In review

Coon, CA, RW Warne, and LB Martin. Acute phase responses vary with pathogen identity in house sparrows.

Kuhlman, JR, and LB Martin. Captivity affects immune redistribution to skin in a wild bird.

Liebl, AL, N Tu, and LB Martin. Characterization of neuroendocrine and immune genes for house sparrow, Passer domesticus.

Martin, LB, JL Alam, T Imboma, and AL Liebl. Variation in inflammation as a mediator of range expansion in Kenyan sparrows.

Martin, LB, AL Liebl, LK Butler, B Faivre, T Imboma, JR Kuhlman, KA Lee, LM Romero, G Sorci, IRK Stewart, and D Westneat. Global variation in house sparrow inflammatory responses: a physiological mechanism of range expansion?

Schrey, AW, CA Coon, ED McCoy, HR Mushinsky, and LB Martin. Epigenetic variation as a mediator of phenotypic differentiation in house sparrows.

Martin, LB, and JR Kuhlman. Immune activation induces physiological stress in house sparrows.

Martin, LB, WA Hopkins, LD Mydlarz, and JR Rohr. The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance.

Rivers, JW, LB Martin, AL Liebl, and MG Betts. Parental alarm calls of the white-crowned sparrow fail to stimulate corticosterone production in their nest-bound offspring.

2009

Adelman, JS and LB Martin. 2009. Vertebrate sickness behavior: an adaptive and integrated neuroendocrine immune response. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: 202-214.

Adelman, JS and LB Martin. 2009. Behavioral Endocrinology: immune systems and sickness behaviour. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, in press.

Liebl, AL, and LB Martin. 2009. Simple quantification of blood and plasma antimicrobial activity using spectrophotmetry. Functional Ecology 23: 1091-1096.

Martin, LB. Stress and immunity in wild vertebrates: timing is everything. 2009. General and Comparative Endocrinology 163: 70-76.

Workman, JL, E Johnson, LB Martin, and RJ Nelson. 2009. Butyric acid suppresses palatable food consumption in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) housed in winter-, but not summer-like, conditions. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 749-754.

2008

Martin, LB, ZM Weil, SL Bowers, and RJ Nelson. 2008. Sex-specific effects of glucose deprivation on cell-mediated immunity and reproduction in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 178: 623-628.

Martin, LB, KJ Navara, MT Bailey, CR Hutch, ND Powell, JF Sheridan, and RJ Nelson. 2008. Food restriction compromises immune memory in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) by reducing spleen-derived antibody-producing B-cell numbers. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 366-372.

Martin, LB, ZM Weil, and RJ Nelson. 2008. Seasonal changes in vertebrate immune activity: mediation by physiological trade-offs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 363: 321-339

Martin, LB, ZM Weil, and RJ Nelson. 2008. Fever and sickness behavior vary among congeneric rodents. Functional Ecology 22: 68-77

Martin, LB, EM Johnson, CR Hutch, and RJ Nelson. 2008. 6MBOA affects reproductive tissue, but not cutaneous immune activity, in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 149-181-187

Martin, LB, and DR Rubenstein. 2008. Stress hormones in tropical birds: patterns and future directions. Ornitologia Neotropical 19: 207-218

Raffel, TR, LB Martin, and JR Rohr. 2008. Parasites as predators: unifying natural enemy ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 610-618.

Rubenstein, DR, AF Parlow, CR Hutch, and LB Martin. 2008. Environmental and hormonal correlates of immune activity in a cooperatively breeding tropical bird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 159: 10-15.

Wikelski, M, LB Martin, MT Robinson, ND Robinson, A Scheuerlein, M Hau, and E Gwinner. 2008. Avian circannual clocks: adaptive significance and possible involvement of energy turnover in their proximate control. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 363: 411-423.

2007

Martin, LB, ZM Weil, and RJ Nelson. 2007. Immune defense and reproductive pace of life in Peromyscus mice. Ecology 88: 2516-2528.

Martin, LB, KJ Navara, ZM Weil, and RJ Nelson. 2007. Immunological memory is compromised by food restriction in deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 292: R316-320

Martin, LB, MI Pless, and M Wikelski. 2007. Greater seasonal variation in blood and ectoparasite infections in a temperate than a tropical population of House SparrowsPasser domesticus in North America. Ibis 149: 419-423.

