Dr. Scott Sakaluk
Distinguished Professor of Zoology
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- About
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Teaching Interests & Areas
Animal Behavior, Evolution
Research Interests & Areas
Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Avian Biology, Entomology
Ph D Zoology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MS Biology
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
BS Biology
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement
College of Arts and Sciences
2018
Million Dollar Club
Illinois State University
2009
Grants and Contracts
Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD Germany). November 01 2019 - January 31 2020
Research Experiences for Teachers supplement
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
National Science Foundation. March 26 2018 - April 30 2021
Research Experiences for Undergraduates supplement
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
National Science Foundation. March 26 2018 - April 21 2021
Collaborative Research: Experimental Evolution of Insect Nuptial Food Gifts and Female Responses
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben Sadd, John Hunt.
National Science Foundation. May 1 2017 - April 30 2021
Induced immunity as a source of maternal effects on offspring phenotype (renewal application - resubmission)
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson, Rachel Michelle Bowden, E Keith Bowers, Laura Anne Vogel, .
National Institutes of Health. September 6 2017 - August 31 2020
MRI: Acquisition of a high speed cell sorter for interdisciplinary student research and training in Biological Sciences
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Laura Vogel, Rachel Bowden, Ben Sadd, Nathan Mortimer, Marge Jones, Charles Thompson, Steven Juliano, Alysia Mortimer, Beverly Barham, Diane Byers.
National Science Foundation. November 2017 - December 2020
Induced immunity as a source of maternal effects on offspring phenotype
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, C F Thompson.
National Institutes of health. June 2013 - May 2016
Leverhulme Visiting Professorship
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
The Leverhulme Trust (U.K.). September 2012 - May 2013
Research Experiences for Teachers supplement
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
National Science Foundation. May 2012 - September 2016
Research Experiences for Undergraduates supplement
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
National Science Foundation. May 2012 - September 2016
Research Opportunity Award supplement
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
National Science Foundation. May 2012 - September 2016
Sexual conflict and the evolution of Medea gifts in insects
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
National Science Foundation. October 2011 - September 2016
Book, Chapter
Mate choice
John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
(2014), 129-158, The evolution of insect mating systems, Oxford University Press
Signal reliability, sex-specific genotype-by-environment interactions in cuticular hydrocarbon expression and the maintenance of polyandry through chemosensory self-referencing in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Carie B Weddle, Christopher Mitchell, John Hunt.
(2014), 312-330, Genotype-by-environment interactions and sexual selection, Wiley-Blackwell
Journal Article
Avian eggshell coloration predicts shell-matrix protoporphyrin content
Charles Thompson, Kara E Hodges, Nathan T Mortimer, Alysia D Vrailas-Mortimer, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Mark E Hauber.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100, 77-81, (2022)
Sex-specific effects of hatching order on nestling baseline corticosterone in a wild songbird
Madison A Rittinger, Rachel M Bowden, Logan A Sauers, Ryan T Paitz, Christine J Poppe, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 319, 9 pages, (2022)
Avian eggshell coloration predicts shell-matrix protoporphyrin content
Charles Thompson, Kara Hodges, Nathan T. Mortimer, Alysia Vrailas Mortimer, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Mark Hauber.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100 (99), 77-81, (2021), doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0134
Female birds monitor the activity of their mates while brooding nest-bound young
Jonathan B Jenkins, Alexander J Mueller, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, E Keith Bowers.
Animal Cognition, 24, 613–628, (2021)
Male and female genotype and a genotype-by-genotype interaction mediate the effects of mating on cellular but not humoral immunity in female decorated crickets
Kylie J Hampton, Kristin R Duffield, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
Heredity, (2021)
Connecting the dots: avian eggshell pigmentation, female condition and paternal provisioning effort
Kara E Hodges, Nathan T Mortimer, Alysia D Vrailas-Mortimer, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130, 114–127, (2020)
Dynamic terminal investment in male burying beetles
Paige A Farchmin, Anne K Eggert, Kristin R Duffield, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Animal Behaviour, 163, 1-7, (2020)
Macronutrient intake and simulated infection threat independently affect life history traits of male decorated crickets
Kristin R Duffield, Kylie J Hampton, Thomas M Houslay, James Rapkin, John Hunt, Ben M Sadd, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ecology and Evolution, 10, 11766–11778, (2020)
Condition-dependent begging elicits increased parental investment in a wild bird population
E Keith Bowers, Jonathan B Jenkins, Alexander J Mueller, Kelly D Miller, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
American Naturalist, 193, 725-737, (2019)
Effects of inbreeding on life-history traits and sexual competency in decorated crickets
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Jeannine Oldzej, Christine J Hodges, Jenny L Harper, Ian G Rines, Kylie J Hampton, Kristin R Duffield, John Hunt, Ben M Sadd.
