Published and In Press:
Taff CC, McNew SM, Campagna L, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Corticosterone exposure causes long-term changes in DNA methylation, physiology, and breeding decisions in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology 33(15): e17456. Link
Rohwer V, Houtz JL, Bailey RL, Vitousek MN, Miller ET. 2024. The evolution of using shed snake skin in bird nests. American Naturalist: In press.
McNew SM, Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Manipulation of a social signal affects DNA methylation of an stress-related gene in a free-living bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 227(15): 1-8. Link
Uehling JJ, Regnier E, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Does migration constrain glucocorticoid phenotypes? Testing corticosterone levels during breeding in migratory versus resident birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press. Link
McNew SM*, Taff CC*, Zimmer C, Uehling JJ, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt DA, Houtz JL, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Developmental stage-dependent effects of perceived predation risk on nestling tree swallows. Ecology 105(6): e4307. *co-first authors Link
Chang van Oordt DA, Taff CC, Pipkin MA, Ryan TA, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Hormones and Behavior 160: 105500. Link
Taff CC, Baldan D, Mentesana L, Ouyang J, Vitousek MN, Hau M. 2024. Endocrine flexibility can facilitate or constrain the ability to cope with global change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 379: 20220502. Link
Wolf S, Woodruff M, Chang van Oordt DA, Clotfelter E, Cristol D, Derryberry E, Ferguson S, Stanback M, Taff CC, Vitousek MN, Westneat D, and Rosvall K. 2024. Among-population variation in telomere regulatory proteins and their potential role as hidden drivers of infraspecific variation in life history. Journal of Animal Ecology: In press. Link
Vitousek MN, Dantzer B, Fuxjager MJ, and Schlinger BA. 2023. Evolutionary Behavioral Endocrinology: Introduction to the Special Issue. Hormones and Behavior 152: 105356. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Ryan TA, Taff CC, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2023. Temperature-induced priming of the glucose stress response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 280: 111419. Link
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. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Taff CC, Wingfield JC, Vitousek MN. 2022. Environmental variability and longevity predict the speed of the acute glucocorticoid response across birds Hormones and Behavior 144: 105226. A contribution to the special issue on Modern Evolutionary Endocrinology. Link
Houtz JL, Taff CC, 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. Link
Chang van Oordt DC, Taff CC, Ryan TA, 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. Link
Taff CC, Zimmer C, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt DC, Aborn DC, 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. Link
Taff CC, Johnson BA, Anker AT, Rodriguez AM, Houtz JL, Uehling JJ, 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. Link
Miller C, Vitousek MN, Thaler J. 2022. Artificial light at night disrupts trophic and population dynamics of lady beetles and pea aphids. Oecologia 199: 527-535. Link
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. Link
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: In press. Link
Taff CC, Zimmer C, Scheck D, Ryan TA, Houtz JL, Smee MR, Hendry TA, Vitousek MN. 2021. Plumage manipulation alters associations between behavior, physiology, the internal microbiome, and fitness. Animal Behavior 178: 11-36. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Fischer CP, Vitousek MN, and Romero LM. 2021. Can antibody-based assays consistently detect differences in feather corticosterone? Journal of Ornithology 162: 749-758. Link
Meaders CL, Smith MK, Boester T, Bracy A, Couch BA, Drake AG, Farooq S, Khoda B, Kinsland C, Lane AK, Lindahl SE, Livingston WH, Maliwal A, McCormick A, Morozov AI, Newell-Caito JL, Ruskin KJ, Sarvary MA, Stains M, St. Juliana JR, Thomas SR, van Es C, Vinson EL, Vitousek MN, Stetzer MR. 2021. What questions are on the minds of STEM undergraduate students and how can they be addressed? Frontiers in Education 6:639338. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Uehling J, Taff CC, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2020. Developmental temperature predicts the adult response to stressors in a free-living passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology: 89(3): 842-854. Link
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. Link
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, and Vitousek MN. 2020. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels across birds and reptiles do not reflect urbanization levels. Conservation Physiology 8(1): coz110. Link
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. Link
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. Link
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. PDF
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. Link
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. PDF
Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Ryan TA, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2019. On again, off again: acute stress responses and negative feedback together predict resilience to experimental challenges. Functional Ecology 33: 619-628. PDF
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. PDF
Vitousek MN, and Schoenle L. 2019. Hormones and behavior: A life history perspective. The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology (Eds: Welling LLM, Shackleford TK). Oxford University Press, Oxford UK Pp. 13-36.
Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ardia DA, Stedman JS, Zimmer C, 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 B: 285: 20180722. PDF
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. PDF
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. PDF
Injaian AS, Taff CC, Pearson KL, Gin MMY, Patricelli GL, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Experimental chronic traffic noise exposure alters adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and reduces nestling body condition in a free-livingbird. Hormones and Behavior 106: 19-27. PDF
Taff CC, Schoenle L, and Vitousek MN. 2018. The repeatability of glucocorticoids: a review and meta-analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 260: 136-145. PDF
Schoenle LA, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Understanding context-dependence in glucocorticoid-fitness relationships: the role of the nature of the challenge, the intensity and frequency of stressors, and life history. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 777-789. PDF
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.
Del Giudice M, Buck CL, Chaby LE, Gormally BM, Taff CC, Thawley CJ, Vitousek MN, and Wada H. What is stress? A systems perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(6): 1019-1032.
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 5:1800097. * co-first authors. PDF
Vitousek MN, Johnson MA, Husak JF. 2018. Illuminating endocrine evolution: the power and potential of large-scale comparative analyses. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 712-719.
Johnson MA, Francis CD, Miller ET, Downs CJ, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Detecting bias in large-scale comparative analysis: methods for expanding the scope of hypothesis-testing with HormoneBase. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 720-728.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stedman JM, Hallinger KK, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Heritable variation in circulating glucocorticoids and endocrine flexibility in a free-living songbird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30(9): 1724-1735.
Kelly AM, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Dynamic modulation of sociality and aggression: an examination of plasticity within endocrine and neuroendocrine systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372: 20160243. PDF
Vitousek MN, Jenkins BR, Hubbard JK, Kaiser SA, and Safran RJ. 2017. An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype. General and Comparative Endocrinology 247: 97-106.
Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2016. Endocrine flexibility: optimizing phenotypes in a dynamic world? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(6): 476-488.
Vitousek MN, Tomášek O, Albrecht T, Wilkins M, and Safran RJ. 2016. Signal traits and oxidative stress: a comparative study across populations with divergent signals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4:56. PDF
Wiebe KL, and Vitousek MN. 2015. Melanin plumage ornaments in both sexes of Northern Flicker are associated with body condition and predict reproductive output independent of age. The Auk 132(2): 507-517. PDF
Vitousek MN, Jenkins BR, and Safran RJ. 2014. Stress and success: individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk. Hormones and Behavior 66: 812-819. PDF
Jenkins BR, Vitousek MN, Hubbard JK, and Safran RJ. 2014. An experimental analysis of the heritability of variation in glucocorticoid concentrations in a wild avian population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 281: 20141302. PDF
Vitousek MN, Zonana D, and Safran RJ. 2014. An integrative view of the signaling phenotype: dynamic links among signals, physiology, behavior, and social context. Current Zoology 60(6): 739-754. PDF
Safran RJ and Vitousek MN. 2014. Ecological and evolutionary connections between morphology, physiology, and behavior. Current Zoology 60(6): 736-738. PDF
Vitousek MN, Stewart RA, and Safran RJ. 2013. Female plumage color influences seasonal oxidative damage and testosterone profiles in a songbird. Biology Letters 9: 20130539. PDF
Jenkins BR, Vitousek MN, and Safran RJ. 2013. 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. Hormones and Behavior 64: 665-672. PDF
Vitousek MN and Romero LM. 2013. Stress responsiveness predicts individual variation in mate selectivity. General and Comparative Endocrinology 187: 32-38. PDF
Vitousek MN, Dor R, and Safran RJ. Sexual selection: Climatic carry-over. 2012. Current Biology 22(2): R61-63.
