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Publications and Presentations 

Updated Summer 2023

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PUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

Woodruff, M. J., Sermersheim, L. O., Wolf, S. E., Rosvall, K. A. (2023).  Organismal effects of heat in a fixed

ecological niche: implications on the role of behavioral buffering in our changing world. Science of the Total Environment, 164809.

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Woodruff, M. J., Zimmer, C., Ardia, D. R., Vitousek, M. N., & Rosvall, K. A. (2022). Heat shock protein gene

expression varies among tissues and populations in free–living birds. Ornithology.

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Hill, H. M., Woodruff, M. J., & Noonan, M. (2019). Individual differences in the behavioral characteristics of

beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Behavioural Processes, 166, 103885.

 

Widdop Quinton, H., Piersol, L., Rousell, D., Russell, J., Dezan, R., ... & Woodruff, M. (2019). Becoming

Companions: Compositions of Childhoodnature Relation, Sense, Poetics, and Imagining by Children and Young People. Research Handbook on Childhoodnature: Assemblages of Childhood and Nature Research

IN PROGRESS MANUSCRIPTS (Drafts available upon request)
 

Woodruff, M. J., Tsueda, S. N., Guardado, E. A., Rusch, D. B., Buechlein, A., Rosvall, K. A. (In submission at

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences). Among-individual variation in heat shock protein responses to intense heat: implications for the evolution of heat tolerance in birds. 

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Woodruff M. J., Walker, L. E., Rogosky, M., Bystrak, D., Dawson, D., Rosvall, K. A., Celis-Murillo, A. (In prep for

submission to Avian Conservation and Ecology). Four decades of bird banding reveals trends in capture rate and phenotypes across trait groups.

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Wolf, S. E., Woodruff M. J., Chang van Oordt, D. A., Clotfelter, E. D., Cristol, D. A., Derryberry, E. P., Ferguson, S. M.,

Stanback M. T., Taff, C. C., Tobin, K. J., Vitousek, M. N., Westneat, D. F., Rosvall, K. A. (In prep for submission to Journal of Animal Ecology). Telomeres and ecogeographic variation in life history: insights on the role of shelterin proteins.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

6. Woodruff, MJ. Graduate school roadmap. Guest lecture presented to Advanced Workshop in Animal Behavior (ABEH-A 400) at Indiana University. October 2022.

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5. Woodruff, MJ. How wild birds cope with heat: an experimental approach. Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Brown Bag Seminar Series at Indiana University. February 2022.

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4. Woodruff, MJ. Environmental threats to birds and conservation efforts. Guest lecture presented to Biology of Birds (BIOL376) at Indiana University. December 2021.

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3. Woodruff, MJ. Thermal tolerance in a bird thriving in the south. Talk presented to Advocates for Science at

Indiana University. March 2021.

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2. Woodruff, MJ. Tree swallows, climate change, and heat tolerance. Talk presented to the Robert Cooper Audubon Society. March 2020.

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1. Woodruff, MJ. Why are tree swallow populations expanding south? An integrative approach. Talk presented to the Canisius Zoological Society (undergraduate animal behavior club). March 2019.

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS (# = undergraduate mentee presenter)

24. #Guardado, EA, Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Body mass and brood size interact with thermoregulatory mechanisms in wild nestling songbirds. Poster at Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, IN, March 2023. Best Student Poster award recipient.

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23. Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Why are some individuals better at coping with climate change? Talk at SICB Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2023.

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22. #Guardado, EA, Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Body mass and brood size interact with thermoregulatory mechanisms in wild nestling songbirds. Poster at SICB Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2023.

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21. Woodruff, MJ. Mapping thermal regimes for a wild bird expanding its range south. Poster at Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) GIS Conference, Digital, November 2022.

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20. Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Experimental heat waves alter behavior and gene expression in a wild bird: implications for coping with climate change. Talk at The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Spokane, WA, November 2022.

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19. Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Coping with climate change during early development: responses to experimental heat in wild nestlings. Talk at Indiana Academy of Science Conference, Indianapolis, IN, March 2022.

 

18. Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Coping with climate change during early development: responses to experimental heat in wild nestlings. Talk at Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, IN, March 2022.

 

17. #Tsueda, SN, Woodruff, MJ, Rosvall, KA. Heat–induced thermoregulatory behaviors of free–living tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings. Poster at Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, IN, March 2022.

 

16. Woodruff, MJ, Tsueda, SN, Rosvall, KA. Coping with climate change: responses to short–term experimental heat in wild nestlings. Talk at SICB Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 2022.

 

15. #Tsueda, SN, Woodruff, MJ, Rosvall, KA. Heat–induced thermoregulatory behaviors of free–living tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings. Poster at SICB Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 2022.

 

14. Woodruff, MJ, Rosvall, KA. Is bigger really better under climate change? An experimental heatwave in nestling swallows. Talk at Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Digital, August 2021.

 

13. Woodruff, MJ, Rosvall, KA. Assessing the functional consequences of climate change: tissue–specific

responses to heat in a wild bird. Talk at SICB Annual Meeting, Digital, January 2021.

 

12. #Tsueda, SN, Woodruff, MJ, Rosvall, KA. Impacts of local weather on nestling growth and physiology in free–living tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Poster at Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference, Digital, December 2020.

 

11. Woodruff, MJ, Sermersheim, LO, Rosvall, KA. Do endotherms acclimate to heat? Physiological responses to a simulated heat wave in free–living birds. Talk at Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Digital, July 2020.

 

10. #Sermersheim, LO, Woodruff, MJ, Rosvall, KA. Behavioral responses to acute and persistent heat stress in nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Poster at SICB Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2020.

 

9. Woodruff, MJ, Sermersheim, LO, Rosvall, KA. Do endotherms acclimate to heat? Physiological responses to a simulated heat wave in free–living birds. Poster at SICB Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2020.

 

8. Woodruff, MJ, Zimmer, C, Ardia, DR, Vitousek, MN, Rosvall, KA. Why are some animals thriving in heat? An organismal approach in a bird expanding south. Poster at Animal Behavior Society, Chicago, IL, July 2019.

 

7. Woodruff, MJ, Zimmer, C, Ardia, DR, Vitousek, MN, Rosvall, KA. Why are tree swallows expanding their range in the south? A comparative genomic approach. Poster at Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, IN, March 2019.

 

6. Woodruff, MJ, Hill, HM, Noonan, M. Individual difference in the behavior of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Poster at SICB Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, January 2019.

 

5. Woodruff, MJ, Noonan, M. Sex differences in the play behavior of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Poster at Canisius University Ignatian Scholarship Day, Buffalo, NY, April 2018.

 

4. Woodruff, MJ, Noonan, M. Individual differences in the play behavior of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Poster at Canisius University Ignatian Scholarship Day, Buffalo, NY, April 2017.

 

3. Woodruff, MJ, Noonan, M. Individual differences in the play behavior of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Talk at Rochester Academy of Sciences Conference, Rochester, NY, Oct. 2016.

 

2. Woodruff, MJ, Noonan, M. Individual differences in selective attention by beluga whales to mirror image video. Poster at Canisius University Alumni Weekend Symposium, Buffalo, NY, Sept. 2016.

 

1. Woodruff, MJ, Noonan, M. Individual differences in selective attention by beluga whales to mirror image video. Poster at Canisius University Ignatian Scholarship Day, Buffalo, NY, April 2016.

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