G. F. Mastromonaco

Life history trade-offs in glucocorticoid-mediated habitat selection

This study examines how glucocorticoids influence habitat selection in female elk before and after calving, finding increased risk-taking as calves grow.

Thermal flexibility is a repeatable mechanism to cope with environmental stressors in a passerine bird

This study investigates whether urban and rural black-capped chickadees differ in stress-induced thermal responses and their repeatability, finding no difference but high repeatability and signs of selection.

A temperate endotherm trades thermoregulation for self-preservation: stress-induced changes in surface temperature as thermoregulatory trade-offs

This study shows that stress-induced changes in surface temperature in Black-capped Chickadees reflect a trade-off between thermoregulation and self-preservation under resource limitation.

Evidence that stress-induced changes in surface temperature serve a thermoregulatory function

The paper tests two hypotheses about stress-induced surface temperature changes in birds, finding support for the Thermoprotective Hypothesis.