Miller KD, Atkins Coleman AJ, O’Neil KL, Mueller AJ, Pell R, Bowers EK. 2023. Individual optimization of reproductive investment and the cost of incubation in a wild songbird. American Naturalist In press.

Bowers EK. 2023. Coming of age in your local mating market: just a numbers game? Journal of Animal Ecology. 92:953-956.

Hałupka L, Arlt D, Tolvanen J, Millon A, Bize P, Adamik P, Albert P, Arendt WJ, Artemyev A, Baglione V, Banbura J, Bańbura M, Barba E, Barrett R, Becker PH, Belskii E, Bolton M, Bowers EK, Bried J, Brouwer L, Bukacińska M, Bukaciński D, Bulluck LP, Carstens KF, Catry I, Charter M, Chernomorets A, Covas R, Czuchra M, Dearborn DC, de Lope F, Di Giacomo AS, Dombrovski VC, Drummond H, Dunn MJ, Eeva T, Emmerson L, Espmark YO, Fargallo JA, Gashkov S, Golubova EY, Griesser M, Harris MP, Hoover JP, Jagiello Z, Karell P, Kloskowski J, Koenig WD, Kolunen H, Korczak-Abshire M, Korpimäki E, Krams I, Krist M, Krüger SC, Kuranov BD, Lambin X, Lombardo MP, Lyakhov A, Marzal A, Møller AP, Neves V, Tottrup Nielsen J, Numerov A, Orłowska B, Oro D, Öst M, Phillips RA, Pietiäinen H, Polo V, Porkert J, Potti J, Pöysä H, Printemps T, Prop J, Quillfeldt P, Ramos JA, Ravussin P-A, Rosenfield RN, Roulin A, Rubenstein DR, Samusenko IE, Saunders DA, Schaub M, Senar JC, Sergio F, Solonen T, Solovyeva D, Stępniewski J, Thompson PM, Tobółka M, Török J, van de Pol M, Vernooij L, Visser ME, Westneat DF, Wheelwright NT, Wiącek J, Wiebe KL, Wood AG, Wuczyński A, Wysocki D, Zárybnická M, Margalida A, Halupka K. 2023. The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120: e2208389120

Butler RA, Trout Fryxell RT, Kennedy ML, Houston AE, Bowers EK, Coons LB, Paulsen D, Baxter J. 2022. No relationship observed between habitat type and Rickettsia presence in ectoparasites collected from rodents in southwestern Tennessee. Southwestern Naturalist 66:233-239.

Brode M, Miller KD, Atkins Coleman AJ, O’Neil KL, Poole LE, Bowers EK. 2021. Parental favoritism in a wild bird population. Animal Cognition 24:677-687.

Butler RA, Trout Fryxell RT, Houston AE, Bowers EK, Coons LB, Paulsen D, Kennedy ML. 2021. No evidence of competition between the blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) and American dog tick on the rodent host white-footed deermouse (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Southwestern Tennessee. Journal of Medical Entomology 58:1470–1475.

Jenkins JB, Mueller AJ, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK, Bowers EK. 2021. Female birds monitor the activity of their mates while brooding nest-bound young. Animal Cognition 24:613-628.

Miller KD, Bowers EK. 2021. Incubation. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior (J. Vonk, T. Shackelford, eds.). Springer Nature. Link to article.

Youtz J, Miller KD, Bowers EK, Rogers S, Bulluck LP, Johnson M, Peer BD, Percy KL, Johnson E, Ames EM, Tonra CM, Boves TJ. 2020. Bergmann’s rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long-distance migratory songbird. Ecology and Evolution 10:10672-10686.

Butler RA, Trout Fryxell RT, Houston AE, Bowers EK, Paulsen D, Coons LB, Kennedy ML. 2020. Small-mammal characteristics affect tick communities in southwestern Tennessee (USA). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 12:150-154.

Mueller AJ, Twedt DJ, Bowers EK. 2019. Rapid adoption of nestboxes by Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) in mesic deciduous forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97:1109-1115.

Bowers EK, Thompson CF, Bowden RM, Sakaluk SK. 2019. Post-hatching parental care and offspring growth vary with maternal corticosterone level in a wild bird population. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92:496-504.

Bowers EK, Jenkins JB, Mueller AJ, Miller KD, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2019. Condition-dependent begging elicits increased parental investment in a wild bird population. American Naturalist 190:725-737.

Mueller AJ, Miller KD, Bowers EK. 2019. Nest microclimate during incubation affects posthatching development and parental care in wild birds. Scientific Reports 9:5151.

