CISAB Faculty | E.D. Ketterson

C E N T E R F O R T H E I N T E G R A T I V E S T U D Y O F A N I M A L B E H A V I O R

Ellen D. Ketterson
Professor, Department of Biology
Ph.D. Indiana University 1974

R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S

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 terminiation 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.

R E P R E S E N T A T I V E P U B L I C A T I O N S

Ketterson, E.D. & V. Nolan Jr. 1992. Hormones and life histories: An integrative approach. American Naturalist 140:S33-62. (Abstract)

Raouf, S.A., P.G. Parker, E.D. Ketterson, V. Nolan Jr., & C. Ziegenfus. 1997. Testosterone influences reproductive success by increasing extra-pair fertilizations in male dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Proceedings of the Royal Society (Series B), London 264:1599-1603. (Abstract)

Klukowski, L., J.M. Cawthorn, E.D. Ketterson, & V. Nolan Jr. 1997. Effects of testosterone on corticosterone and corticosterone binding globulin in captive dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 108:141-151. (Abstract)

Titus, R.C., C.R. Chandler, E.D. Ketterson, & V. Nolan Jr. 1997. Song rates of dark-eyed juncos do not increase when females are fertile. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41:165-169. (Abstract)

Chandler, C.R., E.D. Ketterson, & V. Nolan Jr. 1997. Effects of testosterone on spatial activity in free-ranging male dark-eyed juncos when their mates are fertile. Animal Behaviour 54:543-549. (Abstract)

Enstrom, D.E., E.D. Ketterson, & V. Nolan Jr. 1997. Testosterone and mate choice in the dark-eyed junco. Animal Behaviour 54:1135-1146. (Abstract)

Ketterson, E.D., V. Nolan Jr., M.J. Cawthorn, P.G. Parker, & C. Ziegenfus. 1996. Phenotypic engineering: Using hormones to explore the mechanistic and functional bases of phenotypic variation in nature. Ibis 138:80-86. (Abstract)

Ketterson, E.D., P.G. Parker, S.A. Raouf, V. Nolan Jr., C. Ziegenfus, & C.R. Chandler. 1998. Relative importance of extra-pair fertilizations to male and female reproductive success in dark-eyed juncos. In P.G. Parker and N.T. Burley (Eds.), Avian Reproductive Tactics: Female and Male Perspectives. Ornithological Monographs No. 49, Lawrence, KS, 81-101.

Tracey L. Kast, Ellen D. Ketterson, and Val Nolan Jr. 1998. Variation in ejaculate quality in dark-eyed juncos according to season, stage or reproduction, and testosterone treatment. Auk 115: 684-693. (Abstract)

Ketterson, E.D. & V. Nolan Jr. 1999. Adaptation, exaptation, and constraint: A hormonal perspective. American Naturalist 154:S4-S25. (Abstract)

J O U R N A L E D I T O R S H I P
Editoral Board, Current Ornithology
Editorial Board, Journal of Avian Biology
Editorial Board, Animal Behaviour

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Department of Biology
Jordan Hall
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
FAX: 812.855.6705
Office: 812.855.6837
e-mail: ketterso@indiana.edu

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