2024
Lim, H.C., Bennett, K.F.P., Justyn, N.M., Powers, M.J., Long, K.M., Kingston, S.E., Lindsay, W.R., Pease., J.B., Fuxjager, M.J., Bolton, P.E., Balakrishnan, C., Day, E.B., Parsons, T., Brawn, J., Hill, G. and Braun, M. (in press). Sequential introgression of a carotenoid processing gene underlies sexual ornament diversity in a genus of manakins. Science Advances.
Anderson, N.K., Preininger, D., and Fuxjager, M.J. (in press). Physiological basis of convergent evolution in animal communication systems. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
de Padova, J., Anderson, N.K., Halbauer, R., Preininger, D. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2024. Acute hypoxia exposure rapidly triggers behavioral changes linked to cutaneous gas exchange in Lake Titicaca frogs. Behavioural Processes. 219: 105047. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105047
Mangiamele, L.A., AllexAndrya, D., LeCure, K.M., Mantica, G.E., Racicot, R., Fuxjager, M.J., and Preininger, D. 2024. How new communication behaviors evolve: androgens as modifiers of neuromotor structure and function in foot-flagging frogs. Hormones and Behavior. 161: 105502. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105502
2023
Anderson, N.K.§, Preininger, D., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2023. Comment on ‘Parasite defensive limb movements enhance acoustic signal attraction in male little torrent frogs.’ eLife. 12: e89134. doi: 10.7554/eLife.89134
Levin, R.N., Correa, S.M., Freund, K.A., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2023. Latitudinal and elevational variation in the reproductive biology of house wrens, Troglodytes aedon. Ecology and Evolution. 13, e10476. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10476
Love, N.‡, Preininger, D., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2023. Social regulation of androgenic hormones and gestural display behavior in a tropical frog. Hormones and Behavior. 155: 105425. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105425
Stückler, S., Dawkins, X.I.‡, Fuxjager, M.J., and Preininger, D. 2023. From masquerading to blending in: ontogenetic shifts in antipredator camouflage in Wallace's flying frogs. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 77: 102. doi: 10.1007/s00265-023-03376-w
Vitousek, M.N., Dantzer, B., Fuxjager, M.J., and Schlinger, B.A. 2023. Evolutionary behavioral endocrinology: introduction to the special issue. Hormones and Behavior. 152: 105356. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105356
Barske, J., Fuxjager, M.J., Schlinger, B.A., Billo, T., and Fusani, L. 2023. Beyond plumage: acrobatic courtship displays show intermediate patterns in manakin hybrids. Animal Behaviour. 198: 195-205. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.01.020
Fuxjager, M.J., Ryder, T.B., Moody, N.M.§, Alfonso, C., Balakrishnan, C.N., Barske, J., Bosholn, M., Boyle, W.A., Braun, E.L., Chiver, I., Dakin, R., Day, L.B., Driver, R., Fusani, L., Horton, B., Kimball, R.T., Lipshutz, S., Mello, C., Miller, E., Webster, M., Wirthlin, M., Wollman, R., Moore, I.T., and Schlinger, B.A. 2023. Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiology of behavior—from concepts to a case study in birds. Hormones and Behavior. 151: 105340. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105340
Cárdenas-Posada, G.§, Iwaniuk, A.N., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2023. Extractive foraging behavior in woodpeckers evolves in species that retain a large ancestral brain. Animal Behaviour. 198: 141-152. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.02.003
2022
Anderson, N.K.§, Goodwin, S.E., Schuppe, E.R.§, Dawn, A. Preininger, D. Mangiamele, L.A., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2022. Activational vs. organizational effects of sex steroids and their role in the evolution of reproductive behavior: looking to foot flagging frogs and beyond. Hormones and Behavior. 146: 105248. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2022.105248
