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Vladimir V. Pravosudov

Vladimir V. Pravosudov

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Ecology and Evolution

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48
Citations
6819
World Ranking
4304
National Ranking
1492

Overview

Vladimir V. Pravosudov is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Social Psychology, Developmental Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work covers various topics including Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Recent publications by Pravosudov include:

  • The genetic basis of spatial cognitive variation in a food-caching bird, 2021, Current Biology
  • Food discovery is associated with different reliance on social learning and lower cognitive flexibility across environments in a food-caching bird, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Testing the greater male variability phenomenon: male mountain chickadees exhibit larger variation in reversal learning performance compared with females, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Reproduction is affected by individual breeding experience but not pair longevity in a socially monogamous bird, 2021, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Nest construction, ambient temperature and reproductive success in a cavity-nesting bird, 2020, Animal Behaviour

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Benjamin R. Sonnenberg
  • Angela M. Pitera
  • Virginia K. Heinen
  • Lauren M. Benedict
  • Eli S. Bridge

Pravosudov's work has been published extensively in a number of venues, most notably:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Current Biology

The research conducted integrates ecological and behavioral perspectives, often focusing on cognitive and reproductive aspects in birds, particularly food-caching species. Their collaborative efforts with coauthors contribute to a broad understanding of spatial cognition, social learning, and reproductive strategies within natural environments.

Best Publications

  • A test of the adaptive specialization hypothesis: Population differences in caching, memory, and the hippocampus in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapilla).

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Long-term moderate elevation of corticosterone facilitates avian food-caching behaviour and enhances spatial memory

    Vladimir V Pravosudov

  • Cognitive Ecology of Food Hoarding: The Evolution of Spatial Memory and the Hippocampus

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Timothy C. Roth

  • Hippocampal volumes and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison.

    Timothy C Roth;Vladimir V Pravosudov

  • Condition dependence, developmental plasticity, and cognition: implications for ecology and evolution.

    Katherine L. Buchanan;Jennifer L. Grindstaff;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

  • Long-Term Unpredictable Foraging Conditions and Physiological Stress Response in Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli)

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Alexander S. Kitaysky;John C. Wingfield;Nicola S. Clayton

  • Natural Selection and Spatial Cognition in Wild Food-Caching Mountain Chickadees.

    Benjamin R. Sonnenberg;Carrie L. Branch;Angela M. Pitera;Eli Bridge

  • Management of fat reserves and food caches in tufted titmice (Parus bicolor) in relation to unpredictable food supply

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Thomas C. Grubb

  • Behavioural profile predicts dominance status in mountain chickadees, Poecile gambeli

    Rebecca A. Fox;Lara D. Ladage;Timothy C. Roth;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

  • Effects of nutritional restrictions during post-hatching development on adrenocortical function in western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica).

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Alexander S. Kitaysky

  • Learning capabilities enhanced in harsh environments: a common garden approach

    Timothy C. Roth;Lara D. LaDage;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

  • Birds as a model to study adult neurogenesis: bridging evolutionary, comparative and neuroethological approaches

    Anat Barnea;Vladimir Pravosudov

  • Heritability and the evolution of cognitive traits

    R. Croston;C.L. Branch;D.Y. Kozlovsky;R. Dukas

  • Energy Management in Passerine Birds during the Nonbreeding Season

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Thomas C. Grubb

  • Variation in memory and the hippocampus across populations from different climates: a common garden approach

    Timothy C. Roth;Lara D. LaDage;Cody A. Freas;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

  • Spatial memory and cognitive flexibility trade-offs: to be or not to be flexible, that is the question

    Maria C. Tello-Ramos;Carrie L. Branch;Dovid Y. Kozlovsky;Angela M. Pitera

  • Hippocampal memory consolidation during sleep: a comparison of mammals and birds.

    Niels C. Rattenborg;Dolores Martinez-Gonzalez;Timothy C. Roth;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

  • The relationship between migratory behaviour, memory and the hippocampus : an intraspecific comparison

    Vladimir V Pravosudov;Alexander S Kitaysky;Alicja Omanska

  • Nutritional deficits during early development affect hippocampal structure and spatial memory later in life.

    Vladimir V. Pravosudov;Pierre Lavenex;Alicja Omanska

  • Ecologically relevant spatial memory use modulates hippocampal neurogenesis

    Lara D. LaDage;Timothy C. Roth;Rebecca A. Fox;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

  • The ecological relevance of sleep: the trade-off between sleep, memory and energy conservation

    Timothy C. Roth;Niels Christian Rattenborg;Vladimir V. Pravosudov

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicola S. Clayton
Nicola S. Clayton University of Cambridge
Thomas C. Grubb
Thomas C. Grubb The Ohio State University
Barry Sinervo
Barry Sinervo University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexander S. Kitaysky
Alexander S. Kitaysky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Damien R. Farine
Damien R. Farine University of Zurich
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis
Jeffrey R. Lucas
Jeffrey R. Lucas Purdue University West Lafayette
Thomas L. Parchman
Thomas L. Parchman University of Nevada Reno
Georg F. Striedter
Georg F. Striedter University of California, Irvine
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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