Poorboy DM, Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2018. Experimental cross-fostering of eggs reveals effects of territory quality on reproductive allocation. Behavioral Ecology 29:1190-1198.

Weber BM, Bowers EK, Terrell KA, Falcone JF, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2018. Pre- and post-natal effects of experimentally manipulated maternal corticosterone on growth, stress reactivity, and survival of nestling house wrens. Functional Ecology 32:1995-2007.

Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF, Bowers EK. 2018. Experimental manipulation of incubation period reveals no apparent costs of incubation in house wrens. Animal Behaviour 137:169-177.

Duffield KR, Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Sadd BM. 2017. A dynamic threshold model for terminal investment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71:185.

Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2017. Interactive effects of parental age on offspring fitness and age-assortative mating in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Zoology 327:302-310. Special Issue — Ecoimmunology: An Integrative Approach.

Will DS, Dorset EE, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK, Bowers EK. 2017. Size of nest-cavity entrance influences male attractiveness and paternal provisioning in house wrens. Journal of Zoology 302:1-7.

Bowers EK, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2017. Maternal natal environment and breeding territory predict the condition and sex ratio of offspring. Evolutionary Biology 44:11-20.

Bowers EK, Grindstaff JL, Soukup SS, Drilling NE, Eckerle KP, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2016. Spring temperatures influence selection on breeding date and the potential for phenological mismatch in a migratory bird. Ecology 97:2880-2891.

Bowers EK, Bowden RM, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2016. Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird. Hormones and Behavior 83:6-13.

Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2016. No effect of blood sampling or phytohaemagglutinin injection on post-fledging survival in a wild songbird. Ecology and Evolution 6:3107-3114.

Bowers EK, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2016. Within-female plasticity in sex allocation is associated with a behavioral polyphenism in house wrens. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29:602-616.

Bowers EK, Forsman AM, Masters BS, Johnson BGP, Johnson LS, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2015. Increased extra-pair paternity in broods of aging males and enhanced recruitment of extra-pair young in a migratory bird. Evolution 69:2533-2541.

Hodges CJ, Bowers EK, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2015. Cascading costs of reproduction in female house wrens induced to lay larger clutches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28:1383-1393.

Bowers EK, Bowden RM, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2015. Immune activation generates corticosterone-mediated terminal reproductive investment in a wild bird. American Naturalist 185:769-783.

Bowers EK, White A, Lang A, Podgorski L, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK, Jaeckle WB, Harper RG. 2015. Eggshell porosity covaries with egg size among female House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) but is unrelated to incubation onset and egg-laying order within clutches. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93:421-425.

Bowers EK, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2015. Persistent sex-by-environment effects on offspring fitness and sex-ratio adjustment in a wild bird population. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:473-486.

Sakaluk SK, Wilson A, Bowers EK, Johnson LS, Masters BS, Johnson BGP, Vogel LA, Forsman AM, Thompson CF. 2014. Genetic and environmental variation in condition, cutaneous immunity, and haematocrit in house wrens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:242.

Bowers EK, Hodges CJ, Forsman AM, Vogel LA, Masters BS, Johnson BGP, Johnson LS, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2014. Neonatal body condition, immune responsiveness, and hematocrit predict longevity in a wild bird population. Ecology 95:3027-3034.

Bowers EK, Nietz D, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2014. Parental provisioning in house wrens: effects of varying brood size and consequences for offspring. Behavioral Ecology 25:1485-1493.

Bowers EK, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2014. Offspring sex ratio varies with clutch size for female house wrens induced to lay supernumerary eggs. Behavioral Ecology 25:165-171.

Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2013. Sibling cooperation influences the age of nest-leaving in an altricial bird. American Naturalist 181:775-786. Media coverage: dugdug.com

Bowers EK, Munclinger P, Bureš S, Nádvorník P, Uvírová L, Krist M. 2013. Cross-fostering eggs reveals that female collared flycatchers adjust clutch sex ratios according to parental ability to invest in offspring. Molecular Ecology 22:215-228.

Bowers EK. 2012. Journals: Increase revisions, not rejections. Science 338:1029. [Letter]

Bowers EK, Smith RA, Hodges CJ, Zimmerman LM, Thompson CF, Sakaluk SK. 2012. Sex-biased terminal investment in offspring induced by maternal immune challenge in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:2891-2898. Media coverage: The Scientist, Phys.Org

Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2012. Experimentally increased egg production constrains future reproduction of female house wrens. Animal Behaviour 83:495-500.

Bowers EK, Sakaluk SK, Thompson CF. 2011. Adaptive sex allocation in relation to hatching synchrony and offspring quality in house wrens. American Naturalist 177:617-629.