Cárdenas-Posada, G.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2022. Correlated evolution between plumage conspicuousness and drum speed in woodpeckers. Royal Society Open Science. 9: 221096. doi: 10.1098/rsos.221096
Stücker, S., Fuxjager, M.J., Preininger, D. 2022. Evidence that catecholaminergic systems mediate dynamic colour change during explosive breeding events in toads. Biology Letters. 18: 20220337. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0337
Moody, N.M.§, Vivlamore, E.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2022. Woodpecker drum evolution: an analysis of covariation in elements of a multicomponent acoustic display among and within species. Evolution. 76: 1469-1480. doi: 10.1111/evo.14535
Schuppe, E.R.§, Cantin, L., Chakraborty, M., Biegler, M.T., Jarvis, E., Chen, C., Hara, E., Bertelsen, M.F., Witt, C.C., Jarvis, E.D., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2022. Forebrain nuclei linked to woodpecker territorial drum displays mirror those that enable vocal learning in songbirds. PLoS Biology. 20: e3001751. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001751
Schuppe, E.R.§, Tobiansky, D.J., Goller, F. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2022. Specialized androgen synthesis in skeletal muscles that actuate elaborate social displays. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225: jeb243730. doi: 10.1242/jeb.243730
Schwark, R.W., Fuxjager, M.J., and Schmidt, M.F. 2022. Proposing a neural framework for the evolution of elaborate courtship displays. eLife. 11: e74860. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74860
Pease, J.B., Driver, R.J., de la Cerda, D.A., Day, L.B, Lindsay, W.R., Schlinger, B.A, Schuppe, E.R.§, Balakrishnan, C.N. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2022. Layered evolution of gene expression in “superfast” muscles for courtship. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, USA. 119: e2119671119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119671119
Fuxjager, M.J., Fusani, L., and Schlinger, B.A. 2022. Physiological innovation and the evolutionary elaboration of courtship behavior. Animal Behaviour. 184: 185-195. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.03.017
2021
Anderson, N.K.§, Grabner, M., Mangiamele, L.A., Preininger, D., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2021. Testosterone amplifies the negative valence of an agonistic gestural display by exploiting receiver perceptual bias. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 288: 20211848. (cover article). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1848
Anderson, N.K.§, Gururaja, K.V., Mangiamele, L.A., Netoskie, E., Smith, S., Fuxjager, M.J., and Preininger, D. 2021. Insight into the evolution of anuran foot flag displays: a comparative study of color and kinematics. Ichthyology and Herpetology. 109: 1047-1059. doi: 10.1643/h2020160
Tobiansky, D.J., Long, K.M., Hamden, J.E., Brawn, J.D. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2021. Cost-reducing traits for agonistic head collisions: a case for neurophysiology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61: 1394-1405. doi: 10.1093/icb/icab034
Anderson, N.K.§, Schuppe, E.R.§, Gururaja, K.V., Mangiamele, L.A., Cusi Martinez, J.C., Priti, H., von May, R., Preininger, D. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2021. A common endocrine signature marks the convergent evolution of an elaborate dance display in frogs. The American Naturalist. 198: 522-539. doi: 10.1086/716213
Schuppe, E.R.*, Rutter, A.R.*§, Roberts, T.J, and Fuxjager, M.J. 2021. Evolutionary and biomechanical basis of woodpecker drumming. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9: 649146. *These two authors contributed equally. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.649146
Smith, S.M., Eigerman, A.R., LeCure, K.M., Kironde, E., Privett-Mendoza, A.G., Fuxjager, M.J., Preininger, D. and Mangiamele, L.A. 2021. Androgen receptor modulates multimodal displays in the Bornean rock frog (Staurois parvus). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61: 221-230. doi: 10.1093/icb/icab042