Vitousek MN and Maldonado G. 2011. Predation of Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhychus cristatus), Herpetological Review 42(3): 425.
Vitousek MN, Mitchell MA, Romero LM, Awerman J, and Wikelski M. 2010. To breed or not to breed: physiological correlates of reproductive status in a facultatively biennial iguanid. Hormones and Behavior 57: 140-146. (Recommended by Faculty of 1000).
Safran RJ, Vitousek MN, Hauber M, and Ghalambor CK. 2010. 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. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25(8): 429-430.
Vitousek MN, Romero LM, Tarlow E, Cyr NR, and Wikelski M. 2010. Island Tameness: An altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas. Physiology and Behavior 99: 544-548. (Featured with cover photo).
Lanterbecq D, Glaberman S, Vitousek MN, Steinfartz S, Benavides E, Wikelski M, and Caccone A. 2010. Genetic differentiation between marine iguanas from different breeding sites on the island of Santa Fe (Galápagos Archipelago). Journal of Heredity 101(6): 663-675. (Featured with cover photo).
Vitousek MN. 2009. Investment in mate choice depends on resource availability in female Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64(1): 105-113.
Safran RJ and Vitousek MN. 2008. Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder. Current Biology 18(17): R734-736.
Vitousek MN, Rubenstein DR, Nelson KS, and Wikelski M. 2008. Are hotshots always hot? A longitudinal study of hormones, behavior, and reproductive success in male marine iguanas. General and Comparative Endocrinology 157: 227-232.
Vitousek MN, Adleman JS, Gregory N, and St Clair JJH. 2007. Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile. Biology Letters 3(6): 632-634.
Vitousek MN, Mitchell MA, Woakes AM, Niemack MD, and Wikelski M. 2007. High costs of female choice in a lekking lizard. PLoS ONE 2(6): e567.
Vitousek MN, Rubenstein DR, and Wikelski M. 2007. The evolution of foraging behavior in the Galápagos marine iguana: natural and sexual selection on body size drives ecological, morphological, and behavioral specialization. In: Lizard Ecology (Reilly SM, McBrayer LD, and Miles DB, Eds). Cambridge University Press, pp. 491-507.
Berger S, Martin LB II, Wikelski M, Romero LM, Kalko EKV, Vitousek MN, and Rödl T. 2005. Corticosterone suppresses immune activity in territorial Galápagos marine iguanas during reproduction. Hormones and Behavior 47 (4): 419-429.
Temeles EJ, Muir AB, Slutsky EB, and Vitousek MN. 2004. Effect of food reductions on territorial behavior of Purple-throated Caribs. Condor 106(3): 691-695.
Vitousek KM, Manke FP, Gray JA, and Vitousek MN. 2004. Caloric restriction for longevity: II- The systematic neglect of behavioral and psychological outcomes in animal research. European Eating Disorders Review 12(6): 338-360.
Invited book reviews and popular science articles:
Vitousek MN. 2017. Opening the black box - mechanisms, evolution, and the theory of the individual. A review of: Integrative Organismal Biology (Eds: Martin LB, Ghalambor CK, and Woods HA). Ecology 98(5): 1477-1478.
Vitousek MN and Zimmer C. 2016. Tree swallows: windows into changing environments. Wrangell Mountains Hardware Store Herald.
Vitousek MN. 2009. Shrinking iguanas: adaptations to a changing climate. Galápagos News, Fall/Winter 2009: 7-9.
Vitousek MN and Wikelski M. 2007. Review of Galápagos: The Islands That Changed the World by Paul D. Stewart. Quarterly Review of Biology 82(4): 432.
Vitousek MN. 2004. Poaching in the Galápagos. Let's Go Ecuador, 1st edition.
Note: Advisees, mentored students, and other members of the lab are in bold.
