K. Bildstein, B. A. Mahamued, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, D. Ogada, P. P. Marra, T. S. Sillet, J.-M. Thiollay, M. Wikelski, P. Yaworsky, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2022) Priority areas for vulture conservation in the Horn of Africa largely fall outside the protected area network. Bird Conservation International 
31(3):1-18 link

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2021

15. K. Kittelberger, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, J. D. Blount, M. R. C. Posa, J. McLaughlin, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2021) Ecological correlates of extinction risk in resident Philippine avifauna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:664764 link

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14. J. D. Blount, J. J. Horns, K. Kittelberger, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2021) Avian use of agricultural areas as migration stopover sites: a review of crop management practices and ecological correlates. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:650641 link
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13. K. Kittelberger, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, E. R. Buechley, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2021) Community characteristics of forest understory birds along an elevational gradient in the Horn of Africa: A multi-year baseline. Ornithological Applications 123(2):1-20 link


12. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, S. E. I. Jones, J. A. Tobias, W. D. Newmark, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2021) Ecological correlates of elevational range shifts in tropical birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:621749 link


11. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, J. D. Blount, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2021) Ecological and biogeographical predictors of taxonomic discord across the world’s birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(6):1258-1270 link
  • UNews

​10. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, S. Stuart, D. Mtui, Ç. H. Şekercioğlu, & W. D. Newmark. (2021) Afrotropical montane birds experience upslope shifts and range contractions along a fragmented elevational gradient in response to global warming. PLOS ONE ​16(3):e0248712 link


9. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, T. R. Stanley, Ç. H. Şekercioğlu, & W. D. Newmark.  (2021) Temperature-associated decreases in demographic rates of Afrotropical bird species over 30 years. Global Change Biology 27(10):2254–2268 link
  • ​UNews

2020

8. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, T. G. O’Brien, F. Mulindahabi, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2020) A disconnect between upslope shifts and climate change in an Afrotropical bird community. Conservation Science and Practice 2(11):e291. link​
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7. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg*, J. J. Horns*, F. R. Adler, M. Ç. Kemahlı Aytekin, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2020) Monitoring the world's bird populations with community science data. Biological Conservation 248:108653 *co-first author link 
  • The Wildlife Society
  • UNews​

6. C. Sheard, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, N. Alioravainen, S. E. I. Jones, C. Vincent, H. E. A. MacGregor, T. P. Bregman, S. Claramunt, & J. A. Tobias. (2020) Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology. Nature Communications 11:2463 link


5. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2020) Agricultural land in the Amazon basin supports low bird diversity and is a poor replacement for primary forest. The Condor 122(3):1-11 link


2019 and earlier

4. E. R. Buechley, A. Santangeli, M. Girardello, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, C. J. W. McClure, D. Oleyar, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2019) Global raptor research and conservation priorities: tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Diversity & Distributions 25(6):856-869 link


3. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, J. Ramirez Roman, B. Demir, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2019) Endangered Basra Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis) recorded for the first time in Turkey (Aves: Acrocephalidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 43(2):250-253 link


2. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, S. E. I. Jones, O. Burdekin, M. Jocque, & Ç. H. Şekercioğlu. (2018) Elevational changes in the avian community of a Mesoamerican cloud forest park. Biotropica 50(5):805-815 link
  • ​National Audubon Society
  • The University Network
  • Operation Wallacea
  • UNews

1. M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, E. C. Morshuis, & C. Banks-Leite. (2016) Edge effects in the avifaunal community of riparian rain-forest tracts in Tropical North Queensland. Journal of Tropical Ecology 32(4):280-289 link

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Other publications

Ç. H. Şekercioğlu, M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, J. E. Jankowski, C. A. Peres, & J. Terborgh. (In press) Editorial: Long-term research on avian conservation ecology in the age of global change and citizen science. Frontiers in Conservation Science 6:1740942 link

M. H. C. Neate-Clegg. (2024) News & Views: Bird vulnerability to forest loss. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8:188-189 link

M. H. C. Neate-Clegg. (2022) Book Review: Effects of Climate Change on Birds, 2nd edition, by Peter O. Dunn and Anders Pape Moller, Editors. 2019. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Ornithology 139:1-2 link

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