List of works - Karen A Spencer

A marker of biological age explains individual variation in the strength of the adult stress response.

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Behavioural and energetic responses to body state in male and female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica).

scientific article published in April 2005

Condition-dependent strategies of eggshell pigmentation: an experimental study of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

scientific article published in November 2012

Daily energy expenditure of male barn swallows correlates with tail-streamer length: handicap-mediated foraging strategies

scientific article published in May 2004

Delayed behavioral effects of postnatal exposure to corticosterone in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on 28 December 2006

Developmental post-natal stress can alter the effects of pre-natal stress on the adult redox balance

scientific article

Developmental programming: cumulative effects of increased pre-hatching corticosterone levels and post-hatching unpredictable food availability on physiology and behaviour in adulthood

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Developmental stress and birdsong: current evidence and future directions

article

Developmental stress and social phenotypes: integrating neuroendocrine, behavioural and evolutionary perspectives

scientific article published on August 2017

Developmental stress predicts social network position

scientific article

Developmental stress selectively affects the song control nucleus HVC in the zebra finch

scientific article (publication date: 22 November 2004)

Developmental stress, social rank and song complexity in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

scientific article (publication date: 7 February 2004)

Early life stress shapes female reproductive strategy through eggshell pigmentation in Japanese quail.

scientific article

Early-life adversity programs long-term cytokine and microglia expression within the HPA axis in female Japanese quail

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Egg-laying substrate selection for optimal camouflage by quail.

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Eggshell appearance does not signal maternal corticosterone exposure in Japanese quail: an experimental study with brown-spotted eggs

scientific article

For better or worse: reduced adult lifespan following early-life stress is transmitted to breeding partners.

scientific article published on 17 August 2011

Melanin-based color of plumage: role of condition and of feathers' microstructure.

scientific article published in July 2014

Modifications of glucocorticoid receptors mRNA expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to early-life stress in female Japanese quail

scientific article

Parasite-induced warning coloration: a novel form of host manipulation

Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird

scientific article published in October 2005

Post-natal exposure to corticosterone affects standard metabolic rate in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article

Postnatal stress in birds: a novel model of glucocorticoid programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

scientific article

Pre- and post-natal stress have opposing effects on social information use.

scientific article

Pre- and post-natal stress in context: effects on the stress physiology in a precocial bird

scientific article

Song as an honest signal of past developmental stress in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

scientific article (publication date: 7 June 2003)

State-dependent behaviour in breeding barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): consequences for reproductive effort

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Stress hormones, social associations and song learning in zebra finches

article

Then versus now: effect of developmental and current environmental conditions on incubation effort in birds

article published in 2010

Wild jackdaws' reproductive success and their offspring's stress hormones are connected to provisioning rate and brood size, not to parental neophobia

scientific article

List of works by Karen A Spencer

A marker of biological age explains individual variation in the strength of the adult stress response.

Behavioural and energetic responses to body state in male and female barn swallows (Hirundo rustica).

Condition-dependent strategies of eggshell pigmentation: an experimental study of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).

Daily energy expenditure of male barn swallows correlates with tail-streamer length: handicap-mediated foraging strategies

Delayed behavioral effects of postnatal exposure to corticosterone in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

Developmental post-natal stress can alter the effects of pre-natal stress on the adult redox balance

Developmental programming: cumulative effects of increased pre-hatching corticosterone levels and post-hatching unpredictable food availability on physiology and behaviour in adulthood

Developmental stress and birdsong: current evidence and future directions

Developmental stress and social phenotypes: integrating neuroendocrine, behavioural and evolutionary perspectives

Developmental stress predicts social network position

Developmental stress selectively affects the song control nucleus HVC in the zebra finch

Developmental stress, social rank and song complexity in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Early life stress shapes female reproductive strategy through eggshell pigmentation in Japanese quail.

Early-life adversity programs long-term cytokine and microglia expression within the HPA axis in female Japanese quail

Egg-laying substrate selection for optimal camouflage by quail.

Eggshell appearance does not signal maternal corticosterone exposure in Japanese quail: an experimental study with brown-spotted eggs

For better or worse: reduced adult lifespan following early-life stress is transmitted to breeding partners.

Melanin-based color of plumage: role of condition and of feathers' microstructure.

Modifications of glucocorticoid receptors mRNA expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in response to early-life stress in female Japanese quail

Parasite-induced warning coloration: a novel form of host manipulation

Parasites affect song complexity and neural development in a songbird

Post-natal exposure to corticosterone affects standard metabolic rate in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

Postnatal stress in birds: a novel model of glucocorticoid programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Pre- and post-natal stress have opposing effects on social information use.

Pre- and post-natal stress in context: effects on the stress physiology in a precocial bird

Song as an honest signal of past developmental stress in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

State-dependent behaviour in breeding barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): consequences for reproductive effort

Stress hormones, social associations and song learning in zebra finches

Then versus now: effect of developmental and current environmental conditions on incubation effort in birds

Wild jackdaws' reproductive success and their offspring's stress hormones are connected to provisioning rate and brood size, not to parental neophobia