Loren Merrill

724 total citations
37 papers, 540 citations indexed

About

Loren Merrill is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Loren Merrill has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 540 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 14 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Loren Merrill's work include Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (14 papers). Loren Merrill is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (19 papers) and Bird parasitology and diseases (14 papers). Loren Merrill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Brazil. Loren Merrill's co-authors include Jennifer L. Grindstaff, Thomas J. Benson, Stephen I. Rothstein, Adrian L. O’Loghlen, John C. Wingfield, Vincenzo A. Ellis, Scott J. Chiavacci, Ryan T. Paitz, Robert E. Ricklefs and Carla E. Cáceres and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ecology and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Loren Merrill

37 papers receiving 525 citations

Peers

Loren Merrill
Adèle Mennerat Norway
Alfréd Trnka Slovakia
Julie Marmet France
Jesús Á. Lemus Spain
Travis E. Wilcoxen United States
Sônia A. Talamoni Brazil
Karin M. Lindström Sweden
Gilles Bourgoin France
Alexander D. Hernandez United States
E. Keith Bowers United States
Adèle Mennerat Norway
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Fields of papers citing papers by Loren Merrill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loren Merrill

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All Works

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Merrill, Loren, et al.. (2020). Effect of conspecific attraction on the presence of Northern Bobwhites. Journal of Field Ornithology. 91(2). 189–198. 1 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, et al.. (2019). Avian Health across the Landscape: Nestling Immunity Covaries with Changing Landcover. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59(5). 1150–1164. 9 indexed citations
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Hall, Spencer R., et al.. (2019). Variation in Immune Defense Shapes Disease Outcomes in Laboratory and Wild Daphnia. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 59(5). 1203–1219. 35 indexed citations
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Jones, Todd M., et al.. (2019). Haemosporidian Parasite Infections in the Dickcissel (Spiza americana): Prevalence and Costs. Journal of Parasitology. 105(2). 232–232. 1 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, et al.. (2017). Early‐life immune activation increases song complexity and alters phenotypic associations between sexual ornaments. Functional Ecology. 31(12). 2263–2273. 7 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, Scott J. Chiavacci, Ryan T. Paitz, & Thomas J. Benson. (2017). Rates of parasitism, but not allocation of egg resources, vary among and within hosts of a generalist avian brood parasite. Oecologia. 184(2). 399–410. 12 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, et al.. (2016). Imperfect past and present progressive: beak color reflects early-life and adult exposure to antigen. Behavioral Ecology. 27(5). 1320–1330. 11 indexed citations
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Ellis, Vincenzo A., Matthew C. I. Medeiros, Michael D. Collins, et al.. (2016). Prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites is positively related to the abundance of host species at multiple sites within a region. Parasitology Research. 116(1). 73–80. 27 indexed citations
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Ellis, Vincenzo A., et al.. (2015). Host immune responses to experimental infection of Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in domestic canaries (Serinus canaria). Parasitology Research. 114(10). 3627–3636. 25 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, Paulina L. González‐Gómez, Vincenzo A. Ellis, et al.. (2015). A blurring of life-history lines: Immune function, molt and reproduction in a highly stable environment. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 213. 65–73. 11 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren & Peter Collins. (2015). Environment-specific and sex-specific allocation strategies among gonadal, somatic, and immune indices in a marine fish. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 93(3). 207–212. 2 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren & Jennifer L. Grindstaff. (2014). Pre and post-natal antigen exposure can program the stress axis of adult zebra finches: Evidence for environment matching. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 45. 71–79. 12 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren & Jennifer L. Grindstaff. (2014). Maternal Antibody Transfer Can Lead to Suppression of Humoral Immunity in Developing Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 87(5). 740–751. 20 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, Paulina L. González‐Gómez, Adrian L. O’Loghlen, et al.. (2014). Epaulet Size and Current Condition in Red-Winged Blackbirds: Examining a Semistatic Signal, Testosterone, Immune Function, and Parasites. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88(1). 11–21. 10 indexed citations
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González‐Gómez, Paulina L., et al.. (2013). Breaking down seasonality: Androgen modulation and stress response in a highly stable environment. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 191. 1–12. 13 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, Adrian L. O’Loghlen, John C. Wingfield, & Stephen I. Rothstein. (2012). Immune Function in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Nonparasitic Relative. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 86(1). 61–72. 13 indexed citations
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Merrill, Loren, Frédéric Angelier, Adrian L. O’Loghlen, Stephen I. Rothstein, & John C. Wingfield. (2012). Sex-specific variation in brown-headed cowbird immunity following acute stress: a mechanistic approach. Oecologia. 170(1). 25–38. 29 indexed citations

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