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30. Wilsterman, K, MY Juergens, EG Morales-Poot, and RL Tanner. 2026. Scientific societies must revisit their mission statements to continue to support their membership. Integr. Comp. Biol. doi: 10.1093/icb/icag013. PDF
29. Butler, CE, MJ Hemmerlein, KV Kiel**, and K Wilsterman. 2026. High elevation adaptation is associated with functional changes in the immune response of deer mice. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2025.3292. PDF
28. Wilsterman, K, ZA Cheviron, JM Good, K Gurnoe-Brantley**, KE Jewett**, K Kiel**, and AM Larson. 2025. High‐elevation adaptation and gestational hypoxia jointly shape vascular development in a rodent placenta. J Physiol. doi: 10.1113/JP289376. PDF
27. Tanner, RL and K Wilsterman. 2025. Beyond diversity initiatives: Building a community of care in scientific societies. BioScience. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaf065. PDF
26. Wilsterman, K, MJ Hemmerlein, NM Báez-Torres**, AI Bautista, KM Gosney**, KE Jewett**, AM Larson, and E Myers**. 2025. A physiological and histological atlas of reproduction in the North American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). Plos ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323266. PDF
27. Wilsterman, K, AI Bautista, CE Butler, MY Juergens, and AM Larson. 2024. Evolution of Litter Size: Proximate and Ultimate Mechanisms. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi: 10.1093/icb/icae052 PDF
26. Bautista, AI, CE Butler, AM Larson, and K Wilsterman. 2024. “Hormones and pregnancy in eutherian mammals.” Chapter in: Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, 2nd Edition. Ed. DO Norris, KH Lopez. Academic Press, Elsevier. PDF
25. Wilsterman, K, EC Moore, RM Schweizer, K Cunninham**, JM Good, and ZA Cheviron. 2023. Adaptive structural and functional evolution of the placenta protects fetal growth in high-elevation deer mice. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2218049120. Email me for reprints!
24. Wilsterman, K and K Cuningham**. 2022. Evolution in reproductive tempo and investment across the Peromyscus radiation. J. Exp. Zool. A. doi: 10.1002/jez.2666. PDF
23. Gotlieb, N<, K Wilsterman<, SL Finn**, MF Browne, SR Bever, E Iwakoshi-Ukena, K Ukena, GE Bentley, LJ Kriegsfeld. 2022. Impact of chronic prenatal stress on maternal neuroendocrine function and embryo and placental development in mice. Frontiers in Physiology. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.886298. PDF
22. Williams, CT, HE Chmura, CK Deal, and K Wilsterman. 2022. Sex-differences in phenology: a Tinbergian Perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi: 10.1093/icb/icac112. PDF
21. Burnett, NP, A. Hernandez, EE King, RL Tanner, and K Wilsterman. 2022. Commentary, Policy Forums: A push for inclusive data collection in STEM organizations. Science. 376(6588) 37-39. PDF
20. Wilsterman, K and ZA Cheviron. 2021. Fetal growth, high altitude, and evolutionary adaptation: A new perspective. Am. J. Physiol. – Regul., Comp, & Integr. Physiol. 321(3): R279-R294. PDF
19. Robertson, CE, and K Wilsterman. 2020. Developmental and reproductive physiology of high-altitude small mammals: challenges and evolutionary innovations. J. Exp. Biol. 223. PDF
18. Wilsterman, K, MA Ballinger, and CM Williams. 2020. A unifying, eco-physiological framework for animal dormancy . Func Ecol. In Press. PDF
17. Burnett, NP, EE King, MK Salcedo, RL Tanner, and K Wilsterman. 2020. Letter to the Editor: Conference scheduling undermines diversity efforts. Nature Ecol. & Evol. 4, pages1283–1284(2020) PDF
