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106) Petrullo L, Webber Q, Raulo A, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2025. Territorial behavior as a route of social microbial transmission in an asocial mammal. Ecology Letters\u00a0in press\u00a0<\/em>(June 2025). [preprint<\/a>]\n

105) Petrullo L, Morris NJ, Tharin C, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2025. Harbingers of change: towards a mechanistic understanding of anticipatory plasticity. Functional Ecology\u00a0in press\u00a0<\/em>(June 2025). [preprint<\/a>]\n

104) Sanders JI, Studd EK, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Wishart AE, Gaidica M, Ruckstuhl KE, Boutin S, Lane JE, Martinig AR. 2025. Collar? I barely know her: the utility of accelerometry in measuring personality in situ for a free-ranging wild mammal. Animal Behaviour<\/a> 220, 123045.<\/p>\n

103) Davidson M, Solomon NG, Keane, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2025. Methods for measuring fine-scale social proximity in small mammals. Journal of Mammalogy<\/a> in press\u00a0<\/em>(May 2025),<\/p>\n

102) Petrullo L, Delaney D, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG,\u00a0Dantzer B.\u00a0<\/strong>2024. A future food boom rescues the negative effects of cumulative early-life adversity on lifespan in a small mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/a> 291, 20232681.<\/p>\n

101) Gaidica M, Zhang M,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2024. A wireless wearable ecosystem for social network analysis in free-living animals. IEEE Sensors Letters<\/a> 8, 1-4.<\/p>\n

100) Hare AJ, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Boutin S, Newman AEM. 2024. Reproductive state alters vocal characteristics of female North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus<\/em>). Journal of Mammalogy<\/a> 105, 358-371.<\/p>\n

99) Wishart AE, Guerrero-Chac\u00f3n AL, Smith R, Hawkshaw DM, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Boutin S, Lane JE. 2024. Inferring condition in wild mammals: body condition indices confer no benefit over measuring body mass across ecological contexts. Oecologia<\/a> 204, 161-172.<\/p>\n

98) Devitz A-C, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2024. Behavioral variation among fox squirrel (Sciurus niger<\/em>) populations in urban and suburban environments. Journal of Mammalogy<\/a> 105, 1289-1299.<\/p>\n

97) Halhed A, Petrullo L, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, McAdam AG, Wu M, Cottenie K. 2024. Consistent spatial patterns in microbial taxa of red squirrel gut microbiomes. Environmental Microbiology Reports<\/a> 16, e13209.<\/p>\n

96) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Mabry KE, Bernhardt JR, Cox RM, Francis CD, Ghalambor CK, Hoke KL, Jha S, Ketterson E, Levis NA, McCain KM, Patricelli GL, Paull SH, Pinter-Wollman N, \u0218afran RJ, Schwartz TS, Throop HL, Zaman L, Martin LB. Understanding organisms using ecological observatory networks. Integrative Organismal Biology<\/a> 5, obad036.<\/p>\n

95) Rubi TL, Prado JR, Knowles LL, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2023. Patterns of genetic and epigenetic diversity across a range expansion in the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus<\/em>). Integrative Organismal Biology 5<\/a>, obad08.<\/p>\n

94) Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2023. Frank Beach Award Winner: The centrality of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dealing with environmental change across temporal scales. Hormones & Behavior<\/a> 150, 105311.<\/p>\n

93) Vitousek, MN, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Fuxjager MJ, Schlinger BA. 2023. Evolutionary behavioral endocrinology: introduction to the special issue. Hormones & Behavior<\/a> 152, 105356.<\/p>\n

92) Petrullo L, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2023. Phenotype-environment mismatch errors enhance lifetime fitness in wild red squirrels. Science <\/a>379, 269-272.<\/p>\n

91) Sabol AC, Close WL, Petrullo L, Lambert CT, Keane B, Solomon NG, Schloss PD,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2023. Sociality does not predict oral microbiome composition or diversity in free-living prairie voles. Animal Behaviour<\/a> 200, 167-182.<\/p>\n

90) Walmsley SF, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Coltman DW, McAdam AG. 2023. Benefits of living closer to kin vary by genealogical relationship in a territorial mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/a>\u00a0290, 20221569.<\/p>\n

89) Petrullo L, Delaney DM, Boutin S, McAdam AG, Lane JE, Palme R, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2022. The glucocorticoid response to environmental change is not specific to agents of natural selection in wild red squirrels. Hormones & Behavior<\/a>\u00a0146, 105262.<\/p>\n

