Research publications

*Asterisk indicates authors who completed their work as graduate or undergraduate students with the lab PI (John Whiteman). Online profiles are available for Whiteman authoring scientific works. 

2024

*Steele ZT, *Caceres K, *Jameson AD, Griego M, Rogers EJ, Whiteman JP. 2024. A protocol for distilling animal body water from biological samples and measuring oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes via cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies [Early View Online].

2023

Hobson KA, Whiteman JP, Newsome SD. 2023. New frontiers in the application of stable isotopes to ecological and ecophysiological research. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1259402, 3 pp.

Lübcker N, Whiteman JP, Shipley ON, Hobson KA, Newsome SD. 2023. Use of amino acid isotope analysis to investigate capital versus income breeding strategies in migratory avian species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14:2421-2434.

Navarrete L, Lübcker N, Alvarez F, Nespolo RF, Sanchez-Hernandez JC, Maldonado K, Sharp ZD, Whiteman JP, Newsome SD, Sabat P. 2023. A multi-isotope approach reveals seasonal variation in the reliance on marine resources, production of metabolic water, and ingestion of seawater by two species of coastal passerine to maintain water balance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1120271, 10 pp.

2022

Griffen BD, Whiteman JP,  Pullan S. 2022. Significance of autumn and winter food consumption for reproduction by Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears, Ursus maritimus. Polar Biology 45:1351-1362.

Shipley  ON, Olin JA, Whiteman JP,  Bethea DM, Newsome SD. 2022. Bulk and amino acid nitrogen isotopes suggest shifting nitrogen balance of pregnant sharks across gestation. Oecologia 199:313-328.

Whiteman JP,  Harlow HJ, Durner GM, Regehr EV, Amstrup SC, Pagano AM, Ben-David M. 2022. The acute physiological response of polar bears to helicopter capture. Journal of Wildlife Management 86:e22238. 

2021

Sabat P, Newsome SD, Pinochet S, Nespolo R, Sanchez-Hernandez JC, Maldonado K, Gerson AR, Sharp ZD, Whiteman JP. 2021. Triple oxygen isotope measurements (Δ'17O) of body water reflects water intake, metabolism, and δ18O of ingested water in passerines. Frontiers in Physiology 12:710026(1-12).

Whiteman JP. 2021. Polar Bear Behavior: Morphologic and Physiologic Adaptations in Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Sea Otters and Polar Bears. Springer. Davis RW, Pagano AM (eds). Book chapter, pages 219-246.

Whiteman JP, Newsome SD, Bustamante P, Cherel Y, Hobson KA. 2021. Quantifying capital vs. income breeding: new promise with stable isotope measurements of individual amino acids. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:1408-1418.

Whiteman JP, Rodriguez Curras M, Feeser KL, Newsome SD. 2021. Dietary protein content and digestibility influences discrimination of amino acid nitrogen isotope values in a terrestrial omnivorous mammal. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 35:e9073(1-9).

*Khadpekar Y, Whiteman JP, Durrant BS, Owen MA, Prakash S. 2021. Scent-marking behavior by female sloth bears during estrus. Ursus 32E2(1-9).

2020

Lübcker N, Whiteman JP, Newsome SD, Millar RP, de Bruyn PJN. 2020. Can the carbon and nitrogen isotope values of offspring be used as a proxy for their mother’s diet? Using foetal physiology to interpret bulk tissue and amino acid δ15N values. Conservation Physiology 8:1-16.

Lübcker N, Whiteman JP, Millar RP, de Bruyn PJN, Newsome SD. 2020. Fasting affects amino acid nitrogen isotope values: a new tool for identifying nitrogen balance of free-ranging mammals. Oecologia 193:53-65.

2019

Whiteman JP, Sharp ZD, Gerson AR, Newsome SD. 2019. Relating Δ17O values of animal body water to exogenous water inputs and metabolism. BioScience 69:658-668.

Carter WA, Whiteman JP, Cooper-Mullin C, Newsome SD, McWilliams SR. 2019. Dynamics of individual fatty acids in muscle fat stores and membranes of a songbird and its functional and ecological importance. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92:239-251.