16. Wilsterman, K, MM Alonge, DK Ernst, C Limber**, LA Treidel, and GE Bentley. 2020. Flexibility in an emergency life-history stage: acute food deprivation prevents sickness behaviour but not the immune response. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 287. PDF
15. Wilsterman, K, MM Alonge, X Bao**, K Conner**, and GE Bentley. 2020. Food access modifies GnIH, but not CRH, cell number in the hypothalamus in a female songbird. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. In Press. PDF
14. Hernández, MC , Á Navarro-Castilla , K Wilsterman, GE Bentley, and I Barja. 2019. When food access is challenging: evidence of wood mice ability to balance energy budget under predation risk and physiological stress reactions. Behav. Ecol. & Sociobiol. 73:145. PDF
13. Wilsterman, K, GE Bentley, and P Comizzoli. 2019. RFRP-3 promotes basal lamina degradation and cellular death while increasing progesterone secretion in cultured cat ovarian follicles. PeerJ: 7:e7540. PDF
12. Wilsterman, K, X Bao**, AD Estrada**, P Comizzoli, and GE Bentley. 2019. Sex steroids influence organizational but not functional decidualization of feline endometrial epithelial cells in a 3D culture system. Biol. Repro. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioz145. PDF
11. Williams, CT, H Chmura, V Zhang, D Dillon, K Wilsterman, BM Barnes, and CL Buck. Environmental heterogeneity affects seasonal variation in thyroid hormone physiology of free-living arctic ground squirrels. Can. J. Zool. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0302. PDF
10. Wilsterman, K, N Gotlieb, LJ Kriegsfeld, and GE Bentley. 2018. Pregnancy stage determines the effect of chronic stress on ovarian progesterone synthesis. Amer. J. Physiol. Endo. & Metab. 315(5): E987-994. PDF
09. Squicciarini, V, R Riquelme, K Wilsterman, GE Bentley, and HE Lara. 2018. Role of RFRP-3 in the development of cold stress-induced polycystic ovary phenotype in rats. J. Endo. 239(1): 81-91. PDF
08. Grant, AD, K Wilsterman, BL Smarr, and LJ Kriegsfeld. 2018. Evidence for a coupled oscillatory model of endocrine ultradian rhythms. J. Biol. Rhy. 33(5): 475-496. PDF
07. Wilsterman, K, RM Calisi, NL McGuire, and GE Bentley. 2018. “Seasonality: Hormones and Behavior.” Chapter in: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2nd Edition Ed. J Choe, Ed. RJ Nelson. Academic Press, Elsevier. PDF
06. Wilsterman, K, A Pepper**, and GE Bentley. 2017. Low glucose availability stimulates progesterone production by mouse ovaries in vitro. J. Exp. Biol. 220, 4583-4588 doi:10.1242/jeb.164384 PDF
05. Bentley, GE, K Wilsterman, DK Ernst, SE Lynn, MJ Dickens, RM Calisi, LJ Kriegsfeld, D Kaufer, AC Geraghty, D viviD, NL McGuire, and K Tsutsui. 2017. Neural versus gonadal GnIH: Are they independent systems? A mini-review. Integr. & Comp. Biol. PDF
04. Williams, CT, K Wilsterman, V Zhang, J Moore, BM Barnes, and CL Buck. 2016. The secret life of ground squirrels: accelerometry reveals sex-dependent plasticity in above-ground activity. Royal Soc. Open Sci. 3: 160404. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160404 PDF
03. Wilsterman, K, CT Williams, BB Barnes, and CL Buck. 2015 Energy regulation in context: Free-living female arctic ground squirrels modulate the relationship between thyroid hormones and activity among life history stages. Horm. & Behav. 75: 111-119. PDF
02. Wilsterman, K, AD Mast, TH Luu, and MF Haussmann. 2015. The timing of embryonic exposure to elevated temperature alters stress endocrinology in domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus). Gen. Comp. Endo. 212: 10-16. PDF