88) Webber Q, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Boutin S, McAdam AG. 2022. Density-dependent plasticity in territoriality revealed using social network analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology<\/a> 92, 207-221.<\/p>\n

87) Gaidica M, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2022. An implantable neurophysiology platform: broadening research capabilities in free-living and non-traditional animals. Frontiers in Neural Circuits<\/a>\u00a016, 940989.<\/p>\n

86) Haines JA, Delaney DM, Wishart AE, McAdam AG, Coltman DW, Lane JE, Dantzer B,<\/strong> Boutin S. 2022. Sex-specific effects of capital resources on reproductive timing and success in red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology<\/a>\u00a076, 142.<\/p>\n

85) Santicchia F, Wauters LA, Dantzer B,<\/strong> Palme R, Tranquillo C, Preatoni D, Martinoli A. 2022. Native species exhibit physiological habituation to invaders: a reason for hope. Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/a>\u00a0289, 20221022.<\/p>\n

84) Studd EK, Peers MJL, Menzies AK, Derbyshire R, Majchrzak YN, Seguin JL, Murray DL,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, \u00a0McAdam AG, Humphries MM, Boutin S. 2022. Behavioral adjustments of predators and prey to wind speed in the boreal forest. Oecologia<\/a>\u00a0200, 349-358.<\/p>\n

83) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Newman AEN. 2022. Expanding the frame around social dynamics and glucocorticoids: from hierarchies within the nest to competitive interactions among species. Hormones & Behavior<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>144, 105204.<\/p>\n

82) Martinig, AR, Karst HHJ, Siracusa ER, Studd EK, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Delaney DM, Lane JE, Pokharel P, Boutin S. 2022. Animal personality: a comparison of standardized assays and focal observations in North American red squirrels. Animal Behaviour<\/a> 190, 221-232.<\/p>\n

81) Petrullo L, Ren T, Wu M, Boonstra R, Palme R, Boutin S, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2022. Glucocorticoids coordinate changes in gut microbiome composition in wild North American red squirrels. Scientific Reports<\/a> 12, 2605.<\/p>\n

80) Tranquillo C, Villa F, Wauters LA, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Palme R, Preatoni D, Martinoli A, Santicchia F. 2022. Physiological stress and spatio-temporal fluctuations of food abundance and population density in Eurasian red squirrels. Hystrix<\/a>\u00a033, 58-64.<\/p>\n

79)\u00a0Hacket Pain A, Foest JJ, Pearse IS, \u2026 Dantzer B<\/strong>\u2026 Ascoli D (89 total authors). 2022. MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology<\/u><\/a>\u00a028, 3066-3082.<\/p>\n

78) Santicchia F, Wauters LA, Tranquillo C, Villa F, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Palme R, Preatoni D, Martinoli A. 2022. Invasive alien species as an environmental stressor and its effects on coping style in a native competitor, the Eurasian red squirrel. Hormones & Behavior<\/span><\/a> 140, 105127.<\/p>\n

77) Prado JR, Rubi TL, Baumgartner J, Hoffman S,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>, Knowles LL. 2022. Postglacial colonization in the Great Lakes Region by the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus<\/em>): conflicts between genomic and field data. Journal of Mammalogy<\/a>\u00a0103, 243-254.<\/p>\n

76) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2022. Integrative studies of the effects of mothers on offspring: an example from wild North American red squirrels. In Patterns of Parental Behavior: from Animal Science to Comparative Ethology and Neuroscience <\/i><\/a>(Edited by Gabriela Gonz\u00e1lez Mariscal).<\/i><\/p>\n

75) McAdam AG, Webber QMR, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Boutin S. 2022. Social effects on annual fitness in red squirrels. Journal of Heredity<\/a>, esab051<\/p>\n

74) Kittendorf A, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2021. Urban fox squirrels exhibit tolerance to humans but respond to stimuli from natural predators. Ethology<\/a>\u00a0127, 697-709.<\/p>\n

73) Westrick SE, van Kesteren F, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2021. Maternal glucocorticoids have minimal effects on HPA axis activity and behavior of juvenile wild North American red squirrels. Journal of Experimental Biology<\/span><\/a>\u00a0224, jeb236620.<\/p>\n