Whiteman JP, Elliott Smith EA,  Besser AC, Newsome SD. 2019. A guide to using compound-specific stable isotope analysis to study the fates of molecules in organisms and ecosystems. Diversity 11:8.

Whiteman JP, Harlow HJ, Durner GM, Regehr EV, Amstrup SC, Ben-David M. 2019. Heightened immune system function in polar bears using terrestrial habitats. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92:1-11.

2018

*Khadpekar Y, Whiteman JP, Durrant BS, Owen MA, Prakash S. 2018. Approaches to studying behavior in captive sloth bears through animal keeper feedback. Zoo Biology 37:408-415.

Whiteman JP, Kim SL, McMahon KW, Koch PL, Newsome SD. 2018. Amino acid isotope discrimination factors for a carnivore: physiological insights from leopard sharks and their diet. Oecologia 188:977-989.

Whiteman JP. 2018. Out of balance in the Arctic. Science 359:514-515.

Whiteman JP, Harlow HJ, Durner GM, Regehr EV, Amstrup SC, Ben-David M. 2018. Phenotypic plasticity and climate change: Can polar bears respond to longer Arctic summers with an adaptive fast? Oecologia 186:369-381.

Hughes KL, Whiteman JP, Newsome SD. 2018. The relationship between dietary protein content, body condition, and Δ15N in a mammalian omnivore. Oecologia 186:357-367.

2017

Whiteman JP, Harlow HJ, Rourke BC, Robles M, Durner GM, Regehr EV, Amstrup SC, Ben-David M. 2017. Polar bears experience skeletal muscle atrophy in response to food deprivation and reduced activity in winter and summer. Conservation Physiology 5:1-15.

Durner GM, Douglas DC, Albeke SE, Whiteman JP, Amstrup SC, Richardson E, Wilson RR, Ben-David M. 2017. Increased Arctic sea ice drift alters polar bear movements and energetics. Global Change Biology 23:3460-3473.

2015

Whiteman JP, Harlow HJ, Durner GM, Anderson-Sprecher R, Albeke SE, Regehr EV, Amstrup SC, Ben-David M. 2015. Summer declines in activity and body temperature offer polar bears limited energy savings. Science 349:295-298.

2013

Pauli JN, Zuckerberg B, Whiteman JP, Porter W. 2013. The subnivium: a decaying seasonal refugium. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11:260-267.

Whiteman JP, Frank N, Greller KA, Harlow HJ, Ben-David M. 2013. Characterization of blood lipoproteins and validation of cholesterol and triacylglycerol assays for free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 25:423-427.

Whiteman JP, Buskirk SW. 2013. Footload influences wildlife use of compacted trails in the snow. Wildlife Biology 19:156-164.

2012

Whiteman JP, Greller KA, Harlow HJ, Felicetti LA, Rode KD, Ben-David M. 2012. Carbon isotopes in exhaled breath track metabolic substrates in brown bears (Ursus arctos). Journal of Mammalogy 93:413-421.

Ben-David M, Newsome SD, Whiteman JP. 2012. Lipid and amino acid composition influence incorporation and discrimination of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in captive mink. Journal of Mammalogy 93:399-412.

2011

Pauli JN, Whiteman JP, Marcot BG, McClean TM, Ben-David M. 2011. DNA-based approach to aging martens (Martes americana and M. caurina). Journal of Mammalogy 92:500-510.

Durner GM, Whiteman JP, Harlow HJ, Amstrup SC, Regehr EV, Ben-David M. 2011. Consequences of long-distance swimming and travel over deep-water pack ice for a female polar bear during a year of extreme sea ice retreat. Polar Biology 34:975-984.

2010

Pauli JN, Whiteman JP, Riley MD, Middleton AD. 2010. Defining noninvasive for sampling vertebrates. Conservation Biology 24:349-352.

2005

Verhoeven AS, Swanberg A, Thao M, Whiteman J. 2005. Seasonal changes in leaf antioxidant systems and xanthophyll cycle characteristics in Taxus x media growing in sun and shade environments. Physiologia Plantarum 123:428-434.