Animal Behaviour, 155, 241-248, (2019)
Inbreeding alters context-dependent reproductive effort and immunity in male crickets
Kristin R Duffield, Kylie J Hampton, Thomas M Houslay, John Hunt, Ben M Sadd, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, (2019)
Perceived threat to paternity reduces likelihood of paternal provisioning in house wrens
Rachael A DiSciullo, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Behavioral Ecology, 30, 1336-1343, (2019)
Post-hatching parental care and offspring growth vary with maternal corticosterone level in a wild bird population
E. Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson, Rachel M Bowden, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 92, 496-504, (2019)
The troublesome gift: the spermatophylax as a purveyor of sexual conflict and coercion in crickets
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Kristin R Duffield, James Rapkin, Ben M Sadd, John Hunt.
Advances in the Study of Behavior, 51, 1-30, (2019)
Age-dependent variation in the terminal investment threshold in male crickets
Kristin R Duffield, Kylie J Hampton, Thomas M Houslay, John Hunt, James Rapkin, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
Evolution, 72 (3), 578–589, (2018)
Divergent co-evolutionary trajectories in parent-offspring interactions and discrimination against parasites revealed by interspecific cross-fostering
Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Elena Ruiz de la Torre, Anne Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger.
Royal Society Open Science, 5, 12 pages, (2018)
Experimental cross-fostering of eggs reveals effects of territory quality on reproductive allocation
Dylan M Poorboy, E Keith Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Behavioral Ecology, 29, 1190-1198, (2018)
Experimental manipulation of incubation period reveals no apparent costs of incubation in house wrens
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, E. Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson.
Animal Behaviour, 137, 169-177, (2018)
Offspring dependence on parental care and the role of parental transfer of oral fluids in burying beetles
Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Madlen A Prang, Stephen T Trumbo, Heiko Vogel, Anne Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger.
Frontiers in Zoology, 15, 12 pages, (2018)
Pre- and post-natal effects of experimentally manipulated maternal corticosterone on growth, stress reactivity, and survival of nestling house wrens
Beth M Weber, E Keith Bowers, Kimberly A Terrell, Josephine F Falcone, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Functional Ecology, 32, 1995–2007, (2018)
Species divergence in offspring begging and parental provisioning is linked to nutritional dependency of larval burying beetles
Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Anne Eggert, Heiko Vogel, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger.
Behavioral Ecology, 29, 42-50, (2018)
The geometry of nutrient-space based life-history trade-offs: sex-specific effects of macronutrient intake on the trade-off between encapsulation ability and reproductive effort in decorated crickets
James Rapkin, Kim Jensen, Ruth Archer, Clarissa M House, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Enrique del Castillo, John Hunt.
American Naturalist, 191, 452-474, (2018)
A dynamic threshold model for terminal investment
Kristin R Duffield, E Keith Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71, 17 pages, (2017)
Access to a carcass, but not mating opportunities, influences paternal care in burying beetles
Agnieszka B Luzar, Rebecca Schweizer, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71, 9, (2017)
Behavioral plasticity in response to perceived predation risk in breeding house wrens
Erin E Dorset, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Evolutionary Biology, 44, 227-239, (2017)
Interactive effects of parental age on offspring fitness and age-assortative mating in a wild bird
E. Keith Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Journal of Experimental Zoology, 327, 302-310, (2017)
Maternal natal environment and breeding territory predict the condition and sex ratio of offspring
E Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Evolutionary Biology, 44, 11-20, (2017)
Multivariate sexual selection on male tegmina in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae)
Geoffrey D Ower, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, 338-351, (2017)
Size of nest-cavity entrance influences male attractiveness and paternal provisioning in house wrens
Darren S Will, Erin E Dorset, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, E Keith Bowers.