72) Hare AJ, Newman AEM, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Boutin S, Coltman DW, McAdam AG. 2021. An independent experiment does not support stress-mediated kin discrimination through red squirrel vocalizations.\u00a0Animal Behaviour<\/span><\/a>\u00a0176, 185-192.<\/p>\n

71) Cooke, S.J., J.N. Bergman, C.L. Madliger, R.L. Cramp, J. Beardall, G.P. Burness, T.D. Clark, B. Dantzer<\/strong>, E. de la Barrera, N.A. Fangue, C.E. Franklin, A. Fuller, L.A. Hawkes, K.R. Hultine, K.E. Hunt, O.P. Love, H.A. MacMillan, J.W. Mandelman, F.C. Mark, L.B. Martin, A.E.M. Newman, A.B. Nicotra, G.D. Raby, S.A. Robinson, Y. Ropert-Coudert, J.L. Rummer, F. Seebacher, A.E. Todgham, S. Tomlinson, S.L. Chown. \u00a02021. One hundred research questions in conservation physiology for generating actionable evidence to inform conservation policy and practice. Conservation Physiology<\/a> \u00a09, coab009.<\/p>\n

70) Underhill, V, Pandelis GG, Papuga J, Sabol AC, Rife A, Rubi T, Hoffman SMG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2021. Personality and behavioral syndromes in two\u00a0Peromyscus\u00a0<\/em>species: presence, lack of state-dependence, and lack of association with home range size. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>75, 9.<\/p>\n

69) Siracusa ER, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Coltman DW, McAdam AG. 2021. Familiar neighbors, but not relatives, enhance fitness in a territorial mammal. Current Biology<\/a>\u00a031, 1-8.<\/p>\n

68) Martinig A, Mathot K, Lane JE, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Boutin S. 2021. Selective disappearance does not underlie age-related changes in trait repeatability in red squirrels.\u00a0Behavioral Ecology<\/a>\u00a032, 306-315.<\/p>\n

67) Dantzer B<\/strong>, McAdam AG, Humphries MM, Lane JE, Boutin S. 2020. Decoupling the effects of food and density on life history plasticity of wild animals using field experiments: insights from the steward who sits in the shadow of its tail, the North American red squirrel. Journal of Animal Ecology<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>89, 2397-2414.<\/p>\n

66) Menzies A, Studd E, Majchrzak Y, Peers M, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane J, McAdam A, Humphries MM. 2020. Body temperature, heart rate, and activity patterns of two boreal homeotherms in winter: homestasis, allostasis, and ecological coexistence. Functional Ecology<\/a>\u00a034, 2292-2301.<\/p>\n

65) Haines JA, Nason SE, Skurdal AMM, Bourchier T, Boutin S, Taylor RW, McAdam AG, Lane JE, Kelley AD, Humphries MM, Gorrell JC, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Coltman DW, H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen A. 2020. Sex- and context-specific associations between personality and a measure of fitness but no link with life history traits. Animal Behaviour<\/a>\u00a0167, 23-39.<\/p>\n

64) Westrick SE, Taylor RW, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2020. Attentive red squirrel mothers have faster-growing pups and higher lifetime reproductive success. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology<\/a>\u00a074, 72.<\/p>\n

63) Romeo C, Wauters L, Santicchia F, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Palme R, Martionli A, Ferrari N. 2020. Complex relationships between physiological stress and endoparasite infections in natural populations. Current Zoology<\/a>\u00a066, 449-457.<\/p>\n

62) Gaidica M, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2020. Quantifying the autonomic response to stressors – one way to expand the definition of “stress” in animals. Integrative & Comparative Biology<\/a>\u00a060, 113-125.<\/p>\n

61) Studd, EK, Menzies AK, Siracusa ER, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Boutin S, Humphries MM. 2020. Optimisation of energetic and reproductive gains explains behavioral responses to environmental variation across seasons and years. Ecology Letters<\/a>\u00a023, 841-850.<\/p>\n

60) Cooke SJ, Madliger CL, … Dantzer B<\/strong>, … Todgham AE. 2020. Reframing conservation physiology to be more inclusive, integrative, relevant and forward-looking: reflections and a horizon scan. Conservation Physiology<\/a>\u00a08, coaa016.<\/p>\n