01. Williams, CT, K Wilsterman, AD Kelley, AR Breton, H Stark, MM Humphries, AG McAdam, BM Barnes, S Boutin, and CL Buck. 2014. Light loggers reveal weather-driven changes in the daily activity patterns of arboreal and semi-fossorial rodents. J. Mamm. 95: 1230-1239. PDF
29. Butler, CE, MJ Hemmerlein, KV Kiel**, and K Wilsterman. 2026. High elevation adaptation is associated with functional changes in the immune response of deer mice. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2025.3292. PDF
28. Wilsterman, K, ZA Cheviron, JM Good, K Gurnoe-Brantley**, KE Jewett**, K Kiel**, and AM Larson. 2025. High‐elevation adaptation and gestational hypoxia jointly shape vascular development in a rodent placenta. J Physiol. doi: 10.1113/JP289376. PDF
27. Tanner, RL and K Wilsterman. 2025. Beyond diversity initiatives: Building a community of care in scientific societies. BioScience. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaf065. PDF
26. Wilsterman, K, MJ Hemmerlein, NM Báez-Torres**, AI Bautista, KM Gosney**, KE Jewett**, AM Larson, and E Myers**. 2025. A physiological and histological atlas of reproduction in the North American deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus). Plos ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323266. PDF
27. Wilsterman, K, AI Bautista, CE Butler, MY Juergens, and AM Larson. 2024. Evolution of Litter Size: Proximate and Ultimate Mechanisms. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi: 10.1093/icb/icae052 PDF
26. Bautista, AI, CE Butler, AM Larson, and K Wilsterman. 2024. “Hormones and pregnancy in eutherian mammals.” Chapter in: Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, 2nd Edition. Ed. DO Norris, KH Lopez. Academic Press, Elsevier. PDF
25. Wilsterman, K, EC Moore, RM Schweizer, K Cunninham**, JM Good, and ZA Cheviron. 2023. Adaptive structural and functional evolution of the placenta protects fetal growth in high-elevation deer mice. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2218049120. Email me for reprints!
24. Wilsterman, K and K Cuningham**. 2022. Evolution in reproductive tempo and investment across the Peromyscus radiation. J. Exp. Zool. A. doi: 10.1002/jez.2666. PDF
23. Gotlieb, N<, K Wilsterman<, SL Finn**, MF Browne, SR Bever, E Iwakoshi-Ukena, K Ukena, GE Bentley, LJ Kriegsfeld. 2022. Impact of chronic prenatal stress on maternal neuroendocrine function and embryo and placental development in mice. Frontiers in Physiology. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.886298. PDF
22. Williams, CT, HE Chmura, CK Deal, and K Wilsterman. 2022. Sex-differences in phenology: a Tinbergian Perspective. Integrative and Comparative Biology. doi: 10.1093/icb/icac112. PDF
21. Burnett, NP, A. Hernandez, EE King, RL Tanner, and K Wilsterman. 2022. Commentary, Policy Forums: A push for inclusive data collection in STEM organizations. Science. 376(6588) 37-39. PDF
20. Wilsterman, K and ZA Cheviron. 2021. Fetal growth, high altitude, and evolutionary adaptation: A new perspective. Am. J. Physiol. – Regul., Comp, & Integr. Physiol. 321(3): R279-R294. PDF
19. Robertson, CE, and K Wilsterman. 2020. Developmental and reproductive physiology of high-altitude small mammals: challenges and evolutionary innovations. J. Exp. Biol. 223. PDF
18. Wilsterman, K, MA Ballinger, and CM Williams. 2020. A unifying, eco-physiological framework for animal dormancy . Func Ecol. In Press. PDF
17. Burnett, NP, EE King, MK Salcedo, RL Tanner, and K Wilsterman. 2020. Letter to the Editor: Conference scheduling undermines diversity efforts. Nature Ecol. & Evol. 4, pages1283–1284(2020) PDF
16. Wilsterman, K, MM Alonge, DK Ernst, C Limber**, LA Treidel, and GE Bentley. 2020. Flexibility in an emergency life-history stage: acute food deprivation prevents sickness behaviour but not the immune response. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 287. PDF
