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Pond Research

  1. Holgerson, M.A., N.E. Ray, C. Russ. 2023. High rates of carbon burial linked to autochthonous production in artificial ponds. Limnology & Oceanography Letters 22: 1-13.
  2. Ray, N. E., &  M. A. Holgerson. 2023. High intra-seasonal variability in greenhouse gas emissions from temperate constructed ponds. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2023GL104235.
  3. Kazama, T., J. Urabe, K. Tokita, M. Yamamichi, X. Yin, I. Katano, H. Doi, N.G. Hairston Jr. 2021.  A unified framework for herbivore-to-producer biomass ratio reveals the relative influence of four ecological factors. Communications Biology 4: 49.
  4. Yamamichi M, T Kazama , K Tokita, I Katano, H Doi, T Yoshida, N. G. Hairston Jr, J. Urabe. 2018. A shady phytoplankton paradox: when phytoplankton increases under low light. Proc. R. Soc. B 285(1882): 20181067.
  5. Taylor, A. N. 2010. Impacts of cadmium contamination and fish presence on wetland invertebrate communities: An application of population measures and multi-metric tests. Ecological Indicators 10: 1206-1212.
  6. Zhu, B., C. M. Mayer, L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, and M. E. Ritchie.  2008.  A comparison of irradiance and phosphorous effects on the growth of three submerged macrophytes.  Aquatic Botany 88: 358-362.
  7. Lepak, J.M. and C.E. Kraft. 2008. Alewife mortality, condition, and immune response to prolonged cold temperatures. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34: 134-142.
  8. Hambright, K., N. Hairston, W. R. Schaffner,  R. W. Howarth. 2007. Grazer control of nitrogen fixation: synergisms in the feeding ecology of two freshwater crustaceans. Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie 170: 89-102.
  9. Hambright, K., N. Hairston, W. R. Schaffner,  R. W. Howarth. 2007. Grazer control of nitrogen fixation: Phytoplankton taxonomic composition and ecosystem functioning. Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie 170: 103-124. 
  10. Roberts, B. J., R. W. Howarth, 2006. Nutrient and light availability regulate the relative contribution of autotrophs and heterotrophs to respiration in freshwater pelagic ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography 51(1): 288-298.
  11. Chan, F., M. L. Pace, R. W. Howarth, R. M. Marino. 2004. Bloom formation in heterocystic nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria: The dependence on colony size and zooplankton grazing. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 2171–2178.
  12. Gross, E. M., R. L. Johnson, and N. G. Hairston Jr.  2001.  Experimental Evidence for Changes in Submersed Macrophyte Species Composition Caused by the Herbivore Acentria ephemerella (Lepidoptera).  Oecologia 127: 105-114.
  13. Arendt, J. D. S. Wilson, and E. Stark.  2001.  Scale strength as a cost of rapid growth in sunfish.  OIKOS 93: 95-100.
  14. Gross, E.M. 2000. Seasonal and spatial dynamics of allelochemicals in the submersed macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum L. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen 27: 2116 – 2119.
  15. Carson, W. P. and R. B. Root.  2000.  Herbivory and plant species coexistence: community regulation by an outbreaking phytophagous insect.  Ecological Monographs 70: 73–99.
  16. Arendt, J. D. and D. S. Wilson.  2000.  Population differences in the onset of cranial ossification in pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), a potential cost of rapid growth.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57: 351–356.
  17. Grevstad, F. S. 1999.   Experimental invasions using biological control introductions: the influence of release size on the chance of population establishment Biological Invasions 1: 313–323.
  18. Blossey, B. and T. R. Hunt.  1999.  Mass Rearing Methods for Galerucella calmariensis and G. pusilla (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Biological Control Agents of Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae).  Journal of Economic Entomology 92: 325-334.
  19. Arendt, J.D. & D. Sloan Wilson. 1999. Countergradient selection for rapid growth in pumpkinseed sunfish: disentangling ecological and evolutionary effects. Ecology 80: 2793-2798.
  20. Coleman, K., & Wilson, D. S. 1998. Shyness and boldness in pumpkinseed sunfish: Individual differences are context specific. Animal Behaviour 56: 927–936.
  21. Johnson, R. L., E. M. Gross, and N. G. Hairston Jr.  1997.  Decline of the invasive submersed macrophyte Myriophyllum spicatum (Haloragaceae) associated with herbivory by larvae of Acentria ephemerella (Lepidoptera).  Aquatic Ecology 31: 273-282.  
