Publications

*indicates a graduate or undergraduate student co-author

Crooks, G. C.*, Grace, J. K., Guo, J., Blue-McLendon, A., Heatley, J. J. 2023. Validation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbentassay and establishment of a reference interval for androstenedione in Texastortoises (Gopherus berlandieri). The Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 33(3): 1-7. doi:10.5818/JHMS-D-22-00017 

Maness, T. J., Grace, J. K., Hirchak, M. R., Tompkins, E. M., Anderson, D. J. 2023. Circulating corticosterone predicts near-term, while H/L ratio predicts long-term, survival in a long-lived seabird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1172904. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1172904  

McCloy, M. W.*, Glascock, S., Grace, J. K. 2023. Local weather affects body condition of three North American songbird species on the Texas Coast. Ecology and Evolution, 13(7), e10317. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10317

McCloy, M. W.*, & Grace, J. K. 2023. Short-term weather patterns influence avian body condition during the breeding season. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 307.

McCloy, M. D.*, Andringa, R. K., Grace, J. K. 2022. Resilience of Avian Communities to Urbanization and Climate Change: an Integrative Review. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.918873 

Grace, J. K., Duran, E.*, Ottinger, M. A., Woodrey, M., Maness, T. J. 2022. Microplastics in the Gulf of Mexico: A Bird’s Eye View. Sustainability, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137849

Andringa, R. K.*, Guggenheimer, A.*, Grace, J. K. 2022. Daily weather affects body condition, sex, and age ratios of harvested dabbling ducks in Texas. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Guggenheimer, A.*, Grace, J. K. 2022. Duck non-breeding body condition differs by sex, age, and year. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Hardin, Faith O.*, Hardin, F. O., Beckman, A. K.*, Earl, A. D.*, Grace, J. K. 2021. “Optimizing and competing for resources.” In Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene, edited by Darren S. Proppe. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.

Hardin, F.*, Leivers, S., Grace, J., Campbell, T., Pierce, B., Morrison, M. 2021. Secondhand homes: Woodpecker cavity location and structure influences secondary nester’s success. Ecology and Evolution. Doi: 0.22541/au.160227941.13857857/v1

Marasco, V.*, Dupont, S.*, Grace, J. K., Angelier, F. 2021. No trans‑generational maternal effects of early‑life corticosterone exposure on neophobia and antipredator behaviour in the house sparrow. Journal of Ethology. Doi: 10.1007/s10164-021-00712-3

Andringa, R. K.*, McCloy, M. W. D.*, Grace, J. K. 2020. Breeding status of the Swainson’s Warblers (Limnothlypis Swainsonii) in the Brazos River Valley. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 52(1-2): 9-15. 

Grace, J. K., Parenteau, C., Angelier, F. 2020. Post-natal corticosterone exposure downregulates the HPA axis through adulthood in a common passerine. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 292: 113421. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113421

Ottinger, M. A., Maness, T., Grace, J. K., Wilson, R. R., Jodice, P. G. R. 2019. Avian Health. In: Wilson, R. R., A. M. V. Fournier, J. S. Gleason, J. E. Lyons, and M. S. Woodrey (Editors). Strategic Bird Monitoring Guidelines for the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Research Bulletin 1228, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. USA. pp. 275-295.

Dupont, S. M*, Grace, J. K., Lourdais, O., Brischoux, F., Angelier, F. 2019. Slowing down the metabolic engine: impact of early-life corticosterone exposure on adult metabolism in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(22): jeb211771. doi:10.1242/jeb.211771

Grace, J. K., Parenteau, C., Angelier, F. 2019. Post-natal glucocorticoid elevation affects GnRH-induced luteinizing hormone concentration in female house sparrows. General and Comparative Endocrinology 283: 113238. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113238 

Ottinger, M. A., Grace, J. K., Maness, T., Dean, K. 2019. Avian Sentinels of "One Health" for the Gulf of Mexico. In L. McKinney, M. Besonen, K. Withers (Eds.), Proceedings: The Gulf of Mexico Workshop on International Research (pp. 152-160). New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

Grace, J. K., Anderson, D. J. 2018. Early-life maltreatment predicts adult stress response in a long lived bird. Biology Letters 14: 20170679, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0679

Grace, J.K., Froud, L. *, Meillère, A., Angelier, F. 2017. House sparrows mitigate growth effects of post-natal glucocorticoid exposure at the expense of longevity. General and Comparative Endocrinology 253:1-12, doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.08.011

Grace, J. K., Martin-Gousset, L.*, Angelier, F. 2017. Delayed effect of early-life corticosterone treatment on adult anti-predator behavior in a common passerine. Physiology and Behavior 177:82-90, doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.04.018

Angelier, F., Meillère, A., Grace, J. K., Trouvé, C., Brischoux, F. 2016. No evidence for an effect of traffic noise on the development of the corticosterone stress response in an urban exploiter. General and Comparative Endocrinology 232: 43-50. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.12.007

Grace, J. K., Anderson, D. J. 2014. Corticosterone stress response shows long-term repeatability and predicts personality in free-living Nazca boobies. General and Comparative Endocrinology 208: 39-48. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.08.020

Grace, J. K., Anderson, D. J. 2014. Personality correlates with contextual plasticity in a free-living, long-lived seabird. Behaviour 151(9): 1281 – 1311. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003185

Grace, J. K., Tompkins, E. M., Anderson, D. J. 2013. Leucistic adult large cactus-finch (Geospiza conirostris) on Española Island, Galápagos: a potential continuation of nestling beak color. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125(1): 201-204. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/12-093.1

Grace, J. K., K. Dean, M. A. Ottinger, D. J. Anderson. 2011. Hormonal effects of maltreatment in Nazca booby nestlings: implications for the “cycle of violence.” Hormones and Behavior 60(1):78-85. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.03.007

Müller, M.S., Porter, E.T., Grace, J.K., Awkerman, J.A., Birchler, K.T., Gunderson, A.T., Schneider, E.G., Westbrock, M.A., Anderson, D.J. 2011. Maltreated nestlings exhibit correlated maltreatment as adults: evidence of a “cycle of violence” in Nazca boobies (Sula granti). Auk 128(4): 615. doi: 10.1525/auk.2011.11008.

Grace, J. K. and D. J. Anderson. 2009. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra). The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu.bnaproxy.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/073, doi:10.2173/bna.73

Grace, J. K., and D. P. Craig. 2008. The development and lateralization of prey delivery in a bill load holding bird. Animal Behaviour, 75: 2005-2011, doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.11.009.

Anderson, D. J., K. P. Huyvaert, J. A. Awkerman, C. B. Proaño, W. B. Milstead, G. Jiménez-Uzcátegui, S. Cruz, J. K. Grace. 2008. Population Status of the Critically Endangered Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), 1999 to 2007. Endangered Species Research 5: 185-192, doi: 10.3354/esr00089.