Taff CC, McNew SM, Campagna L, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Corticosterone exposure causes long-term changes in DNA methylation, physiology, and breeding decisions in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology 33(15): e17456. Link
Rohwer V, Houtz JL, Bailey RL, Vitousek MN, Miller ET. 2024. The evolution of using shed snake skin in bird nests. American Naturalist: In press.
McNew SM, Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Manipulation of a social signal affects DNA methylation of an stress-related gene in a free-living bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 227(15): 1-8. Link
Uehling JJ, Regnier E, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Does migration constrain glucocorticoid phenotypes? Testing corticosterone levels during breeding in migratory versus resident birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press. Link
McNew SM*, Taff CC*, Zimmer C, Uehling JJ, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt DA, Houtz JL, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Developmental stage-dependent effects of perceived predation risk on nestling tree swallows. Ecology 105(6): e4307. *co-first authors Link
Chang van Oordt DA, Taff CC, Pipkin MA, Ryan TA, and Vitousek MN. 2024. Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Hormones and Behavior 160: 105500. Link
Taff CC, Baldan D, Mentesana L, Ouyang J, Vitousek MN, Hau M. 2024. Endocrine flexibility can facilitate or constrain the ability to cope with global change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 379: 20220502. Link
Wolf S, Woodruff M, Chang van Oordt DA, Clotfelter E, Cristol D, Derryberry E, Ferguson S, Stanback M, Taff CC, Vitousek MN, Westneat D, and Rosvall K. 2024. Among-population variation in telomere regulatory proteins and their potential role as hidden drivers of infraspecific variation in life history. Journal of Animal Ecology: In press. Link
Vitousek MN, Dantzer B, Fuxjager MJ, and Schlinger BA. 2023. Evolutionary Behavioral Endocrinology: Introduction to the Special Issue. Hormones and Behavior 152: 105356. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Ryan TA, Taff CC, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2023. Temperature-induced priming of the glucose stress response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 280: 111419. Link
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. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Taff CC, Wingfield JC, Vitousek MN. 2022. Environmental variability and longevity predict the speed of the acute glucocorticoid response across birds Hormones and Behavior 144: 105226. A contribution to the special issue on Modern Evolutionary Endocrinology. Link
Houtz JL, Taff CC, 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. Link
Chang van Oordt DC, Taff CC, Ryan TA, 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. Link
Taff CC, Zimmer C, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt DC, Aborn DC, 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. Link
Taff CC, Johnson BA, Anker AT, Rodriguez AM, Houtz JL, Uehling JJ, 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. Link
Miller C, Vitousek MN, Thaler J. 2022. Artificial light at night disrupts trophic and population dynamics of lady beetles and pea aphids. Oecologia 199: 527-535. Link
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. Link
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: In press. Link
Taff CC, Zimmer C, Scheck D, Ryan TA, Houtz JL, Smee MR, Hendry TA, Vitousek MN. 2021. Plumage manipulation alters associations between behavior, physiology, the internal microbiome, and fitness. Animal Behavior 178: 11-36. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Fischer CP, Vitousek MN, and Romero LM. 2021. Can antibody-based assays consistently detect differences in feather corticosterone? Journal of Ornithology 162: 749-758. Link
Meaders CL, Smith MK, Boester T, Bracy A, Couch BA, Drake AG, Farooq S, Khoda B, Kinsland C, Lane AK, Lindahl SE, Livingston WH, Maliwal A, McCormick A, Morozov AI, Newell-Caito JL, Ruskin KJ, Sarvary MA, Stains M, St. Juliana JR, Thomas SR, van Es C, Vinson EL, Vitousek MN, Stetzer MR. 2021. What questions are on the minds of STEM undergraduate students and how can they be addressed? Frontiers in Education 6:639338. Link
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. Link
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. Link
Uehling J, Taff CC, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2020. Developmental temperature predicts the adult response to stressors in a free-living passerine. Journal of Animal Ecology: 89(3): 842-854. Link
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. Link
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, and Vitousek MN. 2020. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels across birds and reptiles do not reflect urbanization levels. Conservation Physiology 8(1): coz110. Link
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. Link
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. Link
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. PDF
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. Link
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. PDF
Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Ryan TA, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2019. On again, off again: acute stress responses and negative feedback together predict resilience to experimental challenges. Functional Ecology 33: 619-628. PDF
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. PDF
Vitousek MN, and Schoenle L. 2019. Hormones and behavior: A life history perspective. The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology (Eds: Welling LLM, Shackleford TK). Oxford University Press, Oxford UK Pp. 13-36.
Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ardia DA, Stedman JS, Zimmer C, 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 B: 285: 20180722. PDF
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. PDF
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. PDF
Injaian AS, Taff CC, Pearson KL, Gin MMY, Patricelli GL, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Experimental chronic traffic noise exposure alters adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and reduces nestling body condition in a free-livingbird. Hormones and Behavior 106: 19-27. PDF
Taff CC, Schoenle L, and Vitousek MN. 2018. The repeatability of glucocorticoids: a review and meta-analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 260: 136-145. PDF
Schoenle LA, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Understanding context-dependence in glucocorticoid-fitness relationships: the role of the nature of the challenge, the intensity and frequency of stressors, and life history. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 777-789. PDF
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.
Del Giudice M, Buck CL, Chaby LE, Gormally BM, Taff CC, Thawley CJ, Vitousek MN, and Wada H. What is stress? A systems perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(6): 1019-1032.
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 5:1800097. * co-first authors. PDF
Vitousek MN, Johnson MA, Husak JF. 2018. Illuminating endocrine evolution: the power and potential of large-scale comparative analyses. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 712-719.
Johnson MA, Francis CD, Miller ET, Downs CJ, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Detecting bias in large-scale comparative analysis: methods for expanding the scope of hypothesis-testing with HormoneBase. Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(4): 720-728.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stedman JM, Hallinger KK, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Heritable variation in circulating glucocorticoids and endocrine flexibility in a free-living songbird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30(9): 1724-1735.
Kelly AM, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Dynamic modulation of sociality and aggression: an examination of plasticity within endocrine and neuroendocrine systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 372: 20160243. PDF
Vitousek MN, Jenkins BR, Hubbard JK, Kaiser SA, and Safran RJ. 2017. An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype. General and Comparative Endocrinology 247: 97-106.
Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2016. Endocrine flexibility: optimizing phenotypes in a dynamic world? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(6): 476-488.
Vitousek MN, Tomášek O, Albrecht T, Wilkins M, and Safran RJ. 2016. Signal traits and oxidative stress: a comparative study across populations with divergent signals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4:56. PDF
Wiebe KL, and Vitousek MN. 2015. Melanin plumage ornaments in both sexes of Northern Flicker are associated with body condition and predict reproductive output independent of age. The Auk 132(2): 507-517. PDF
Vitousek MN, Jenkins BR, and Safran RJ. 2014. Stress and success: individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk. Hormones and Behavior 66: 812-819. PDF
Jenkins BR, Vitousek MN, Hubbard JK, and Safran RJ. 2014. An experimental analysis of the heritability of variation in glucocorticoid concentrations in a wild avian population. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 281: 20141302. PDF
Vitousek MN, Zonana D, and Safran RJ. 2014. An integrative view of the signaling phenotype: dynamic links among signals, physiology, behavior, and social context. Current Zoology 60(6): 739-754. PDF
Safran RJ and Vitousek MN. 2014. Ecological and evolutionary connections between morphology, physiology, and behavior. Current Zoology 60(6): 736-738. PDF
Vitousek MN, Stewart RA, and Safran RJ. 2013. Female plumage color influences seasonal oxidative damage and testosterone profiles in a songbird. Biology Letters 9: 20130539. PDF
Jenkins BR, Vitousek MN, and Safran RJ. 2013. 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. Hormones and Behavior 64: 665-672. PDF
Vitousek MN and Romero LM. 2013. Stress responsiveness predicts individual variation in mate selectivity. General and Comparative Endocrinology 187: 32-38. PDF
Vitousek MN, Dor R, and Safran RJ. Sexual selection: Climatic carry-over. 2012. Current Biology 22(2): R61-63.
