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Kevin J. McGraw is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in ecology and parasitology. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, animal science and zoology, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's primary topics of study include animal behavior and reproduction, avian ecology and behavior, bird parasitology and diseases, plant and animal studies, vector-borne infectious diseases, wildlife ecology and conservation, and physiological and biochemical adaptations.

Kevin J. McGraw has published research in various journals, frequently appearing in the Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Journal für Ornithologie, Scientific Reports, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Virology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kevin J. McGraw include the following:

  • Testosterone regulates CYP2J19 -linked carotenoid signal expression in male red-backed fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus), 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Experimental evidence for stabilizing selection on virulence in a bacterial pathogen, 2020, Evolution Letters
  • Body condition and poxvirus infection predict circulating glucose levels in a colorful songbird that inhabits urban and rural environments, 2020, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • Intensive Microalgal Cultivation and Tertiary Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewaters via the EcoRecover Process, 2024, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Sex-specific relationships between urbanization, parasitism, and plumage coloration in house finches, 2020, Current Zoology

Frequent co-authors in Kevin J. McGraw's research include:

  • Victor Aguiar de Souza Penha
  • Pierce Hutton
  • Mathieu Giraudeau
  • Dean J. Drake
  • Simona Kraberger

Best Publications

  • Mechanics of carotenoid-based coloration

    Kevin J. McGraw

  • Carotenoids, immunocompetence, and the information content of sexual colors: an experimental test.

    Kevin J. McGraw;Daniel R. Ardia

  • Mechanics of Melanin-Based Coloration

    Kevin J. Mcgraw

  • Different colors reveal different information: how nutritional stress affects the expression of melanin- and structurally based ornamental plumage.

    Kevin J. McGraw;Emiko A. Mackillop;Emiko A. Mackillop;James Dale;James Dale;Mark E. Hauber;Mark E. Hauber

  • Differential effects of endoparasitism on the expression of carotenoid- and melanin-based ornamental coloration

    Kevin J. McGraw;Geoffrey E. Hill

  • The antioxidant function of many animal pigments: are there consistent health benefits of sexually selected colourants?

    Kevin J. McGraw

  • Sex-biased hatching order and adaptive population divergence in a passerine bird.

    Alexander V. Badyaev;Alexander V. Badyaev;Geoffrey E. Hill;Michelle L. Beck;Anne A. Dervan

  • Maternally derived carotenoid pigments affect offspring survival, sex ratio, and sexual attractiveness in a colorful songbird

    Kevin McGraw;Kevin McGraw;E. Adkins-Regan;R. S. Parker

  • How feather colour reflects its carotenoid content

    Lauri Saks;Kevin McGraw;Peeter Hõrak

  • Plumage coloration, not length or symmetry of tail-streamers, is a sexually selected trait in North American barn swallows

    Rebecca J. Safran;Kevin J. McGraw

  • Mechanisms and measurements

    Geoffrey E. Hill;Kevin J. McGraw

  • The Influence of Carotenoid Acquisition and Utilization on the Maintenance of Species‐Typical Plumage Pigmentation in Male American Goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) and Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis)

    Kevin J. McGraw;Geoffrey E. Hill;Riccardo Stradi;Robert S. Parker

  • An update on the honesty of melanin-based color signals in birds.

    Kevin J. McGraw

  • How feather colour reflects its melanin content

    Kevin McGraw;R. J. Safran;K. Wakamatsu

  • Birds use fruit colour as honest signal of dietary antioxidant rewards

    H. M. Schaefer;Kevin McGraw;C. Catoni

  • From molecules to living systems: historical and contemporary issues in oxidative stress and antioxidant ecology

    David Costantini;Melissah Rowe;Michael W. Butler;Kevin J. McGraw

  • Elytra color as a signal of chemical defense in the Asian ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis

    Alexander L. Bezzerides;Kevin J. McGraw;Robert S. Parker;Jad Husseini

  • Melanins, metals, and mate quality

    Kevin J. Mcgraw

  • Dynamic Paternity Allocation as a Function of Male Plumage Color in Barn Swallows

    R. J. Safran;R. J. Safran;C. R. Neuman;C. R. Neuman;Kevin McGraw;Kevin McGraw;I. J. Lovette;I. J. Lovette

  • How coccidian parasites affect health and appearance of greenfinches

    Peeter Hõrak;Lauri Saks;Ulvi Karu;Indrek Ots

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathieu Giraudeau
Mathieu Giraudeau University of La Rochelle
Geoffrey E. Hill
Geoffrey E. Hill Auburn University
Rebecca J. Safran
Rebecca J. Safran University of Colorado Boulder
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Kazumasa Wakamatsu Fujita Health University
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Cornell University
Gábor Á. Czirják
Gábor Á. Czirják Leibniz Association
Jesús M. Avilés
Jesús M. Avilés Spanish National Research Council
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
Ronald L. Rutowski
Ronald L. Rutowski Arizona State University
Ethan D. Clotfelter
Ethan D. Clotfelter Amherst College

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