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Bester-Meredith, J.K., Martin, P. & Marler, C.A. (in press) Manipulations of vasopressin alter aggression differently across testing conditions in monogamous and non-monogamous Peromyscus mice. Aggressive Behavior.

Bester-Meredith, J. & Marler, C.A. (in press) The association between male offspring aggression and paternal and maternal behavior of Peromyscus mice. Ethology.

Davis, E. & Marler, C.A. (in press) The progesterone challenge: Steroid hormone changes following an aggressive encounter in female Peromyscus californicus.  Hormones and Behavior.

Trainor, B.C., Marler, C.A. & Bird, I.M. (in press) Testosterone controls aggression independently of baseline hormone levels. Hormones and Behavior.

 

Davis, E. & Marler, C.A. (submitted) c-fos changes following an aggressive encounter in female California mice: a synthesis of behavior, hormone changes, and neural activity.

Oyegbile, T. & Marler, C.A. (submitted) The winner effect in Peromyscus californicus mice: effect of winning on hormones and future behavior.

 

2000-2003

Bester-Meredith, J. & Marler, C.A. (2003) Vasopressin and the transmission of paternal behavior across generations in mated cross-fostered Peromyscus mice. Behavioral Neuroscience 117: 455-463.

Marler, C.A., Bester-Meredith, J. & Trainor, B.C. (2003) Paternal behavior and aggression: Endocrine mechanisms and nongenomic transmission of behavior. In Advances in the Study of Behavior (ed. P.J.B. Slater, J.S. Rosenblatt, C.T. Snowdon, & T.J. Roper). New York: Academic Press.

Trainor, B.C., Bird, I.M. Alday, N.A., Schlinger, B.A. & Marler, C.A. (2003) Variation in aromatase activity in the medial preoptic area and plasma progesterone is associated with the onset of paternal behavior. Neuroendocrinology 61: 165-171.

Trainor, B.C., Rouse, K.L. & Marler, C.A. (2003) Arginine vasotocin interacts with the social environment to regulate advertisement calling in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 61: 165-171.

Trainor, B. C. & Marler, C. A.  (2002) Testosterone promotes paternal behaviour in a monogamous mammal via conversion to oestrogen.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269: 823-829.

Bester-Meredith, J., & Marler, C.A. (2001) Vasopressin and aggression in cross-fostered California mice and white-footed mice. Hormones and Behavior 40: 51-64.

Trainor, B.C. & Marler, C.A. (2001)Testosterone, paternal behavior, and aggression in the monogamous California mouse, Peromyscus californicus. Hormones and Behavior 40: 32-42.

Klomberg, K. & Marler, C.A. (2000) Increasing arginine vasotocin causes male call advertisement changes characteristic of calls preferred by female gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor. Animal Behaviour 59: 807-812.

Klomberg, K. & Marler, C.A. (2000) The neuropeptide arginine vasotocin alters calling behavior in the grey treefrog, Hyla versicolor. Animal Behaviour 59: 807-812.

 

1995-1999

Bester-Meredith, J., Young, L. & Marler, C.A. (1999) Arginine vasopressin immunoreactive staining in two species of Peromyscus with different levels of parental care. Hormones and Behavior 36: 25-38.

Marler, C.A., Boyd, S.K., & Wilczynski, W. (1999) Forebrain neuropeptide correlates of alternative male mating strategies. Hormones and Behavior, 36, 53-61.

Coleman, M.A., Garland, T., Marler, C.A., Newton, S.S., Swallow, J.G., & Carter, P.A. (1998)  Glucocorticoid response to forced exercise in laboratory house mice (Mus domesticus). Physiology and Behavior 63: 279-285.

Chu, J., Marler, C.A., & Wilczynski, W. (1998)  The effects of arginine vasotocin on the calling behavior of male cricket frogs in changing social contexts.  Hormones and Behavior 34: 248-261.

Semsar, K., Klomberg, K., & Marler, C.A. (1998) Arginine vasotocin and competition for  calling sites in the grey treefrog Hyla versicolor.  Animal Behaviour 56: 983-987.

Marler, C.A., Foran, C., & Ryan, M.J. (1997) The influence of experience on mating preferences of the gynogenetic Amazon Molly, Poecilia formosa. Animal Behaviour 53: 1035-1041.

Marler, C.A. & Ryan, M.J. (1997) Origin and maintenance of a female mating preference. Evolution 51: 1244-1248.

Marler, C.A.. & Ryan, M.J. (1996) Energetic constraints and steroid hormone correlates of male calling behaviour in the tungara frog. Journal of  Zoology 240: 397-409.

Marler, C.A., Chu, J., & Wilczynski, W. (1995) Arginine vasotocin increases probability of calling, but decreases aggressive nature of calls produced in the cricket frog. Hormones and Behavior 29: 554-570.

Marler, C.A., Walsberg, G., White, M., & Moore, M.C.  (1995) Increased energy expenditure due to increased territorial defense in male lizards after phenotype manipulation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 225-231.

 

1988-1994

Schlupp, I., Marler, C.A., & Ryan, M.J. (1994). Males benefit by mating with heterospecific females. Science 263: 373-374.

Wilczynski, W., Allison, J.D., & Marler, C.A. (1993). Sensory patheways linking social and environmental cues to endocrine control regions of the amphibian for brain. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 42: 252-262.

Marler, C.A. & Moore, M.C. (1991). Energetics of aggression: Supplemental feeding compensates for testosterone-induced costs of aggression in male mountain spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovi).  Animal Behaviour 42: 209-219.

Moore, M.C., Thompson, C.W., & Marler, C.A. (1990). Reciprocal changes in corticosterone and testosterone levels following acute and chronic handling stress in tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 81: 217-226.

Marler, C.A. & Moore, M.C. (1989). Time and energy costs of aggression in testosterone-implanted free-living male mountain spiny lizards. Physiological Zoology 62: 1334-1350.

Wingfield, J., Ronchi, E., Goldsmith, A., & Marler, C.A. (1989). Interactions of sex steroid hormones and prolactin in male and female song sparrows, Melospiza melodia.  Physiological Zoology 62: 11-24.

Marler, C.A. & Moore, M.C. (1988). Evolutionary costs of aggression revealed by testosterone manipulations in free-living male lizards. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23: 21-26.

Moore, M.C. & Marler, C.A. (1988).  Hormones, behavior and the environment:  an evolutionary perspective. In Processing of Environmental Information in Vertebrates (ed. M.H. Stetson), pp. 71-84, New York: Springer-Verlag.

Moore, M.C. & Marler, C.A. (1987). Effects of testosterone manipulations on nonbreeding season territorial aggression in free-living male lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 65: 225-232.


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