Victor Apanius   |   Publications

Apanius, V., M.A. Westbrock, and D.J. Anderson. 2008. Reproduction and immune homeostasis in a long-lived seabird, the Nazca Booby Sula granti. Ornithological Monographs No.65.

Tseng, F.S., V. Apanius, and I.C.T. Nisbet. 2007. Integrating demographic and physiological parameters in NRDA. Coastal Resources Research Center, University of New Hampshire and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA Grant Number: NA04NOS4190063. Project Number: 05-959. 80 Pp.
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Berg K.S., R. Brumfield, V. Apanius. 2006. Phylogenetic and ecological determinants of the neotropical dawn chorus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 273:999-1005
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Groothuis, T.G.G., C.M. Eising, J.D. Blount, V. Apanius, C. Dijkstra, and W. Müller. 2006. Multiple pathways of maternal effects in black-headed gull eggs: Constraint and adapative compensatory adjustment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1304-1313
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Apanius, V. and I.C.T. Nisbet. 2006. Serum immunoglobulin G levels are positively related to reproductive performance in a long-lived seabird, the common tern (Sterna hirundo). Oecologia 147:12-23
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Apanius, V. and I.C.T. Nisbet. 2003. Serum immunoglobulin G levels in very old common terns Sterna hirundo. Experimental Gerontology 38:761-764
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Anderson, D.J. and V. Apanius. 2003. Actuarial and reproductive senescence in a long-lived seabird: preliminary evidence. Experimental Gerontology 38:757-760.
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Triana, A., Apanius, V., Richmond, C., Hammer-Castellanos, V. 2003. Restricting fluid intake during a single meal did not affect food intake in older adults. Appetite 41:79-86
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Anderson, D.J., Huyvaert, K.P., Apanius, V., Townsend, H., Gillikin, C.L., Hill, L.D., Juola, F., Porter, E.T., Wood, D.R., Lougheed, C., and Vargas, H. 2003. Population size and trends of the Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata. Marine Ornithology 30:63-69.
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Nisbet, I.C.T., Apanius, V., and Friar, M.S.. 2002. Breeding performance of very old common terns. Journal of Field Ornithology, 73:117-124.
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Apanius, V., N. Yorinks, R.E. Ricklefs and E. Bermingham. 2000. Island and taxon effects on parasitism and resistance in Lesser Antillean birds. Ecology 81:1959-1969.
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Apanius, V. Stress and immune defense. 1998. Advances in the Study of Behavior 27:133-153.
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Apanius, V. 1998. Ontogeny of immune function. In J.M. Starck and R.E. Ricklefs (eds.) Evolution within the Altricial-Precocial Spectrum. Oxford University Press.

Deerenberg, C., V. Apanius, S. Daan, N. Bos. 1997. Reproductive effort decreases antibody responsiveness. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 264:1021-1029

Apanius, V., Penn,D., Slev, P.R., Ruff, L.R. and W.K. Potts. 1997 The nature of selection on the major histocompatibility complex. Critical Reviews in Immunology, 17:179-224.

Ros, A.F.H, T.G.G. Groothuis, and V. Apanius. 1997. The relationship between gonadal steroids, immunocompetence, body mass, and behavior in young black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus). The American Naturalist 150:201-219.
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Wakelin, D. and V. Apanius. 1997. Immune defense: genetic control. In D.H. Clayton and J. Moore (eds.) Host-Parasite Evolution, General Principles and Avian Models. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 30-58.

Lively, C.M., and V. Apanius. 1995. Genetic diversity in host-parasite interactions. In B.T. Grenfell and A.P Dobson (eds.), Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Natural Populations. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. Pp. 421-449.

Seutin, G. and V. Apanius. 1995. Gray flycatcher predation on a hummingbird. Wilson Bulletin 107:565-567.

Apanius, V. and G.A. Schad. 1994. Host behavior and the flow of parasites through host populations. In M.E. Scott and G. Smith (eds.) Parasitic and Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Ecology. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 115-128.

Malcarney, H.L., C. Martinez del Rio and V. Apanius. 1994. Sucrose intolerance in birds: simple nonlethal diagnostic methods and consequences for assimilation of complex carbohydrates. Auk 111:170-177.

Anderson, D.J., C. Budde, V. Apanius, J.E. Martinez Gomez, D.M. Bird and W. Weathers. 1993. Prey size influences female competitive dominance in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Ecology 74:367-376.

Casper, B.C., S.B. Heard and V. Apanius. 1992. Ecological correlates of single-seededness in a neotropical flora. Oecologia 90:212-217. download PDF

Apanius, V. 1991. Avian trypanosomes as models of host-parasite coevolution. Parasitology Today 7:87-91 (with cover photograph).

Apanius, V. and C.E. Kirkpatrick. 1988. Preliminary report of Haemoproteus tinnunculi infection in a breeding population of American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24:150-153.

Apanius, V., S.A. Temple and M. Bale. 1983. Serum proteins of wild turkey vultures (Cathartes aura). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 76B:907-913.

Apanius, V. 1977. Red-shouldered hawks in juvenal plumage nest successfully. Auk 94:585.

