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2021
Winnicki, S., Hauber, M.E., Benson, T., Abolins-Abols., M. In press. Ground-nesting by arboreal American robins (Turdus migratorius). Ecology and Evolution. link to pre-print
Antonson, N., Rivera, M., Abolins-Abols, M., Kleindorfer, S., Lui, W.C., Hauber, M.E. In press. Early auditory experience alters genome-wide methylation in the auditory forebrain of songbird embryos. Neuroscience Letters
Scharf, H.M., Abolins-Abols, M., Stenstrom, K.H., Tolman, K.H., Schelsky, W.M., Hauber, M.E. 2021. Exposure to a mimetic or non-mimetic model avian brood parasite egg does not produce differential glucocorticoid responses in an egg-accepter
host species. General and Comparative Endocrinology 304:113723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113723
2020
Abolins-Abols, M. and Hauber, M.E. 2020. Endocrine regulation of egg rejection in an avian brood parasite host. Biology Letters 16:20200225. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0225
Hauber, M.E., Abolins-Abols, M., Kim, C.R, and Paitz, R.T. 2020. Inter-individual variation in anti-parasitic egg rejection behavior: a test of the maternal investment hypothesis. Integrative Organismal Biology 2:obaa014 https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa014
Abolins-Abols, M. and Hauber, M.E. 2020. Proximate Predictors of Variation in Egg Rejection Behavior by Hosts of Avian Brood Parasites. Journal of Comparative Psychology 134:412-422 https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000225
Manna, T. J., Hanley, D., Honza, M., Capek, M., Rutila, J., Samaš, P., Abolins-Abols, M., Hauber, M. E. 2020. Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species. Vision Research 167:54–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2019.12.007
2019
Abolins-Abols. M., Hanley, D., Moskát, C., Grim, T., Hauber, M.E. 2019. Anti-parasitic egg rejection by great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) tracks differences along an eggshell color gradient. Behavioural Processes 166:1039022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103902
2018
Abolins-Abols, M., Hauber, M.E. 2018. Host defenses against avian brood parasitism: an endocrine perspective. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285: 20180980; doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0980
Bauer C.M.,Fudickar, A.M., Abolins-Abols M., Atwell, J.W., Ketterson, E.D., Greives, T.J. 2018. Seasonally sympatric but allochronic: differential expression of hypothalamic genes in a songbird during gonadal development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 285 20181735 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1735
Abolins-Abols M., Kornobis E., Ribeca P., Wakamatsu K., Peterson M.P., Ketterson E., Mila B. 2018. Differential gene regulation underlies variation in melanic plumage coloration in the dark‐eyed junco (Junco hyemalis).. Molecular Ecology: 27:4501-4515 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14878
Abolins-Abols, M., Hanauer, R.E., Rosvall, K.A., Peterson, M.P., Ketterson, E.D. 2018. The effect of chronic and acute stressors, and their interaction, on testes function: an experimental test during testicular recrudescence. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb180869; doi: 10.1242/jeb.180869
Abolins-Abols, M. and Hauber, M.E. 2018. Applying the framework and concepts of parasitology to avian brood parasitism: a comment on Avilés. Behavioral Ecology 29:520-521.
Bauer C.M., Graham, J.L., Abolins-Abols, M., Heidinger, B.J., Ketterson, E.D, Greives, T.J. 2018. Chronological and biological age predict seasonal reproductive timing: an investigation of clutch initiation and telomeres in birds of known age. The American Naturalist 191:777-782.
