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Conor C. Taff, Ph.D. - Publications

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Animal Behavior University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 
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2024 Chang van Oordt DA, Taff CC, Pipkin MA, Ryan TA, Vitousek MN. Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Hormones and Behavior. 160: 105500. PMID 38316079 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105500  0.663
2024 Taff CC, Baldan D, Mentesana L, Ouyang JQ, Vitousek MN, Hau M. Endocrine flexibility can facilitate or constrain the ability to cope with global change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 379: 20220502. PMID 38310929 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0502  0.629
2023 Taff CC, McNew SM, Zimmer C, Uehling JJ, Houtz JL, Ryan TA, Chang van Oordt D, Injaian AS, Vitousek MN. 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, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. PMID 37306329 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2722  0.636
2023 Ryan TA, Taff CC, Zimmer C, Vitousek MN. Cold temperatures induce priming of the glucose stress response in tree swallows. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part a, Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 111419. PMID 36965830 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.111419  0.653
2022 Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Rosvall KA, Kallenberg C, Bentz AB, Taylor AR, Johnson LS, Vitousek MN. Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with inter- and intra-population variation in glucocorticoid levels. Hormones and Behavior. 147: 105280. PMID 36403365 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105280  0.649
2022 Taff CC, Wingfield JC, Vitousek MN. The relative speed of the glucocorticoid stress response varies independently of scope and is predicted by environmental variability and longevity across birds. Hormones and Behavior. 144: 105226. PMID 35863083 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105226  0.653
2022 van Oordt DAC, Taff CC, Ryan TA, Vitousek MN. Timing of Breeding Reveals a Trade-Off Between Immune Investment and Life History in Tree Swallows. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 35561702 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac033  0.638
2022 Houtz JL, Taff CC, Vitousek MN. Gut Microbiome as a Mediator of Stress Resilience: A Reactive Scope Model Framework. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 35544275 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac030  0.652
2022 Taff CC, Zimmer C, Ryan TA, van Oordt DC, Aborn DA, Ardia DR, Johnson LS, Rose AP, Vitousek M. Individual variation in natural or manipulated corticosterone does not covary with circulating glucose in a wild bird. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 35072205 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243262  0.64
2021 Wheeler SS, Taff CC, Reisen WK, Townsend AK. Mosquito blood-feeding patterns and nesting behavior of American crows, an amplifying host of West Nile virus. Parasites & Vectors. 14: 331. PMID 34158103 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-04827-x  0.738
2021 Injaian AS, Uehling JJ, Taff CC, Vitousek MN. Effects of artificial light at night on avian provisioning, corticosterone, and reproductive success. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 34021748 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab055  0.664
2020 Shipley JR, Twining CW, Taff CC, Vitousek MN, Flack A, Winkler DW. Birds advancing lay dates with warming springs face greater risk of chick mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 32989166 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2009864117  0.64
2020 Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Rose AP, Aborn DA, Johnson LS, Vitousek MN. Environmental unpredictability shapes glucocorticoid regulation across populations of tree swallows. Scientific Reports. 10: 13682. PMID 32792550 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-70161-4  0.698
2020 Winkler DW, Hallinger KK, Pegan TM, Taff CC, Verhoeven MA, Chang Van Oordt D, Stager M, Uehling JJ, Vitousek MN, Andersen MJ, Ardia DR, Belmaker A, Ferretti V, Forsman AM, Gaul JR, et al. Full lifetime perspectives on the costs and benefits of lay date variation in tree swallows. Ecology. PMID 32455498 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.3109  0.668
2019 Uehling JJ, Taff CC, Winkler DW, Vitousek MN. Developmental temperature predicts the adult response to stressors in a free-living passerine. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 31792967 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13137  0.658
2019 Taff CC, Campagna L, Vitousek MN. Genome-wide variation in DNA methylation is associated with stress resilience and plumage brightness in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology. PMID 31330076 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.15186  0.655
2019 Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ryan TA, Zimmer C. Stress resilience and the dynamic regulation of glucocorticoids. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 31168615 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icz087  0.705
