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2009
Dearing, M.D., M.A. Previtali, J.D. Jones, P.W. Ely, and B.A. Wood. (2009) Patterns of recent Sin Nombre infections in deer mice: seasonality and effects on reproductive success. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, In Press.
C. A. Clay, E. M. Lehmer, S. St. Jeor, and M. D. Dearing. (2009) Testing mechanisms of the Dilution Effect: Deer mice encounter rates, Sin Nombre virus prevalence and Species Diversity. EcoHealth, 2009 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print].
C. A. Clay, E. M. Lehmer, S. St. Jeor, and M. D. Dearing. (2009) Sin nombre virus and rodent species diversity: a test of the dilution and amplification hypotheses. PLoS One 4(7):e6467.
Dearing, MD; Previtali, MA; Jones, JD; Ely, PW; and Wood, BA. (2009) Seasonal variation in Sin Nombre virus Infections in deer
mice: Preliminary results. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(2):430–436.
Magnanou, E; Malenke, JR; and Dearing, MD. (2009) Expression of biotransformation genes in woodrat
(Neotoma) herbivores on novel and ancestral diets:
identification of candidate genes responsible for
dietary shifts. Molecular Ecology 18:2401–2414.
Torregrossa, A-M and Dearing, MD. (2009) Nutritional toxicology of mammals: regulated intake of
plant secondary compounds. Functional Ecology 23:48–56.
Clay, CA; Lehmer, EM; Previtali, A; St. Jeor, S; and Dearing, MD. (2009) Contact heterogeneity in deer mice: implications
for Sin Nombre virus transmission. Proceeding of the Royal Society B 276:1305–1312. News Coverage 1. News Coverage 2.
Torregrossa, A.-M. and Dearing, M. D. (2009) Caching as a behavioral mechanism to reduce toxin intake. Journal of Mammalogy 90(4):803-810.
2008
Adler, FR, JM Pearce-Duvet, and MD Dearing. (2008) How host population dynamics translate into time-lagged prevalence: an investigation of Sin Nombre virus in deer mice. Bull Math Biol 70(1):236-252
Bego, MG; Bawiec, D; Dandge, D; Martino, B; Dearing, D; Wilson, E; and St. Jeor, S. Development of an ELISA to detect Sin Nombre virus-specific IgM from deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Virological Methods 151:204–210.
Dearing, MD; Forbey, JS; McLister, and JD; Santos, L. (2008) Ambient temperature influences diet selection and physiology of an herbivorous mammal, Neotoma albigula. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(6):891–897.
Haley, SL, Lamb, JG, Franklin, MR, Constance, JE, and Dearing, MD (2008) Pharm-ecology of diet shifting: Biotransformation of plant secondary compounds in creosote (Larrea tridentata) by a woodrat herbivore, Neotoma lepida. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 81(5):584–593.
Skopec, MM, Haley, S, Torregrossa, AM, and Dearing, MD (2008) An oak (Quercus agrifolia) specialist (Neotoma macrotis) and a sympatric generalist (Neotoma lepida) show similar Intakes
and digestibilities of oak. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(4):426–433.
Lehmer, EM; Dearing, MD; Turnbull, C, Pearce-Duvet, J; and St. Jeor, S. (2008) Differential regulation of pathogens: the roles of habitat structure and density in predicting prevalence of Sin Nombre Hantavirus. Oecologia 155:429-539.
2007
David W. Podlesak, Ann-Marie Torregrossa, James R. Ehleringer, M. Denise Dearing, Benjamin H. Passey and Thure E. Cerling. (2007) Turnover of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in the body water, CO2, hair, and enamel of a small mammal. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 72:19-35.
Haley, S; Lamb, JG; Franklin, MR; Constance, JE; Dearing, MD (2007) Xenobiotic metabolism of plant secondary compounds in oak (Quercus agrifolia ) by specialist and generalist woodrat herbivores, genus Neotoma. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33:2111-2122.
Haley, S; Lamb, JG; Franklin, MR; Constance, JE; Dearing, MD (2007) Xenobiotic metabolism of plant secondary compounds in juniper (Juniperus monosperma) by specialist and generalist woodrat herbivores, genus Neotoma. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 146: 552-560.