Husak, J.F., Fuxjager, M.J., Johnson, M.A., Vitousek, M.N., Donald, J.W., Francis, C.J., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Martin, L.B., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, L.A., William, T.D. 2021. Life history and environment predict variation in testosterone across vertebrates. Evolution. 75: 1003-1010. doi: 10.1111/evo.14216
2020
Tobiansky, D.J. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2020. Mini review: Sex steroids as mediators of gestural communication. Endocrinology. 161: 1-12. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaa064
Tobiansky, D.J. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2020. Neuroendocrine regulation of vocalizations and other sounds in non-oscine birds. In: C. Rosenfeld and F. Hoffmann (eds.) Neuroendocrine Regulation of Animal Vocalization. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier
Tobiansky, D.J., Miles, M.C.§, Goller, F. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2020. Androgenic modulation of muscle speeds creates a performance tradeoff with endurance. Journal of Experimental Biology. 223: jeb222984. doi: 10.1242/jeb.222984
Feng, S., Stiller, J., Deng, Y., Armstrong, J., Fang, Q., Reeve, A.H., Xie, D., Chen, G., Guo, C., Faircloth, B.C. et al. 2020. Densely sampling genomes across the diversity of birds increases power of comparative genomics analyses. Nature. 587: 252-257. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2873-9
Miles, M.C.§, Schuppe, E.R.§, and Fuxjager, M.J. 2020. Selection for rhythm as a trigger for recursive evolution in the elaborate display system of woodpeckers. The American Naturalist. 195: 772-787. doi: doi.org/10.1086/707748
Injaian, A.S., Francis, C.D., Ouyang, J.Q., Dominoni, D.M., Donald, J.W., Fuxjager, M.J., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Husak, J.F., Johnson, M.A., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Martin, L.B., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, L.A., Williams, T.D., and Vitousek, M.N. 2020. Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels across birds and reptiles do not reflect urbanization levels. Conservation Physiology. 8: coz110. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz110
Schuppe, E.R.§, Miles, M.C.§, and Fuxjager, M.J. 2020. Evolution of the androgen receptor: perspectives from human health to dancing birds. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 499: 110577. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110577
2019
Schuppe, E.R.§ and Fuxjager M.J. 2019. Phenotypic variation reveals sites of evolutionary constraint in the androgenic signaling system. Hormones and Behavior. 115: 104538. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.06.002
Zhao, X., Fuxjager, M.J., Quinnehtukqut, M. and Marler, C.A. 2019. Rapid effects of testosterone on social decision-making in a monogamous California mice (Peromyscus californicus). Hormones and Behavior. 115: 104544. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.06.008
Miles M.C.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2019. Phenotypic diversity arises from secondary signal loss in the elaborate visual displays of toucans and barbets. The American Naturalist. 194: 152-167. doi: 10.1086/704088
Vitousek, M.N., Johnson, M.A., Downs, C.J., Miller, E.T., Martin, L.B., Francis, C.D., Donald, J.W., Fuxjager, M.J., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Husak, J.F., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Schoenle, L.A., and Williams, T.D. 2019. Macroevolutionary patterning in glucocorticoids suggests different selective pressures shape baseline and stress-induced levels. The American Naturalist. 193: 866-880. doi: 10.1086/703112
Miles, M.C.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2019. Social context modulates how the winner effect restructures territorial behavior in free-living woodpeckers. Animal Behaviour. 150: 209-218. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.02.011
Schlinger, B.A., Chiver, I., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2019. Hormonal and neuromuscular control of courtship displays. In J.C. Choe (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2nd ed). Cambridge, USA: Academic Press.