Journal of Zoology, 302, 1-7, (2017)
The complex interplay between macronutrient intake, cuticular hydrocarbon expression and mating success in male decorated crickets
James Rapkin, Kim Jensen, Clarissa M House, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, John K Sakaluk, John Hunt.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, 711-727, (2017)
Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird
E Keith Bowers, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Hormones and Behavior, 83, 6-13, (2016)
From facultative to obligatory parental care: Interspecific variation in offspring dependency on post-hatching care in burying beetles
Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Eva M Keppner, Heiko Vogel, Manfred Ayasse, Anne Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Sandra Steiger.
Scientific Reports, 6, 10 pages, (2016)
Macronutrient intake regulates sexual conflict in decorated crickets
James Rapkin, Kim Jensen, Sarah M Lane, Clarissa M House, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, John Hunt.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, 395-406, (2016)
No effect of blood sampling or phytohaemagglutinin injection on post-fledging survival in a wild songbird
E Keith Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Ecology and Evolution, 6, 3107-3114, (2016)
Pre- and post-natal effects of corticosterone on fitness-related traits and the timing of endogenous corticosterone production in a songbird
Meghan S Strange, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Experimental Zoology A, 325A, 347-359, (2016)
Spring temperatures influence selection on breeding date and the potential for phenological mismatch in a migratory bird
E Keith Bowers, Jennifer L Grindstaff, Sheryl S Soukup, Nancy E Drilling, Kevin P Eckerle, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Ecology, 97, 2880-2891, (2016)
Within-female plasticity in sex allocation is associated with a behavioral polyphenism in house wrens
E Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29, 602–616, (2016)
Cascading costs of reproduction in female house wrens induced to lay larger clutches
Christine J Hodges, E Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, 1383-1393, (2015)
Eggshell porosity covaries with egg size among female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) but is unrelated to incubation onset and egg-laying order within clutches
E Keith Bowers, A White, A Lang, L Podgorski, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, W B Jaeckle, R G Harper.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 93, 421-425, (2015)
Female choice for male cuticular hydrocarbon profile in decorated crickets is not based on similarity to their own profile
Sandra Steiger, Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, Susan N Gershman, Carie B Weddle, James Rapkin, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, John Hunt.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, 2175-2186, (2015)
Immune activation generates corticosterone-mediated terminal reproductive investment in a wild bird
E. Keith Bowers, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
American Naturalist, 185, 769-783, (2015)
Increased extra-pair paternity in broods of aging males and enhanced recruitment of extra-pair young in a migratory bird
E Keith Bowers, Anna M Forsman, Brian S Masters, Bonnie G P Johnson, L Scott Johnson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Evolution, 69, 2533-2541, (2015)
Mass-based condition measures and their relationship with fitness: in what condition is condition?
Craig A Barnett, Toshitaka N Suzuki, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Journal of Zoology, 296, 1-5, (2015)
Persistent sex-by-environment effects on offspring fitness and sex-ratio adjustment in a wild bird population
E Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 84, 473-486, (2015)
Switching tactics: phenotypic plasticity in the alternative mate-finding tactics of burying beetles
Tess E.P. Mulrey, Anne Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Animal Behaviour, 108, 175-182, (2015)
Terminal investment in the gustatory appeal of nuptial food gifts in crickets
Kristin R Duffield, John Hunt, James Rapkin, Ben Sadd, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, 1872-1881, (2015)
What’s in the gift? Towards a molecular dissection of nuptial feeding in a cricket
Yannick Pauchet, Natalie Wielsch, Paul A Wilkinson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Aleš Svatoš, Richard H ffrench-Constant, John Hunt, David G Heckel.
