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MacLeod, K.J.*, English, S., Ruuskanen, S.K., Taborsky, B. Stress in the social context: a behavioural and eco-evolutionary perspective. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226 (15): jeb245829. (Invited Centenary Article) 2022 MacLeod, K.J.*, Monestier, C.*, Ferrari, M.C.O., McGhee, K.E., Sheriff, M.J., Bell, A.M. Predator-induced transgenerational plasticity in animals: a meta-analysis. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05274-w (*equal contribution) Moss, J.B. & MacLeod, K.J. A quantitative synthesis of and predictive framework for studying winter warming effects in reptiles. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05251-3. MacLeod, K.J., Naugle, L., Brittingham, M.C., Avery, J.D. Gas compressor noise does not influence tree swallow nestling condition or immune response. Journal of Zoology, DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12997. 2021 MacLeod, K.J., Uller, T., While, G.M. Viviparous mothers impose stronger prenatal stress effects on their offspring than oviparous mothers. Ecology & Evolution. MacLeod, K.J., Kohl, K.D., Trevelline, B.K., Langkilde, T. Context-dependent effects of glucocorticoids on the lizard gut microbiome. Molecular Ecology, doi:10.1111/mec.16229. MacLeod, K.J., Langkilde, T., Heppner, J.*, Howey, C., Sprayberry, K.*, Tylan, C., Sheriff, M.J. Compensating for a stressful pregnancy? Glucocorticoid treatment reduces metabolic rate in gravid female fence lizards. Hormones & Behavior, 136: 105072. MacLeod, K.J., Langkilde, T ., Venable, C.P., Ensminger, D.C., Sheriff, M.J. The influence of maternal glucocorticoids on offspring phenotype and fitness in high- and low-risk environments. Behavioral Ecology, arab099. 2020 Ålund, M., Emery, N., Jarrett, B.J.M., MacLeod, K.J., McCreery, H.F., Mamoozadeh, N., Phillips, J.G., Schossau, J., Thompson, A.W., Warwick, A.R., Yule, K.M., Zylstra, E.R., Gering, E. (2020) To support a sustainable postdoc workforce, academic ecosystems must evolve. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1178-6 [Open Access Link] 2019 Sprayberry, K., Tylan, C., Owen, D.A.S., MacLeod, K.J.,Sheriff, M.J., Langkilde, T. History of predator exposure affects cell-mediated immunity in female eastern fence lizards, Sceloporus undulatus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, blz154. Mpemba, H., MacLeod, K.J.,Yang, F., Jiang, G. Fear effects of predator cues on incidence of ungulates, mesopredators and top predators in the Greater Khingan Mountains, Northeastern China. Pakistan Journal of Zoology (accepted). Mpemba, H., Fan, Y., MacLeod, K.J., Dusu, W., Jiang, G. (2019) The effect of novel and familiar predator cues on prey vigilance and foraging behaviors in the Greater Khingan mountains, Inner Mongolia China. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 17, 4, 8219 - 8234. Trevelline, B., MacLeod, K.J., Langkilde, T., Kohl, K.D. Gestation alters the gut microbiota of an oviparous lizard. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95, 7, fiz086. MacLeod, K.J., McCormick, G., Langkilde, T. Glucocorticoids do not influence a secondary sexual trait or its behavioral expression in eastern fence lizards. Scientific Reports, 9, 5529. Owen, D., Sheriff, M.J., Heppner, J., Gerke, H., Ensminger, D.C., MacLeod, K.J., Langkilde, T. Maternal corticosterone increases thermal sensitivity of heart rate in lizard embryos. Biology Letters, 15, 20180718. 2018 MacLeod, K.J., Freidenfelds, N., Leighton, G.M., Langkilde, T. Tree selection is linked to locomotor performance and associated noise production in a lizard. Journal of Zoology. 307, 195-202. Ensminger, D.C., Langkilde, T., Owen, D.A.S., MacLeod, K.J., Sheriff, M.J. Maternal stress alters the phenotype of the mother, her eggs, and her offspring in a wild caught lizard. Journal of Animal Ecology. 87, 1685-1697. MacLeod, K.J., Sheriff, M.J., Ensminger, D.C., Owen, D.A.S., Langkilde, T. Survival and reproductive costs of repeated acute glucocorticoid elevations in a captive, wild animal. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 268, 1-6. MacLeod, K.J. & Brouwer, L. Social context dependent provisioning rules in red-winged fairy-wrens do not vary with signals of increased chick need. Animal Behaviour 143, 105-111. Trevelline, B.K., MacLeod, K.J., Knutie, S.A., Langkilde, T., Kohl, K.D. (2018) In ovo microbial communities: a potential mechanism for the initial acquisition of gut microbiota among oviparous birds and lizards. Biology Letters. 14, 20180225. MacLeod, K.J., Krebs, C.J., Boonstra, R., Sheriff, M.J. (2017) Fear and lethality in snowshoe hares: the deadly effects of non-consumptive predation risk. Oikos. 10.1111/oik.04890. 2017 Sheriff, M.J., Bell, A., Boonstra, R., Dantzer, B., Lavergne, S., McGhee, K.E., MacLeod, K.J., Winandy, L., Zimmer, C., Love, O.P. (2017) Integrating ecological and evolutionary context in the study of maternal stress. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57, 437-449. 2016 MacLeod, K.J., Brekke, P., Tong, W., Ewen, J.G. & Thorogood, R. Do mothers bias offspring sex ratios in carotenoid-rich environments? Behavioural Ecology. 28, 131-137. MacLeod, K.J., Brekke, P., Ewen, J.G. & Thorogood, R. 2016. Minutes matter: brief hatching asynchrony adversely affects late-hatched hihi nestlings, but not life beyond the nest. Animal Behaviour. 119, 111-118. 2015 MacLeod, K.J., McGhee, K.E. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. 2015. No apparent benefits of allonursing for recipient offspring and mothers in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Journal of Animal Ecology. 84, 1050-1058. 2014 MacLeod, K.J. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. 2014. Costs and consequences of allonursing in meerkats: cost minimization by behavioural modification. Behavioural Ecology. 26, 697-705. MacLeod K.J. & Lukas D. 2014. Revisiting non-offspring nursing: allonursing evolves when the costs are low. Biology Letters. 10, 20140378. Carter, A. J., Horrocks, N.P.C; Huchard, E.; Logan, C.J.; Lukas, D.; MacLeod,K.J.; Marshall, H.H.; Peck, H.L.; Sanderson, J.L. & Sorensen, M.C. Junior Scientists Are Sceptical of Sceptics of Open Access: A Reply to Agrawal. 2014. Trends in Plant Science. 19, 339-340. 2013 MacLeod, K. J., Nielsen, J., Clutton-Brock, T.H. 2013. Factors predicting the frequency, likelihood and duration of allonursing in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Animal Behaviour. 86, 1059–1067. MacLeod, K.J. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. 2013. No evidence for sex ratio variation in the cooperatively breeding meerkat, Suricata suricatta. Animal Behaviour. 85, 645-653. |