59) Dantzer B<\/strong>, van Kesteren F, Westrick SE, Boutin S, McAdam AG, Lane JE, Gillespie R, Majer A, Haussmann M, Monaghan P. 2020. Maternal stress promotes offspring growth without inducing oxidative stress or shortening telomeres in wild red squirrels.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Biology<\/a> 223, jeb212373.<\/p>\n

58) Sabol AC, Lambert CT, Keane B, Solomon NG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2020. How does individual variation in sociality influence fitness in prairie voles? Animal Behaviour<\/a>\u00a0163, 39-49<\/p>\n

57) Hendrix J, Fisher D, Martinis AR, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2020. Territory acquisition mediates the influence of predators and climate on juvenile red squirrel survival. Journal of Animal Ecology<\/a>. 89, 1408-1418.<\/p>\n

56) Martinig AR, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Coltman DW, Boutin S. 2020. Immigrant male red squirrels experience benefits whereas females pay a fitness cost after settlement. Ecology Letters<\/a>\u00a023, 430-438.<\/p>\n

55) Santicchia F, Wauters LA, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Westrick SE, Ferrari N, Romeo C, Palme R, Preatoni DG, Martinoli A. 2020. Relationships between personality traits and the physiological stress response in a wild mammal. Current Zoology<\/a> 66, 197-204.<\/p>\n

54) Rubi TL, Knowles LL, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2020. Museum epigenomics: characterizing cytosine methylation in historic museum specimens. Molecular Ecology Resources<\/a>\u00a020, 1161-1170.<\/p>\n

53) Westrick SE, van Kesteren F, Palme R, Boonstra R, Lane JE, Boutin S, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2019. Stress activity is not predictive of coping style in North American red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>73, 113.<\/p>\n

52) Guindre-Parker S, McAdam AG, van Kesteren F, Palme R, Boonstra R, Boutin S, Lane JE, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2019. Individual variation in phenotypic plasticity of the stress axis.\u00a0Biology Letters<\/a>\u00a015, 20190260.<\/p>\n

51) van Kesteren F, Delehanty B, Westrick SE, Palme R, Boonstra R, Lane JE, Boutin S, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2019. Experimental increases in stress hormones alter function of the neuroendocrine stress axis in wild red squirrels without negatively impacting survival and reproduction.\u00a0Physiological & Biochemical Zoology<\/a> 92, 445-458.<\/p>\n

50) Sehrsweeney M, Wilson DR, Bain M, Boutin S, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2019. Is physiological stress state reflected in acoustic structure of vocalizations? An experimental test in wild North American red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology<\/a>\u00a030, 1030-1040.<\/p>\n

49) Fisher DN, Wilson AJ, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Coltman DW, Gorrell JC, McAdam AG. 2019. Indirect effects of territorial neighbours on the timing of spring breeding may counteract changes in selection in North American red squirrels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/a>\u00a0Accepted<\/em>\u00a0[preprint<\/a>]\n

48) McAdam AG, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE. 2019. Seed masting causes fluctuations in optimum litter size and lag load in a seed predator. The American Naturalist<\/a>\u00a0194, 574-589.<\/p>\n

47) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Dubuc C, Braga Goncalves I, Cram DL, Bennett NC, Ganswindt A, Duncan C, Gaynor D, Clutton-Brock TH. 2019. Maternal stress increases cooperative behaviour of offspring in wild meerkats. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B<\/a>\u00a0374, 20180117.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0the press release<\/a><\/h6>\n

46) Siracusa E, Wilson DR, Studd EK, Boutin S, Humphries MM, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2019. Red squirrels mitigate costs of territory defence through social plasticity. Animal Behaviour<\/a>\u00a0151, 29-42.<\/p>\n

45) Fisher D, Haines J, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Coltman DW, McAdam AG. 2019. Indirect effects on fitness between individuals that have never met via an extended phenotype.\u00a0Ecology Letters<\/a>\u00a022, 697-706.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0the press release<\/a>, Vice<\/a>, CBC<\/a>, National Post<\/a><\/h6>\n

44) Sabol AE, Solomon NG,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>. 2018. How to study socially monogamous behavior in secretive animals? Using social network analyses and automated tracking systems to study the social behavior of prairie voles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/a>\u00a06, 178.<\/p>\n

43) Robertson JG, Boutin S, Humphries MM, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2018. Individual variation in the dear enemy phenomenon via territorial vocalizations in red squirrels. Behaviour<\/a> 155, 1073-1096.<\/p>\n

