17) Taff, CC, SM McNew, C Zimmer, JJ Uehling, JL Houtz, TA Ryan, D Chang van Oordt, AS Injaian, MN Vitousek. 2023. Social signal manipulation and environmental challenges have independent effects on physiology, internal microbiome, and reproductive performance in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Journal of Experimental Zoology A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. In press. PDF
16) Houtz*, JL, M Melo*, JF Therrien, A Cornell. 2023. Disentangling relationships between physiology, morphology, diet, and gut microbial diversity in American Kestrel nestlings. Journal of Avian Biology e03019. PDF *Authors contributed equally 15) Dunn, P, et al. (including JL Houtz). 2023. Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America. Ecology e4036. PDF
14) Walsh, J, R Bowman, J Brawn, KM Covino, KM Dugger, RC Fleischer, JL Houtz, SM Mahoney, M Pruett-Jones, CE Tarwater, J Fair. 2023. Professional ethics in the American Ornithological Society: survey findings and future directions. Ornithology 140: 1-7. PDF
13) Vitousek, MN, JL Houtz, MA Pipkin, D Chang van Oordt, K Hallinger, JJ Uehling, C Zimmer, CC Taff. 2022. Natural and experimental cold exposure increase the sensitivity to future stressors in a free-living songbird. Functional Ecology 36(10): 2531-2543. PDF
12) Houtz, JL, JE Receveur, ME Benbow, JL Pechal, BM Horton, JR Wallace. 2022. Characterization of the avian postmortem gut microbiome across space and time using 16S rRNA sequencing. Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments 2: 100053. PDF
11) Houtz, JL, CC Taff, MN Vitousek. 2022. Gut microbiome as a mediator of stress resilience: a reactive scope framework. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62(1): 41-57.PDF
10) Taff, CC, BA Johnson, AT Anker, AM Rodriguez, JL Houtz, JJ Uehling, MN Vitousek. 2022. No apparent trade-off between the quality of nest-grown feathers and time spent in the nest in an aerial insectivore, the Tree Swallow. Ornithology 139(3): ukac017.PDF
9) Houtz, JL, JG Sanders, A Denice, AH Moeller. 2021. Predictable and host-species specific humanization of the gut microbiota in captive primates. Molecular Ecology 30(15): 3677-3687. PDF
8) Harrington, KJ, J Meiburg, JL Houtz. 2021. Winter bird gets the worm: consumption of earthworms by striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) in invasive Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) in the Falkland Islands. Polar Biology 44(5): 1009-1013.PDF
7) Taff, CC, C Zimmer, D Scheck, TA Ryan, JL Houtz, MR Smee, TA Hendry, MN Vitousek. 2021. Plumage manipulation alters associations between behaviour, physiology, the internal microbiome and fitness. Animal Behaviour 178: 11-36. PDF
6) Houtz*, JL, R Mady*, JJ Uehling*. 2020. A virtual bird’s eye view: Live streaming nest boxes to continue outreach in the era of COVID-19. Ecology and Evolution11(8): 3559-3564.PDF *Authors contributed equally
5) Slevin, MC, JL Houtz, DJ Bradshaw, RC Anderson. 2020. Evidence supporting the microbiota-gut-brain axis in a songbird. Biology Letters 16(11): 20200430. PDF
4) Genova, LA, BB Johnson, FR Castelli, LM Arcila Hernández, DA Chang van Oordt, AJ Demery, NK Fletcher, EM Goud, KD Holmes, JL Houtz, MM Howard, JJ Hughes, KH Jensen, HD Kunerth, EP Law, E Lombardi, A Mazo-Vargas, CA McDonald, CS Mittan, TA Ryan, AM Tracy, JJ Uehling, AK Weiss, MK Smith. 2020. What is speciation, how does it occur, and why is it important for conservation? CourseSource 7. PDF
3) Harrington, KJ, JA Fahlbusch, R Langrock, JF Therrien, JL Houtz, BI McDonald. 2020. Seasonal time-energy allocation of a farm-island population of striated caracaras (Phalcoboenus australis) in the Falkland Islands. Animal Biotelemetry 8(1): 1-11.PDF
2) McCabe*, R, JP Receveur*, JL Houtz*, KL Thomas, ME Benbow, JL Pechal, JR Wallace. 2020. Characterizing the microbiome of ectoparasitic louse flies feeding on migratory raptors. PLOS One 15(6): e0234050. PDF *Authors contributed equally
1) Rivers, JW, JL Houtz, MG Betts, BM Horton. 2017. No evidence for a link between forest herbicides and offspring sex ratio in a migratory songbird using high-throughput molecular sexing. Conservation Physiology 5(1): cox054. PDF
Manuscripts in Review
1) Bolton, PE, CN Balakrishnan, R Dakin, JL Houtz, IT Moore, TB Ryder, BM Horton. Neurogenomic landscape of cooperative display behavior. In review. Preprint.
2) Uehling, JJ, CC Taff, JL Houtz, PM Becker, AS Injaian, MN Vitousek. Predictors and consequences of diet variation in a declining generalist aerial insectivore. In review.
3) McNew, SM, CC Taff, C Zimmer, JJ Uehling, TA Ryan, D Chang van Oordt, JL Houtz, AS Injaian, MN Vitousek. Developmental stage-dependent effects of perceived predation risk on physiology and fledging success of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). In review.
4) Rohwer, VG, JL Houtz, MN Vitousek, RL Bailey, ET Miller. From pattern to process: the evolution of using shed snake skin in bird nests. In review.
5) Miller, CR, JL Houtz, N Mejia, NJ Morris, MA Pipkin, A. Shankar, JJ Uehling, JL Williamson, MN Vitousek. What can tree swallows teach us about biology?. In review.