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Loren Merrill, Ph.D. - Publications

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2012 Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States 
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Behavioral Sciences Psychology, Ecology Biology, Physiology Biology
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2020 Merrill L, Ospina EA, Santymire RM, Benson TJ. Egg Incubation Temperature Affects Development of Innate Immune Function in Nestling American Robins (). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 93: 1-12. PMID 31657970 DOI: 10.1086/705361  0.411
2019 Stewart Merrill TE, Hall S, Merrill L, Cáceres CE. Variation in immune defense shapes disease outcomes in laboratory and wild Daphnia. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 31141120 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icz079  0.361
2019 Merrill L, Stewart Merrill TE, Barger AM, Benson TJ. Avian health across the landscape: nestling immunity covaries with changing landcover. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 31086961 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icz037  0.378
2019 Jones TM, Merrill L, Zachar SE, Brawn JD, Ward MP. Haemosporidian Parasite Infections In the Dickcissel ( Spiza americana): Prevalence and Costs. The Journal of Parasitology. 105: 232-236. PMID 30908117 DOI: 10.1645/18-161  0.371
2019 Gibson J, Suarez A, Qazi D, Benson T, Chiavacci S, Merrill L. Prevalence and consequences of ants and other arthropods in active nests of Midwestern birds Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97: 696-704. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2018-0182  0.329
2019 Merrill L, Chiavacci S, Paitz R, Benson T. Quantification of 27 yolk steroid hormones in seven shrubland bird species: interspecific patterns of hormone deposition and links to life history, development, and predation risk Canadian Journal of Zoology. 97: 1-12. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2017-0351  0.384
2018 Merrill L, Grindstaff JL. Early Life Stress Strengthens Trait Covariance: A Plastic Response That Results in Reduced Flexibility. The American Naturalist. 192: 593-604. PMID 30332583 DOI: 10.1086/699839  0.355
2018 Ospina EA, Merrill L, Benson TJ. Incubation temperature impacts nestling growth and survival in an open-cup nesting passerine. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 3270-3279. PMID 29607023 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.3911  0.319
2018 Merrill L, Levengood J, England J, Osborn J, Hagy H. Blood parasite infection linked to condition of spring-migrating Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96: 1145-1152. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2017-0307  0.367
2017 Merrill L, Naylor MF, Dalimonte M, McLaughlin S, Stewart TE, Grindstaff JL. Early-life immune activation increases song complexity and alters phenotypic associations between sexual ornaments. Functional Ecology. 31: 2263-2273. PMID 29398763 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12916  0.444
2017 Grindstaff JL, Merrill L. Developmental corticosterone treatment does not program immune responses in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 327: 262-272. PMID 29202116 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.2086  0.364
2017 Merrill L, Chiavacci SJ, Paitz RT, Benson TJ. Rates of parasitism, but not allocation of egg resources, vary among and within hosts of a generalist avian brood parasite. Oecologia. PMID 28429139 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-017-3870-Z  0.39
2016 Ellis VA, Medeiros MC, Collins MD, Sari EH, Coffey ED, Dickerson RC, Lugarini C, Stratford JA, Henry DR, Merrill L, Matthews AE, Hanson AA, Roberts JR, Joyce M, Kunkel MR, et al. Prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites is positively related to the abundance of host species at multiple sites within a region. Parasitology Research. PMID 27709356 DOI: 10.1007/S00436-016-5263-3  0.331
2016 Merrill L, Naylor MF, Grindstaff JL. Imperfect past and present progressive: beak color reflects early-life and adult exposure to antigen. Behavioral Ecology : Official Journal of the International Society For Behavioral Ecology. 27: 1320-1330. PMID 27656084 DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arw029  0.379
2016 Merrill L, Baehl EM, Ripple KE, Benson TJ. Do Birds Alter Levels of Parental Investment Based on Nest-Site Habitat Features? Ethology. DOI: 10.1111/Eth.12535  0.366
2015 Ellis VA, Collins MD, Medeiros MC, Sari EH, Coffey ED, Dickerson RC, Lugarini C, Stratford JA, Henry DR, Merrill L, Matthews AE, Hanson AA, Roberts JR, Joyce M, Kunkel MR, et al. Local host specialization, host-switching, and dispersal shape the regional distributions of avian haemosporidian parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 26305975 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1515309112  0.313