Cerling, TE; Ayliffe, LK; Dearing, MD; Ehleringer, JR; Passey, BH; Podlesak, DW; Torregrossa, AM; West, AG. (2007) Determining biological tissue turnover using stable isotopes: the reaction progress model. Oecologia 151:175-189. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0571-4
Lehmer, EM; Turnbull, C; Wilson, E; St. Jeor, S and Dearing, MD. (2007) Differential resource allocation in deer mice infected with Sin Nombre Hantavirus. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 80(5):514-21.
Adler, FR, Pearce-Duvet, JMC, and Dearing, MD. (2007) How host population dynamics translate into time-lagged prevalence: an investigation of Sin Nombre virus in deer mice. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 1-17.
Skopec, MM; Haley, S and Dearing, MD. (2007) Differential hepatic gene expression of a dietary specialist Neotoma stephensi and dietary generalist Neotoma albigula in response to juniper (Juniperus monosperma). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part D 3:34-43.
2006
Green, AK; Haley, S; Barnes, DM; Dearing, MD and Karasov, WH. (2006) Is alpha-pinene a substrate for permeability-glycoprotein in woodrats? Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:1197-1211.
Robinson TF, Sponheimer M, Roeder BL, Passey B, Cerling TE, Dearing MD, Ehleringer JR. (2006) Digestibility and nitrogen retention in llamas and goats fed alfalfa, C-3 grass, and C-4 grass hays. Small Ruminant Research 64(1-2):162-168.
O’Grady, SP and Dearing, MD. (2006) Isotopic insight into host–endosymbiont relationships in Liolaemid lizards. Oecologia (2006) 150:355–361
Dearing, MD; Skopec, MM; and Bastiani, MJ. (2006) Detoxification rates of wild herbivorous woodrats (Neotoma). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 145:419-422.
Pearce-Duvet, JMC; St. Jeor, SC; Boone, JD; and Dearing, MD. (2006) Changes in Sin Nombre virus prevalence across seasons: the interaction between habitat, sex, and infection in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 42:819-824.
Sorensen, JS; Skopec, M; Dearing, MD. (2006) Application of pharmacological approaches to plant-mammal interactions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:1229-1246.
Sorensen, JS; Dearing, MD. Efflux transporters as a novel herbivore countermechanism to plant chemical defenses. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:1181-1196.
Sponheimer, M., T.F. Robinson, T.E. Cerling, L. Tegland, B.L. Roeder, L. Ayliffe, M.D. Dearing, and J.R. Ehleringer. (2006) Turnover of stable carbon isotopes in the muscle, liver, and breath CO2 of alpacas (Lama pacos). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 20:1395-1399.
2005
Dearing, MD; Foley, WJ and McLean, S. (2005) The influence of plant secondary metabolites in the nutritional ecology of herbivorous terrestrial vertebrates. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2005. 36:169-89.
Sorensen, JS; Heward, E; Dearing, MD. (2005) Plant secondary metabolites alter the feeding patterns of a mammalian herbivore, Neotoma lepida. Oecologia 146:416-422.
O'Grady, SP; Moranda, M; Avila, L; Dearing, MD. Correlating diet and digestive tract specialization: Examples from the lizard family Liolaemidae. Zoology 108 (2005) 201-210 .
Passey, BH; Robinson, TF; Ayliffe, LK; et al. (2005) Carbon isotope fractionation between diet, breath CO2 and bioapatite in different mammals. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:1459-1470.
R. L. Lindroth and MD Dearing. (2005) Herbivory in an Elevated CO2 World. In The History of Atmospheric CO2 and its Effect on Plants, Animals and Ecosystems. 468-486 Eds: J. Ehleringer, T. Cerling, MD Dearing. Springer-Verlag.
Dearing, MD; McLister, JD; Sorensen, JS. (2005) Woodrat (Neotoma) herbivores maintain nitrogen balance on a low-nitrogen, high-phenolic forage, Juniperus monosperma. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175:349-355 2005.
Sorensen, JS; McLister, JD; Dearing, MD. (2005) Plant secondary metabolites compromise the energy budgets of specialist and generalist mammalian herbivores.
