Mailing Address:
Department of Biology
142 Jordan Hall
Indiana University
1001 East Thrid Street
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
FAX: 812.855.6705
Office: 812.855.6837
e-mail: ketterso@indiana.edu
Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB)
Mountain Lake Biological Station
Ellen D.
Ketterson
Distinguished Professor of Biology
Dr. Ketterson studies avian reproductive behavior and avian migration. Her work on reproduction has focused on the adaptive significance of male parental care and the effects of hormones on parental behavior. Her studies of migration have focused on site fidelity, the role of experience in regulating onset and termination of migration, and the relative importance of a series of selective factors in shaping the distance an individual migrates. Dr. Ketterson's current research is directed toward the relationship between hormones and life histories, particularly the physiological basis for the trade-off between parental effort and mating effort.
Representative Publications:
Ball, G.
F., and E.D. Ketterson. 2007. Sex differences in the response to
environmental cues regulating seasonal reproduction in birds.
Phil Trans. Royal Society, in press.
Soini,
H.A., Schrock, S.E., Bruce, K.E., Wiesler, D., Ketterson, E.D.
and M. V. Novotny. 2006. Seasonal variation in volatile compound
profiles of preen gland secretion of the dark eyed junco (Junco
hyemalis). Chemical Ecology, in press.
Jawor,
J.M., McGlothlin, J.W., Casto, J.M., Grieves, T. J., Bentley, G.,
Snajdr, E. A., and E.D. Ketterson. 2006. Seasonal and individual
variation in response to GnRH challenge in male dark-eyed juncos (Junco
hyemalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology, in press.
Greives,
T.J., McGlothlin, J.W., Jawor, J.M., Demas, G.E. and E.D. Ketterson.
2006. Testosterone and innate immune function inversely covary in
a wild population of breeding Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis).
Functional Ecology 20: 812-818.
Heidinger,
B. J., Nisbet, I.C.T., Lepire, J.A., and E.D. Ketterson. 2006.
Attenuation of the stress response facilitates increased reproductive
investment with age, Proceedings Royal Society, Series B, in press.
Zysling,
D.A., Greives, T.J., Breuner, C., Casto, J.M., Demas, G.E., and E. D.
Ketterson. 2006. Behavioral and physiological responses to
experimentally elevated testosterone in female dark-eyed juncos (Junco
hyemalis carolinensis). Hormones and Behavior 50(2): 200-207.
Jawor, J,
Young, R, and E.D. Ketterson. 2006. Females competing to reproduce:
dominance matters but testosterone may not. Hormones and
Behavior, 49 (3): 362-368.
Reed, W.L,
Clark, M.E., Parker, P.G., Raouf, S.A., Arguedas, N., Monk, D.S,
Snajdr, E., Nolan, V. Jr., and E.D. Ketterson. 2006. Physiological
effects on demography: A long-term experimental study of testosterone's
effects on fitness. American Naturalist, 167: 667-683.
McGlothlin,
J.W., Parker, P.G., Nolan, V. Jr., and E.D. Ketterson. 2005.
Correlational selection leads to genetic integration of body size and
an attractive plumage trait in dark-eyed juncos. Evolution
59:658-671.Ketterson, E.D., V. Nolan Jr., and M. Sandell. 2005.
Testosterone in females: mediator of adaptive traits, constraint on the
evolution of sexual dimorphism, or both? American Naturalist 166:
S85-S98.
Grindstaff,
J.L., Demas, G.E., and E.D. Ketterson. 2005. Dietary protein
restriction affects egg size and number but does not reduce maternal
antibody transfer in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Journal of
Animal Ecology, 74: 1051-1058.
McGlothlin
J.W., Neudorf, D.L.H., Nolan, V. Jr., and E.D. Ketterson. 2004.
Elevated testosterone reduces choosiness in female dark-eyed juncos
(Junco hyemalis): evidence for a hormonal constraint on sexual
selection? Proc. R. Soc. B. 271:1377-1384.
Clotfelter
E.D., O'Neal, D.M., Gaudioso, J.M, Casto, JM, Parker-Renga, I.M.,
Snajdr, E.A., Duffy, D.L., Nolan, V. Jr., and E.D. Ketterson. 2004.
Consequences of elevating plasma testosterone in females of a socially
monogamous songbird: evidence of constraints on male evolution?
Hormones and Behavior 46:171-178.
Wolf, W.,
Casto, J.M., Nolan, V. Jr., and E. D. Ketterson. 2004. The effect
of female ornamentation on mate choice by male dark-eyed juncos. Animal
Behaviour 67 (1): 93-102.
Van Roo,
B.L., Ketterson, E.D., and P.J. Sharp. 2003. Testosterone and prolactin
in two songbirds that differ in paternal care: the blue-headed vireo
and the red-eyed vireo. Hormones and Behavior 44 (5): 435-44.
Grindstaff, J.L., Brodie, E.D.III, and E.D. Ketterson. 2003. Immune function across generations: integrating mechanism and evolutionary process in maternal antibody transmission. Proceedings Royal Society (Series B) 270 (1531): 2309-2319.