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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

John C. Wingfield is affiliated with the University of California, Davis, in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple aspects of animal behavior, physiology, and ecology with a particular focus on avian species. Their work spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology, and Genetics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Wingfield's publications have appeared in several frequent venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research. These venues include:

  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Recent papers authored by or involving Wingfield demonstrate a focus on hormonal responses, migratory behavior, and physiological mechanisms in birds. Notable papers include:

  • "Autumn migratory departure is influenced by reproductive timing and weather in an Arctic passerine" (2020), Journal für Ornithologie
  • "The relative speed of the glucocorticoid stress response varies independently of scope and is predicted by environmental variability and longevity across birds." (2022), Hormones and Behavior
  • "Seasonal differences in hypothalamic thyroid-stimulating hormone β, gonadotropin-releasing hormone-I and deiodinase expression between migrant and resident subspecies of white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)" (2021), Journal of Neuroendocrinology
  • "Acute restraint stress does not alter corticosteroid receptors or 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene expression at hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulatory sites in captive male white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)" (2020), General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • "Relationships between avian malaria resilience and corticosterone, testosterone and prolactin in a Hawaiian songbird" (2021), General and Comparative Endocrinology

Wingfield frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, indicating ongoing research partnerships. These coauthors include:

  • Jesse S. Krause
  • Jonathan H. Pérez
  • Simone Meddle
  • Marilyn Ramenofsky
  • Thomas P. Hahn

Throughout their career, Wingfield has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1993)

Best Publications

  • The "Challenge Hypothesis": Theoretical Implications for Patterns of Testosterone Secretion, Mating Systems, and Breeding Strategies

    John C. Wingfield;Robert E. Hegner;Alfred M. Dufty;Gregory F. Ball

  • ECOLOGICAL BASES OF HORMONE-BEHAVIOR INTERACTIONS : THE EMERGENCY LIFE HISTORY STAGE

    John C. Wingfield;Donna L. Maney;Creagh W. Breuner;Jerry D. Jacobs

  • The Darwinian concept of stress: benefits of allostasis and costs of allostatic load and the trade-offs in health and disease

    S. Mechiel Korte;Jaap M. Koolhaas;John C. Wingfield;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Reproduction and resistance to stress: When and how

    J. C. Wingfield;R. M. Sapolsky

  • Do baseline glucocorticoids predict fitness

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

  • Actions of glucocorticoids at a seasonal baseline as compared to stress-related levels in the regulation of periodic life processes.

    Mėta M. Landys;Marilyn Ramenofsky;John C. Wingfield

  • Seasonal changes of the adrenocortical response to stress in birds of the Sonoran Desert.

    John C. Wingfield;Carol M. Vleck;Michael C. Moore

  • What is in a name? Integrating homeostasis, allostasis and stress.

    Bruce S. McEwen;John C. Wingfield

  • Avoiding the 'costs' of testosterone: ecological bases of hormone-behavior interactions.

    John C. Wingfield;Sharon E. Lynn;Kiran K. Soma

  • Testosterone and Aggression in Birds

    John C. Wingfield;Gregory F. Ball;Alfred M. Dufty;Robert E. Hegner

  • Adrenocortical Responses to Stress and Their Modulation in Free‐Living Vertebrates

    John C. Wingfield;L. Michael Romero

  • A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

    Clemens Küpper;Clemens Küpper;Michael Stocks;Judith E Risse;Natalie Dos Remedios

  • Allostatic load, social status and stress hormones: the costs of social status matter

    Wolfgang Goymann;John C Wingfield

  • Dynamics of food availability, body condition and physiological stress response in breeding Black‐legged Kittiwakes

    A.S. Kitaysky;J.C. Wingfield;John F. Piatt

  • Interactions of corticosterone with feeding, activity and metabolism in passerine birds

    Lee B. Astheimer;William A. Buttemer;John C. Wingfield

  • Endocrine Responses of White-Crowned Sparrows to Environmental Stress

    John C. Wingfield;Jan P. Smith;Donald S. Farner

  • Maternal corticosterone is transferred to avian yolk and may alter offspring growth and adult phenotype.

    Lisa S. Hayward;John C. Wingfield

  • Modulation of the Adrenocortical Responses to Acute Stress in Arctic Birds: A Possible Ecological Basis

    John C. Wingfield;Kathleen M. O'reilly;Lee B. Astheimer

  • Endocrine Responses to Unpredictable Environmental Events: Stress or Anti-Stress Hormones?

    John C. Wingfield;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • Noninvasive Corticosterone Treatment Rapidly Increases Activity in Gambel's White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

    Creagh W. Breuner;Allison L. Greenberg;John C. Wingfield

  • THE ENDOCRINOLOGY OF A NATURAL BREEDING POPULATION OF THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS PUGETENSIS)

    John C. Wingfield;Donald S. Farner

  • Control of behavioural strategies for capricious environments

    John C. Wingfield

Frequent Co-Authors

George E. Bentley
George E. Bentley University of California, Berkeley
Ignacio T. Moore
Ignacio T. Moore Virginia Tech
Thomas P. Hahn
Thomas P. Hahn University of California, Davis
Laura Gough
Laura Gough Towson University
Frédéric Angelier
Frédéric Angelier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Kazuyoshi Tsutsui
Kazuyoshi Tsutsui Hiroshima University
Alexander S. Kitaysky
Alexander S. Kitaysky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eliot A. Brenowitz
Eliot A. Brenowitz University of Washington
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Michaela Hau
Michaela Hau University of Konstanz

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