  22. Grevstad, F. S and A. L. Herzig.  1997.  Quantifying the effects of distance and conspecifics on colonization: experiments and models using the loosestrife leaf beetle, Galerucella calmariensis. Oecologia 110: 60-68.
  23. Dowell, K. M. 1997. Evidence for Diapause in the Freshwater Copepod Skistodiaptomus pallidus. The American Midland Naturalist 137(2): 362–368. 
  24. Robinson, B.W. & D. Sloan Wilson. 1996. Genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in a trophically polymorphic population of pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus). Evolutionary Ecology 10: 631-652.
  25. Bernard, J. M. and T. E. Lauve.  1995.  A comparison of growth and nutrient uptake in Phalaris arundinacea L. growing in a wetland and a constructed bed receiving landfill leachate. Wetlands 15: 176-182. 
  26. Hambright, K. D. 1994., Morphological constraints in the piscivore-planktivore interaction: Implications for the trophic cascade hypothesis. Limnology and Oceanography 39(4): 897-912. 
  27. Hambright, K.D. 1994. Can zooplanktivorous fish really affect lake thermal dynamics?. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 130(4): 429 – 438.
  28. Schaffner W. R., N. G. Hairston Jr. & R. W. Howarth. 1994. Feeding rates and filament clipping by crustacean zooplankton consuming cyanobacteria. SIL Proceedings 25(4): 2375-2381.
  29. Wilson, D. S., K. Coleman, A.B. Clarke, L. Biederman. 1993. Shy-Bold continuum in pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus): an ecological study of a psychological trait. Journal of Comparative Psychology 107:250-260.
  30. Hambright, K.D., R.O. Hall. 1992. Differential zooplankton feeding behaviors, selectivities, and community impacts of two planktivorous fishes. Environ Biol Fish 35: 401–411.
  31. Peverly J. H. and R. J. Kopka. 1991. Changes in Al, Mn and Fe from sediments and aquatic plants after lake drawdown. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 57-58:  399-410.
  32. Hambright, K.D. 1991. Experimental Analysis of Prey Selection by Largemouth Bass: Role of Predator Mouth Width and Prey Body Depth. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 120: 500-508.
  33. Morin, A. 1991. Consumer control of gross primary production in replicate freshwater ponds. Verhandlungen – Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 24(3): 1512-1516.
  34. Tjossem, S. F. 1990. Effects of fish chemical cues on vertical migration behavior of Chaoborus. Limnology and Oceanography 35(7): 1456-1468.
  35. Murtaugh, P. 1989. Size and Species Composition of Zooplankton in Experimental Ponds With and Without Fishes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 5(1): 27-38.
  36. Sherman R. E., S. P. Gloss, L. W. Lion. 1987. A comparison of toxicity tests conducted in the laboratory and in experimental ponds using cadmium and the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Water Research 21(3): 317-323.
  37. Thorp, J. H. and S. P. Gloss.  1986.  Field and laboratory tests on acute toxicity of cadmium to freshwater crayfish. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 37: 355-361.
  38. Dominey, W. J.  1981.  Maintenance of female mimicry as a reproductive strategy in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus).  Environmental Biology of Fishes 6: 59-64.   
  39. Dominey, W. J.  1980. Female mimicry in male bluegill sunfish—a genetic polymorphism? Nature 284: 546-548.
  40. Confer J. L. and G. Applegate, 1979.  Size-Selective Predation by Zooplankton. American Midland Naturalist 102: 378-383.
  41. Peverly, J. H. and R. L. Johnson.  1979. Nutrient Chemistry in Herbicide-treated Ponds of Differing Fertility. Journal of Environmental Quality 8: 294-300.
  42. DeNoyelles Jr., F and W. J. O’Brien. 1978. Phytoplankton Succession in Nutrient Enriched Experimental Ponds As Related to Changing Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Conditions. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 84: 137-165.
  43. Finket, L. R. and H. W. Seeley Jr.  1978. Nitrogen Fixation (Acetylene Reduction) by Epiphytes of Freshwater Macrophytes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 36: 129-138.
  44. Wells K. D.  1978. Territoriality in the green frog (Rana clamitans): Vocalizations and agonistic behavior.  Animal Behaviour 26: 1051-1063
  45. Wells K. D.  1977.  Territoriality and Male Mating Success in the Green Frog (Rana clamitans).  Ecology 58: 750-762.
  46. O’Brien, W. J. and F. DeNoyelles Jr.  1976. Response of three phytoplankton bioassay techniques in experimental ponds of known limiting nutrient. Hydrobiologia 49: 65-76.
