Papers

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* indicates undergraduate co-author

Blakeslee, C., McRobert, S.P., Brown, A.C. and Clotfelter, E.D. In press. The effect of body coloration and group size on social partner preferences in female fighting fish (Betta splendens). Behavioural Processes.

Ardia, D.R., Pérez*, J.H., Chad*, E.K. and Clotfelter, E.D. In press. Temperature and life history: experimental heating leads female tree swallows to modulate egg temperature and incubation behavior.  Journal of Animal Ecology.

Pérez*, J.H., Ardia, D.R., Chad*, E.K. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2008. Experimental heating reveals nest temperature affects nestling condition in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Biology Letters,4, 468-471.

Clotfelter, E.D. 2008. Frequency-dependent performance and handedness in professional baseball players. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 128, 68-72.

Clotfelter, E.D., Ardia, D.R. and McGraw, K.J. 2007. Red fish, blue fish: trade-offs between pigmentation and immunity in Betta splendens. Behavioral Ecology, 18, 1139-1145.

Clotfelter, E.D., Pedersen, A.B., Cranford, J.A., Ram, N., Snajdr, E.A., Nolan Jr., V. and Ketterson, E.D. 2007. Acorn mast drives long-term dynamics of
rodent and songbird populations. Oecologia, 154, 493-503.

Clotfelter, E.D., O'Hare, E.P.*, McNitt, M.M. *, Carpenter, R.E. and Summers, C.H. 2007. Serotonin decreases aggression via 5-HT1A receptors in the fighting
fish Betta splendens. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 87, 222-231.

Ardia, D.R. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2007. Individual quality and age affect responses to an energetic constraint in a cavity-nesting bird. Behavioral Ecology, 18, 259-266

Clotfelter, E.D., Chandler, C.R., Nolan, V. Jr. and Ketterson, E.D. 2007. The influence of exogenous testosterone on the dynamics of nestling provisioning in
dark-eyed juncos. Ethology, 113, 18-25.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Kuperberg, E.S.* 2007. Cerebral lateralization and its relationship to phylogeny and aggression in anabantoid fishes. Brain, Behavior and
Evolution, 69, 169-175.

Clotfelter, E.D., Curren, L.J.* and Murphy, C.E.* 2006. Mate choice and spawning success in the fighting fish Betta splendens: the importance of body size, display behavior and nest size. Ethology, 112, 1170-1178.

Ardia, D.R., Perez, J.H.* and Clotfelter, E.D. 2006. Nest box orientation affects internal temperature and nest site selection by tree swallows. Journal of Field
Ornithology, 77, 339-344.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Rodriguez, A.C.* 2006. Behavioral changes in fish exposed to phytoestrogens. Environmental Pollution, 144, 833-839.

Ardia, D.R. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2006. The novel application of an immunological technique reveals the immunosuppressive effect of phytoestrogens in Betta
splendens. Journal of Fish Biology, 68 (suppl. A): 144-149.

Snekser, J.L., McRobert, S.P., Murphy*, C.E. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2006. Aggregation behavior in wildtype and transgenic zebrafish. Ethology, 112, 181-187.
(PDF is galley proofs)

Sampieri*, S.J. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2005. Temporal and geographic patterns of age-specific gull plumage in relation to potential exposure to polychlorinated
biphenyls. Auk, 122, 915-921.

Ingham*, R.R., Gesualdi*, D.A., Toth, C.R. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2004. Effects of genistein on growth and development of aquatic vertebrates. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology,72, 625-631.

Clotfelter, E.D., Bell, A.M. and LeVering, K.R. 2004. The role of animal behaviour in the study of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Animal Behaviour, 68, 465-476.

Clotfelter, E.D., O'Neal*, D.M., Gaudioso*, J.M., Casto, J.M., Parker-Renga, I.M., Snajdr, E.A., Duffy, D.L., Nolan, V., Jr. and Ketterson, E.D. 2004. Consequences of elevating plasma testosterone in females of a socially monogamous songbird: evidence of constraints on male evolution? Hormones and Behavior, 46, 171-178.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Paolino*, A.D. 2003. Bystanders to contests between conspecifics are primed for increased aggression in male fighting fish. Animal Behaviour, 66, 343-347.

Whittingham, L.A., Dunn, P.O. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2003. Parental allocation of food to nestling tree swallows: the influence of nestling behaviour, sex and paternity. Animal Behaviour, 65, 1203-1210.

Clotfelter, E.D., Schubert*, K.A., Nolan, V., Jr. and Ketterson, E.D. 2003. Mouth color signals thermal state in nestling dark-eyed juncos. Ethology, 109, 171-182.

Clotfelter, E.D., Nolan, V., Jr. and Ketterson, E.D. 2001. The effects of experimentally elevated testosterone and food deprivation on food consumption and prey size preferences in male dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Ethology, 107, 439-449.

Ketterson, E.D., Nolan, V. Jr., Casto, J.M., Buerkle, C.A., Clotfelter, E.D., Grindstaff, J.A., Jones, K.J., Lipar, J.L., McNabb, F.M., Neudorf , D.L., Parker-Renga, I., Schoech, S.J. and Snajdr, E. 2001. Testosterone, phenotype, and fitness: a research program in evolutionary behavioral endocrinology. In Avian Endocrinology (Dawson, A. and Chaturvedi, C.M., Eds.), pp. 19-40. Narosa: New Dehli.

Clotfelter, E.D., Whittingham, L.A. and Dunn, P.O. 2000. Laying order, hatching asynchrony and nestling body mass in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Journal of Avian Biology, 31, 329-334.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Yasukawa, K. 1999a. The effect of aggregated nesting on red-winged blackbird nest success and brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds. Condor, 101, 729-736.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Yasukawa, K. 1999b. Impact of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds on the reproductive success of red-winged blackbirds. Condor, 101, 105-114.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Yasukawa, K. 1999c. The function of early onset of nocturnal incubation in the red-winged blackbird. Auk, 116, 417-426.

Clotfelter, E.D., Yasukawa, K., and Newsome, R.D. 1999. The effects of prescribed burning and habitat edges on brown-headed cowbird parasitism of red-winged blackbirds in southern Wisconsin. Studies in Avian Biology, 18, 275-281.

Clotfelter, E.D. 1998. What cues do brown-headed cowbirds use to locate red-winged blackbird host nests? Animal Behaviour, 55, 1181-1189.

Clotfelter, E.D. 1997. Red-winged blackbird parental investment following brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds: is parentage important? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 41, 193-201.

Clotfelter, E.D. 1996. Mechanisms of facultative sex ratio variation in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Auk, 113, 441-449.

Clotfelter, E.D. 1995. Courtship displays and intrasexual competition in the bronzed cowbird. Condor, 97, 816-818.

Clotfelter, E.D. and Brush, T. 1995. Unusual parasitism by the bronzed cowbird. Condor, 97, 814-815.