Ecology 86(1):125-139.
Sorensen, JS; McLister, JD; Dearing, MD. (2005) Novel plant secondary metabolites impact dietary specialists more than generalists (Neotoma spp.). Ecology 86(1):140-154.
Ward, JK; Harris, JM; Cerling, TE; et al.
(2005) Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits, southern California.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102(3):690-694.
2004
Baugh, AT; West, AG; Rickart, EA; et al.
(2004) Stable isotope ratios (delta(15)n and delta(13)c) of syntopic shrews (Sorex).
Southwestern Naturalist 49(4):493-500.
Green, AK; Haley, SL; Dearing, MD; et al.
(2004) Intestinal capacity of P-glycoprotein is higher in the juniper specialist, Neotoma stephensi, than the sympatric generalist, Neotoma albigula.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 139(3):325-333.
Lamb, JG; Marick, P; Sorensen, J; et al.
(2004) Liver biotransforming enzymes in woodrats Neotoma stephensi (Muridae).
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology 138(2):195-201.
West, AG; Ayliffe, LK; Cerling, TE; et al. (2004) Short-term diet changes revealed using stable carbon isotopes in horse tail-hair. Functional Ecology 18(4):616-624.
Mangione, AM; Dearing, MD; Karasov, WH.
(2004) Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) resin increases water demands and reduces energy availability in desert woodrats (Neotoma lepida).
Journal of Chemical Ecology 30(7): 1409-1429.
McLister, JD; Sorensen, JS; Dearing, MD. (2004) Effects of consumption of juniper (Juniperus monosperma) on cost of thermoregulation in the woodrats Neotoma albigula and Neotoma stephensi at different acclimation temperatures.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77(2):305-312.
Coltrain, JB; Harris, JM; Cerling, TE; et al.
(2004) Rancho La Brea stable isotope biogeochemistry and its implications for the palaeoecology of late Pleistocene, coastal southern California.
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 205(3-4):199-219.
Ayliffe, LK; Cerling, TE; Robinson, T; et al.
(2004) Turnover of carbon isotopes in tail hair and breath CO2 of horses fed an isotopically varied diet.
Oecologia 139(1):11-22.
Sorensen, JS; Turnbull, CA; Dearing, MD. (2004) A specialist herbivore (Neotoma stephensi) absorbs fewer plant toxins than does a generalist (Neotoma albigula). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77(1):139-148.
Sorensen, JS; Dearing, MD. (2004) Physiological limitations of dietary specialization in herbivorous woodrats (Neotoma spp.). International Congress Series 1275:313-320.
2003
Sponheimer, Matt; Robinson, T.; Ayliffe, L.; et al. (2003) An experimental study of carbon-isotope fractionation between diet, hair, and feces of mammalian herbivores. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:871-876.
Sponheimer, M; Robinson, TF; Roeder, BL; et al.
(2003) An experimental study of nitrogen flux in llamas: is N-14 preferentially excreted?
Journal of Archaeological Science 30(12):1649-1655.
Sponheimer, M; Robinson, T; Ayliffe, L; et al. (2003) Nitrogen isotopes in mammalian herbivores: hair (delta(15)N values from a controlled feeding study. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 13:80-87.
Sponheimer, M; Robinson, T; Roeder, B; et al. (2003) Digestion and passage rates of grass hays by llamas, alpacas, goats, rabbits, and horses. Small Ruminant Research 48:149-154.
Boyle, R; Dearing, MD. (2003) Ingestion of juniper foliage reduces metabolic rates in woodrat (Neotoma) herbivores.
Zoology 106(2): 51-158.
Sorensen, JS; Dearing, MD. (2003) Elimination of plant toxins by herbivorous woodrats: revisiting an explanation for dietary specialization in mammalian herbivores.
Oecologia 134(1):88-94.
2002
Ehleringer, JR; Cerling, TE; Dearing, MD. (2002) Atmospheric CO2 as a global change driver influencing plant-animal interactions. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42(3):424-430.
Dearing, MD; Appel, HM; Schultz, JC.
(2002) Why do Cranberries reduce incidence of urinary tract infections?