  47. Mulligan, H. F., A. Baranowski,  R. W. Johnson. 1976. Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization of aquatic vascular plants and algae in replicated ponds I. Initial response to fertilization. Hydrobiologia 48: 109-116.
  48. Gunnison, D. and M. Alexander.  1975.  Resistance and Susceptibility of Algae to Decomposition by Natural Microbial Communities.  Limnology and Oceanography 20: 64-70.
  49. O’Brien, W.J., F. de Noyelles. 1974. Relationship between nutrient concentration, phytoplankton density, and zooplankton density in nutrient enriched experimental ponds. Hydrobiologia 44: 105–125.
  50. O’Brien, W. J. and F. DeNoyelles Jr.  1974.  Filtering Rate of Ceriodaphnia reticulata in Pond Waters of Varying Phytoplankton Concentrations.  American Midland Naturalist 91: 509-512.
  51. Bouldin, D. R., R. L. Johnson, C. Burda, and C. Kao.  1974.  Losses of Inorganic Nitrogen from Aquatic Systems. Journal of Environmental Quality 3: 107-114.
  52. Bouldin, D. R.; Lathwell, D. J.; Goyette, E. A.; Lauer, D. A. 1973. Changes in water chemistry in marshes over a 12-year period following establishment. New York Fish and Game J. 20( 2) : 129-146.
  53. Lathwell, D. J.; Bouldin, D. R.; Goyette, E. A. 1973. Growth and chemical composition of aquatic plants in twenty artificial wildlife marshes. New York Fish and Game J. 20 ( 2): 108-128.
  54. O’Brien, W. J. and F. DeNoyelles Jr.  1972.  Photosynthetically Elevated pH as a Factor in Zooplankton Mortality in Nutrient Enriched Ponds. Ecology 53: 605-614.
  55. Hall, D.J., W.E. Cooper, E.E. Werner. 1970. An experimental approach to the production dynamics and structure of freshwater animal communities. Limnology and Oceanography 15: 839-928.
  56. Lathwell, D. J.; Mulligan, H. F.; Bouldin, D. R. 1969. Chemical properties, physical properties and plant growth in twenty artificial wildlife marshes. New York Fish and Game J. 16( 2): 158-183.
  57. Mulligan, H. F., and J. M. Kingsbury.  1968.  Application of an Electronic Particle Counter in Analyzing Natural Populations of Phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 13: 499-506.

Avian Research

  1. Taff CC, McNew SM, Zimmer C, Uehling JJ, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt DA, Houtz JL, Injaian AS, and Vitousek MN. 2023. Social signal manipulation and environmental challenges have independent effects on physiology, internal microbiome, and reproductive performance in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 339(8): 723-735.
  2. Ryan TA, Taff CC, Zimmer C and Vitousek MN. 2023. Cold temperatures induce priming of the glucose stress response in tree swallows. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 280: 111419.
  3. Zhou J, Taff CC, Chang van Oordt DA, Vitousek MN, and Kan EC. 2023. Radio-frequency near-field sensor design for miniscule internal motion. IEEE Sensors Journal 23(3): 2085-2092.
  4. Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Rosvall KA, Kallenberg C, Bentz AB, Taylor AR, Johnson LS, and Vitousek MN. 2023. Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with among- and within-population variation in glucocorticoid levels. Hormones and Behavior 147: 105280.  A contribution to the special issue on Modern Evolutionary Endocrinology.
  5. Vitousek MN, Houtz JL, Pipkin MA, Chang van Oordt DA, Hallinger KK, Uehling JJ, Zimmer C, Taff CC. 2022. Natural and experimental cold exposure increase the sensitivity to future stressors in a free-living songbird. Functional Ecology 36(10): 2531-2543.
  6. Shipley JR, Twining CW, Taff CC, Vitousek MN, Winkler DW. 2022. Selection counteracts developmental plasticity in body-size responses to climate change. Nature Climate Change 12: 863-868.
  7. Shipley JR, Twining CW, Mathieu-Resuge M, Parmar TP, Kainz M, Martin-Creuzburg D, Weber C, Winkler DW, Graham CH, and Matthews B. 2022. Climate change shifts the timing of nutritional flux from aquatic insects. Current Biology 32, 1342-1349.
