Avian Disease Ecology

*Asterisk denotes undergraduate co-author

** Double asterisk denotes post-baccalaureate co-author

 

[13] Perrine, W, EL Sauer, AC Love, A Morris*, J Novotny*, SE DuRant. A high lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection. 2025. Journal of Experimental Biology.

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[12] Love, AC, M Nahom, J Gutierrez, L Albert, SA Knutie. An early-life disruption of gut microbiota has opposing effects on parasite resistance in two host species. 2024.  Molecular Ecology. 

[11] Knutie, SA, R Bahouth, M Bertone, C Webb*, M Mehta*, M Nahom*, R Barta; S Ghai, AC Love, S Horan, A Soldo, E Cochrane*, J Bartholomew*, E Cowan, H Bjerke*, S Balenger, M Butler, A Cornell, A Kennedy, V Rolland, E Schultz, M Stanback, C Taff, G Albery. 2024. Understanding spatiotemporal effects of food supplementation on host-parasite interactions using community-based science. Journal of Animal Ecology. 

[10] Love, AC, V Tabb*, NH Youssef, SM Wilder, SE DuRant. 2024. Effect of dietary macronutrients and immune challenge on gut microbiota, physiology, and feeding behavior in zebra finches. Molecular Ecology. 

[9] JN Bygrave*†, AC Love†, M Zylberberg, A Addesso, SA Knutie. 2024. Influence of human activity on gut microbiota and immune responses of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands. Avian Conservation and Ecology. †co-first authors

[8] Sauer, EL, C Connelly*, W Perrine, AC Love, SE DuRant. 2023. Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Media coverage: UArk News

[7] Solomon, G** †, AC Love †, GJ Vaziri, J Harvey, T Verrett, K Chernicky, S Simons, L Albert*, J Chaves, SA Knutie. 2023. Effect of urbanization and parasitism on the gut microbiota of Darwin’s finch nestlings. Molecular Ecology. †co-first authors  
Media coverage: UConn Today

[6] Love, AC, AC Anthony*, A Nash*, A Campos-Melara*, J Kodali*, SE DuRant. 2023. Simulated infection shapes individual and social behaviors in pair-bonded songbirds and their healthy neighbors. Behavioral Ecology. 

[5] Love, AC, K Grisham*, JB. Krall*, CG Goodchild, SE DuRant. 2021. Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds. Biology Letters.
Media coverage: The Atlantic, Science News, SciShow

[4] Goodchild, CG, AC Love, JB Krall*, SE DuRant. 2020. Weathered Mississippi Canyon 252 crude oil ingestion alters cytokine signaling, lowers heterophil:lymphocyte ratio, and induces sickness behavior in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Environmental Pollution. 

[3] DuRant, SE, AC Love, B Belin*, D Tamayo-Sanchez*, MS Pacheco*, MJ Dickens, RM Calisi. 2020. Captivity alters neuroendocrine regulators of stress and reproduction in the hypothalamus in response to acute stress. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 

[2] Love, AC, MB Lovern, SE DuRant. 2017. Captivity influences immune responses, stress endocrinology, and organ size in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 252: 18-26.

[1] Love, AC, S Foltz, JS Adelman, IT Moore, DM Hawley. 2016. Changes in corticosterone concentrations and behavior during Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). General and Comparative Endocrinology.