PLoS One, (2015)
Aggressive displays by male house wrens are comprised of multiple components that predict attack
Craig A Barnett, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Journal of Field Ornithology, 85, 56-62, (2014)
Condition-dependent sex difference in nestling house wren (Troglodytes aedon) response to phytohaemagglutinin injection
Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Brian S Masters, Bonnie P Johnson, Laura Anne Vogel, Anna M Forsman, L Scott Johnson.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 92, 1-7, (2014)
Food supplementation fails to reveal a trade-off between incubation and self-maintenance in female house wrens
Cassie J Lothery, Charles Thompson, Megan L Lawler, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
PLoS ONE, 9 (9), e106260 (9 pages), (2014)
Genetic and environmental variation in condition, cutaneous immunity, and haematocrit in house wrens
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Alastair J Wilson, E Keith Bowers, L Scott Johnson, Brian S Masters, Bonnie G.P. Johnson, Laura Anne Vogel, Anna M Forsman, Charles Thompson.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14, 242 (11 pages), (2014)
Neonatal body condition, immune responsiveness, and hematocrit predict longevity in a wild bird population
E Keith Bowers, Christine J Hodges, Anna M Forsman, Laura Anne Vogel, Brian S Masters, Bonnie G.P. Johnson, L Scott Johnson, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ecology, 95 (11), 3027-3034, (2014)
Offspring sex ratio varies with clutch size for female house wrens induced to lay supernumerary eggs
E Keith Bowers, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Behavioral Ecology, 25, 165-171, (2014)
Parental provisioning in house wrens: effects of varying brood size and consequences for offspring
E Keith Bowers, Daniela Nietz, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Behavioral Ecology, 25 (6), 1485–1493, (2014)
Self-recognition in crickets via on-line processing
Alexandra Capodeanu-Nägler, James Rapkin, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, John Hunt, Sandra Steiger.
Current Biology, 24 (23), R1117-R1118, (2014)
Cuticular hydrocarbons as a basis for chemosensory self-referencing in crickets: a potentially universal mechanism facilitating polyandry in insects
C B Weddle, S Steiger, C G Hamaker, C Mitchell, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, J Hunt.
Ecology Letters, 16, 346-353, (2013)
Food fight: sexual conflict over free amino acids in the nuptial gifts of male decorated crickets
S N Gershman, J Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26, 693-704, (2013)
Multivariate sexual selection on male song structure in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae)
Geoffrey D Ower, Kevin A Judge, Sandra Steiger, Kyle J Caron, Rebecca A Smith, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ecology and Evolution, 3, 3590-3603, (2013)
Oxidative stress and the evolution of sex differences in lifespan and ageing in the decorated cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus
C R Archer, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, C Selman, N J Royle, J Hunt.
Evolution, 67, 620-634, (2013)
Self-referent phenotype matching and its role in female mate choice in arthropods
Carie B Weddle, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Current Zoology, 59, 239-248, (2013)
Sexual selection on cuticular hydrocarbons of male sagebrush crickets in the wild
Sandra Steiger, Geoffrey D Ower, Johannes Stökl, Christopher Mitchell, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280, 20132353 (9 pages), (2013)
Sibling cooperation influences age of nest leaving in an altricial bird
E Keith Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
American Naturalist, 181, 775-786, (2013)
Aggressiveness, boldness and parental food provisioning in male house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Craig A Barnett, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ethology, 118, 984-993, (2012)
Biting off more than you can chew: sexual selection on the free amino acid composition of the spermatophylax in decorated crickets
S N Gershman, C Mitchell, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, J Hunt.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 2531-2538, (2012)
Dominance status and sex influence nutritional state and immunity in burying beetles Nicrophorus orbicollis
S Steiger, S N Gershman, A M Pettinger, A K Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Behavioral Ecology, 23, 1126-1132, (2012)
Experimentally increased egg production constrains future reproduction of female house wrens
E K Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Animal Behaviour, 83, 495-500, (2012)
Glycine in nuptial food gifts of decorated crickets decreases female sexual receptivity when ingested, but not when injected
D G Gordon, S N Gershman, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Animal Behaviour, 83, 369-375, (2012)
No effect of carotenoid supplementation on PHA response or body condition of nestling house wrens
J L Sutherland, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 85, 21-28, (2012)
Reproductive allocation in female house wrens is not influenced by experimentally altered male attractiveness
Susan C Grana, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Rachel Michelle Bowden, Melissa A Doellman, Laura Anne Vogel, Charles Thompson.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66, 1247-1258, (2012)
Sex-biased terminal investment in offspring induced by maternal immune challenge in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon)
E K Bowers, R A Smith, C J Hodges, L M Zimmerman, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 2891-2898, (2012)
Sex-specific genotype-by-environment interactions for cuticular hydrocarbon expression in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus: implications for the evolution of signal reliability
C B Weddle, C Mitchell, S K Bay, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, J Hunt.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 2112-2125, (2012)
Sexual selection affects the evolution of lifespan and ageing in the decorated cricket Gryllodes sigillatus
C R Archer, F Zajitschek, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, N J Royle, J Hunt.