Apanius, V. 1976. The great horned owl. Explorer 18:4-11

Apanius, V. 1975. Cover photograph. Bioscience 25(12)

Proceedings

Apanius, V. 2001. Information transmission by the immune system. Advances in Ethology 36:55

Apanius, V., C. Deerenberg, H. Visser, S. Daan. 1994. Reproductive effort and parasite resistance: evidence for an energetically based trade-off. Journal fur Ornithologie 135:404.

Apanius, V. 1993. Blood parasitism, immunity and reproduction in American kestrels (Falco sparverius). In M. Nicholls and R. Clarke (eds.), Biology and Conservation of Small Falcons. Zoological Society of London, London. Pp. 117-124.

Invited Presentations

2004Department Seminar, Departments of Ecology and Parasite Evolution, Pierre and Marie Curie University
2003Evolution of Galapagos Birds, Clark Symposium, Wilson Ornithological Society, Ohio Wesleyan University
Research Seminar. Symposium on Organisms with Slow Aging II, University of Southern California
2002Department Seminar. Biology, Wake Forest University
Symposium Lecture, Society for the Study of Evolution, University of Illinois
Department Seminar, Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, Ploen
Department Seminar, Animal Behavior, University of Bielefeld
2001Plenary Speaker, Evolutionary Ecology of Resistance and Defence, University of Jyvaskyla
Thesis Opponent, Department of Animal Ecology, Uppsala University
Symposium Lecture, International Ethological Conference, Tuebingen
2000Departmental Seminar, Institute of Parasitology, McGill University
Participant, Workshop on Diseases of Galapagos Birds, Princeton University
Research Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, St. Louis
1999 Invited Lecture, Life history, immunocompetence and resistance against parasites, Swiss-French Post-Graduate Workshop, Neuchatal
Invited Lecture, Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington
1998 Research Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Invited Speaker, Parasite Defense and Trade-offs in Evolutionary Ecology, European Science Foundation Workshop, Uppsala
Participant, Environmental Endocrine Disruptors Gordon Conference, Plymouth NH
Symposium Presentation, North American Ornithological Congress, St Louis
1997 Participant, Royal Statistical Society Workshop on Epidemiology, Isle of Skye
Research Seminar, Department of Biology, University of Miami
1996 Plenary Lecture, Ontario Ecology and Evolution Colloquiem, Ottawa
1995 Research Seminar, Department of Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow
Research Seminar, Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville
Research Seminar, Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal
1994 Symposium Lecture, International Ornithological Congress, Vienna
Lead-In Lecture, International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology Congress, Wageningin, The Netherlands
Research Seminar, Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Finland
Research Seminar, Department of Zoology, Turku University, Finland
Research Seminar, Department of Zoology, Oulu University, Finland
1993Research Seminar, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Research Seminar, Zoological Institute, University of Berne, Switzerland
1993Research Seminar, Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Research Seminar, Department of Biological Psychiatry, University of Groningen The Netherlands
Research Seminar, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester
1992Research Seminar, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Heteren, The Netherlands
Research Seminar, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
1990Research Seminar, Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania
1989Research Seminar, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
1985Outer Series Talk, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
1980Alpha Zeta Honor Society, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1976Holden Arboretum, Mentor, Ohio

Presented Papers

2005Natural and oil-spill associated variation in hematocrit in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (with F.S. Tseng and I.C.T. Nisbet) Wildlife Disease Association
Hematocrit discriminates between natural and oil-spill associated physiological responses (with F.S. Tseng and I.C.T. Nisbet) Fourth North American Ornithological Congress
2003Serum Immunoglobulin G levels across the lifespan of common terns (with I.C.T. Nisbet) Waterbird Society
Hematological changes in common terns immediately following an oil spill. (with M.A. Sims and I.C.T. Nisbet) Waterbird Society
1997Genetic components of resistance to Heligmosomoides polygyrus infection in wild-derived mice. American Society of Parasitologists
Manipulation of reproductive success modifies antibody responses of kestrels. Wildlife Disease Association
1994Antibody responsiveness of non-domestic birds is modulated by daily energy expenditure (with N. Bos, G.H. Visser and S. Daan). International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology Congress
Parental effort is linked to immune function: results of field experiments. (with J. van Gils, and S. Daan). International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Increased energy turnover associated with reproductive effort decreases antibody responsiveness in birds. Canadian Federation of Biological Societies
1992Reproductive effort is linked to immunoregulation: parasitological and hematological evidence. International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress
Island biogeography of protozoan parasitism (with N. Yorinks and R.E. Ricklefs). American Society of Parasitologists
Intensity of haemoproteid infection is associated with host reproductive success. American Society of Parasitologists
1991Blood parasitism, immunity and reproduction in American kestrels. Biology and Conservation of Small Falcons
1990Reproduction, blood parasitism and immunity in American kestrels Falco sparverius. Ecological Society of America
Reproductive performance of American kestrels utilizing nest boxes in eastern Pennsylvania. Raptor Research Foundation
1988Bacterial microflora of west coast peregrine eyries (with R.H. Evans and B.J Symposium Lecture, International Ethological Conf. Walton). Raptor Research Foundation
1987Blood parasitism in a population of American kestrels (Falco sparverius). American Ornithologists' Union
1984Serum proteins of cathartid vultures are evolutionarily conserved. Raptor Research Foundation
1983Condor immunoglobulins: implications for captive propagation. American Ornithologists' Union
1978Nesting Buteo hawk populations in Ohio. American Ornithologists' Union