Vitousek MN and Maldonado G. 2011. Predation of Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhychus cristatus), Herpetological Review 42(3): 425.
Vitousek MN, Mitchell MA, Romero LM, Awerman J, and Wikelski M. 2010. To breed or not to breed: physiological correlates of reproductive status in a facultatively biennial iguanid. Hormones and Behavior 57: 140-146. (Recommended by Faculty of 1000).
Safran RJ, Vitousek MN, Hauber M, and Ghalambor CK. 2010. 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. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25(8): 429-430.
Vitousek MN, Romero LM, Tarlow E, Cyr NR, and Wikelski M. 2010. Island Tameness: An altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas. Physiology and Behavior 99: 544-548. (Featured with cover photo).
Lanterbecq D, Glaberman S, Vitousek MN, Steinfartz S, Benavides E, Wikelski M, and Caccone A. 2010. Genetic differentiation between marine iguanas from different breeding sites on the island of Santa Fe (Galápagos Archipelago). Journal of Heredity 101(6): 663-675. (Featured with cover photo).
Vitousek MN. 2009. Investment in mate choice depends on resource availability in female Galápagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64(1): 105-113.
Safran RJ and Vitousek MN. 2008. Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder. Current Biology 18(17): R734-736.
Vitousek MN, Rubenstein DR, Nelson KS, and Wikelski M. 2008. Are hotshots always hot? A longitudinal study of hormones, behavior, and reproductive success in male marine iguanas. General and Comparative Endocrinology 157: 227-232.
Vitousek MN, Adleman JS, Gregory N, and St Clair JJH. 2007. Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile. Biology Letters 3(6): 632-634.
Vitousek MN, Mitchell MA, Woakes AM, Niemack MD, and Wikelski M. 2007. High costs of female choice in a lekking lizard. PLoS ONE 2(6): e567.
Vitousek MN, Rubenstein DR, and Wikelski M. 2007. The evolution of foraging behavior in the Galápagos marine iguana: natural and sexual selection on body size drives ecological, morphological, and behavioral specialization. In: Lizard Ecology (Reilly SM, McBrayer LD, and Miles DB, Eds). Cambridge University Press, pp. 491-507.
Berger S, Martin LB II, Wikelski M, Romero LM, Kalko EKV, Vitousek MN, and Rödl T. 2005. Corticosterone suppresses immune activity in territorial Galápagos marine iguanas during reproduction. Hormones and Behavior 47 (4): 419-429.
Temeles EJ, Muir AB, Slutsky EB, and Vitousek MN. 2004. Effect of food reductions on territorial behavior of Purple-throated Caribs. Condor 106(3): 691-695.
Vitousek KM, Manke FP, Gray JA, and Vitousek MN. 2004. Caloric restriction for longevity: II- The systematic neglect of behavioral and psychological outcomes in animal research. European Eating Disorders Review 12(6): 338-360.
Invited book reviews and popular science articles:
Vitousek MN. 2017. Opening the black box - mechanisms, evolution, and the theory of the individual. A review of: Integrative Organismal Biology (Eds: Martin LB, Ghalambor CK, and Woods HA). Ecology 98(5): 1477-1478.
Vitousek MN and Zimmer C. 2016. Tree swallows: windows into changing environments. Wrangell Mountains Hardware Store Herald.
Vitousek MN. 2009. Shrinking iguanas: adaptations to a changing climate. Galápagos News, Fall/Winter 2009: 7-9.
Vitousek MN and Wikelski M. 2007. Review of Galápagos: The Islands That Changed the World by Paul D. Stewart. Quarterly Review of Biology 82(4): 432.
Vitousek MN. 2004. Poaching in the Galápagos. Let's Go Ecuador, 1st edition.
Note: Advisees, mentored students, and other members of the lab are in bold.