15. Wilsterman, K, MM Alonge, X Bao**, K Conner**, and GE Bentley. 2020. Food access modifies GnIH, but not CRH, cell number in the hypothalamus in a female songbird. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. In Press. PDF
14. Hernández, MC , Á Navarro-Castilla , K Wilsterman, GE Bentley, and I Barja. 2019. When food access is challenging: evidence of wood mice ability to balance energy budget under predation risk and physiological stress reactions. Behav. Ecol. & Sociobiol. 73:145. PDF
13. Wilsterman, K, GE Bentley, and P Comizzoli. 2019. RFRP-3 promotes basal lamina degradation and cellular death while increasing progesterone secretion in cultured cat ovarian follicles. PeerJ: 7:e7540. PDF
12. Wilsterman, K, X Bao**, AD Estrada**, P Comizzoli, and GE Bentley. 2019. Sex steroids influence organizational but not functional decidualization of feline endometrial epithelial cells in a 3D culture system. Biol. Repro. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioz145. PDF
11. Williams, CT, H Chmura, V Zhang, D Dillon, K Wilsterman, BM Barnes, and CL Buck. Environmental heterogeneity affects seasonal variation in thyroid hormone physiology of free-living arctic ground squirrels. Can. J. Zool. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2018-0302. PDF
10. Wilsterman, K, N Gotlieb, LJ Kriegsfeld, and GE Bentley. 2018. Pregnancy stage determines the effect of chronic stress on ovarian progesterone synthesis. Amer. J. Physiol. Endo. & Metab. 315(5): E987-994. PDF
09. Squicciarini, V, R Riquelme, K Wilsterman, GE Bentley, and HE Lara. 2018. Role of RFRP-3 in the development of cold stress-induced polycystic ovary phenotype in rats. J. Endo. 239(1): 81-91. PDF
08. Grant, AD, K Wilsterman, BL Smarr, and LJ Kriegsfeld. 2018. Evidence for a coupled oscillatory model of endocrine ultradian rhythms. J. Biol. Rhy. 33(5): 475-496. PDF
07. Wilsterman, K, RM Calisi, NL McGuire, and GE Bentley. 2018. “Seasonality: Hormones and Behavior.” Chapter in: Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, 2nd Edition Ed. J Choe, Ed. RJ Nelson. Academic Press, Elsevier. PDF
06. Wilsterman, K, A Pepper**, and GE Bentley. 2017. Low glucose availability stimulates progesterone production by mouse ovaries in vitro. J. Exp. Biol. 220, 4583-4588 doi:10.1242/jeb.164384 PDF
05. Bentley, GE, K Wilsterman, DK Ernst, SE Lynn, MJ Dickens, RM Calisi, LJ Kriegsfeld, D Kaufer, AC Geraghty, D viviD, NL McGuire, and K Tsutsui. 2017. Neural versus gonadal GnIH: Are they independent systems? A mini-review. Integr. & Comp. Biol. PDF
04. Williams, CT, K Wilsterman, V Zhang, J Moore, BM Barnes, and CL Buck. 2016. The secret life of ground squirrels: accelerometry reveals sex-dependent plasticity in above-ground activity. Royal Soc. Open Sci. 3: 160404. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160404 PDF
03. Wilsterman, K, CT Williams, BB Barnes, and CL Buck. 2015 Energy regulation in context: Free-living female arctic ground squirrels modulate the relationship between thyroid hormones and activity among life history stages. Horm. & Behav. 75: 111-119. PDF
02. Wilsterman, K, AD Mast, TH Luu, and MF Haussmann. 2015. The timing of embryonic exposure to elevated temperature alters stress endocrinology in domestic chickens (Gallus domesticus). Gen. Comp. Endo. 212: 10-16. PDF
01. Williams, CT, K Wilsterman, AD Kelley, AR Breton, H Stark, MM Humphries, AG McAdam, BM Barnes, S Boutin, and CL Buck. 2014. Light loggers reveal weather-driven changes in the daily activity patterns of arboreal and semi-fossorial rodents. J. Mamm. 95: 1230-1239. PDF