Martin, LB, BC Trainor, MS Finy, and RJ Nelson. 2007. HPA activity and neotic and anxiety-like behavior vary among Peromyscus species. General and Comparative Endocrinology 141: 342-350.

Nelson, RJ and LB Martin. 2007. Seasonal changes in stress responses. In: Encyclopedia of Stress. Vol.3 Edited by George Fink. Academic Press: New York.

2006

Lee, KA, LB Martin, D Hasselquist, RE Ricklefs, and M Wikelski. 2006. Contrasting adaptive immune defenses and blood parasite prevalence in closely related Passer sparrows. Oecologia 150: 383-392

Martin, LB, P Han, J Kwong, and M. Hau. 2006. Cutaneous immune activity varies with physiological state in female house sparrows, Passer domesticus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79: 775-783

Martin, LB, ZM Weil, JR Kuhlman, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Trade-offs within immune systems of female white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus. Functional Ecology 20: 630-636

Martin, LB, P Han, J Lewittes, JR Kuhlman, KC Klasing, and M Wikelski. 2006. Phytohemagglutinin - induced skin swelling in birds: histological support for a classic immunoecological technique. Functional Ecology 20: 290-299

Martin, LB, ER Glasper, RJ Nelson, and AC DeVries. 2006. Prolonged separation delays wound healing in monogamous California mice, Peromyscus californicus, but not in polygynous white-footed mice, P. leucopus. Physiology and Behavior. 87: 836-841

Martin, LB, D Hasselquist, and M Wikelski. 2006. Investment in immune defense is linked to pace of life in house sparrows. Oecologia 147: 565-575

Martin, LB, ZM Weil, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Refining approaches and diversifying directions in ecoimmunology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 1030-1039

Trainor, BC, LB Martin, KM Greiwe, JR Kuhlman, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Social and photoperiod effects on reproduction in five species of Peromyscus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 148: 252-259

Weil, ZM, LM Pyter, LB Martin, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Perinatal photoperiod organizes adult immune responses in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 290: R1714-1719

Weil, ZM, LB Martin, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Photoperiod differentially affects immune function and reproduction in collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus). Journal of Biological Rhythms 21: 384-393

Weil, ZM, LB Martin, JL Workman, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Immune challenge retards seasonal reproductive regression in rodents: evidence for terminal investment. Biology Letters 2: 393-396

Weil, ZM, LB Martin, and RJ Nelson. 2006. Interactions among immune, endocrine, and behavrioural response to infection. In: Macroparasites and Micromammals: from Evolutionary Ecology to Management. Edited by Serge Morand, Boris Krasnov, and Robert Poulin. Springer-Verlag: New York

2005

Berger, S, LB Martin, M Wikelski, LM Romero, EKV Kalko, MN Vitousek, and T. Rödl. 2005. Corticosterone suppresses immune activity in territorial Galápagos marine
iguanas during reproduction. Hormones and Behavior 47: 419-429

Greenman, CG, LB Martin, and M Hau. 2005. Reproductive state, but not testosterone, reduces immune function in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 60-68

Lee, KA, LB Martin, and M. Wikelski. 2005. Responding to inflammatory challenges is less costly for a successful avian invader, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), than its less invasive congener. Oecologia 145: 244-251

Martin, LB. 2005. Trade-offs between molt and immune activity in two populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 780-787

Martin, LB, and L Fitzgerald. 2005. A taste for novelty in invading house sparrows, Passer domesticus. Behavioral Ecology 16: 702-707

Martin, LB, J Gilliam, P Han, KA Lee, and M Wikelski. 2005. Corticosterone suppresses cutaneous immune function in temperate but not tropical House Sparrows, Passer domesticus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 140: 126-135

2004

Martin, LB, MI Pless, J Svoboda, and M Wikelski. 2004. Immune activity in temperate and tropical house sparrows: a common garden experiment. Ecology 85: 2323-2331

2003

Hayden, TJ, RH Melton, B Willis, LB Martin, and T Beaty. 2003. Assessment of maneuver training activities on Red-cockaded Woodpecker populations on Fort Stewart, GA. Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, ERDC/CERL TR-02-17

Martin, LB, A Scheuerlein, and M Wikelski. 2003. Immune activity elevates energy expenditure of house sparrows: a link between direct and indirect costs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 270: 153-158