  8. Houtz JL, Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2022. The gut microbiome as a mediator of stress resilience: a reactive scope model framework. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62(1): 41-57.
  9. Taff CC, Zimmer C, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt DA, Aborn DA, Ardia DR, Johnson LS, Rose AP, Vitousek MN. 2022. Individual variation in natural or manipulated corticosterone does not covary with circulating glucose in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (4): jeb243262.
  10. Chang van Oordt DA, Taff CC, Ryan TA and Vitousek MN. 2022. Timing of breeding reveals a trade-off between immune investment and life history in a migratory bird. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62(6): 1629-1639.
  11. Taff CC, Johnson BA, Anker AT, Rodriguez AM, Houtz JL, Uehling JJ, and Vitousek MN. 2022. No apparent trade-off between the quality of nest grown feathers and time spent in the nest in an aerial insectivore, the tree swallow. Ornithology 139(3): 1-13.
  12. Woodruff MJ, Zimmer C, Ardia DR, Vitousek MN, and Rosvall KA. 2022. Heat shock protein gene expression varies among tissues and populations in free-living birds. Ornithology 139(3): 1-13.
  13. Taff CC, Zimmer C, Scheck D, Ryan TA, Houtz JL, Smee MR, Hendry TA, and Vitousek MN. 2021. Plumage manipulation alters associations between behavior, physiology, the internal microbiome, and fitness. Animal Behavior 178: 11-36.
  14. Injaian AS, Uehling JJ, Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2021. Effects of artificial light at night on avian provisioning, corticosterone, and reproductive success. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(3): 1147-1159.
  15. Husak JF, Fuxjager MJ, Johnson MA, Vitousek MN, Donald JW, Francis CJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Kircher BK, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, and Williams TD. 2021. Life history and environment predict variation in testosterone across vertebrates. Evolution 75(5): 1003-1010.
  16. Schoenle LA, Zimmer C, Miller ET, and Vitousek MN. 2021. Does variation in glucocorticoid regulation predict fitness? A phylogenetic meta-analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 300: 113611.
  17. Shipley JR, Twining CW, Taff CC, Vitousek MN, Flack A, and Winkler DW. 2020. Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117(41): 25590-25594.
  18. Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Rose AP, Aborn DA, Johnson LS, and Vitousek MN. 2020. Environmental unpredictability shapes glucocorticoid regulation across populations of tree swallows. Scientific Reports 10: 13682.
  19. Winkler DW, Nesbitt K, Andersen M, Ardia D, Belmaker A, Chang van Oordt D, Ferretti V, Forsman A, Gaul J, Llambias P, Orzechowski S, Pegan T, Shipley J, Stager M, Taff C, Uehling J, Verhoeven M, Vitousek MN, Wilson M, and Yoon HS. 2020. Full lifetime perspectives on the costs and benefits of lay date variation in tree swallows. Ecology 101(9): e03109.
  20. Injaian AS, Francis CD, Ouyang JQ, Dominoni DM, Donald JW, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher BK, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Williams TD, Vitousek MN. 2020. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels in birds and reptiles do not reflect urbanization levels. Conservation Physiology 8(1): coz110.
  21. Hallinger KK, Vitousek MN, and Winkler DW. 2020. Differences in perceived predation risk associated with variation in relative size of extra-pair and within-pair offspring. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33(3): 282-296.
  22. Uehling JJ, Taff CC, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2020. Developmental temperature predicts the adult response to stressors in a free-living songbird. Journal of Animal Ecology 89(3): 842-854.
  23. Twining CW, Brenna JT, Lawrence P, Winkler DW, Flecker AS, and Hairston NG. 2019. Aquatic and terrestrial resources are not nutritionally reciprocal for consumers. Functional Ecology 33: 2042-2052.
  24. Taff CC^, Campagna L^, and Vitousek MN. 2019. Genome-wide variation in DNA methylation is associated with stress resilience and plumage brightness in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology 28: 3722-3737.
  25. Vitousek MN, Johnson MA, Downs CJ, Miller ET, Martin LB, Francis CD, Donald JW, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Kircher BK, Knapp R, Schoenle LA, Williams TD. 2019. Macroevolutionary patterning in glucocorticoids suggests different selective pressures shape baseline and stress-induced levels. The American Naturalist: 193(6): 866-880.