42) Wishart A, Williams C, McAdam AG, Boutin S, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Humphries MM, Coltman DW, Lane JE. 2018. Is biasing offspring sex ratio adaptive? A test of Fisher’s principle across multiple generations of a wild mammal in a fluctuating environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/a> 285, 20181251.<\/p>\n

41) Cram DL, Monaghan P, Gillespie R, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Duncan C, Spence-Jones H, Clutton-Brock T. 2018. Rank-related contrasts in longevity arise from extra-group excursions not delayed senescence in a cooperative mammal. Current Biology<\/a>\u00a028, 2934-2939.<\/p>\n

40) Santicchia F, Dantzer B<\/strong>, van Kesteren F, Palme R, Martinoli A, Ferrari N, Wauters L. 2018. Stress in biological invasions: alien grey squirrels increase physiological stress in native Eurasian red squirrels. Journal of Animal Ecology<\/a>\u00a087, 1342-1352.<\/p>\n

39) Raulo, A, Dantzer, B<\/strong>. 2018. The changing role of the effects of glucocorticoid stress hormones on pro-social behaviour during the evolution of vertebrate social behaviour. Ecology & Evolution<\/a>\u00a08, 7697-7716.<\/p>\n

38) Sheriff MJ, Dantzer B,\u00a0<\/strong>Love OP, Orrock JL. 2018. Error management theory and the evolution of maternal stress effects.\u00a0Ecology & Evolution<\/a>\u00a08, 6473-6482.<\/p>\n

37) Haines JL, Coltman DW, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Gorrell JC, Humphries MM, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Boutin S. 2018. Sexually-selected infanticide by male red squirrels in advance of a mast year. Ecology<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>99, 1242-1244.<\/p>\n

36) Siracusa E, Morandini M, Boutin S, Humphries MM, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2017. Red squirrel territorial vocalizations deter intrusions by conspecific rivals.\u00a0Behaviour<\/a>\u00a0154, 1259-1273.<\/p>\n

35) Ren T, Boutin S, Humphries MM, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Gorrell JC, Coltman DW, McAdam AG, Wu M. 2017. Seasonal, spatial and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels.\u00a0Microbiome<\/a>\u00a05, 163.<\/em><\/p>\n

34)\u00a0Cooper EB, Taylor RW, Kelley AD, Martinig AR, Boutin S, Humphries MM, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2017. Personality is correlated with natal dispersal in North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus<\/em>). Behaviour<\/a>\u00a0154, 939-961.<\/p>\n

33) Siracusa E, Boutin S, Humphries MM, Gorrell JC, Coltman DW, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2017. Familiarity with neighbours affects intrusion risk in territorial red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus<\/em>). Animal Behaviour<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>133, 11-20<\/p>\n

32) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Braga Goncalves I, Spence-Jones HC, Bennett NC, Heistermann M, Ganswindt A, Gaynor D, Dubuc C, Gaynor D, Manser MB, Clutton-Brock T. 2017. The influence of stress hormones and aggression on cooperative behavior in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B<\/a>\u00a0284, 20171248.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0the press release<\/a><\/h6>\n

31) H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen A, McAdam AG, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lane JE, Haines JA, Humphries MM, Boutin S. 2017. Fitness consequences of peak reproductive effort in a resource pulse system.\u00a0Scientific Reports<\/a> 7, 9335.<\/p>\n

30) Fisher DN, Boutin S,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>, Humphries MM, Lane JE, McAdam AG. 2017. Multilevel and sex-specific selection on competitive traits in North American red squirrels. Evolution<\/a> 71, 1841-1854.<\/p>\n

29) Sheriff MJ, Bell A, Boonstra R, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Lavergne S, McGhee KE, MacLeod KJ, Winandy L, Zimmer C, Love OP. Integrating ecological and evolutionary context in the study of maternal stress. Integrative and Comparative Biology<\/a>\u00a057, 437-449.<\/p>\n

28)\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>, Rubenstein DR. 2017. Introduction to symposium: the developmental and proximate mechanisms causing individual variation in cooperative behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology<\/a>\u00a057, 560-565.<\/p>\n

27) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Swanson EM. 2017. Does hormonal pleiotropy constrain the independent evolution of performance and life history traits?\u00a0Integrative and Comparative Biology<\/a>\u00a057, 372-384.<\/p>\n

26) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Bennett NC, Clutton-Brock T. 2017. Social conflict and costs of cooperation in meerkats are reflected in measures of stress hormones.\u00a0Behavioral Ecology<\/a>\u00a028, 1131-1141.<\/p>\n

25) Dantzer B<\/strong>, Garratt M. 2017. Sex differences in telomeres and lifespan in Soay sheep: From the beginning to the end. Molecular Ecology<\/a>\u00a026, 3090-3092\u00a0<\/em>(invited commentary).<\/p>\n

24) Dubuc C, English S, Thavarajah N, Dantzer B<\/strong>, Sharp S, Spence-Jones H, Gaynor D, Clutton-Brock T. 2017. Food availability increases eviction in a cooperative mammal. Biology Letters<\/a>\u00a020160961.<\/p>\n

23) Dantzer B,<\/strong> Santicchia F, van Kesteren F, Palme R, Martinoli A, Wauters LA. 2016. Measurement of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris<\/em>): effects of temporary capture, sex, reproductive condition, and season. Journal of Mammalogy<\/a>\u00a097, 1385-1398.<\/p>\n

22) Dantzer, B<\/strong>, Westrick, SE, van Kesteren, F. 2016. Relationships between endocrine traits and life histories in wild animals: insights, problems, and potential pitfalls. Integrative & Comparative Biology<\/a>\u00a056, 185-197.<\/p>\n

21) Goncalves, IB, Heistermann, M, Santema, P, Dantzer, B,<\/strong> Mausbach, J, Ganswindt, A, Manser, MB. 2016. Validation of a fecal glucocorticoid assay to assess adrenocortical activity in meerkats using physiological and biological stimuli.\u00a0PLoS One<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>11, e0153161.<\/p>\n

20) Benson-Amram, S,\u00a0Dantzer, B<\/strong>, Stricker, G, Swanson, EM, Holekamp, KE. 2016.\u00a0Brain size predicts problem-solving ability in mammalian carnivores. PNAS<\/a>\u00a0113, 2532-2537.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0the\u00a0video<\/a>,\u00a0press release<\/a>, The New York Times<\/a>,\u00a0National Science Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0Scientific American<\/a>,\u00a0BrainDecoder<\/a>,\u00a0Popular Science<\/a>,\u00a0New Scientist<\/a>,\u00a0ARS Technica<\/a>.<\/h6>\n

19) Speakman, JR, Blount, JD, Bronikowski, AM, Buffenstein, R, Isaksson, C, Kirkwood, TBL, Monaghan, P, Ozanne, SE, Beulieu, M, Briga, M, Carr, SK, Christensen, LL, Cocheme, HM, Cram, DL,\u00a0Dantzer, B<\/strong>, Harper, JM, Jurk, D, King, A, Noguera, JC, Salin, K, Sild, E, Simons, MJP, Smith, S, Stier, A, Tobler, M, Vitikainen, E, Peaker, M, Selman, C. 2015. Oxidative stress and life histories: a consensus view on several unresolved issues.\u00a0Ecology & Evolution<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>5, 5745-5757.<\/p>\n

18)\u00a0Dantzer, B,\u00a0<\/strong>Fletcher, QE. 2015. Telomeres shorten more slowly in slow-aging wild animals than in fast-aging ones. Experimental Gerontology<\/a>\u00a071, 38-47.\u00a0*Shared first authorship<\/em><\/p>\n

17) Fletcher, QE*, Dantzer, B*, <\/b>Boonstra, R. <\/b>2015.\u00a0<\/b>The impact of reproduction on the hippocampal-hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis of free-living male northern red backed voles (Myodes rutilus<\/em>). \u00a0General and Comparative Endocrinology<\/a>\u00a0224, 136-147.\u00a0<\/i>*Shared first authorship<\/em><\/p>\n

16) Holekamp, KE,\u00a0Dantzer B<\/strong>, Stricker G, Yoshida KCS, Benson-Amram, S. 2015. Brains, brawn and sociality: a hyaena’s tail. Animal Behaviour<\/a> 103, 237-248.<\/p>\n

15) Dantzer, B.\u00a0<\/b>2015. Mothers shape ecological communities. Science<\/a> 347, 822-823 (invited perspective).<\/p>\n