2018
Rieger, N. S., Fuxjager, M.J., Trainor, B.C., Zhao, X., and Marler, C.A. 2018. Behavioral and neuroendocrine plasticity in the form of the winner and loser effects. In: O.C. Schultheiss and P.H. Mehta (Eds.). Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Fuxjager, M.J. and Schuppe, E.R.§ 2018. Androgenic signaling systems and their role in behavioral evolution. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 184: 47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.06.004
Miles, M.C.§, Goller, F. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Physiological constraint on acrobatic courtship behavior underlies rapid sympatric speciation in bearded manakins. eLife 7: e40630. doi: 10.7554/eLife.40630
Schuppe, E.R.§, Petersen, J.‡ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Woodpecker drumming behavior is linked to the elevated expression of genes that encode calcium handling proteins in the neck musculature. Journal of Experimental Biology 221: jeb180190. doi: 10.1242/jeb.180190
Miles, M.C.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Synergistic selection regimens drive the evolution of display complexity in birds of paradise. Journal of Animal Ecology. 87: 1149-1159. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12824
Miles, M.C.§, Vitousek, M.N., Husak, J.F., Johnson, M.A., Martin, L.B., Taff, C.C., Zimmer, C., Lovern, M.B., and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Standing variation and the capacity for change: are endocrine phenotypes more variable than other traits? Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58: 751-762. (Cover article) doi: 10.1093/icb/icy062
Garamszegi, L.Z., Donald, J.W., Francis, C.D., Fuxjager, M.J., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Husak, J.F., Johnson, M.A., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Martin, L.B., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, L.A., Vitousek, M.N., and Williams, T.D., and Wingfield, J.C. 2018. Phylogeny and diversification: levels of glucocorticoid hormones and speciation rate in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58: 763-776. doi: 10.1093/icb/icy086
Martin, L.B., Donald, J.W., Flock, T., Fuxjager, M.J., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Husak, J.F., Johnson, M.A., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, Williams, T.D., L.A., Vitousek, M.N., and Fancis, C.D. 2018. IUCN conservation status does not predict glucocorticoid concentrations in reptiles and birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58: 800-813. doi: 10.1093/icb/icy102
Casagrande, S., Garamszegi, L.Z., Goymann, W., Donald, J., Francis, C.D., Fuxjager, M.J., Husak, J.F., Johnson, M.A., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Martin, L.B., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, Vitousek, M.N., Williams, T.D., Wingfield, J.C., and Hau, M. 2018. Do seasonal glucocorticoid changes depend on reproductive investment? A comparative approach in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58: 739-750. doi: 10.1093/icb/icy022
Francis, C.D., Donald, J.W., Dowens, C.J., Fuxjager, M.J., Garamszegi, L.Z., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Husak, J.F., Johnson, M.A., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Martin, L.B., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, L.A., Vitousek, M.N., and Williams, T.D. 2018. Metabolic scaling of stress hormones in vertebrate animals. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 58: 729-738. doi: 10.1093/icb/icy063
Vitousek, M.N., Johnson, M.A., Donald, J.W., Francis, C.D., Fuxjager, M.J., Goymann, W., Hau, M., Husak, J.F., Kircher, B.K., Knapp, R., Martin, L.B., Miller, E.T., Schoenle, L.A., Uehling, J.J., and Williams, T.D. 2018. HormoneBase, a population-level database of steroid hormone levels across vertebrates. Scientific Data. 5: 180097. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.97
Miles, M.C.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Animal choreography of song and dance: a case study in the Montezuma oropendola (Psarocolius Montezuma). Animal Behaviour. 140: 99-107. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.006
Miles, M.C.§, Schuppe, E.R.§, Ligon, R.M.‡, and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Macroevolutionary patterning of woodpecker drums reveals how sexual selection elaborates signals under constraint. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. 285: 20172628. (cover article) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2628
Schuppe, E.R.§ and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. High-speed displays encoding motor skill trigger increased territorial aggression in downy woodpeckers. Functional Ecology. (cover article) 32: 450-460. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12993
Mangiamele, L.A. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2018. Insight into the neuroendocrine basis of signal evolution: a case study in foot flagging frogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. 204: 61-70. doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1218-0
Fuxjager, M.J., Miles, M.C.§, and Schlinger, B.A. 2018. Evolution of the androgen-induced male phenotype. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. (cover article)204: 81-92. doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1215-3
2017
Fuxjager, M.J., Fusani, L., Goller, F., Trost, L., Ter Maat, A. Gahr, M., Chiver, I., Miller, R.M.‡, Chew, J.‡ and Schlinger, B.A. 2017. Neuromuscular mechanisms of an elaborate wing display in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 220: 4681-4688. doi: 10.1242/jeb.167270
Fuxjager, M.J., Miles, M.C.§, Goller, F., Petersen, J.‡, and Yancey, Y.‡ 2017. Androgens support male acrobatic courtship behavior by enhancing muscle speed and easing the severity of its trade-off with force. Endocrinology. 158: 4038-4046. doi: 10.1210/en.2017-00599
Garcia, SM, Kopuchian, C, Mindlin, GB, Fuxjager, MJ, Tubaro, P and Goller, F. 2017. Evolution of vocal diversity arises through morphological adaptation in the absence of vocal learning and complex neural control. Current Biology. 27: 2677-2683. dio: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.059
Fuxjager, MJ, Trainor, BC and Marler, CA 2017. What can animal research tell us about the link between androgens and social competition in humans? Hormones and Behavior. 92: 182-189. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.11.014
Miles MC§, Cheng S, and MJ Fuxjager. 2017. Biogeography predicts macro-evolutionary patterning of gestural display complexity in a passerine family. Evolution. 71: 1406-1416. (cover article) doi: 10.1111/evo.13213
Fuxjager MJ, Xiao X, Riger N, and CA Marler. 2017. Why animals fight: uncovering the function and mechanisms of territorial aggression. American Psychological Association Handbook of Comparative Psychology. American Psychological Association: Washington DC., pg. 853-875.