  26. Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ryan TA, and Zimmer C. 2019. Stress resilience and the dynamic regulation of glucocorticoids. Integrative and Comparative Biology 59(2): 251-263.
  27. Taff CC, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2019. Achromatic plumage brightness predicts stress resilience and social interactions in tree swallows. Behavioral Ecology 30(3): 733-745.
  28. Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Ryan TA, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2019. On again, off again: acute stress response and negative feedback together predict resilience to experimental stressors. Functional Ecology 33: 619-628.
  29. Pegan TM, Winkler DW, Haussmann MF, and Vitousek MN. 2019. Brief, acute increases in corticosterone affect morphology, stress responses, and telomere length, but not post-fledging movements, in a wild songbird. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92(3): 274-285.
  30. Ferretti, V., V. Massoni, M. Liljesthröm, M. Lacoretz & D.W. Winkler. 2019. Temperate-tropical variation in breeding synchrony and extra-pair paternity among New World Tachycineta swallows. Nature Scientific Reports 9:12713. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48980-x
  31. Orzechowski, S.C.M., J. R. Shipley, T. M. Pegan & D.W. Winkler. 2019. Negligible effects of blood sampling on reproductive performance and return rates of Tree Swallows. Journal of Field Ornithology 90(1):21-38. DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12276
  32. Gow, E.A., L. Burke, D.W. Winkler, S.M. Knight, D.W. Bradley, R.G. Clark, M. Bélisle, L.L. Berzins, T. Blake, E.S. Bridge, R.D. Dawson, P.O. Dunn, D. Garant, G.L. Holroyd, A.G. Horn, D.J.T. Hussell, O. Lansdorp, A.J. Laughlin, M.L. Leonard, F. Pelletier, D. Shutler, L. Siefferman, C.M. Taylor, H.E. Trefry, C.M. Vleck, D. Vleck, L.A.Whittingham & D.R. Norris. 2019. A range-wide domino effect and resetting of the annual cycle in a migratory songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1894). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1916
  33. Knight, S.M., E.A. Gow, D.W. Bradley, R.G. Clark, M. Bélisle, L.L. Berzins, T. Blake, E.S. Bridge, L. Burke, R.D. Dawson, P.O. Dunn, D. Garant, G.L. Holroyd, D.J.T. Hussell, A.J. Laughlin, M.L. Leonard, F. Pelletier, D. Shutler, L. Siefferman, C.M. Taylor, H.E. Trefry, C.M. Vleck, D. Vleck, L.A.Whittingham, D.W. Winkler & R. Norris. 2019. Nonbreeding season movements of a migratory songbird are related to declines in resource availability. Auk: Ornithological Advances 136(3) DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz028
  34. Belmaker, A., K.K. Hallinger, R.A. Glynn, D.W. Winkler & M.F. Haussmann. 2019. The environmental and genetic determinants of chick telomere length in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Ecology and Evolution 9(14):8175-8186. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5386
  35. Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ardia DA, Stedman JS, Zimmer C, Salzman TC, and Winkler DW. 2018. The lingering impact of stress: brief acute glucocorticoid exposure has sustained, dose-dependent effects on reproduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20180722.
  36. Taff CC, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Efficacy of negative feedback in the HPA axis predicts recovery from acute challenges. Biology Letters 14: 20180131.
  37. Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Hallinger KK, Zimmer C, and Winkler DW. 2018. Hormones and fitness: Evidence for trade-offs in glucocorticoid regulation across contexts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6(42): 1-14.
  38. Taff CC, Schoenle L, and Vitousek MN. 2018. The repeatability of glucocorticoids: a review and meta-analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 260: 136-145.
  39. Vitousek MN^, Johnson MA^, Donald JW, Francis CD, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Kircher BK, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Uehling JJ, and Williams TD. 2018. HormoneBase: A population-level database of steroid hormone levels across vertebrates. Scientific Data: 5:180097.
  40. Miles MC, Vitousek MN, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Martin LB, Taff CC, Zimmer C, Lovern MB, and Fuxjager MJ. 2018. Standing variation and the capacity for change: are endocrine phenotypes more variable than other traits? Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 751-762.
  41. Martin LB, Vitousek MN, Donald J, Flock T, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Williams TD, and Francis CD. 2018. IUCN conservation status does not predict glucocorticoid concentrations in reptiles and birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 800-813.
  42. Francis, CD, Donald J, Downs C, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, and Williams TD. 2018. Metabolic scaling of stress hormones in vertebrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 729-738.