14) Dantzer, B<\/b>, Fletcher, QE, Boonstra, R, Sheriff, MJ. 2014. Stress physiology – a transparent or\u00a0opaque window into the status, management, and conservation of a species? Conservation<\/a>\u00a0Physiology<\/a> 2, 1-18<\/p>\n

13) Swanson, EM, Dantzer, B<\/b>*. 2014. Insulin-like growth factor-1 is associated with life history\u00a0variation across Mammalia. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B<\/a> 281, 20132458.\u00a0*Shared first authorship<\/em><\/p>\n

12) Boonstra, R*, Dantzer, B<\/b>*, Delehanty, B*, Fletcher, QE*, Sheriff, MJ*. 2014. Equipped for life in\u00a0the boreal forest: the role of the stress axis in mammals. Arctic<\/a>\u00a067, 82-97.\u00a0<\/i>*All authors contributed equally<\/em><\/p>\n

11) Dantzer, B, <\/b>Newman, AEM, Boonstra, R, Palme, R, Boutin, S, Humphries, MM, McAdam, AG.\u00a02013. Density triggers maternal hormones that increase adaptive offspring growth in a wild\u00a0mammal. Science<\/a> 340, 1215-1217<\/p>\n

Highlighted by <\/b>Ed Yong blog<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>i09.com<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>Nature<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>CBC coverage<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>Quirks and Quarks Radio<\/b><\/a>, <\/b>newspapers<\/b><\/a><\/h6>\n

10) Creel, SR*, Dantzer, B<\/b>*, Goymann, W*, Rubenstein, D*. 2013. The ecology of stress: effects of\u00a0the social environment. Functional Ecology<\/a> (invited submission) 27, 66-80.\u00a0*All authors contributed equally<\/em><\/p>\n

9) Dantzer, B<\/b>, Boutin, S, Humphries, MM, McAdam, AG. 2012. Behavioral responses of territorial\u00a0red squirrels to natural and experimental variation in population density.\u00a0Behavioral Ecology\u00a0<\/a>and Sociobiology<\/a>\u00a066:865-878<\/p>\n

8) Taylor, RW, Boon, AK, Dantzer, B<\/b>, Reale, D, Humphries, MM, Boutin, S, Gorrell, JC, Coltman,\u00a0DW, Boutin, S, Humphries, MM, McAdam, AG. 2012. Low heritabilities, but genetic and\u00a0maternal correlations between red squirrel behaviours. Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/a>\u00a025:614-624.<\/p>\n

7) Dantzer, B<\/b>*, Swanson, EM.* 2012. Mediation of vertebrate life-histories via insulin-like growth\u00a0factor-1. Biological Reviews<\/a> 87:414-429.\u00a0*Shared first authorship<\/em><\/p>\n

6) Dantzer, B<\/b>, McAdam, AG, Palme, R, Boutin, S, Boonstra, R. 2011. How does diet affect fecal\u00a0steroid hormone metabolite concentrations? An experimental test in red squirrels.\u00a0General and Comparative Endocrinology<\/a> 174:124-131.<\/p>\n

5) Sheriff, MJ, Dantzer, B<\/b>, Delehanty, B, Palme, R, Boonstra, R. 2011. Measuring stress in wildlife:\u00a0techniques for measuring glucocorticoids. Oecologia<\/a> 166:869-897.<\/p>\n

4) Dantzer, B<\/b>, McAdam, AG, Palme, R, Boutin, S, Humphries, MM, Boonstra, R. 2011. Maternal\u00a0androgens and behaviour in free-ranging North American red squirrels. Animal Behaviour<\/a>\u00a081:469-479.<\/p>\n

3) Dantzer, B<\/b>, McAdam, AG, Palme, R, Fletcher, QE, Boutin, S, Humphries, MM, Boonstra, R.\u00a02010. Fecal cortisol metabolites in free-ranging North American red squirrels: assay\u00a0validation and the effects of reproductive condition. General and Comparative Endocrinology<\/a>\u00a0167: 279-286.<\/p>\n

2) Dantzer, BJ<\/b> & Jaeger, RG. 2007. Detection of the sexual identity of conspecifics through\u00a0volatile chemical signals in a territorial salamander. Ethology<\/a> 113:214-222.<\/p>\n

1) Dantzer, BJ<\/b> & Jaeger, RG. 2007. Male red-backed salamanders can determine the reproductive\u00a0status of females through volatile chemical signals. Herpetologica<\/a> 63:176-183.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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