2017
Fudickar, A.M., Greives, T.J., Abolins-Abols, M., Atwell, J.W., Meddle, S.L., Friis, G., Stricker, C.A., Ketterson, E.D. 2017. Mechanisms associated with an advance in the timing of seasonal reproduction in an urban songbird. Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution. doi:
10.3389/fevo.2017.00085
Abolins-Abols, M. and Ketterson, E.D. 2017. Condition explains individual variation in mobbing behavior. Ethology 123:495–502
2016
Abolins-Abols, M., Hope F.S., and Ketterson E.D. 2016. Effect of acute stressor on reproductive behavior differs between urban and rural birds. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2347 (pdf)
2014 and earlier
Krams, I., Vrublevska, J., Sepp, T., Abolins-Abols, M., Rantala, M.J., Mierauskas, P., and Krama, T. 2014. Sex-Specific Associations Between Nest Defence, Exploration and Breathing Rate in Breeding Pied Flycatchers. Ethology 120:1–10.
Krams, I., Kokko, H., Vrublevska, J., Āboliņš-Ābols, M., Krama, T., and Rantala, M.J. 2013. The excuse principle can maintain cooperation through forgivable defection in the Prisoner's Dilemma game. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1475 (pdf)
Peterson, M.P., Abolins-Abols, M., Atwell, J.W., Rice, R.J., Milá, B., and Ketterson, E.D. 2013. Variation in candidate genes CLOCK and ADCYAP1 does not consistently predict differences in migratory behavior in the songbird genus Junco. F1000Research 2013, 2:115 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-115.v1).
Krams, I., Suraka, V., Rattiste, K., Abolins-Abols, M., Krama, T., Rantala, MJ., Mierauskas, P., Cirule, D., and Saks, L. 2012. Comparative analysis reveals a possible immunity-related absence of blood parasites in common gulls (Larus canus) and black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus). Journal of Ornithology 153:1245-1252.
Krams, I., Daukste, J., Kivleniece, I., Brumelis, G., Cibulskis, R., Abolins-Abols, M., Rantala, M.J., Mierauskas, P., and Krama, T. 2012. Drought-induced positive feedback in xylophagous insects: easier invasion of Scots pine leading to greater investment in immunity of emerging individuals. Forest Ecology and Management 270:147-152.
Winnicki, S., Hauber, M.E., Benson, T., Abolins-Abols., M. In press. Ground-nesting by arboreal American robins (Turdus migratorius). Ecology and Evolution. link to pre-print
Antonson, N., Rivera, M., Abolins-Abols, M., Kleindorfer, S., Lui, W.C., Hauber, M.E. In press. Early auditory experience alters genome-wide methylation in the auditory forebrain of songbird embryos. Neuroscience Letters
Scharf, H.M., Abolins-Abols, M., Stenstrom, K.H., Tolman, K.H., Schelsky, W.M., Hauber, M.E. 2021. Exposure to a mimetic or non-mimetic model avian brood parasite egg does not produce differential glucocorticoid responses in an egg-accepter
host species. General and Comparative Endocrinology 304:113723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113723
2020
Abolins-Abols, M. and Hauber, M.E. 2020. Endocrine regulation of egg rejection in an avian brood parasite host. Biology Letters 16:20200225. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0225
- Press coverage: Ethologisch https://ethologisch.de/fremde-eier-wanderdrosseln/
Hauber, M.E., Abolins-Abols, M., Kim, C.R, and Paitz, R.T. 2020. Inter-individual variation in anti-parasitic egg rejection behavior: a test of the maternal investment hypothesis. Integrative Organismal Biology 2:obaa014 https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa014
Abolins-Abols, M. and Hauber, M.E. 2020. Proximate Predictors of Variation in Egg Rejection Behavior by Hosts of Avian Brood Parasites. Journal of Comparative Psychology 134:412-422 https://doi.org/10.1037/com0000225
Manna, T. J., Hanley, D., Honza, M., Capek, M., Rutila, J., Samaš, P., Abolins-Abols, M., Hauber, M. E. 2020. Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species. Vision Research 167:54–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2019.12.007
2019