  43. Garamszegi LZ, Donald J, Francis CD, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, and Williams TD. 2018. Species specific means and within-species variance in glucocorticoid hormones and speciation rate in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 763-776.
  44. Casagrande S, Garamszegi LZ, Goymann W, Donald J, Francis CD, Fuxjager MJ, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, Williams TD, and Hau M. 2018. Do seasonal glucocorticoid changes depend on reproductive investment? A comparative approach in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 739-750.
  45. Stedman JM, Hallinger KK, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Heritable variation in glucocorticoid flexibility in a free-living passerine. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (9): 1724-1735.
  46. Twining, C.W., J.R. Shipley & D.W. Winkler. 2018. Aquatic insects rich in omega‐3 fatty acids drive breeding success in a widespread bird. Ecology Letters 21(12):1812-1820. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13156
  47. Dreelin, R.A., J.R. Shipley & D.W. Winkler. 2018. Flight behavior of individual aerial insectivores revealed by novel altitudinal dataloggers. Frontiers Ecology & Evolution 6:182. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00182
  48. Pegan, T.M., D.P. Craig, E.R. Gulson-Castillo, R.M. Gabrielson, W. Bezner Kerr, R. MacCurdy, S.P. Powell, & D.W. Winkler. 2018. Solar-powered radio tags reveal patterns of post-fledging site visitation in adult and juvenile Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor. PLoS ONE 13(11):e0206258. DOI: 10.1371/journal. pone.0206258
  49. Belmaker, A., K.K. Hallinger, R. A. Glynn, M. F. Haussmann, & D. W. Winkler. 2018. Is there a context-dependent advantage of extra-pair mating in Tree Swallows? Auk: Ornithological Advances 135(4): 998-1008.
  50. Clark, R. G., D.W. Winkler, R.D. Dawson, D. Shutler, D.J.T. Hussell, M.P. Lombardo, P.A. Thorpe, P.O. Dunn & L. A. Whittingham. 2018. Geographic variation and environmental correlates of apparent survival rates in adult tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor. Journal of Avian Biology 49(6): jav-012514.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01659
  51. Knight, S.M., D.W. Bradley, R.G. Clark, E.A. Gow, M. Bélisle, L.L. Berzins, T. Blake, E.S. Bridge, L. Burke, R.D. Dawson, P.O. Dunn, D. Garant, G.L. Holroyd, D. J. T. Hussell, O. Lansdorp, A.J. Laughlin, M.L. Leonard, F. Pelletier, D. Shutler, L. Siefferman,  C.M. Taylor, H.E. Trefry, C.M. Vleck, D.Vleck, D.W. Winkler, L.A. Whittingham,  D. R. Norris. 2018. Constructing and evaluating a continent‐wide migratory songbird network across the annual cycle. Ecological Monographs 88(3):445-460.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1298
  52. Tricola, G.M., M.J.P. Simons, E. Atema, R.K. Boughton, J.L. Brown, D.C. Dearborn, G. Divoky, J.A. Eimes, C.E. Huntington, A.S. Kitaysky, F.A. Juola, D.B. Lank, H.P. Litwa, E.G.A. Mulder, I.C.T. Nisbet, K. Okanoya, R.J. Safran, S.J. Schoech, E.A. Schreiber, P.M. Thompson, S. Verhulst, N.T. Wheelwright, D.W. Winkler, R. Young, C.M. Vleck, and M.F. Haussmann. 2018. The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1740):1-11.
  53. Twining, C.W., P. Lawrence, D.W. Winkler, A.S. Flecker, and J.T. Brenna. 2017. Conversion efficiency of alpha linolenic acid to omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in aerial insectivore chicks. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 doi: 10.1242/jeb.165373
  54. Shipley, J. R., J. Kapoor, R.A. Dreelin, & D.W. Winkler.  2017. An open‐source sensor‐logger for recording vertical movement in free‐living organisms. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 9(3):465-471. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12893
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  58. Llambias PE, Carro ME, and Fernandez GJ. 2015. Latitudinal differences in life-history traits and parental care in northern and southern temperate zone House Wrens. Journal of Ornithology 156, 933-942.
