Publications
 
Navara, KJ and SE Pinson. (in review) Corticosterone in eggs laid by brown and white hens. Poultry Science  
Gam, A, Mendonça, MT, and KJ Navara. (in review) Corticosterone biases offspring sex ratios during meiosis in the zebra finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B  
Navara, KJ. (in review) Programming of offspring sex ratios by maternal stress in humans: Assessment of physiological mechanisms using a comparative approach. Journal of Comparative Physiology B.  
Navara, KJ, Workman, JL, Oberdick, J, and RJ Nelson. (in press) Short day lengths influence prenatal sex ratios in mammals. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.  
Navara, KJ. (2009) Humans at tropical latitudes produce more females. Biology Letters. 5: 524-527 PDF
Allen, LC, Turmelle, AS, Mendonça, MT, Navara, KJ, Kunz, TH, and GF McCracken. (2009) Adaptive and innate immunity vary with habitat type and reproductive condition in the big brown bat: An epidemiological implication for ecoimmunology?Journal of Comparative Physiology 179: 315-323 PDF
Navara, KJ & MT Mendonça. (2008) Yolk androgens as pleiotropic mediators of physiological processes: A mechanistic review. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 150: 378-386 PDF

Martin II, LM, Navara, KJ, Bailey, MT, Hutch, CR, Powell, ND, Sheridan, JF, and RH Nelson (2007) Food restriction compromises secondary antibody production in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) by reducing spleen-derived antibody-producing B-cell numbers. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 366-372

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Navara, KJ & RJ Nelson. (2007) The dark side of light at night: Medical, ecological, and epidemiological consequences. Journal of Pineal Research 43(3): 215-224

Navara, KJ, Trainor, BT, and RJ Nelson. (2007) Photoperiod affects macrophage responsiveness but not expression of Toll-like receptors in the Siberian hamster. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 148: 354-359

Martin II, LB, Navara, KJ, Weil, ZB, and RJ Nelson. (2007) Maintenance of immunological memory is compromised by food restriction in male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus. American Journal of Physiology. 292: R316-R320

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Navara, KJ, Badyaev, AV, Mendonça, MT, and GE Hill. (2006) Yolk antioxidants vary with male attractiveness and female condition in the house finch. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 79(6): 1098-1105

Navara, KJ, Hill, GE, and MT Mendonça. (2006) Yolk androgens vary independently of maternal androgens in Eastern bluebirds: An experimental study. Functional Ecology. 20: 449-456

Navara, KJ, Hill, GE, and MT Mendonça. (2006) Yolk testosterone stimulates growth and immunity in house finch nestlings. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 79(3): 550-555

Navara, KJ, Hill, GE, and MT Mendonça. (2006) Yolk androgen deposition as a compensatory strategy. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 60(3): 392-398 PDF
Badyaev, AV, Seaman, DA, Navara, KJ, Hill, GE, and MT Mendonça. (2006) Evolution of sex-biased maternal effects in birds: III. Adjustment of ovulation order enables sex-specific allocation of hormones, carotenoids, and vitamins. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.19(4): 1044-1057 PDF
Siefferman, LM and KJ Navara. (2006) Female condition is correlated with egg color in Eastern bluebirds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59(5): 651-656

Badyaev, AV, Schwabl, H, Young, RL, Duckworth, RA, Navara, KJ, and Parlow, AF. (2005) Adaptive sex differences in growth of pre-ovulation oocytes in a passerine bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 272(1577): 1-8

Navara, KJ, Hill, GE, and MT Mendonça. (2005) Variable effects of yolk androgens on growth and immunity in bluebird nestlings. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 78(4): 570-578
McGraw, KJ, Hill, GE, Navara, KJ, and RS Parker. (2004) Differential accumulation and pigmenting ability of dietary carotenoids in colorful finches. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 77(3): 484-491
Navara, KJ and GE Hill. (2003) Dietary carotenoid pigments and immune function in a songvird with extensive carotenoid-based plumage coloration. Behavioral ecology. 14(6): 909-916
 
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