Publications
Peer-reviewed Publications (undergraduate co-authors italicized)
Wolf, S.E., Zhang, S. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2023. Experimental ectoparasite removal has a sex-specific effect on nestling telomere length. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9861.
Sun, N.W., Goodwin, S.E., Griego, M.S., Gerson, A.R. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2019. Does blood loss explain higher resting metabolic rates in nestling birds with hematophagous ectoparasites? Journal of Avian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02264
DeSimone, J.G., Clotfelter, E.D., Black, E.C. and Knutie, S.A. 2018. Avoidance, tolerance, and resistance to ectoparasites in nestling and adult tree swallows. Journal of Avian Biology 49: jav-01641.
Ardia, D.R., Pérez, J.H. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2010. Experimental cooling during incubation leads to reduced innate immunity and body condition in nestling tree swallows. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277: 1881-1888.
Morrison, E.S., Ardia, D.R. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2009. Cross-fostering reveals sources of variation in innate immunity and hematocrit in nestling tree swallows. Journal of Avian Biology 40:573-578.
Ardia, D.R., Pérez, J.H., Chad, E.K. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2009. Temperature and life history: experimental heating leads female tree swallows to modulate egg temperature and incubation behavior. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, 3-14.
Pérez, J.H., Ardia, D.R., Chad, E.K. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2008. Experimental heating reveals nest temperature affects nestling condition in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Biology Letters, 4, 468-471.
Ardia, D.R. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2007. Individual quality and age affect responses to an energetic constraint in a cavity-nesting bird. Behavioral Ecology, 18, 259-266.
Ardia, D.R., Pérez, J.H. and Clotfelter, E.D. 2006. Nest box orientation affects internal temperature and nest site selection by tree swallows. Journal of Field Ornithology, 77, 339-344.