  59. Winkler, D.W., K.M. Ringelman, P. O. Dunn, L. Whittingham, D. J. T. Hussell, R. G. Clark, R. D. Dawson, L.S. Johnson, A. Rose, S. H. Austin, W. D. Robinson, M. P. Lombardo, P. A. Thorpe, D. Shutler, R. J. Robertson, M. Stager, M. Leonard, A. G. Horn, J. Dickinson, V. Ferretti, V. Massoni, F. Bulit, J. C. Reboreda, M. Liljesthröm, M. Quiroga, E. Rakhimberdiev, and D. R. Ardia. 2014. Latitudinal variation in clutch size-lay date regressions in Tachycineta swallows: effects of food supply or demography? Ecography 37:001-009 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00458.x
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  64. Cramer ERA. 2013. Vocal deviation and trill consistency do not affect male response to playback in house wrens. Behavioral Ecology 24(2): 412-420.
  65. Shutler, D. D.J.T. Hussell, D.R. Norris, D.W. Winkler, R.J. Robertson, F. Bonier, W.B. Rendell, M. Belisle, R.G. Clark, R.D. Dawson, N.T. Wheelwright, M.P. Lombardo, P.A. Thorpe, M.A. Truan, R. Walsh, M.L. Leonard, A.G. Horn, C.M. Vleck, D. Vleck, A.P. Rose, L.A. Whittingham, P.O. Dunn, K.A. Hobson, M.T. Stanback. 2012. Spatiotemporal patterns in nest box occupancy by Tree Swallows across North America. Avian Conservation and Ecology 7(1). doi:10.5751/ACE-00517-070103
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  67. Boyle, W.A., D.W. Winkler, and C.G. Guglielmo. 2012. Rapid loss of fat but not lean mass prior to chick provisioning supports the flight efficiency hypothesis in tree swallows. Functional Ecology 26(4):895-903.
  68. Palacios, M. G., J. E. Cunnick, D.W. Winkler, and C. M. Vleck. 2012. Interrelations among immune defense indexes reflect major components of the immune system in a free-living vertebrate.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85:1-10.
  69. Llambias PE, LaBarbera K, and Astie AA. 2012. Similar patterns of parental provisioning in a moogamous and a polygynous population of the house wren. The Condor 114(3): 629-638.
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  73. Patterson, S. H., D. W. Winkler, and C. W. Breuner.  2011. Glucocorticoids, individual quality and reproductive investment in a passerine bird.  Animal Behavior 81(6):1239-1247.
  74. Dor, R., C. B. Cooper, I. J. Lovette, V. Massoni, F. Bulit, M. Liljesthrom, and D. W. Winkler.  Clock Gene Variation in Tachycineta Swallows.  Ecology and Evolution 2(1):95-105.
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  83. Mandel, J. T., J. M. Ratcliffe, D. J. Cerasale, and D. W. Winkler.  2008. Laterality and flight: Concurrent tests of side-bias and optimality in flying Tree Swallows.  PLOS One 3(3):el748.
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  85. Haussmann, M. F., D. W. Winkler, C. E. Huntington, I. C. T. Nisbet, and C. M. Vleck. 2007.  Telomerase activity is maintained throughout the lifespan of long-lived birds.  Experimental Gerontology 42(7):610-618.
  86. Hosner, P. A. and D. W. Winkler.  2007. Dispersal distances of Tree Swallows estimated from continent-wide and limited-area data.  Journal of Field Ornithology 78:290-297.
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  104. Haussmann, M. F., D. W. Winkler, C. E. Huntington, I. C. T. Nisbet, and C. M. Vleck.  2004. Telomerase expression is differentially regulated in birds of differing life span.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1019(1):186-190.
  105. Winkler, D. W., P. H. Wrege, P. E. Allen, T. L. Kast, P. Senesac, M. F. Wasson, P. E. Llambias, V. Ferretti, and P. J. Sullivan.  2004. Breeding dispersal and philopatry in the tree swallow.  Condor 106(4):768776.
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  107. Haussmann, M. F., D. W. Winkler, K. M. O’Reilly, C. E. Huntington, I. C. T. Nisbet, and C. M. Vleck.  2003. Telomeres shorten more slowly in long-lived birds and mammals than in short-lived ones.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270(1522):13871392.
  108. Whittingham, L. A., B. Slikas, D. W. Winkler, and F. H. Sheldon.  2002. Phylogeny of the Tree Swallow genus, Tachycineta (Aves:  Hirundinidae) by Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22(3):430441.
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  114. Hauber ME. 2000. Nest predation and cowbird parasitism in song sparrows. Journal of Field Ornithology 71: 389-398.
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