Wingfield Lab
The Wingfield Lab at the University of Washington in Seattle enjoys excellent access
to urban and rural field sites where ongoing studies of White-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia ssp)
are conducted by undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, and visiting researchers. |
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Projects include: |
High Latitude Breeding
Control of seasonal breeding in diverse habitats: Arctic Ocean to Cape Horn. |
Field sites include: |
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- Alpental (Cascade Mountains, Washington)
- Fairbanks, Alaska (boreal forest)
- Finca dos Lados, Costa Rica
- Hart's Pass (Cascade Mountains, Washington)
- Huaxiaxia and associated sites, Tibet
- Isla Navarrino (Tierra del Fuego), Chile
- Lake Myvaten and associated sites, Iceland
- Montlake Fill (Urban Seattle landfill)
- Pack Forest, Washington (working forest land)
- Punta Tombo, Argentina
- Shaw Island and Friday Harbor (San Juan Islands), Washington (coastal/island)
- Steven's Pass (Cascade Mountains, Washington)
- Thule, Greenland (Arctic)
- Toolik, Alaska (Arctic tundra)
- Westport, Washington (Pacific Ocean beach)
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Multimedia Files available: |
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Audio Files
- White-crowned Sparrow: 2005, 2006, 2007
- Rufous-collared Sparrow: 2005, 2006
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Still Images
- Alaska: Toolik Lake,
Fairbanks, Anchorage, Cordova
- California: Bodega Bay, Tioga Pass
- Washington State: Cascade Mountain, Olympic Mountains, western Washington, Seattle
(urban), San Juan Islands
- Chile: Quebrada de la Plata, Los Farellones, Valdivia, Isla Navarrino
- Costa Rica: Cuerici, Finca dos Lados
- Ecuador: Papallacta
- Greenland: Thule
- Peru: Urubamba valley
- A Few Birds
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Video Files
- Male white-crowned sparrows responding to simulated territorial intrusion
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Mixed Media Files
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Data Files available: |
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- Lab Protocols
- Testosterone (2002, 2003, 2004)
- Stress Hormones (1998, 2000, 2001)
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Bibliographic resources: |
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- Bonier F., Martin P.R., Sheldon K.S., Jensen J.P., Foltz S.L., Wingfield J.C. (2007)
- Sex-specific consequences of life in the city.
Behav Ecol 18(1):121-129.
- Bonier F., Martin P.R., Wingfield J.C. (2007)
- Maternal corticosteroids influence primary offspring sex ratio in a free-ranging passerine bird.
Behav Ecol online.
- Boswell T., Richardson R.D., Seeley R.J., Ramenofsky M., Wingfield J.C., Friedman M.I.,
Woods S.C. (1995)
- Regulation of food intake by metabolic fuels in white-crowned sparrows.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp
Physiol 269:1462-1468.
- Breuner C.W., Orchinik M., Hahn T.P., Meddle S.L., Moore I.T., Owen-Ashley N.T., Sperry T.S.,
Wingfield, J.C. (2003)
- Differential mechanisms for regulation of the stress response across
latitudinal gradients Am J Physiology:
Reg, Integ, and Comp Physiol 285(3):594-600.
- M Konishi M., ST Emlen S.T., RE Ricklefs R.E., and JC Wingfield J.C. (1989)
- Contributions of bird studies to biology.
Science 246(4929):465-472.
- Moore I.T., Bonier F., Wingfield J.C. (2005)
- Reproductive asynchrony and population divergence between two tropical bird populations.
Behavioral Ecology 16(4):755-762.
- Wingfield J.C. (1985)
- Influences of weather on reproductive function in male song sparrows, Melospiza melodia.
J Zoology 205(4):525-544.
- Wingfield J.C., Hahn T.P., Maney D.L., Schoech S.J., Wada M., Morton M.L. (2003)
- Effects of temperature on photoperiodically induced reproductive development, circulating plasma
lutenizing hormone and thyroid hormones, body mass, fat deposition and molt in mountain white-crowned
sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha.
Gen Comp Endocrinology
131:143-158.
- Wingfield J.C., Lynn S.E., Soma K.K. (2001)
- Avoiding the 'costs' of testosterone: Ecological bases of hormone-behavior interactions.
Brain Behavior and Evolution
57(5):239-251.
- Wingfield J.C., Soma K.K. (2002)
- Spring and autumn territoriality in song sparrows: Same behavior, different mechanisms?
Integ Comp Biology 42(1):11-20.
- See also:
- Current full listing of articles and papers in the E-BIRD USA
Bibliography online.
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