Select Publications
(Bentz lab members are in bold.)
Kaur, J, RT Paitz, TB Verrett, and AB Bentz. 2026. Socially responsive yolk steroids correlate with gene expression in early extra-embryonic membranes. Journal of Experimental Biology 229: jeb251188.
Lipshutz, SE, MS Hibbins, AB Bentz, A Buechlein, TA Empson, EM George, ME Hauber, DB Rusch, WM Schelsky, QK Thomas, SJ Torneo, AM Turner, SE Wolf, MJ Woodruff, MW Hahn, and KA Rosvall. 2025. Repeated behavioural evolution is associated with convergence of gene expression in cavity-nesting songbirds. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 845-856.
Moradi, K, E Haque, J Kaur, AB Bentz, ES Bridge, and G Habibi. 2025. Context-aware outlier rejection for robust multi-view 3D tracking of similar small birds in an outdoor aviary. IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision,
983-991.
James, AO and AB Bentz. 2024. Predicting yolk testosterone allocation using ecological contexts and life-history traits. Journal of Animal Ecology 93: 1736-1746.
Bailey, ML, C Nixon, DB Rusch, A Buechlein, KA Rosvall, and AB Bentz. 2024. Maternal social environment shapes yolk testosterone allocation and embryonic neural gene expression in tree swallows. Hormones and Behavior 163: 105561.
Siefferman, L, AB Bentz, and KA Rosvall. 2023. Decoupling pioneering traits from latitudinal patterns in a North American bird experiencing a southward range shift. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 1149-1160.
Zimmer, C, CC Taff, DR Ardia, KA Rosvall, C Kallenberg, AB Bentz, AR Taylor, LS Johnson, and MN Vitousek. 2023. Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with inter-and intra-population variation in glucocorticoid levels.
Hormones and Behavior 142: 105280.
Bentz, AB, TA Empson, EM George, DB Rusch, A Buechlein, and KA Rosvall. 2022. How experimental competition changes ovarian gene activity in free-living birds: Implications for steroidogenesis, maternal effects, and beyond. Hormones and
Behavior 142: 105171.
George, EM, SE Wolf, AB Bentz, and KA Rosvall. 2022. Testing hormonal responses to real and simulated social challenges in a competitive female bird. Behavioral Ecology 33: 233-244.
Bentz, AB, EM George, SE Wolf, DB Rusch, R Podicheti, A Buechlein, KP Nephew, and KA Rosvall. 2021. Experimental competition induces immediate and lasting effects on the neurogenome in free-living female birds. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences 118: e2016154118.
Bentz, AB, C Niederhuth, L Carruth, and KJ Navara. 2021. Prenatal testosterone exposure triggers long-term behavioral changes: unraveling the neurogenomic mechanisms. BMC Genomics 22: 1-11.
Wrobel, ER, AB Bentz, W Lorenz, S Gardner, MT Mendon¸ca, and KJ Navara. 2020. Corticosterone and testosterone treatment influence expression of gene pathways linked to meiotic segregation in preovulatory follicles of the domestic hen. PLoS ONE
15: e0232120.
Rosvall, KA, AB Bentz, and E George. 2020. How research on female vertebrates contributes to an expanded challenge hypothesis. Hormones and Behavior 123: 104565.
Bentz, AB, DB Rusch, A Buechlein, and KA Rosvall. 2019. The neurogenomic transition from territory establishment to parenting in a territorial female songbird. BMC Genomics 20: 819.
Bentz, AB, G Thomas, DB Rusch, and KA Rosvall. 2019. Tissue-specific expression profiles and positive selection analysis in the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) using a de novo transcriptome assembly. Scientific Reports 9: 15849.
Lipshutz, SE, E George, AB Bentz, and KA Rosvall. 2019. Evaluating testosterone as a phenotypic integrator: From tissues to individuals to species. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 496: 110531.
Bentz, AB, KJ Philippi, and KA Rosvall. 2019. Evaluating seasonal patterns of female aggression: case study in a cavity-nesting bird with intense female-female competition. Ethology 125: 555-564.
Bentz, AB, EK Dossey, and KA Rosvall. 2019. Tissue-specific gene regulation corresponds with seasonal plasticity in female testosterone and aggression. General & Comparative Endocrinology 270: 26-34.
Possenti, CD, AB Bentz, A Romano, M Parolini, M Caprioli, D Rubolini, K Navara, and N Saino. 2018. Predation risk affects egg mass but not egg steroid hormone concentrations in yellow-legged gulls. Current Zoology 65: 401-408.
Corti, M, A Romano, A Costanzo, AB Bentz, KJ Navara, M Parolini, N Saino, and D Rubolini. 2018. Protoporphyrin-based eggshell pigmentation is associated with female plumage colouration and predicts offspring sex ratio in the barn swallow. Journal
of Avian Biology 49:jav-01642.
Bentz, AB, VA Andreasen, and KJ Navara. 2018. An experimental test of the relationship between yolk testosterone and the social environment in a colonial passerine. Journal of Avian Biology 49:jav-01635.
Pusch, EA, AB Bentz, DJ Becker, and KJ Navara. 2018. Behavioral phenotype predicts physiological responses to chronic stress in proactive and reactive birds. General & Comparative Endocrinology 255: 71-77.
Bentz, AB, DJ Becker, and KJ Navara. 2016. Evolutionary implications of interspecific variation in a maternal effect: a meta-analysis of yolk testosterone response to competition. Royal Society Open Science 3:160499.
Bentz, AB, A Sirman, H Wada, KJ Navara, and W Hood. 2016. Relationship between maternal environment and DNA methylation patterns of estrogen receptor alpha in wild Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) nestlings: a pilot study. Ecology and Evolution
6: 4741-4752.
Robinson, TJ, L Siefferman, AB Bentz, and TS Risch. 2014. The separate effects of egg size and parental quality on the development of ornamental plumage coloration. Ibis 156:415-423.
Bentz, AB, L Siefferman, and KJ Navara. 2013. Phenotypic plasticity in response to breeding density in tree swallows: an adaptive maternal effect? Hormones and Behavior 64:729-736.