PUBLICATIONS (2000-2012)

Trent University students: *undergraduate; **graduate student.

*Kelly, R.J., Murphy, T.G., Tarvin, K.A. & G. Burness. (2012). Carotenoid-based ornamentation of female and male American goldfinches (Spinus tristis) show sex-specific correlations with immune function and metabolic rate. Physiol. Biochem. Zool (In press).

**Leshyk, R., Nol, E., Burke, D.M. & G. Burness. (2012). Logging affects fledgling sex ratios and baseline corticosterone in a forest songbird. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33124.

**Robar, N., Murray, D.L., & G. Burness. (2011). Effects of parasites on host energy expenditure: the resting metabolic rate stalemate. Can. J. Zool. 88: 1032-1041.

**Berzins, L.L., Gilchrist, H.G., Matson, K.D. & G. Burness. (2011). Sex-specific effects of increased incubation demand on innate immunity in black guillemots. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 84: 222-229.

Salway, K.D., Page, M.M., Tiedtke, E., Faure, P.A., Burness, G., and J.A. Stuart. (2011). Enhanced protein repair and recycling are not correlated with longevity in 15 vertebrate endotherm species. AGE 33: 33-47.

**Robar, N., Burness, G., and D.L. Murray. (2010). Topics, trophics and taxonomy: the determinants of parasite associated host mortality. Oikos 119: 1273-1280.

Burness, G., *Armstrong, C., *Fee, T., and E. Tilman-Schindel. (2010). Is there an energetic-based trade-off between thermoregulation and the acute phase response in zebra finches? J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1386-1394.

Page, M.M., Richardson, J., Wiens, B.E., Tiedtke, E., Peters, C.W., Fauvre, P.A., Burness, G., and J.A. Stuart. (2010). Antioxidant enzyme activities are not broadly correlated with longevity in 14 vertebrate endotherm species. AGE 32: 255-270.

Blukacz, E.A., Koops, M.A., Sutton, T., Arts, M.T., Fitzsimons, J.D., Muir, A.M., Claramunt, R.M., Johnson, T.T., Kinnunen, R.E., Ebener, M.P., Suski, C. and G. Burness. (2010). Linking lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) condition with male gamete quality and quantity. J. Great Lakes Res. 36 (Suppl. 1): 78-83.

Hossie, T.J., Ferland-Raymond, B., Burness, G. and D.L. Murray. (2010). Morphological and behavioural responses of frog tadpoles to perceived predation risk: a role for corticosterone mediation? Ecoscience 17:

**Berzins, L.L., H.G. Gilchrist & G. Burness. (2009). No assortative mating based on size in black guillemots breeding in the Canadian arctic. Waterbirds 32: 459-463.

**Sharp, C.M., K.F. Abraham & G. Burness. (2009). Embryo development influences the isotopic signatures of egg components in incubated eggs. Condor 111: 361-365.

**Chin, E.H. , Love, O.P., Verspoor, J.J., Williams, T.D., *Rowley, K. & G. Burness. (2009). Juveniles exposed to embryonic corticosterone have enhanced flight performance. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276: 499-505. (Chin and Love are co-first authors)

Burness, G., A.I. Schulte-Hostedde & R. Montgomerie. (2008) Body condition influences sperm energetics in lake whitefish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 65: 615-620.

*Prentice, S., A.P. Jobes, & G. Burness. (2008) Fault bars and fluctuating asymmetry in birds: are the two measures correlated? J. Field Ornithol. 79:58-63.

*Berzins, L.L., E. Tilman-Schindel & G. Burness. (2008). Sex-specific effects of handling time on an index of immune function in zebra finches. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 81: 383-387.

*Farwell, M., M.G. Fox, C.D. Moyes & G. Burness. (2007). Can hypoxia tolerance explain differences in habitat distribution of two co-occurring north temperate sunfishes? Environ. Biol. Fish.78: 83-90

Schulte-Hostedde, A.I. & G. Burness. (2005). Fertilization dynamics of sperm from different male mating tactics in blugegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Can. J. Zool. 83: 1638-1642.

Burness, G., J.W. Chardine & C.-A. Darveau. (2005). Flight muscle enzyme activities do not differ between pelagic and nearshore foraging seabird species. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 140: 53-58.

Burness, G., C.D. Moyes & R. Montgomerie. (2005). Motility, ATP levels and metabolic enzyme activity of sperm from bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 140: 11-17.

Burness, G., S.J. Casselman, A.I. Schulte-hostedde, C.D. Moyes & R. Montgomerie. (2004). Sperm swimming speed and energetics vary with sperm competition risk in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 56:65-70.

Burness, G. (2004). Endangered species: overview. pp 11-15 In Experimental Approaches to Conservation Biology (Eds: Gordon, M.S. and S. Bartol). University of California Press.

Burness, G.P. (2002). Elephants, mice and red herrings (Perspectives article). Science 296: 1245-1247.

Burness, G.P., J. Diamond & T. Flannery. (2001). Dinosaurs, dragons and dwarfs: the evolution of maximum body size. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA. 98: 14518-14523. (Subject of News and Views article from Nature (2002) 415: 489-490).

Burness, G.P., R.C. Ydenberg & P.W. Hochachka. (2001). Physiological and biochemical correlates of brood size and energy expenditure in tree swallows. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 1491-1501.

Burness, G.P., G.B. McClelland, S.L. Wardrop & P.W. Hochachka. (2000). Effect of brood size manipulation on offspring physiology: an experiment with passerine birds. J. Exp. Biol. 203: 3513-3520.

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