2016
Fuxjager MJ, Schuppe ER§, Hoang J‡, Chew J‡, Shah M‡, and Schlinger BA. 2016. Expression of 5α- and 5β-reductase in spinal cord and muscle of birds with different courtship repertoires. Frontiers in Zoology. 13:25. doi: 10.1186/s12983-016-0156-y
Mangiamele, L.A.*, Fuxjager, M.J.*, Schuppe, E.R.§, Taylor, R.S., Hödl, W., and Preininger, D. 2016. Increased androgenic sensitivity in the hind limb muscular system marks the evolution of a derived gestural display. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 113: 5664-5669. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1603329113 (Cover Article) *Authors contributed equally to this work.
Friscia A, Sanin GD‡, Lindsay WR, Day LB, Schlinger BA, Tan J, and MJ Fuxjager. 2016. Adaptive evolution of a derived radius morphology in manakins (Aves, Pipridae) to support acrobatic display behavior. Journal of Morphology. 277: 766-775. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20534
Schuppe ER§, Sanin GD‡, and MJ Fuxjager. 2016. The social context of a territorial dispute differentially influences the way individuals in breeding pairs coordinate their aggressive tactics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70: 673-682. doi: 10.1007/s00265-016-2088-0
Fuxjager MJ, Goller F, Dirske A‡, Sanin GD‡, and S Garcia. 2016. Select forelimb muscles have evolved superfast contractile speed to support acrobatic social displays. eLife 5:e13544. doi: 10.7554/eLife.13544
Fuxjager MJ*, Lee J*, Chan T, Bahn J, Chew J‡, Xiao X, and BA Schlinger. 2016. Hormones, genes and athleticism: effect of androgens on the avian muscular transcriptome. Molecular Endocrinology. 30: 254-271. doi: doi.org/10.1210/me.2015-1270 *Authors contributed equally to this work.
2015
Fuxjager MJ, Eaton J‡, Lindsay WR, Salwiczek LH, Rensel MA, Barske J, Sorenson L, Day LB, and BA Schlinger. 2015. Evolutionary patterns of adaptive acrobatics and physical performance predict expression profiles of androgen receptor – but not estrogen receptor – in the forelimb musculature. Functional Ecology. 29: 1197-1208. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12438
Fuxjager MJ and BA Schlinger 2015. Perspectives on the evolution of animal dancing: a case study of manakins. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 6: 7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.06.007
Pultorak JD, Fuxjager MJ, Kalcounis-Rueppell MC, and CA Marler. 2015. Male fidelity expressed through rapid testosterone suppression of ultrasonic vocalizations to novel females in the monogamous California mouse. Hormones and Behavior. 70: 47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.02.003
Fuxjager MJ, Knaebe B, and CA Marler. 2015. A single testosterone pulse rapidly reduces urinary marking behavior in subordinate, but not dominant, white-footed mice. Animal Behaviour. 100: 8-14. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.11.006
2014
Fuxjager MJ, Davidoff KR, Mangiamele LA, and KJ Lohmann. 2014. The geomagnetic environment in which sea turtle eggs incubate affects subsequent magnetic navigation behavior of hatchlings. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 218: 20141218. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1218
Fusani L, Barske J, Day LB, Fuxjager MJ, and BA Schlinger. 2014. Physiological control of elaborate male courtship: female choice for neuromuscular systems. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 46: 534-546. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.07.017
Fusani L, Donaldson Z, London SE, Mirzatoni A, Fuxjager MJ, and BA Schlinger. 2014. Expression of androgen receptor in the brain of a non-oscine bird with an elaborate courtship display. Neuroscience Letters, 578: 61-65. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.06.028
Fuxjager, M.J., Heston, J.B. and B.A. Schlinger. 2014. Peripheral androgen action helps modulate vocal production in a suboscine passerine. The Auk, 131: 327-334. doi: 10.1642/AUK-13-252.1
Fuxjager, MJ, Alger SJ, and CA Marler. 2014. Hormones and Social Behavior. In: Animal Behavior, Vol. I: History, Causation, and Development (Eds. K. Yasukawa and Z. Tang-Martinez). Praeger.
