Publications

Pollock NB, Conrad H, John-Alder HB. (In Review). Chigger mite (Eutrombicula alfreddugesi) ectoparasitism does not contribute to sex differences in growth rate in eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus). Ecol Evol.

Pollock NB. (2022). Student performance and perceptions of anatomy and physiology across traditional face-to-face, hybrid, and online teaching lab styles. Adv Physiol Educ 46: 453-460. [pdf]

Pollock NB, John-Alder HB. (2020). Sex- and age-specific mite parasitism in eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus): effects of season and individual consistency. J Herpetol 54: 273-281. [pdf]

Pollock NB, Feigin S, Drazenovic M, John-Alder HB. (2017). Sex hormones and the development of sexual size dimorphism: 5α-dihydrotestosterone inhibits growth in a female-larger lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). J Exper Biol 220: 4068-4077. [pdf]

Pollock NB, Howe N, Irizarry I, Lorusso N, Kruger A, Himmler K, Struwe L. (2015). Personal BioBlitz: A New Way to Encourage Biodiversity Discovery and Knowledge in K-99 Education and Outreach. BioScience 65: 1154-1164. [pdf]

Pollock NB, Gawne E, Taylor EN. (2015). Effects of temperature on feeding duration, success, and efficiency of larval western black-legged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on western fence lizards. Exper Appl Acarol 69: 299-307. [pdf]

Holding ML, Frazier JA, Dorr  SW, Pollock NB, Muelleman PJ, Branske A, Henningsen SN, Eikenaar C, EscallónC, Montgomery CE, Moore IT, Taylor EN (2014) Wet and dry season steroid hormone profiles and stress reactivity of an insular dwarf Snake, the Hog Island boa (Boa constrictor imperator). Physiol Biochem Zool 87: 363-373. [pdf]

Pittman W, Pollock NB, Taylor EN (2013) Effect of host anemia on host choice and feeding rate of larval western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus). Exper Appl Acarol 61: 471-479. [pdf]

Pollock NB, Vredevoe LK, Taylor EN (2012) The effect of exogenous testosterone on ectoparasite loads in free-ranging western fence lizards. J Exp Zool 317A: 447-454. [pdf]

Pollock NB, Vredevoe LK, Taylor EN (2012) How do host sex and reproductive state affect host preference and feeding duration of ticks? Parasitol Res 111: 897-907. [pdf]