Investigation of techniques to measure cortisol and testosterone concentrations in coyote hair
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: canis latrans, cortisol, hair, mammals, testosterone
2017
Antagonism of V1b receptors promotes maternal motivation to retrieve pups in the MPOA and impairs pup-directed behavior during maternal defense in the mpBNST of lactating rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: arginine-vasopressin, maternal aggression, maternal care, maternal defense test, pup retrieval test, ssr149415, v1a receptor, v1b receptor
2016
Influence of morning maternal care on the behavioural responses of 8-week-old Beagle puppies to new environmental and social stimuli
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, dog, licking, maternal care, nursing, puppy
2016
Kinship, maternal effects, and management: Juvenile mortality and survival in captive African painted dogs, Lycaon pictus
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: african wild dog, canid, ex situ breeding, juvenile mortality, social carnivore
2016
Subcaste differences in neural activation suggest a prosocial role for oxytocin in eusocial naked mole-rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, c-fos, eusocial, naked mole-rat, oxytocin, prosocial, social status, sub-caste
2016
Cross-fostering in gray wolves (Canis lupus lupus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: canis lupus, cross-fostering, pup growth rate, pup survival, wolf conservation
2015
Evaluating the role of temperature in the reproduction of the yellow stingray (Urobatis jamaicensis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavior, gestation, mating, poikilotherm
2015
Maternal stress and plural breeding with communal care affect development of the endocrine stress response in a wild rodent
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: communal care, cortisol, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, maternal effects, maternal stress, negative feedback, octodon degus, post-natal stress
2015
Phenomenal advanced age of pupping in a captive pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: birth timing, maternal age, phocids, pinnipeds, reproduction
2015
Chronic variable stress in fathers alters paternal and social behavior but not pup development in the biparental California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: biparental, california mouse, chronic stress, corticosterone, parental care, paternal behavior, pup development
2013