2019 Injaian AS, Gonzalez-Gomez PL, Taff CC, Bird AK, Ziur AD, Patricelli GL, Haussmann MF, Wingfield JC. Traffic noise exposure alters nestling physiology and telomere attrition through direct, but not maternal, effects in a free-living bird. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 276: 14-21. PMID 30796896 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2019.02.017  0.684
2019 Zimmer C, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Ryan TA, Winkler DW, Vitousek MN. On again, off again: Acute stress response and negative feedback together predict resilience to experimental challenges Functional Ecology. 33: 619-628. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13281  0.661
2019 Taff CC, Zimmer C, Vitousek MN. Achromatic plumage brightness predicts stress resilience and social interactions in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) Behavioral Ecology. 30: 733-745. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arz010  0.676
2018 Taff CC, Freeman-Gallant CR, Streby HM, Kramer GR. Geolocator deployment reduces return rate, alters selection, and impacts demography in a small songbird. Plos One. 13: e0207783. PMID 30540766 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0207783  0.359
2018 Freeman-Gallant CR, Taff CC. Age and infection history are revealed by different ornaments in a warbler. Oecologia. PMID 30291422 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-018-4268-2  0.325
2018 Townsend AK, Taff CC, Jones ML, Getman KH, Wheeler SS, Hinton MG, Logsdon RM. Apparent inbreeding preference despite inbreeding depression in the American crow. Molecular Ecology. PMID 30222228 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.14866  0.658
2018 Del Giudice M, Buck CL, Chaby L, Gormally BM, Taff CC, Thawley CJ, Vitousek MN, Wada H. What Is Stress? A Systems Perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 30204874 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icy114  0.666
2018 Injaian AS, Taff CC, Pearson KL, Gin MMY, Patricelli GL, Vitousek MN. Effects of experimental chronic traffic noise exposure on adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and nestling body condition in a free-living bird. Hormones and Behavior. PMID 30189211 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2018.07.012  0.764
2018 Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ardia DR, Stedman JM, Zimmer C, Salzman TC, Winkler DW. The lingering impact of stress: brief acute glucocorticoid exposure has sustained, dose-dependent effects on reproduction. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 285. PMID 30051820 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2018.0722  0.7
2018 Taff CC, Zimmer C, Vitousek MN. Efficacy of negative feedback in the HPA axis predicts recovery from acute challenges. Biology Letters. 14. PMID 30021859 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2018.0131  0.697
2018 Whittingham LA, Dunn PO, Freeman-Gallant CR, Taff CC, Johnson JA. MHC variation and blood parasites in resident and migratory populations of the common yellowthroat. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 29964353 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.13349  0.322
2018 Miles MC, Vitousek MN, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Martin LB, Taff CC, Zimmer C, Lovern MB, Fuxjager MJ. Standing variation and the capacity for change: are endocrine phenotypes more variable than other traits? Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 29897574 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icy062  0.679
2018 Lawton SJ, Weis AM, Byrne BA, Fritz H, Taff CC, Townsend AK, Weimer BC, Mete A, Wheeler S, Boyce WM. Comparative analysis of Campylobacter isolates from wild birds and chickens using MALDI-TOF MS, biochemical testing, and DNA sequencing. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation : Official Publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc. 1040638718762562. PMID 29528812 DOI: 10.1177/1040638718762562  0.619
2018 Taff CC, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN. The Repeatability of Glucocorticoids: A Review and Meta-Analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology. PMID 29355531 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2018.01.011  0.667
2018 Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Hallinger KK, Zimmer C, Winkler DW. Hormones and Fitness: Evidence for Trade-Offs in Glucocorticoid Regulation Across Contexts Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 6. DOI: 10.3389/Fevo.2018.00042  0.711
2018 Townsend AK, Frett B, McGarvey A, Taff CC. Where do winter crows go? Characterizing partial migration of American Crows with satellite telemetry, stable isotopes, and molecular markers The Auk. 135: 964-974. DOI: 10.1642/Auk-18-23.1  0.652
2018 Injaian AS, Taff CC, Patricelli GL. Experimental anthropogenic noise impacts avian parental behaviour, nestling growth and nestling oxidative stress Animal Behaviour. 136: 31-39. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2017.12.003  0.673
2018 Townsend AK, Taff CC, Wheeler SS, Weis AM, Hinton MG, Jones ML, Logsdon RM, Reisen WK, Freund D, Sehgal RNM, Saberi M, Suh YH, Hurd J, Boyce WM. Low heterozygosity is associated with vector-borne disease in crows Ecosphere. 9: e02407. DOI: 10.1002/Ecs2.2407  0.612
2017 Freeman-Gallant CR, Taff CC. Age-specific patterns of infection with haemosporidians and trypanosomes in a warbler: implications for sexual selection. Oecologia. PMID 28756490 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-017-3919-Z  0.315
