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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
28
Citations
3426
World Ranking
2663
National Ranking
751

Best Publications

  • Variable effects of yolk androgens on growth, survival, and immunity in eastern bluebird nestlings.

    Kristen J. Navara;Geoffrey E. Hill;Mary T. Mendonça

  • Egg coloration is correlated with female condition in eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

    Lynn Siefferman;Kristen J. Navara;Geoffrey E. Hill

  • Yolk testosterone stimulates growth and immunity in house finch chicks.

    Kristen J. Navara;Geoffrey E. Hill;Mary T. Mendonça

  • Dietary carotenoid pigments and immune function in a songbird with extensive carotenoid-based plumage coloration

    Kristen J. Navara;Geoffrey E. Hill

  • Roosting ecology and variation in adaptive and innate immune system function in the Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis).

    Louise C. Allen;Amy S. Turmelle;Mary T. Mendonça;Kristen J. Navara;Kristen J. Navara

  • Evolution of sex-biased maternal effects in birds: III. Adjustment of ovulation order can enable sex-specific allocation of hormones, carotenoids, and vitamins.

    A. V. Badyaev;D. Acevedo Seaman;K. J. Navara;G. E. Hill

  • Programming of offspring sex ratios by maternal stress in humans: assessment of physiological mechanisms using a comparative approach

    Kristen J. Navara

  • Adaptive sex differences in growth of pre-ovulation oocytes in a passerine bird

    Alexander V Badyaev;Hubert Schwabl;Rebecca L Young;Renée A Duckworth

  • Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles and bacterial infection risk

    Daniel J. Becker;Daniel J. Becker;Gábor Á. Czirják;Dmitriy V. Volokhov;Alexandra B. Bentz;Alexandra B. Bentz

  • Immunological memory is compromised by food restriction in deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus

    Lynn B. Martin;Kristen J. Navara;Zachary M. Weil;Randy J. Nelson

  • Yolk androgens vary inversely to maternal androgens in Eastern Bluebirds: an experimental study

    K. J. Navara;L. M. Siefferman;G. E. Hill;M. T. Mendonça

  • Yolk androgens as pleiotropic mediators of physiological processes: a mechanistic review.

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  • Maternal effects mediated by egg quality in the Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis in relation to laying order and embryo sex

    Diego Rubolini;Maria Romano;Kristen J Navara;Filiz Karadas

  • Yolk androgen deposition as a compensatory strategy

    Kristen J. Navara;Kristen J. Navara;Geoffrey E. Hill;Mary T. Mendonça

  • Detrimental effects of carotenoid pigments: the dark side of bright coloration.

    Kristal A. Huggins;Kristen J. Navara;Mary T. Mendonça;Geoffrey E. Hill

  • Differential accumulation and pigmenting ability of dietary carotenoids in colorful finches.

    Kevin J. McGraw;Geoffrey E. Hill;Kristen J. Navara;Robert S. Parker

  • Acute corticosterone treatment prior to ovulation biases offspring sex ratios towards males in zebra finches Taeniopygia guttata

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  • Yolk Antioxidants Vary with Male Attractiveness and Female Condition in the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)

    Kristen J. Navara;Alexander V. Badyaev;Mary T. Mendonça;Geoffrey E. Hill

  • Phenotypic plasticity in response to breeding density in tree swallows: An adaptive maternal effect?

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  • The role of steroid hormones in the adjustment of primary sex ratio in birds: compiling the pieces of the puzzle.

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