Abolins-Abols. M., Hanley, D., Moskát, C., Grim, T., Hauber, M.E. 2019. Anti-parasitic egg rejection by great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) tracks differences along an eggshell color gradient. Behavioural Processes 166:1039022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.103902
2018
Abolins-Abols, M., Hauber, M.E. 2018. Host defenses against avian brood parasitism: an endocrine perspective. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285: 20180980; doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0980
- Recipient of the 2020 AOS Katma Award for influential paper in ornithology (link here)
- Cover art for the issue
Bauer C.M.,Fudickar, A.M., Abolins-Abols M., Atwell, J.W., Ketterson, E.D., Greives, T.J. 2018. Seasonally sympatric but allochronic: differential expression of hypothalamic genes in a songbird during gonadal development. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 285 20181735 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1735
Abolins-Abols M., Kornobis E., Ribeca P., Wakamatsu K., Peterson M.P., Ketterson E., Mila B. 2018. Differential gene regulation underlies variation in melanic plumage coloration in the dark‐eyed junco (Junco hyemalis).. Molecular Ecology: 27:4501-4515 https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14878
Abolins-Abols, M., Hanauer, R.E., Rosvall, K.A., Peterson, M.P., Ketterson, E.D. 2018. The effect of chronic and acute stressors, and their interaction, on testes function: an experimental test during testicular recrudescence. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb180869; doi: 10.1242/jeb.180869
Abolins-Abols, M. and Hauber, M.E. 2018. Applying the framework and concepts of parasitology to avian brood parasitism: a comment on Avilés. Behavioral Ecology 29:520-521.
Bauer C.M., Graham, J.L., Abolins-Abols, M., Heidinger, B.J., Ketterson, E.D, Greives, T.J. 2018. Chronological and biological age predict seasonal reproductive timing: an investigation of clutch initiation and telomeres in birds of known age. The American Naturalist 191:777-782.
2017
Fudickar, A.M., Greives, T.J., Abolins-Abols, M., Atwell, J.W., Meddle, S.L., Friis, G., Stricker, C.A., Ketterson, E.D. 2017. Mechanisms associated with an advance in the timing of seasonal reproduction in an urban songbird. Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution. doi:
10.3389/fevo.2017.00085
Abolins-Abols, M. and Ketterson, E.D. 2017. Condition explains individual variation in mobbing behavior. Ethology 123:495–502
2016
Abolins-Abols, M., Hope F.S., and Ketterson E.D. 2016. Effect of acute stressor on reproductive behavior differs between urban and rural birds. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2347 (pdf)
2014 and earlier
Krams, I., Vrublevska, J., Sepp, T., Abolins-Abols, M., Rantala, M.J., Mierauskas, P., and Krama, T. 2014. Sex-Specific Associations Between Nest Defence, Exploration and Breathing Rate in Breeding Pied Flycatchers. Ethology 120:1–10.
Krams, I., Kokko, H., Vrublevska, J., Āboliņš-Ābols, M., Krama, T., and Rantala, M.J. 2013. The excuse principle can maintain cooperation through forgivable defection in the Prisoner's Dilemma game. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1475 (pdf)
Peterson, M.P., Abolins-Abols, M., Atwell, J.W., Rice, R.J., Milá, B., and Ketterson, E.D. 2013. Variation in candidate genes CLOCK and ADCYAP1 does not consistently predict differences in migratory behavior in the songbird genus Junco. F1000Research 2013, 2:115 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-115.v1).
Krams, I., Suraka, V., Rattiste, K., Abolins-Abols, M., Krama, T., Rantala, MJ., Mierauskas, P., Cirule, D., and Saks, L. 2012. Comparative analysis reveals a possible immunity-related absence of blood parasites in common gulls (Larus canus) and black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus). Journal of Ornithology 153:1245-1252.
Krams, I., Daukste, J., Kivleniece, I., Brumelis, G., Cibulskis, R., Abolins-Abols, M., Rantala, M.J., Mierauskas, P., and Krama, T. 2012. Drought-induced positive feedback in xylophagous insects: easier invasion of Scots pine leading to greater investment in immunity of emerging individuals. Forest Ecology and Management 270:147-152.