D. J. Whittaker

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• Whittaker, D. J. and J. C. Hagelin. 2020. Female-based patterns and social function in avian chemical communication. Journal of Chemical Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s10886-020-01230-1
• Theis, K. R., D. J. Whittaker, C. A. Rojas. 2020. A hologenomic approach to animal behavior. In Evolution in Action: Past, Present, and Future, eds. W. Banzhaf, B. Cheng, K. Deb, K. Holekamp, R. E. Lenski, C. Ofria, R. Pennock, B. Punch, and D. Whittaker. New York: Springer International Publishing, pp. 247-263.
• Whittaker, D. J., S. P. Slowinski, O. Alian, J. M. Greenberg, A. D. Winters, M. M. Ahmad, M. J. E. Burrell, H. A. Soini, M. V. Novotny, E. D. Ketterson, and K. R. Theis. 2019. Experimental evidence that symbiotic bacteria produce chemical cues in a songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.202978 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202978
• Whittaker, D. J., M. Kuzel, M. Burrell, H. A. Soini, M. V. Novotny, and E. H. DuVal. 2019. Chemical profiles communicate heterozygosity and seasonality in a tropical lekking passerine bird. Animal Behaviour 151: 67-75.
• Whittaker, D. J., K. A. Rosvall, S. P. Slowinski, H. A. Soini, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2017. Songbird chemical signals reflect uropygial gland androgen sensitivity and predict aggression: implications for the role of the periphery in chemosignaling. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 204(1): 5-15.
• Whittaker, D. J., N. M. Gerlach, S. P. Slowinski, K. P. Corcoran, A. D. Winters, H. A. Soini, M. V. Novotny, E. D. Ketterson, and K. R. Theis. 2016. Social environment has a primary influence on the microbial and odor profiles of a chemically signaling songbird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4:90.
• Ferreira, A. C., J. W. Atwell, D. J. Whittaker, E. D. Ketterson, and G. C. Cardoso. 2016. Communication value of mistakes in dark-eyed junco song. The American Naturalist 188: 289-305.
• Whittaker, D. J. and K. R. Theis. 2016. Bacterial communities associated with junco preen glands: ramifications for chemical signaling. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13, eds. Bruce A. Schulte, Thomas E. Goodwin, and Michael H. Ferkin. New York: Springer International Publishing, pp. 105-117.
• Whittaker, D. J. and N. M. Gerlach. 2016. Mate choice in dark-eyed juncos using visual, acoustic, and chemical cues. In Snowbird: Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Diversity in the Junco, eds. E. D. Ketterson and J. W. Atwell. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 281-309.
• Atwell, J. A., D. J. Whittaker, T. D. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2016. Shifts in hormonal, morphological, and behavioral traits in a novel environment: comparing recently diverged Junco populations. In Snowbird: Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Diversity in the Junco, eds. E. D. Ketterson and J. W. Atwell. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 225-262.
• Whittaker, D. J., D. G. Reichard, M. Drouilly, K. Battle, and C. Ziegenfus. 2015. Avian olfactory displays: A new hypothesis for the function of bill-wiping in a social context. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 159-167.
• Atwell, J. W., G. C. Cardoso, D. J. Whittaker, T. D. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2014. Hormonal, behavioral and life-history traits exhibit correlated shifts in relation to population establishment in a novel environment. The American Naturalist 184: E147-E160.
• Whittaker, D. J., N. M. Gerlach, H. A. Soini, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2013. Bird odour predicts reproductive success. Animal Behaviour 86(4): 697-703.
• Soini, H. A., D. J. Whittaker, D. Wiesler, E. D. Ketterson, and M. V. Novotny. 2013. Chemosignaling diversity in songbirds: chromatographic profiling of preen oil volatiles in difference species. Journal of Chromatogaphy A 1317(2013): 186-192.
• Rosvall, K. A., D. G. Reichard, S. Ferguson, D. J. Whittaker, and E. D. Ketterson. 2012. Robust behavioral effects of song in the absence of testosterone or corticosterone release in two songbird populations. Hormones and Behavior 62: 418-425.
• Peterson, M. P., D. J. Whittaker, S. Ambreth, S. Sureshchandra, K. Mockaitis, A. Buechlein, R. Podicheti, J.-H. Choi, Z. Lai, J. Colbourne, H. Tang, and E. D. Ketterson. 2012. De novo transcriptome sequencing in a songbird, the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis): Genomic tools for an ecological model system. BMC Genomics 13: 305.
• Atwell, J. W., G. C. Cardoso, D. J. Whittaker, K. W. Robertson, S. J. Campbell-Nelson, E. D. Ketterson. 2012. Boldness and stress physiology in a novel urban environment suggest rapid evolutionary adaptation. Behavioral Ecology 23: 960-969.
• Whittaker, D. J., A. L. Dapper, M. P. Peterson, J. W. Atwell, and E. D. Ketterson. 2012. Maintenance of MHC Class IIB diversity in a recently established songbird population. Journal of Avian Biology 43: 109-118.
• Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, N. M. Gerlach, A. L. Posto, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2011. Role of testosterone in stimulating seasonal changes in a potential avian chemosignal. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37: 1349-1357.
• Whittaker, D. J., K. M. Richmond, A. K. Miller, R. Kiley, C. Bergeon Burns, J. W. Atwell, and E. D. Ketterson. 2011. Intraspecific preen oil odor preferences in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Behavioral Ecology 22: 1256-1263.
• Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, C. Hollars, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2010. Songbird chemosignals: Preen oil volatile compounds vary among individuals, sexes, and populations. Behavioral Ecology 21: 608-614.
• McGlothlin, J. W., D. J. Whittaker, S. E. Schrock, N. M. Gerlach, J. M. Jawor, E. A. Snajdr, E. D. Ketterson. 2010. Natural selection on testosterone production in a wild songbird population. The American Naturalist 175: 687-701.
• Whittaker, D. J., D. G. Reichard, A. L. Dapper, E. D. Ketterson. 2009. Behavioral responses of nesting female dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis to hetero- and conspecific passerine preen oils. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 579-583.
• Lappan, S. and D. J. Whittaker, eds. 2009. The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology. New York: Springer.
• Whittaker, D. J. 2009. Phylogeography of Kloss’s gibbon (Hylobates klossii) populations and implications for conservation planning in the Mentawai Islands. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology, ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 73-89.
• Whittaker, D. J. and S. Lappan. 2009. The diversity of small apes and the importance of population-level studies. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology, ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 3-10.
• Whittaker, D. J. 2009. Saving the small apes: Conservation assessment of gibbon species at the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology, ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 497-499.
• Whittaker, D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick. 2007. Resolution of the Hylobates phylogeny: Congruence of mitochondrial D-loop sequences with molecular, behavioral, and morphological datasets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(2): 620-628.
• Whittaker, D. J. 2006. Conservation action plan for the Mentawai primates. Primate Conservation 20: 95-106.
• Whittaker, D. J., N. Ting, D. J. Melnick. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic affinities of the simakobu monkey (Simias concolor). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 887-892.
• Whittaker, D. J. 2005. New population estimates for the endemic Kloss’s gibbon Hylobates klossii on the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Oryx 39(4): 458-461.