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 80(2-3):211-211.
Dearing, MD; Mangione, AM; Karasov, WH.
(2002) Ingestion of plant secondary compounds causes diuresis in desert herbivores.
Oecologia 130(4):576-584.
2001
Dearing, MD; Mangione, AM; Karasov, WH.
(2001) Plant secondary compounds as diuretics: An overlooked consequence.
American Zoologist 41(4):890-901.
Lamb, JG; Sorensen, JS; Dearing, MD. (2001) Comparison of detoxification enzyme mRNAs in woodrats (Neotoma lepida) and laboratory rats.
Journal of Chemical Ecology 27(4):845-857.
Dearing, MD (2001) Plant-herbivore interactions. In W. Bowman (ed) Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge Colorado. 266-284. Springer-Verlag.
Mackelprang, R; Dearing, MD; St Jeor, S.
(2001) High prevalence of Sin Nombre virus in rodent populations, central Utah: A consequence of human disturbance?
Emerging Infectious Diseases 7(3):480-482.
Mangione, A.M., D. Dearing, and W. Karasov. (2001) Detoxification in relation to toxin tolerance in desert woodrats eating creosote bush. J Chem Ecol 27:2559-78.
2000
Mangione, AM; Dearing, MD; Karasov WH.
(2000) Interpopulation differences in tolerance to creosote bush resin in desert woodrats. (Neotoma lepida)
Ecology 81(8):2067-2076.
Dearing, MD; Mangione, AM; Karasov, WH.
(2000) Diet breadth of mammalian herbivores: nutrient versus detoxification constraints.
Oecologia 123(3):397-405.
Dearing, MD (2000) Review of Marsupial Nutrition (Ian Hume). Quarterly Review of Biology 75:196.
1999
Dearing, MD and Cork, S.
(1999) Role of detoxification of plant secondary compounds on diet breadth in a mammalian herbivore, Trichosurus vulpecula.
Journal of Chemical Ecology 25(6):1205-1219.
1998
Dearing, M.D., A.M. Mangione, W.H. Karasov, S. Morzunov, E. Otteson, and S. St Jeor. (1998) Prevalence of hantavirus in four species of Neotoma from Arizona and Utah. Journal of Mammalogy 79:1254-1259.
1997
Dearing, MD. (1997) The function of haypiles of pikas (Ochotona princeps).
Journal of Mammalogy 78(4):1156-1163.
Dearing, MD. (1997) The manipulation of plant toxins by a food-hoarding herbivore, Ochotona princeps.
Ecology 78(3):774-781.
Dearing, MD. (1997) Effects of Acomastylis rossii tannins on a mammalian herbivore, the North American pika, Ochotona princeps.
Oecologia 60(1):122-131.
1996
Dearing, MD. (1996) Disparate determinants of summer and winter diet selection of a generalist herbivore, Ochotona princeps. Oecologia 108:467-478.
1995
Torti, S D; Dearing, MD and Kursar, T A. (1995) Extraction of Phenolic Compounds from Fresh Leaves: A Comparison of Method. Journal of Chemical Ecology 21(2):117-125.
1994
Mueller, UG and Dearing, MD. (1994) Predation and avoidance of tough leaves by aquatic larvae of the moth Parapoynx rugosalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Ecological Entomology 19:155-158.
Dearing, MD and Schall, JJ. (1994) Atypical reproduction and sexual dimorphism of the tropical Bonaire Island whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus murinus. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Copeia (3):760-766.
Schall, JJ and Dearing, MD. (1994) Body temperature of the herbivorous Bonaire Island whiptail lizard (Cnemidophorus murinus). Journal of Herpetology 28(4):526-528.
1993
Dearing, M Denise. (1993) An alimentary specialization for herbivory in the tropical whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus murinus. Journal of Herpetology 27(1):111-114.
1992
Dearing, MD; and Schall, JJ. (1992) Testing models of optimal diet assembly by the generalist herbivorous lizard Cnemidophorus murinus. Ecology 73(3):845-858.
1987
Schall, JJ and Dearing, MD. (1987) Malarial parasitism and male competition for mates in western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentals. Oecologia (Berlin) 73:389-392.