2017 Taff CC, Freeman-Gallant CR. Sexual signals reflect telomere dynamics in a wild bird. Ecology and Evolution. 7: 3436-3442. PMID 28515879 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.2948  0.331
2017 Weis AM, Huang BC, Storey DB, Kong N, Chen P, Arabyan N, Gilpin B, Mason C, Townsend AK, Smith WA, Byrne BA, Taff CC, Weimer BC. Large-Scale Release of Campylobacter Draft Genomes: Resources for Food Safety and Public Health from the 100K Pathogen Genome Project. Genome Announcements. 5. PMID 28057746 DOI: 10.1128/Genomea.00925-16  0.617
2017 Taff CC, Townsend AK. Campylobacter jejuni infection associated with relatively poor condition and low survival in a wild bird Journal of Avian Biology. 48: 1071-1076. DOI: 10.1111/Jav.01282  0.648
2016 Weis AM, Storey DB, Taff CC, Townsend AK, Huang BC, Kong NT, Clothier KA, Spinner A, Byrne BA, Weimer BC. Genomic Comparisons and Zoonotic Potential of Campylobacter Between Birds, Primates, and Livestock. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. PMID 27736787 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01746-16  0.641
2016 Taff CC, Weis AM, Wheeler S, Hinton MG, Weimer BC, Barker CM, Jones M, Logsdon R, Smith WA, Boyce WM, Townsend AK. Influence of host ecology and behavior on Campylobacter jejuni prevalence and environmental contamination risk in a synanthropic wild bird. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. PMID 27260356 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01456-16  0.659
2016 Taff CC, Vitousek MN. Endocrine Flexibility: Optimizing Phenotypes in a Dynamic World? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PMID 27055729 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2016.03.005  0.662
2016 Taff CC, Freeman-Gallant CR. Experimental Tests of the Function and Flexibility of Song Consistency in a Wild Bird Ethology. 122: 319-328. DOI: 10.1111/Eth.12471  0.355
2016 Patricelli GL, Krakauer AH, Taff CC. Variable Signals in a Complex World: Shifting Views of Within-Individual Variability in Sexual Display Traits Advances in the Study of Behavior. 48: 319-386. DOI: 10.1016/Bs.Asb.2016.02.002  0.628
2015 Whittingham LA, Freeman-Gallant CR, Taff CC, Dunn PO. Different ornaments signal male health and MHC variation in two populations of a warbler. Molecular Ecology. 24: 1584-95. PMID 25728470 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13130  0.335
2014 Taff CC, Patricelli GL, Freeman-Gallant CR. Fluctuations in neighbourhood fertility generate variable signalling effort. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 281: 20141974. PMID 25339717 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2014.1974  0.664
2014 Taff CC, Freeman-Gallant CR. An experimental test of the testosterone mediated oxidation handicap hypothesis in a wild bird. Hormones and Behavior. 66: 276-82. PMID 24907452 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2014.05.006  0.329
2014 Freeman-Gallant CR, Schneider RL, Taff CC, Dunn PO, Whittingham LA. Contrasting patterns of selection on the size and coloration of a female plumage ornament in common yellowthroats. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 27: 982-91. PMID 24731149 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.12369  0.312
2013 Taff CC, Freeman-Gallant CR, Dunn PO, Whittingham LA. Spatial distribution of nests constrains the strength of sexual selection in a warbler. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26: 1392-405. PMID 23639197 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.12141  0.331
2012 Blickley JL, Word KR, Krakauer AH, Phillips JL, Sells SN, Taff CC, Wingfield JC, Patricelli GL. Experimental chronic noise is related to elevated fecal corticosteroid metabolites in lekking male greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Plos One. 7: e50462. PMID 23185627 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0050462  0.756
2012 Taff CC, Littrell KA, Freeman-Gallant CR. Female song in the common yellowthroat Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124: 370-374. DOI: 10.1676/11-182.1  0.321
2012 Taff CC, Steinberger D, Clark C, Belinsky K, Sacks H, Freeman-Gallant CR, Dunn PO, Whittingham LA. Multimodal sexual selection in a warbler: Plumage and song are related to different fitness components Animal Behaviour. 84: 813-821. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2012.07.002  0.333
2011 Freeman-Gallant CR, Amidon J, Berdy B, Wein S, Taff CC, Haussmann MF. Oxidative damage to DNA related to survivorship and carotenoid-based sexual ornamentation in the common yellowthroat. Biology Letters. 7: 429-32. PMID 21247942 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2010.1186  0.304
2011 Taff CC, Freeman-Gallant CR, Dunn PO, Whittingham LA. Relationship between brood sex ratio and male ornaments depends on male age in a warbler Animal Behaviour. 81: 619-625. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2010.12.009  0.316
2010 Freeman-Gallant CR, Taff CC, Morin DF, Dunn PO, Whittingham LA, Tsang SM. Sexual selection, multiple male ornaments, and age- and condition-dependent signaling in the common yellowthroat. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 64: 1007-17. PMID 19863585 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2009.00873.X  0.309
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