Fecal glucocorticoid analysis as a health monitoring tool for endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: african penguin, breeding, corticosterone, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, molt, noninvasive
2022
Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: aggregation behavior, habitat type, heat loss, meteorological variations, phocids, stomach temperature
2019
Does prolactin mediate parental and life-history decisions in response to environmental conditions in birds? A review
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: breeding success, clutch size, endocrine disruption, molt, parental behavior, prolactin, re-nesting, stress
2016
Effect of feeding graded levels of crude protein on nutrient utilization and feather growth in Lady Amherst’s pheasants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: body mass change, chrysolophus amherstiae, dietary protein, nitrogen utilization, rectrice growth
2016
Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality: a validation study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Avian Biology
Keywords: birds, corticosterone, feather quality
2011
Surface temperature patterns in seals and sea lions: A validation of temporal and spatial consistency
Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology
Keywords: eumetopias jubatus, harbor seals, infrared thermography(irt), phoca vitulina, steller sealions, thermal windows, thermoregulation
2010
Comparison of behavior, physical condition and performance of laying hens in four molting methods
Publication/Journal: Animal Science Journal
Keywords: behavior, behaviour, induced molting, laying hens, non-feed withdrawal, welfare
2008
Hormonal correlations at transition from reproduction to molting in an annual life cycle of Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: humboldt penguin, molt, testosterone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine
2004
Different colors reveal different information: how nutritional stress affects the expression of melanin- and structurally based ornamental plumage
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, condition dependent, house sparrow, molothrus ater, ornamental trait, passer domesticus, plumage
2002
Egg fertility among vasectomized and non-vasectomized male resident Canada geese at the Wildlife Conservation Park/Bronx Zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: branta canadensis, canada geese, nuisance wildlife, population control
2000