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Jerry F. Husak is affiliated with the University of St. Thomas - Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to ecology, physiology, and genetics. The scholar's work spans several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, global and planetary change, and physiological studies.

Research topics commonly addressed by Husak include animal behavior and reproduction, physiological and biochemical adaptations, amphibian and reptile biology, and adaptations relating to adipose tissue and metabolism. Additional areas of investigation include insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, neurobiology and insect physiology research, as well as species distribution and effects of climate change.

Husak has published in a range of scientific journals, with multiple studies appearing in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Other notable publication venues include Royal Society Open Science, Evolution, Journal of Comparative Physiology B, and Frontiers in Ethology.

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Husak include the following:

  • Conserved and convergent mechanisms underlying performance-life-history trade-offs, 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Life history and environment predict variation in testosterone across vertebrates, 2021, Evolution
  • Immune activation affects whole-organism performance in male but not female green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis), 2021, Journal of Comparative Physiology B

Husak has also collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Simon P. Lailvaux, Michele A. Johnson, Maybellene P. Gamboa, Cameron K. Ghalambor, and T. Scott Sillett. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse and interdisciplinary research portfolio.

Publication venues regularly featuring Husak's work are:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Evolution
  • Journal of Comparative Physiology B
  • Frontiers in Ethology

Overall, Jerry F. Husak's academic contributions lie at the intersection of environmental science and biology, with an emphasis on understanding physiological adaptations and ecological dynamics in vertebrates and invertebrates alike.

Best Publications

  • How does selection operate on whole-organism functional performance capacities? A review and synthesis

    Duncan J. Irschick;Jerry J. Meyers;Jerry F. Husak;Jean-François Le Galliard

  • FASTER LIZARDS SIRE MORE OFFSPRING: SEXUAL SELECTION ON WHOLE-ANIMAL PERFORMANCE

    Jerry F. Husak;Stanley F. Fox;Matthew B. Lovern;Ronald A. Van Den Bussche

  • Weapon Performance, Not Size, Determines Mating Success and Potential Reproductive Output in the Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris)

    A. Kristopher Lappin;Jerry F. Husak

  • Does survival depend on how fast you can run or how fast you do run

    J. F. Husak

  • Does speed help you survive? A test with Collared Lizards of different ages

    J. F. Husak

  • Predation cost of conspicuous male coloration in collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) : An experimental test using clay-covered model lizards

    Jerry F. Husak;Joseph M. Macedonia;Stanley F. Fox;Richard C. Sauceda

  • Bite-Force Performance Predicts Dominance in Male Venerable Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus antiquus)

    Jerry F. Husak;A. Kristopher Lappin;Stanley F. Fox;Julio A. Lemos-Espinal

  • The life history of whole-organism performance.

    Simon P. Lailvaux;Jerry F. Husak

  • Sexual selection on locomotor performance

    Jerry F. Husak;Stanley F. Fox

  • FIELD USE OF MAXIMAL SPRINT SPEED BY COLLARED LIZARDS (CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS): COMPENSATION AND SEXUAL SELECTION

    Jerry F. Husak;Stanley F. Fox

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

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

  • Gaping Displays Reveal and Amplify a Mechanically Based Index of Weapon Performance

    A. Kristopher Lappin;Yoni Brandt;Jerry F. Husak;Joseph M. Macedonia

  • Stress hormones and mate choice.

    Jerry F. Husak;Ignacio T. Moore

  • INFLUENCE OF FEEDING ECOLOGY ON BLOOD MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN FOUR SPECIES OF TURTLES

    Christine M. Bergeron;Jerry F. Husak;Jason M. Unrine;Christopher S. Romanek

  • Compensatory traits and the evolution of male ornaments

    Jerry F. Husak;John G. Swallow

  • The fitness advantage of a high‐performance weapon

    Jerry F. Husak;A. Kristopher Lappin;Ronald A. Van Den Bussche

  • Adult male collared lizards, Crotaphytus collaris, increase aggression towards displaced neighbours

    Jerry F Husak;Stanley F Fox

  • Variation in Testosterone and Corticosterone in Amphibians and Reptiles: Relationships with Latitude, Elevation, and Breeding Season Length

    Cas Eikenaar;Jerry Husak;Camilo Escallón;Ignacio T Moore

  • Predicting the movement speeds of animals in natural environments

    Robbie S. Wilson;Jerry F. Husak;Lewis G. Halsey;Christofer J. Clemente

  • Macroevolutionary Patterning in Glucocorticoids Suggests Different Selective Pressures Shape Baseline and Stress-Induced Levels

    Maren N. Vitousek;Michele A. Johnson;Cynthia J. Downs;Eliot T. Miller

  • Relationships between hormones, physiological performance and immunocompetence in a color-polymorphic lizard species, Podarcis melisellensis.

    Katleen Huyghe;Jerry F. Husak;A. Herrel;Zoran Tadić

  • The relationship between plasma steroid hormone concentrations and the reproductive cycle in the northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus

    Craig M. Lind;Jerry F. Husak;Cas Eikenaar;Ignacio T. Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Michaela Hau
Michaela Hau University of Konstanz
Ignacio T. Moore
Ignacio T. Moore Virginia Tech
Stanley F. Fox
Stanley F. Fox Oklahoma State University
Lynn B. Martin
Lynn B. Martin University of South Florida
Tony D. Williams
Tony D. Williams Simon Fraser University
Wolfgang Goymann
Wolfgang Goymann Max Planck Society
Duncan J. Irschick
Duncan J. Irschick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gerald S. Wilkinson
Gerald S. Wilkinson University of Maryland, College Park
László Zsolt Garamszegi
László Zsolt Garamszegi Centre for Ecological Research
Bieke Vanhooydonck
Bieke Vanhooydonck University of Antwerp

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