Evolution, 66, 3088-3100, (2012)
Adaptive sex allocation in relation to hatching synchrony and offspring quality in house wrens
E K Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
American Naturalist, 177, 617-629, (2011)
Dominance status and carcass availability affect the outcome of sperm competition in burying beetles
A M Pettinger, S Steiger, J K Muller, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, A K Eggert.
Behavioral Ecology, 22, 1079-1087, (2011)
Evidence for heterozygote instability in microsatellite loci in house wrens
B S Masters, L S Johnson, B Johnson, J Brubaker, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Biology Letters, 7, 127-130, (2011)
Experimentally increased in ovo testosterone leads to increased bactericidal activity and decreased cutaneous immune response in nestling house wrens
Sandrine Georgette Clairardin, C A Barnett, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 2778-2782, (2011)
Sex differences in immunity and rapid upregulation of immune defence during parental care in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis
S Steiger, S N Gershman, A M Pettinger, A-K Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Functional Ecology, 25, 1368-1378, (2011)
Turning a deaf ear: a test of the manipulating androgens hypothesis in house wrens
Sandrine Georgette Clairardin, C A Barnett, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Animal Behaviour, 81, 113-120, (2011)
Cutaneous immune activity, but not innate immune responsiveness, covaries with mass and environment in nestling house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Anna M Forsman, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson, Laura A Vogel.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83512-518, 512-518, (2010)
Experimentally-induced spermatophore production and immune responses reveal a trade-off in crickets
A M Kerr, S N Gershman, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Behavioral Ecology, 21, 647-654, (2010)
Give ‘til it hurts: tradeoffs between immunity and male reproductive effort in inbred and outbred decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus
S N Gershman, C A Barnett, A M Pettinger, C B Weddle, J Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23, 829-839, (2010)
Inbred decorated crickets exhibit higher measures of macroparasitic immunity than outbred individuals
S N Gershman, C A Barnett, A M Pettinger, C B Weddle, J Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Heredity, 105, 282-289, (2010)
Male quality influences male provisioning in house wrens independent of attractiveness
M L DeMory, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Behavioral Ecology, 21, 1156-1164, (2010)
Mate quality and novelty influence post-copulatory female choice in decorated crickets, Gryllodes sigillatus
S N Gershman, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ethology, 116, 1113-1117, (2010)
Coping with the cold: temperature and mating activity of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, A K Eggert.
Physiological Entomology, 34, 251-255, (2009)
Dulling the senses: the role of the antennae in mate recognition, copulation, and mate guarding in decorated crickets
K M Ryan, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Animal Behaviour, 77, 1345-1350, (2009)
Extra-pair young in house wren broods are more likely to be male than female
L S Johnson, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, M Neuhauser, B G Johnson, S S Swartz, S J Forsythe, B S Masters.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276, 2285-2289, (2009)
Lovesick: immunological costs of mating to male sagebrush crickets
L C Leman, C B Weddle, S N Gershman, A M Kerr, G D Ower, J M St.John, Laura Anne Vogel, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Evolutionary Biology, 22, 163-171, (2009)
No Coolidge effect in decorated crickets
S N Gershman, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Ethology, 115, 774-780, (2009)
Active and covert infections of cricket iridovirus and Acheta domesticus densovirus in reared Gryllodes sigillatus crickets
Kristin R Duffield, John Hunt, Ben Sadd, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Brenda Oppert, Karyna Rosario-Cora, Robert Behle, José Ramirez.
Frontiers in Microbiology
Intralocus sexual conflict over optimal nutrient intake and the evolution of sex differences in lifespan and reproduction
Michael Hawkes, Sarah Lane, James Rapkin, Kim Jensen, Clarissa House, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, John Hunt.