2013 and earlier
Fuxjager, M.J., Longpre, K.M., Chew, J.G‡, Fusani, L. and Schlinger, B.A. 2013. Peripheral androgen receptors sustain the acrobatics and fine motor skill of elaborate male courtship. Endocrinology, 154: 3168-3177.
Schlinger, B.A., Barske, J., Day, L., Fusani, L. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2013. Hormones and the neuromuscular control of courtship in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus). Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 34: 143-156.
Fuxjager, M.J., Barske, J., Du, S., Day, L. and Schlinger, B.A.. 2012. Androgens regulate gene expression in avian skeletal muscles. PLoS One, 7: e51482.
M.J. Fuxjager, J.D. Schultz, J Barske, N.Y. Feng, L. Fusani, A. Mirzatoni, L.B. Day, M. Hau and B.A. Schlinger. 2012. Spinal motor and sensory neurons are androgen targets in an acrobatic bird. Endocrinology, 153: 3780-3791.
Lopez, J.K. and Fuxjager, M.J. 2012. Self-deception’s adaptive value: effects of positive thinking and the winner effect. Consciousness and Cognition, 21: 315-324.
Fuxjager, M.J., Montgomery, J.L.‡, and Marler, C.A. 2011. Species differences in the winner effect disappear in response to post-victory testosterone manipulations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 278: 3497-3503.
Fuxjager, M.J., Oyegbile, T.O. and C.A. Marler. 2011. Independent and additive contributions of post-victory testosterone and social experience to the development of the winner effect. Endocrinology, 152: 3422-3429.
Fuxjager, M.J., Eastwood, B.S. and Lohmann, K.J. 2011. Orientation of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles to regional magnetic fields along a transoceanic migratory pathway. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214: 2504-2508. (Cover Article)
Fuxjager, M.J., Foufopoulos, J., Díaz-Uriarte, R. and Marler, C.A. 2011. Functionally opposing effects of testosterone on two different types of parasite: implications of for the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis. Functional Ecology, 25: 132-138.
Fuxjager, M.J., Montgomery, J.L.‡, Becker, E.A. and Marler, C.A. 2010. Deciding to win: interactive effects of residency, resources, and ‘boldness’ on contest outcome in white-footed mice. Animal Behaviour, 80: 921-927.
Fuxjager, M.J., Forbes-Lorman, R.L., Coss, D.J., Auger, C.J., Auger, A.P. and Marler, C.A. 2010. Winning territorial disputes selectively enhances androgen sensitivity in neural pathways related to motivation and social aggression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 107: 12393-12398.
Fuxjager, M.J. and Marler, C.A. 2010. How and why the winner effect forms: influences of contest environment and species differences. Behavioral Ecology, 21: 37-45.
Gleason, E.D*, Fuxjager, M.J.*, Oyegbile, T.O. and Marler, C.A. 2009. Testosterone release and social context: When it occurs and why. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 30: 460-469. *Authors contributed equally to this work
Fuxjager, M.J., Mast, G., Becker, E.A., and Marler, C.A. 2009. The ‘home advantage’ is necessary for the full winner effect and post-encounter changes in testosterone. Hormones and Behavior, 56: 214-219. (Cover Article)