2015 Ellis VA, Cornet S, Merrill L, Kunkel MR, Tsunekage T, Ricklefs RE. Host immune responses to experimental infection of Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in domestic canaries (Serinus canaria). Parasitology Research. 114: 3627-36. PMID 26143864 DOI: 10.1007/S00436-015-4588-7  0.354
2015 Merrill L, González-Gómez PL, Ellis VA, Levin II, Vásquez RA, Wingfield JC. A blurring of life-history lines: Immune function, molt and reproduction in a highly stable environment. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 213: 65-73. PMID 25712433 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2015.02.010  0.429
2015 Merrill L, Stewart TE, González-Gómez PL, O'Loghlen AL, Wingfield JC, Ellis VA, Rothstein SI. Epaulet size and current condition in red-winged blackbirds: examining a semistatic signal, testosterone, immune function, and parasites. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 88: 11-21. PMID 25590590 DOI: 10.1086/679475  0.64
2015 Merrill L, Grindstaff JL. Pre and post-natal antigen exposure can program the stress axis of adult zebra finches: evidence for environment matching. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 45: 71-9. PMID 25535860 DOI: 10.1016/J.Bbi.2014.12.013  0.351
2015 Merrill L, Collins PM. Environment-specific and sex-specific allocation strategies among gonadal, somatic, and immune indices in a marine fish Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93: 207-212. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2014-0281  0.428
2014 Merrill L, Grindstaff JL. Maternal antibody transfer can lead to suppression of humoral immunity in developing zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 87: 740-51. PMID 25244385 DOI: 10.1086/677218  0.358
2014 Merrill L, Levinson SD, O'Loghlen AL, Wingfield JC, Rothstein SI. Bacteria-killing ability is negatively linked to epaulet size, but positively linked to baseline corticosterone, in male Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) The Auk. 131: 3-11. DOI: 10.1642/Auk-13-020-R1.1  0.652
2014 Stewart TE, Merrill L. Host sex and parasitism in red-winged blackbirds (agelaius phoeniceus): Examining potential causes of infection biases in a sexually dimorphic species Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93: 21-29. DOI: 10.1139/Cjz-2014-0223  0.489
2013 González-Gómez PL, Merrill L, Ellis VA, Venegas C, Pantoja JI, Vasquez RA, Wingfield JC. Breaking down seasonality: androgen modulation and stress response in a highly stable environment. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 191: 1-12. PMID 23707496 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2013.05.007  0.386
2013 Merrill L, O'Loghlen AL, Wingfield JC, Rothstein SI. Immune function in an avian brood parasite and its nonparasitic relative. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 86: 61-72. PMID 23303321 DOI: 10.1086/668852  0.666
2013 Merrill L, O'loghlen AL, Wingfield JC, Rothstein SI. Linking a static signal to current condition : Son g-repertoire size , corticosterone , and immunity in the brown-headed Cowbird Condor. 115: 434-441. DOI: 10.1525/Cond.2013.120110  0.645
2013 O'Loghlen AL, Merrill L, Rothstein SI. Fidelity of song imitation and stability of dialect songs in brown-headed cowbirds Condor. 115: 677-686. DOI: 10.1525/Cond.2013.120073  0.589
2012 Merrill L, Angelier F, O'Loghlen AL, Rothstein SI, Wingfield JC. Sex-specific variation in brown-headed cowbird immunity following acute stress: a mechanistic approach. Oecologia. 170: 25-38. PMID 22382434 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-012-2281-4  0.626
2012 Ellis VA, Merrill L, Wingfield JC, O'Loghlen AL, Rothstein SI. Changes in immunocompetence and other physiological measures during molt in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) Auk. 129: 231-238. DOI: 10.1525/Auk.2012.11215  0.641
2011 O'Loghlen AL, Ellis V, Zaratzian DR, Merrill L, Rothstein SI. Cultural evolution and long-term song stability in a dialect population of Brown-headed Cowbirds Condor. 113: 449-461. DOI: 10.1525/Cond.2011.100103  0.573
2008 Levinson S, Merrill L. The relationship between complex vocal signaling and immunocompetence in the brown‐headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 123: 3620-3620. DOI: 10.1121/1.2934835  0.496
1990 Cane JH, Merrill LD, Wood DL. Attraction of pinyon pine bark beetle,Ips hoppingi, to conspecific andI. confusus pheromones (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16: 2791-8. PMID 24263254 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00979473  0.31
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