Functional Ecology
Presentations
What makes a song signal sex or strife? Synthesized songs can tell us which song components matter to free-living birds
Rachael DiSciullo, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
18th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, August 3, 2022
Transgenerational effects of experimentally increased maternal corticosterone in a wild bird population
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Rachael DiSciullo, Paige Farchmin, Madison Rittinger, Christine Poppe, E. Keith Bowers, Rachel Bowden, Charles Thompson.
18th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2, 2022
Sex-specific effects of hatching order on baseline corticosterone in house wrens
Maddison A Rittinger, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
27th Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Online, March, 2021
Transgenerational effects of experimentally increased maternal corticosterone on parental behavior of male house wrens
Rachael A DiSciullo, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
7th North American Ornithological Conference, Virtual Conference, August 14, 2020
Sex-Specific Effects of Hatching Order on Baseline Corticosterone are Unrelated to Hatching Synchrony
Madison A Rittinger, Charles F Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
2020 Animal Behavior Society Virtual Conference, Online, July 31, 2020
Sexual conflict in crickets: Do accessory gland proteins manipulate female behaviors after mating?
Ian G Rines, Ben M Sadd, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
2020 Animal Behavior Society Virtual Conference, Online, July 31, 2020
Gutter science: Interspecific differences in larval dispersal distance and behavior in burying beetles
Anne Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Madlen Prang, Sandra Steiger.
15th Annual Meeting of the Ethologische Gesellschaft, Tübingen, Germany, February 19, 2020
Song and syllable diversity in a central Illinois population of northern house wrens
Rachael A DiSciullo, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
Joint meeting of the 56th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society and the 36th International Ethological Conference, Chicago, IL, July 25, 2019
Effects of inbreeding on life history traits and sexual competency in decorated crickets
Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Jeannine Oldzej, Christine Hodges, Jenny Harper, Ian Rines, Kylie Hampton, Kristin Duffield, John Hunt, Ben M Sadd.
Joint meeting of the 56th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society and the 36th International Ethological Conference, Chicago, IL, July 24, 2019
The influence of mating status and genotype on immunity
Kylie Hampton, Kristin Duffield, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
17th Annual Meeting on Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, Princeton, NJ, June 11, 2019
When resistance is futile: age determines host reproductive effort under infection threat
Kristin Duffield, Kylie Hampton, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
17th Annual Meeting on Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, Princeton, NJ, June 11, 2019
Experimental cross-fostering of eggs reveals effects of territory quality on reproductive allocation
Dylan M Poorboy, E Keith Bowers, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Charles Thompson, Rachel M Bowden.
26th Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2019
Sex specific effects of hatching order and synchrony on nestling baseline corticosterone
Maddison A Rittinger, Charles Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
26th Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2019
A dynamic terminal investment threshold in male crickets
Kristin R Duffield, Kylie J Hampton, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
Conférences Jacques-Mondo/Open questions in disease ecology and evolution: from basic research to evolutionary medicine, Roscoff, Brittany, France, October 31, 2017
Give it all we got tonight? Terminal investment and male cricket calling effort
Kristin Duffield, Tom M Houslay, James Rapkin, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk, Ben Sadd.
23rd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2016
Multivariate sexual selection on male tegmina in wild populations of sagebrush crickets, Cyphoderris strepitans (Orthoptera: Haglidae)
Geoff D Ower, Colleen M McGrath, Rebecca Halpin, John Hunt, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
23rd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2016
Elevated glucocorticoids enhance maternal reproductive allocation and offspring development in a wild songbird.
E Keith Bowers, Charles F Thompson, Scott K Sakaluk.
National Meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, Asilomar, CA, January, 2016
Give it all we got tonight? Terminal investment and male cricket calling effort
Kristin Duffield, John Hunt, James Rapkin, Scott K Sakaluk, Ben M Sadd.
International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761, October, 2015
Behavioral plasticity in response to perceived predation risk in breeding house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
Erin Dorset, Charles F Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
22nd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2015
Condition-dependent begging in nestling house wrens (Troglodytes aedon)
E Keith Bowers, Charles F Thompson, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
22nd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2015
How mating experiences influence the expression of alternative mate-finding tactics in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis
Tess P Mulrey, Anne K Eggert, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
22nd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2015
Terminal investment in gustatory appeal of male decorated cricket nuptial food gifts
Kristin R Duffield, John Hunt, Ben M Sadd, Scott Kitchener Sakaluk.
22nd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March, 2015