Hormones and Behavior Publications
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DeSimone, JG, BW Tobalske, and CW Breuner (in press) Physiology and behavior under food limitation support an escape, not preparative, response in the nomadic Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus). Journal of Experimental Biology
Desimone, JG, MG Ramirez, CR Elowe, MS Griego, CW Breuner*, and AR Gerson* (2020) Developing a CORT-stopover hypothesis: corticosterone predicts body composition and refueling rate in gray catbirds during migratory stopover. Hormones and Behavior v124;104776 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104776 *co-principal investigators
Lattin, CR, CW Breuner, and LM Romero (2016) Do corticosteroids delay breeding onset in free-living vertebrates?: Evidence from hormone titers, negative feedback, plasma binding proteins, enzymes and receptors. Hormones and Behavior 78:107-120
Cornelius, JM, T Boswell, S. Jenni-Eiermann, CW Breuner, M Ramenofsky (2013) Contributions of endocrinology to the migration life history of birds General and Comparative Endocrinology190; 47-60
Breuner, CW, RS Sprague, SH Patterson, and HA Woods (2013) Environment, Physiology and Behavior: can birds use barometric pressure to predict storms? Journal of Experimental Biology 216:1982-1990; doi:10.1242/jeb.081067; Inside JEB column concerning this research: doi: 10.1242/jeb.088740
Cornelius, JM, CW Breuner and TP Hahn (2010) Under a neighbor’s influence: public information affects stress hormones and behavior of a songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 2399-2404
Sprague, RS and CW Breuner (2010) Timing of fledging is influenced by glucocorticoid physiology in Laysan albatross chicks Hormones and Behavior 58: 297-305
Malisch, J. L., Breuner, C. W., Kolb, E. M., Wada, H., Hannon, R. M., Chappell, M. A., Middleton, K. M., Garland, T., (2009) Behavioral Despair and Home-Cage Activity in Mice with Chronically Elevated Baseline Corticosterone Concentrations. Behavior Genetics. 39: 192-201.
Wada, H. and Breuner, C.W. (2008) Transient elevation of corticosterone alters begging behavior and growth of white-crowned sparrow nestlings. Journal of Experimental Biology Vol 211: 1696-1703
Malisch, J.L., Breuner, C.W., Gomes, F.R., Chappell, M.A., and T. Garland Jr. (2008) Circadian pattern of total and free corticosterone concentrations, corticosteroid-binding globulin, and physical activity in mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology Vol 156: 210-217
Lynn, S.E., Hahn, T.P., and Breuner, C.W. (2007) Free-living male mountain white-crowned sparrows exhibit territorial aggression without modulating total or free plasma testosterone. Condor 109(1): 173-180
Zysling, D.A., Greives, T.J., Breuner, C.W., Casto, J.M., Demas, G.E., and Ketterson, E.D. (2006) Behavioral and physiological responses to experimentally elevated testosterone in female dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis carolinensis). Hormones and Behavior 50(2): 200-207
Hahn, T. P., Sockman, K. W., Breuner, C. W., and Morton, M. L. (2004). Storm-induced facultative altitudinal migration prior to breeding by mountain white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha. Auk. 121(4): 1269-1281
Love, O.P., Breuner, C.W., Vezina, F., and Williams, T.D. (2004). Modulation of corticosterone-mediated reproductive conflicts. Hormones and Behavior. 46: 59-65
Wingfield, J.C., Owen-Ashley, N., Benowitz-Fredericks, Z M., Lynn, S.E., Hahn, T. P., Wada, H., Breuner, C., Meddle, S., and Romero, M. (2004). Arctic Spring: The arrival biology of migrant birds. Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress 50(6): 948-960
Breuner, C. W., and Hahn, T. P. (2003). Integrating stress physiology, environmental change, and behavior in free-living sparrows. Hormones and Behavior. 43: 115-123
Lynn, S. E., Breuner, C. W., and Wingfield, J. C. (2003). The effects of short-term fasting on activity, corticosterone, and corticosterone binding globulin in a migratory songbird, Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). Hormones and Behavior. 43: 150-157
Orchinik, M., Gasser, P., and Breuner, C. (2002) Rapid Corticosteroid Action and Behavior: Mechanisms and Functional Consequences. In Steroids, Brain, and Behavior, D. Pfaff et al. (Eds.), Academic Press
Breuner, C. W., and Wingfield, J. C. (2000) Rapid Behavioral Response to Corticosterone Varies With Photoperiod and Dose. Hormones and Behavior 37: 23-30.
Breuner, C. W., Greenberg, A. L., and Wingfield, J. C. (1998). Non-Invasive Corticosterone Treatment Rapidly Increases Activity in Gambel's White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). General and Comparative Endocrinology 111: 386-394.
Wingfield, J. C., Breuner, C. W., Honey, P., Jacobs, J., Lynn, S., Maney, D., Ramenofsky, M., and Richardson, R. (1998). Ecological bases of hormone-behavior interactions: the "emergency life history stage". American Zoologist 38(1): 191-206.
Wingfield, J. C., Breuner, C. W., and Jacobs, J. (1997). Corticosterone and behavioral responses to unpredictable events. In S. Harvey and R. J. Etches (Eds.), Perspectives in Avian Endocrinology, pp. 267-278. Journal Endocrinology Ltd., Bristol.