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Ignacio T. Moore

Ignacio T. Moore

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
9868
World Ranking
3319
National Ranking
1170

Overview

Ignacio T. Moore is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Parasitology.

The principal topics of their research include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Plant and Animal Studies, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Turtle Biology and Conservation, and Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior.

Moore's publication record spans a variety of scholarly journals, with frequent contributions to the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology and General and Comparative Endocrinology, among others. Additional publication venues include Ecology and Evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, and Functional Ecology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Moore include:

  • Assessing age, breeding stage, and mating activity as drivers of variation in the reproductive microbiome of female tree swallows, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Experimental reduction of haemosporidian infection affects maternal reproductive investment, parental behaviour and offspring condition, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Prolactin is related to incubation constancy and egg temperature following a disturbance in a precocial bird, 2020, General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Longitudinal dynamics and behavioural correlates of telomeres in male wire-tailed manakins, 2020, Functional Ecology
  • Testosterone-mediated behaviour shapes the emergent properties of social networks, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology

Moore frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors including Ben J. Vernasco, Camilo Escallón, Edmund Wilson, Thomas Morgan, and George Parker. These working relationships are evidenced by multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Do baseline glucocorticoids predict fitness

    Frances Bonier;Paul R. Martin;Ignacio T. Moore;John C. Wingfield

  • Stress, reproduction, and adrenocortical modulation in amphibians and reptiles.

    Ignacio T Moore;Tim S Jessop

  • The relationship between fitness and baseline glucocorticoids in a passerine bird

    Frances Bonier;Ignacio T. Moore;Paul R. Martin;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Glucocorticoids and "Stress" Are Not Synonymous

    S A MacDougall-Shackleton;F Bonier;L M Romero;I T Moore

  • Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii): cDNA identification, transcript localization and functional effects in laboratory and field experiments.

    T. Osugi;K. Ukena;G. E. Bentley;S. O'Brien

  • Behavioural and hormonal responses to capture stress in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

    Ignacio T. Moore;Michael P. Lemaster;Robert T. Mason

  • Differential mechanisms for regulation of the stress response across latitudinal gradients

    C. W. Breuner;Miles Orchinik;T. P. Hahn;S. L. Meddle

  • Testosterone in Tropical Birds: Effects of Environmental and Social Factors

    Wolfgang Goymann;Ignacio T. Moore;Alexander Scheuerlein;Katharina Hirschenhauser

  • The stress of parenthood? Increased glucocorticoids in birds with experimentally enlarged broods

    Frances Bonier;Ignacio T. Moore;Raleigh J. Robertson

  • Slight differences in incubation temperature affect early growth and stress endocrinology of wood duck (Aix sponsa) ducklings.

    S E Durant;G R Hepp;I T Moore;B C Hopkins

  • Bumpus in the snake den: effects of sex, size, and body condition on mortality of red-sided garter snakes.

    R. Shine;M. P. LeMaster;I. T. Moore;M. M. Olsson

  • Relationships between Annual Cycles of Testosterone, Corticosterone, and Body Condition in Male Red‐Spotted Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus

    Ignacio T. Moore;Jennifer P. Lerner;Darren T. Lerner;Robert T. Mason

  • Effects of sex, body size, temperature, and location on the antipredator tactics of free-ranging gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae)

    Richard Shine;Mats M. Olsson;Michael P. Lemaster;Ignacio T. Moore

  • Reproductive asynchrony and population divergence between two tropical bird populations

    Ignacio T. Moore;Frances Bonier;John C. Wingfield

  • Why do male snakes have longer tails than females

    R. Shine;M. M. Olsson;I. T. Moore;M. P. LeMaster

  • Latitudinal variation in plasma testosterone levels in birds of the genus Zonotrichia.

    Ignacio T Moore;Nicole Perfito;Haruka Wada;Todd S Sperry

  • Body size enhances mating success in male garter snakes.

    R. Shine;M.M. Olsson;I.T. Moore;M.P. Lemaster

  • Hormones, sexual signals, and performance of green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis).

    Jerry F. Husak;Duncan J. Irschick;Jay J. Meyers;Simon P. Lailvaux

  • Steroid Hormones Act Transsynaptically within the Forebrain to Regulate Neuronal Phenotype and Song Stereotypy

    John Meitzen;Ignacio T. Moore;Karin Lent;Eliot A. Brenowitz

  • Contexts and ethology of vertebrate aggression: Implications for the evolution of hormone-behavior interactions

    John C. Wingfield;Ignacio T. Moore;Wolfgang Goymann;D. Wacker

  • Environmental and seasonal adaptations of the adrenocortical and gonadal responses to capture stress in two populations of the male garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis.

    Ignacio TomÁs Moore;Ignacio TomÁs Moore;Michael John Greene;Robert Thomas Mason

  • Stress hormones and mate choice.

    Jerry F. Husak;Ignacio T. Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Robert T. Mason
Robert T. Mason Oregon State University
Jerry F. Husak
Jerry F. Husak University of St. Thomas - Minnesota
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University
William A. Hopkins
William A. Hopkins Virginia Tech
Wolfgang Goymann
Wolfgang Goymann Max Planck Society
Lisa K. Belden
Lisa K. Belden Virginia Tech
Mats Olsson
Mats Olsson University of Gothenburg
George E. Bentley
George E. Bentley University of California, Berkeley
Eliot A. Brenowitz
Eliot A. Brenowitz University of Washington

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