Maria Stager

Amherst College — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

15h-index1.1kcitations49works1.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(14), Physiological and biochemical adaptations(13), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(12), Species Distribution and Climate Change(11), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(8)

Publications49 total

Comparing tree swallow dispersal strategies in a continuous mainland environment
Ecology·2026
Incomplete genetic compensation and countergradient variation of blood-oxygen transport in deer mice
Evolution·2025
Flexibility in the face of climate change? A rapid and dramatic shift towards later spring migration in Hudsonian godwits ( <i>Limosa haemastica</i> )
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025
Author response for "Flexibility in the face of climate change? A rapid and dramatic shift towards later spring migration in Hudsonian godwits ( &lt;i&gt;Limosa haemastica&lt;/i&gt; )"
2025
Modifications to skeletal muscle morphology correlate with increased thermogenic capacity during cold-acclimation in Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis)
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2025
Author response for "Flexibility in the face of climate change? A rapid and dramatic shift towards later spring migration in Hudsonian godwits ( &lt;i&gt;Limosa haemastica&lt;/i&gt; )"
2025
Arduino allows development of a low-cost, high-resolution metabolic and behavioral phenotyping system for birds
Journal of Experimental Biology·2025Open Access
Gut microbiomes are largely unchanged when exposed to their amphibian host's latitudinally variable upper thermal limit
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Haemosporidian infection does not alter aerobic performance in <i>Junco hyemalis</i> (Dark-eyed Junco)
The Auk·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Migratory strategies across an ecological barrier: is the answer blowing in the wind?
Movement Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Recent Advances in the Mechanistic Understanding of Avian Responses to Environmental Challenges
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024
Assessing the evidence for treating developmental plasticity and phenotypic flexibility as different phenomena
Functional Ecology·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
Flexibility in the face of climate change? A rapid and dramatic shift toward later spring migration in Hudsonian Godwits ( <i>Limosa haemastica</i> )
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Serca Uncoupling May Facilitate Cold Acclimation in Dark-Eyed Juncos (<i>Junco hyemalis</i>) without Regulation by Sarcolipin or Phospholamban
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024· 2 cited
Sarcolipin relates to fattening, but not sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase uncoupling, in captive migratory gray catbirds
Journal of Experimental Biology·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Evidence for a maintenance cost for birds maintaining highly flexible basal, but not summit, metabolic rates
Scientific Reports·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
The architecture of phenotypic flexibility within a complex trait: an empirical case study using avian thermogenic performance
2021Open Access
Haemosporidian infection does not alter aerobic performance in the Pink-sided Junco ( <i>Junco hyemalis mearnsi</i> )
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Temperature heterogeneity correlates with intraspecific variation in physiological flexibility in a small endotherm
Nature Communications·2021· 42 citedOpen Access
Temperature heterogeneity correlates with intraspecific variation in physiological flexibility in a small endotherm
2020· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Zachary A. Cheviron(20), Nathan R. Senner(17), Mo A. Verhoeven(6), Cory R. Elowe(6), Theunis Piersma(4), David L. Swanson(4), Matthew D. Carling(4), Douglas K. Eddy(4), Lauren Puleo(4), Feipeng Huang(4), Willem Bouten(3), David W. Winkler(3), Valentina Ferretti(3), Daniel R. Ardia(3), Alejandra Rodríguez‐Fernández(3), Alexander R. Gerson(3), Jeffrey D. Brawn(2), Nicholas Sly(2), Kelly K. Hallinger(2), Teresa M. Pegan(2)