Dr. Tosha RUTH Kelly
PEER - REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
17) Lattin, C.R., T.R. Kelly, M.W. Kelly, & K.M. Johnson. 2022. Constitutive gene expression differs in three brain regions important for cognition in neophobic and non-neophobic house sparrows (Passer domesticus). PLoS ONE 17(5): e0267180.
16) Kimball, M.G., E.B. Gautreaux, K.E. Couvillion, T.R. Kelly, K.R. Stansberry & C.R. Lattin. 2022. Novel objects alter immediate early gene expression globally for ZENK and regionally for c-Fos in neophobic and non-neophobic house sparrows. Behavioural Brain Research 428: 113863.
15) Kelly, T.R., A. Vinson & C.R. Lattin. 2022. No guts about it: captivity, but not neophobia phenotype, influences cloaca microbiome of house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Integrative Organismal Biology 4(1): obac010.
14) Kelly, T.R., K.I. Lynch, K.E. Couvillion, J.N. Gallagher, K.R. Stansberry, M.G. Kimball, & C.R. Lattin. 2022. A transient reduction in circulating corticosterone reduces object neophobia. Hormones and Behavior 137: 105094.
13) Grieves, L., Gloor, G., T. Kelly, M. Bernards, & E. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2021. Preen gland microbiota of songbirds differ across populations but not sexes. Journal of Animal Ecology 00: 1-11. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13531.
12) Kelly, T.R., M.G. Kimball, K.R. Stansberry & C.R. Lattin. 2020. No, you go first: phenotype and social context affect house sparrow neophobia. Biology Letters 16(9): 20200286.
11) Kelly, T.R., B.D. Rubin, S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2020. Experimental exposure to malaria affects songbirds’ migratory nocturnal activity. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 93(2): 97-110.
10) Lattin, C.R. & T.R. Kelly. 2020. Glucocorticoid negative feedback as a potential mediator of trade-offs between reproduction and survival. General and Comparative Endocrinology 286: 113301.
9) Kelly, T.R., K.A. Hobson, G.W. Casbourn, E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2019. Long-term winter-site fidelity in Song Sparrows Melospiza melodia. The Auk 136(2): ukz010.
8) Vojtěch, B., J. Koleček, M. Burgess, S. Hahn, M. Krist, J. Ouwehand, E.L. Weiser, P. Adamík, J.A. Alves, D. Arlt, S. Barišić, D. Becker, E.J. Belda, V. Beran, C. Both, S.P. Bravo, M. Briedis, B. Chutný, D. Ćiković, N. Cooper, J.S. Costa, V.R. Cueto, T. Emmenegger, K. Fraser, O. Gilg, M. Guerrero, M.T. Hallworth, C. Hewson, D. Humple, F. Jiguet, J. Johnson, T.R. Kelly, D. Kishkinev, M. Leconte, T. Lislevand, S. Lisovski, C. López, K. MacFarland, P.P. Marra, S.M. Matsuoka, P. Matyjasiak, C.M. Meier, B. Metzger, J.S. Monrós, R. Neumann, A. Newman, R. Norris, T. Pärt, V. Pavel, N. Perlut, M. Piha, J. Reneerkens, C. Rimmer, A. Roberto-Charron, C. Scandolara, N. Sokolova, M. Takenaka, D. Tolkmitt, H. van Oosten, A. Wellbrock, H. Wheeler, J. van der Winden, K. Witte, B. Woodworth, P. Procházka. 2019. Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: a meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias. Journal of Animal Ecology 89(1): 207-220.
7) Boyd, R.J., T.R. Kelly, S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2018. Alternative reproductive strategies in white-throated sparrows are associated with differences in malarial parasite load following experimental infection. Biology Letters. 14(7): 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0194.
6) Grieves, L.A., T.R. Kelly, M.A. Bernards & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2018. Chemical composition of preen oil does not signal malarial infection in songbirds: results from an experimental study. The Auk: Ornithological Advances. 135(3): 767-776.
5) Kelly, T.R., S.J. Bonner, S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2018. Exposing migratory sparrows to Plasmodium suggests costs of resistance, not necessarily of infection itself. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 329(1): 5-14.
4) Kelly, T.R., H.L. MacGillivray, K.A. Hobson, S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2017. Immune profiles vary seasonally, but are not significantly related to migration distance of natal dispersal, in a migratory songbird. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 327(5): 284-292.
3) Slade, J.W.G., M.J. Watson, T.R. Kelly, G.B. Gloor, M.A. Bernards & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2016. Chemical composition of preen wax reflects MHC similarity in breeding songbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283: 20161966.
2) Lymburner, A.H., T.R. Kelly, K. Hobson, E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2016. Testosterone, migration distance, and migratory timing in song sparrows Melospiza melodia. Hormones and Behavior. 85:
102-107.
1) Kelly, T.R., H.L. MacGillivray, Y. Sarquis-Adamson, M.J. Watson, K.A. Hobson & E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2016. Seasonal migration distance varies with natal dispersal and predicts parasitic infection in song sparrows. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70: 1857-1866.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW, REVISION,
OR ADVANCED STAGES OF PREPARATION
[in prep] Kelly, T.R., A.C. Boyer, E.A. MacDougall-Shackleton & S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. Rising to the challenge: mounting an acute phase immune response does not affect migratory body condition or migratory restlessness in sparrows.
[in prep] Boyer, A.C., T.R. Kelly & S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. Spring and autumn temperature manipulations differentially affect nocturnal migratory restlessness in a migratory bird.