Dr. Charles Thompson
Research Professor
Office
FSA Felmley Hall of Science Annex 135
Office Hours
By appointment
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- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
Directing undergraduate-, M.S.-, and Ph.D.- student research
Research Interests & Areas
The evolutionary, physiological, and behavioral ecology of birds.
Ph D Zoology
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
MA Zoology
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
BA Zoology
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
Grants and Contracts
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
A M Forsman, Scott K Sakaluk, Charles Thompson, Laura Anne Vogel.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 83, 512-518, (2010)
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)
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)
The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: a review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases
M M Lambrechts, Charles Thompson, +54 additional authors..
Acta Ornithologica, 45, 1-26, (2010)
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)
Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through extra-pair mating.
A M Forsman, Laura Anne Vogel, Scott K Sakaluk, B G Johnson, B S Masters, L S Johnson, Charles Thompson.
Molecular ecology, 17 (16), 3697-706, (2008), 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03860.x
Immune-challenged house wren broods differ in the relative strengths of their responses among different axes of the immune system.
A M Forsman, Laura Anne Vogel, Scott K Sakaluk, J L Grindstaff, Charles Thompson.
Journal of evolutionary biology, 21 (3), 873-8, (2008), 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01503.x
Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in Neotropical Migrant Passerines
R. G. Harper, J. A. Frick, Angelo Capparella, B. Borup, M. Nowak, D. Biesinger, Charles Thompson.
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 31, 386-390, (1996)
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
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
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