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82
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762
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45

Overview

Rudy Boonstra is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a prolific research career focused on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research covers a broad spectrum of ecological and behavioral studies, often emphasizing wildlife ecology and conservation.

The main fields of study that Rudy Boonstra contributes to include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

More specific subfields of their research encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Small Animals
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling

The primary topics addressed in their work are:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Rudy Boonstra frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Oecologia
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Canadian Journal of Zoology

Some of the recent notable papers include:

  • Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats, 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • Maternal effects in mammals: Broadening our understanding of offspring programming, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
  • Glucocorticoids coordinate changes in gut microbiome composition in wild North American red squirrels, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Does coat colour influence survival? A test in a cyclic population of snowshoe hares, 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Stan Boutin
  • Charles J. Krebs
  • Alice J. Kenney
  • Phoebe D. Edwards
  • Michael J. L. Peers

Best Publications

  • Measuring stress in wildlife: techniques for quantifying glucocorticoids

    Michael J. Sheriff;Michael J. Sheriff;Ben Dantzer;Brendan Delehanty;Rupert Palme

  • The utility of Ki-67 and BrdU as proliferative markers of adult neurogenesis

    N. Kee;S. Sivalingam;Rudy Boonstra;J.M. Wojtowicz

  • Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle.

    Charles J. Krebs;Stan Boutin;Rudy Boonstra;A. R. E. Sinclair

  • THE IMPACT OF PREDATOR-INDUCED STRESS ON THE SNOWSHOE HARE CYCLE

    Rudy Boonstra;David Hik;Grant R. Singleton;Alexander Tinnikov

  • The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares.

    Michael J. Sheriff;Michael J. Sheriff;Charles J. Krebs;Rudy Boonstra

  • Reality as the leading cause of stress: rethinking the impact of chronic stress in nature

    Rudy Boonstra

  • What Drives the 10-year Cycle of Snowshoe Hares?

    Charles J. Krebs;Rudy Boonstra;Stan Boutin

  • Measures of physiological stress: a transparent or opaque window into the status, management and conservation of species?

    Ben Dantzer;Ben Dantzer;Quinn E. Fletcher;Rudy Boonstra;Michael J. Sheriff

  • Density triggers maternal hormones that increase adaptive offspring growth in a wild mammal.

    Ben Dantzer;Amy E. M. Newman;Rudy Boonstra;Rupert Palme

  • Ecosystem dynamics of the boreal forest: the Kluane project.

    Charles J. Krebs;Stan A. Boutin;Rudy Boonstra

  • Balancing food and predator pressure induces chronic stress in songbirds

    Michael Clinchy;Liana Zanette;Rudy Boonstra;John C. Wingfield

  • Evaluating stress in natural populations of vertebrates: total CORT is not good enough

    Creagh W. Breuner;Brendan Delehanty;Rudy Boonstra

  • Common Dynamic Structure of Canada Lynx Populations Within Three Climatic Regions

    Nils Chr Stenseth;Nils Chr Stenseth;Kung Sik Chan;Howell Tong;Howell Tong;Rudy Boonstra;Rudy Boonstra

  • POPULATION CYCLES IN SMALL MAMMALS: THE PROBLEM OF EXPLAINING THE LOW PHASE

    Rudy Boonstra;Charles J. Krebs;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • The ghosts of predators past: population cycles and the role of maternal programming under fluctuating predation risk

    Michael J. Sheriff;Michael J. Sheriff;Charles J. Krebs;Rudy Boonstra

  • Population changes of the vertebrate community during a snowshoe hare cycle in Canada’s boreal forest

    Stan Boutin;C. J. Krebs;R. Boonstra;M. R. T. Dale

  • EQUIPPED FOR LIFE: THE ADAPTIVE ROLE OF THE STRESS AXIS IN MALE MAMMALS

    Rudy Boonstra

  • Population cycles in microtines: The senescence hypothesis

    Rudy Boonstra

  • Trappability estimates for mark–recapture data

    Charles J. Krebs;Rudy Boonstra

  • Assessing stress in animal populations: Do fecal and plasma glucocorticoids tell the same story?

    Michael J. Sheriff;Charles J. Krebs;Rudy Boonstra

  • Themed Issue Article: Stress in Vertebrates Measures of physiological stress: a transparent or opaque window into the status, management and conservation of species?

    Ben Dantzer;Quinn E. Fletcher;Rudy Boonstra;Michael J. Sheriff

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles J. Krebs
Charles J. Krebs University of British Columbia
Stan Boutin
Stan Boutin University of Alberta
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Michael J. Sheriff
Michael J. Sheriff University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Andrew G. McAdam
Andrew G. McAdam University of Colorado Boulder
Anthony R. E. Sinclair
Anthony R. E. Sinclair University of British Columbia
David S. Hik
David S. Hik Simon Fraser University
F. Helen Rodd
F. Helen Rodd University of Toronto
Roy Turkington
Roy Turkington University of British Columbia
James N. M. Smith
James N. M. Smith University of British Columbia

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