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List of works by Maren N. Vitousek

Achromatic plumage brightness predicts stress resilience and social interactions in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

scientific article published in 2019

An experimental analysis of the heritability of variation in glucocorticoid concentrations in a wild avian population

scientific article published in September 2014

An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

An integrative view of the signaling phenotype: Dynamic links between signals, physiology, behavior and social context

scientific article published in 2014

Are hotshots always hot? A longitudinal study of hormones, behavior, and reproductive success in male marine iguanas

scientific article published on 3 May 2008

Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels across birds and reptiles do not reflect urbanization levels

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Brief Increases in Corticosterone Affect Morphology, Stress Responses, and Telomere Length but Not Postfledging Movements in a Wild Songbird

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Caloric restriction for longevity: II?The systematic neglect of behavioural and psychological outcomes in animal research

Corticosterone suppresses immune activity in territorial Galápagos marine iguanas during reproduction

scientific article

Detecting Bias in Large-Scale Comparative Analyses: Methods for Expanding the Scope of Hypothesis-Testing with HormoneBase

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Developmental temperature predicts the adult response to stressors in a free-living passerine

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Differences in perceived predation risk associated with variation in relative size of extra-pair and within-pair offspring

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Do Seasonal Glucocorticoid Changes Depend on Reproductive Investment? A Comparative Approach in Birds

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Does variation in glucocorticoid concentrations predict fitness? A phylogenetic meta-analysis

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Dynamic modulation of sociality and aggression: an examination of plasticity within endocrine and neuroendocrine systems.

scientific article published on August 2017

EFFECT OF FOOD REDUCTIONS ON TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR OF PURPLE-THROATED CARIBS

scientific article published in 2004

Effects of Artificial Light at Night on Avian Provisioning, Corticosterone, and Reproductive Success

scientific article published in 2021

Effects of experimental chronic traffic noise exposure on adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and nestling body condition in a free-living bird

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Efficacy of negative feedback in the HPA axis predicts recovery from acute challenges

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Endocrine Flexibility: Optimizing Phenotypes in a Dynamic World?

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Environmental unpredictability shapes glucocorticoid regulation across populations of tree swallows

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder

scientific article published in September 2008

Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

scholarly article

Female plumage colour influences seasonal oxidative damage and testosterone profiles in a songbird

scientific article published on 21 August 2013

Full lifetime perspectives on the costs and benefits of lay date variation in tree swallows

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Galápagos: The Islands that Changed the World. By Paul D Stewart; Foreword by Richard Dawkins. London: BBC Books and New Haven (Connecticut): Yale University Press. $29.95 (paper). 240 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0‐300‐12230‐6. 2007

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Genetic differentiation between marine iguanas from different breeding sites on the island of Santa Fe (Galapagos Archipelago).

scientific article published on 10 June 2010

Genome-wide variation in DNA methylation is associated with stress resilience and plumage brightness in a wild bird

scientific article published on 11 August 2019

Heritable variation in circulating glucocorticoids and endocrine flexibility in a free-living songbird

scientific article

Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile

scientific article

High costs of female choice in a lekking lizard

scientific article

HormoneBase, a population-level database of steroid hormone levels across vertebrates.

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Hormones and Fitness: Evidence for Trade-Offs in Glucocorticoid Regulation Across Contexts

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IUCN Conservation Status Does Not Predict Glucocorticoid Concentrations in Reptiles and Birds

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Illuminating Endocrine Evolution: The Power and Potential of Large-Scale Comparative Analyses

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Investment in mate choice depends on resource availability in female Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

article published in 2009

Island tameness: an altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas.

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

Light at night disrupts trophic interactions and population growth of lady beetles and pea aphids

scientific article published on 17 March 2022

Macroevolutionary Patterning in Glucocorticoids Suggests Different Selective Pressures Shape Baseline and Stress-Induced Levels

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Melanin plumage ornaments in both sexes of Northern Flicker are associated with body condition and predict reproductive output independent of age

scientific article published in 2015

Metabolic Scaling of Stress Hormones in Vertebrates

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

On again, off again: Acute stress response and negative feedback together predict resilience to experimental challenges

scientific article published in 2019

Opening the black box-mechanisms, evolution, and the theory of the individual

scientific article published in 2017

Selection counteracts developmental plasticity in body-size responses to climate change

scientific article published in 2022

Sexual selection: a dynamic state of affairs. Response to the comments of Cornwallis and Uller in the article: towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits.

scientific article published on 6 May 2010

Sexual signaling: climatic carry-over.

scientific article

Signal Traits and Oxidative Stress: A Comparative Study across Populations with Divergent Signals

scientific article published in 2016

Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Species-Specific Means and Within-Species Variance in Glucocorticoid Hormones and Speciation Rates in Birds

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Standing Variation and the Capacity for Change: Are Endocrine Phenotypes More Variable Than Other Traits?

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Stress Resilience and the Dynamic Regulation of Glucocorticoids

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Stress and success: individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk

scientific article published on 14 November 2014

Stress responsiveness predicts individual variation in mate selectivity.

scientific article

The evolution of foraging behavior in the Galápagos marine iguana: natural and sexual selection on body size drives ecological, morphological, and behavioral specialization

The lingering impact of stress: brief acute glucocorticoid exposure has sustained, dose-dependent effects on reproduction

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

The repeatability of glucocorticoids: A review and meta-analysis.

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To breed or not to breed: physiological correlates of reproductive status in a facultatively biennial iguanid

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Understanding Context Dependence in Glucocorticoid-Fitness Relationships: The Role of the Nature of the Challenge, the Intensity and Frequency of Stressors, and Life History

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

What Is Stress? A Systems Perspective

scientific article published on 01 December 2018