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59
Citations
12181
World Ranking
2449
National Ranking
867

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lynn B. Martin is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, their work often focuses on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of biological and ecological themes. Notable main topics include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Viral Infections and Vectors, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health.

Their recent publications exemplify the scope and focus of their research activities:

  • "One hundred research questions in conservation physiology for generating actionable evidence to inform conservation policy and practice" (2021), published in Conservation Physiology
  • "The house sparrow in the service of basic and applied biology" (2020), published in eLife
  • "Reframing conservation physiology to be more inclusive, integrative, relevant and forward-looking: reflections and a horizon scan" (2020), published in Conservation Physiology
  • "The impacts of body mass on immune cell concentrations in birds" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Genes, Environments, and Phenotypic Plasticity in Immunology" (2021), published in Trends in Immunology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Lynn B. Martin include:

  • Haley E. Hanson
  • Cynthia J. Downs
  • Cédric Zimmer
  • Aaron W. Schrey
  • Rays H. Y. Jiang

The venues where Lynn B. Martin has most frequently published include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Experimental Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Conservation Physiology, and Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Lynn B. Martin has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2017.

Best Publications

  • Seasonal changes in vertebrate immune activity: mediation by physiological trade-offs

    Lynn B Martin;Zachary M Weil;Randy J Nelson

  • Immune activity elevates energy expenditure of house sparrows: a link between direct and indirect costs?

    L. B. Martin;Alexander Scheuerlein;Martin Wikelski

  • Stress and immunity in wild vertebrates: Timing is everything

    Lynn B. Martin

  • Phytohemagglutinin-induced skin swelling in birds : histological support for a classic immunoecological technique

    Lynn B. Martin;Lynn B. Martin;Peggy Han;Jason Lewittes;Joshua R. Kuhlman

  • Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges

    John D. Parker;Mark E. Torchin;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • Diversity, loss, and gain of malaria parasites in a globally invasive bird

    Alfonso Marzal;Alfonso Marzal;Robert E Ricklefs;Gediminas Valkiūnas;Tamer Albayrak

  • The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

    Lynn B. Martin;William A. Hopkins;Laura D. Mydlarz;Jason R. Rohr

  • Parasites as predators: unifying natural enemy ecology

    Thomas R. Raffel;Lynn B. Martin;Jason R. Rohr

  • A taste for novelty in invading house sparrows, Passer domesticus

    Lynn B. Martin;Lisa Fitzgerald

  • Physiological regulatory networks: ecological roles and evolutionary constraints

    Alan A. Cohen;Lynn B. Martin;John C. Wingfield;Scott R. McWilliams

  • IMMUNE DEFENSE AND REPRODUCTIVE PACE OF LIFE IN PEROMYSCUS MICE

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

  • Experimental evidence for physiological costs underlying the trade-off between reproduction and survival.

    Robert M. Cox;Elizabeth U. Parker;Diane M. Cheney;Andrea L. Liebl

  • Host behaviour-parasite feedback: an essential link between animal behaviour and disease ecology.

    Vanessa O. Ezenwa;Elizabeth A. Archie;Meggan E. Craft;Dana M. Hawley

  • Investment in immune defense is linked to pace of life in house sparrows

    Lynn B. Martin Ii;Lynn B. Martin Ii;Dennis Hasselquist;Martin C. Wikelski

  • Corticosterone suppresses cutaneous immune function in temperate but not tropical House Sparrows, Passer domesticus.

    Lynn B. Martin Ii;Jessica Gilliam;Peggy Han;Kelly Lee

  • Patterns of DNA Methylation Throughout a Range Expansion of an Introduced Songbird

    Andrea L. Liebl;Aaron W. Schrey;Christina L. Richards;Lynn B. Martin

  • Ecological Epigenetics: Beyond MS-AFLP

    Aaron W. Schrey;Mariano Alvarez;Christy M. Foust;Holly J. Kilvitis

  • Exploratory behaviour and stressor hyper-responsiveness facilitate range expansion of an introduced songbird.

    Andrea L. Liebl;Lynn B. Martin

  • Relationship between pace of life and immune responses in wild rodents

    M. Andrea Previtali;Richard S. Ostfeld;Felicia Keesing;Anna E. Jolles

  • Epigenetics for behavioral ecologists

    Chris C. Ledón-Rettig;Christina L. Richards;Lynn B. Martin

  • Responding to inflammatory challenges is less costly for a successful avian invader, the house sparrow ( Passer domesticus ), than its less-invasive congener

    Kelly A. Lee;Lynn B. Martin;Lynn B. Martin;Martin C. Wikelski

  • Refining approaches and diversifying directions in ecoimmunology.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy J. Nelson
Randy J. Nelson West Virginia University
Thomas R. Unnasch
Thomas R. Unnasch University of South Florida
Michaela Hau
Michaela Hau University of Konstanz
Christina L. Richards
Christina L. Richards University of South Florida
Martin Wikelski
Martin Wikelski Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Jerry F. Husak
Jerry F. Husak University of St. Thomas - Minnesota
Jason R. Rohr
Jason R. Rohr University of Notre Dame
Tony D. Williams
Tony D. Williams Simon Fraser University
Wolfgang Goymann
Wolfgang Goymann Max Planck Society
Alfonso Marzal
Alfonso Marzal University of Extremadura

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