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Pottier, P., M.R. Kearney, N.C. Wu, A.R. Gunderson, J.E. Rej, A. Nayelli Rivera-Villanueva, P. Pollo, S. Burke, S.M. Drobniak, and S. Nakagawa. Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming. In revision. EcoEvoRxiv: https://doi.org/10.32942/X2T02T.

Wang, W.W.Y., N.R. Page, A.M. Strickler, A.K. Kusaka and A.R. Gunderson. The heat sensitivity of sperm in the lizard Anolis sagrei. In revision. BioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.14.607821

Moore, M.M., E.G. Foster, A. Amer, L. Fraire, A. Head, A. Blanchette, S.J. Hankison, A.R. Gunderson and E.J. Gangloff. 2024. Urban wall lizards are resilient to high levels of blood lead. Environmental Research, in press.

Gunderson, A.R. 2024. Disentangling physiological and physical explanations for body size-dependent thermal tolerance. Journal of Experimental Biology 227: jeb245645.

Gunderson, A.R. 2023. Invited Commentary: Habitat degradation exacerbates the effects of anthropogenic warming by removing thermal refuges. Global Change Biology 29: 6157-6158.

Gleason, G.S., K. Starr, T.J. Sanger, and A.R. Gunderson. 2023. Rapid heat hardening in embryos of the lizard Anolis sagrei. Biology Letters 19: 20230174.

Gunderson, A.R. 2023. Trade-offs between baseline thermal tolerance and thermal tolerance plasticity are much less common than it appears. Global Change Biology 29: 3519-3524.

Gunderson, A.R. and L.J. Revell. 2022. Testing for genetic assimilation with phylogenetic comparative analysis: Conceptual, methodological, and statistical considerations. Evolution 76: 1942-1952.

Dillard, B.A., A.K. Chung, A.R. Gunderson, S.C. Campbell-Staton, and A.H. Moeller. 2022. Humanization of wildlife gut microbiota in urban environments. eLife 11: e76381. Press: Science News.

Gunderson, A.R., E.A. Riddell, M.W. Sears, and E.B. Rosenblum. 2022. Thermal costs and benefits of replicated color evolution in the White Sands Desert lizard community. The American Naturalist 199: 666-678.

Wang, W.W.Y. & A.R. Gunderson. 2022. The physiological and evolutionary ecology of sperm thermal performance. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 754830.

Lam, E.K., M. Abegaz, A.R. Gunderson, B. Tsukimura, and J.H. Stillman. 2022. Interactions between temperature variability and reproductive physiology across traits in an intertidal crab. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 796125. Press: Highlighted in Nature CC.

Schwanz, L.E., A.R. Gunderson, M. Iglesias-Carrasco, M.A. Johnson, J.D. Kong, J. Riley and N.C. Wu. 2022. Best practices for building and curating databases for comparative analyses. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225: jeb243295. 

Goldman, S.L., J.G. Sanders, W. Yan, A. Denice, M. Cornwall, K.N. Ivey, E.N. Taylor, A.R. Gunderson, M.J. Sheehan, D. Mjungu, E.V. Lonsdorf, A.E. Pusey, B.H. Hahn, and A.H. Moeller. 2022. Culture-enriched community profiling improves resolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 121-136.

Gunderson, A.R. 2021. Invited Commentary: Sex, heat and phenotypic plasticity. Functional Ecology 35: 2618-2620.

Deery, S.W., J.E. Rej, D. Haro, and A.R. Gunderson. 2021. Heat hardening in a pair of Anolis lizards: constraints, dynamics and ecological consequences. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb240994.

Ryan, L.M. and A.R. Gunderson. 2021. Competing native and invasive Anolis lizards exhibit thermal preference plasticity in opposite directions. Journal of Experimental Zoology A 335: 118-125.

Bodensteiner, B.L., G.A. Agudelo-Cantero, A.Z.A. Arietta, A.R. Gunderson, M.M. Muñoz, J.M. Refsnider, and E.J. Gangloff 2021. Thermal adaptation revisited: how conserved are thermal traits of reptiles and amphibians? Journal of Experimental Zoology A 335: 173-194.

Moeller, A.H., K. Ivey, M.B. Cornwall, K. Herr, J. Rede, E.N. Taylor, and A.R. Gunderson. 2020. Lizard gut microbiome changes with temperature and is associated with heat tolerance. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86: e01181-20.

Gunderson, A.R., A. Fargevieille, and D.A. Warner. 2020. Egg incubation temperature does not influence adult heat tolerance in the lizard Anolis sagrei. Biology Letters 16: 20190716. Press: Highlighted in JEB.

Hernández-Gómez, O., A.Q. Byrne, A.R. Gunderson, T.S. Jenkinson, C.F. Noss, A.P. Rothstein, M.C. Womack, and E.B. Rosenblum. 2020. Invasive vegetation affects amphibian skin microbiota and body condition. Peer J: e8549.

Gunderson, A.R., M. Abegaz, A.Y. Ceja, E.K. Lam, B.F. Souther, K. Boyer, E. King, K.T. You Mak, B. Tsukimura, and J.H. Stillman. 2019. Hot rocks and not-so-hot rocks on the seashore: patterns and body-size dependent consequences of microclimatic variation in intertidal zone boulder habitat. Integrative Organismal Biology 1: obz024.

Gunderson, A.R., D.L. Mahler, and M. Leal. 2018. Thermal niche evolution across replicated Anolis lizard adaptive radiations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20172241.

Gunderson, A.R., L.J. Fleishman, and M. Leal. 2018. Visual "playback" of colorful signals in the field supports sensory drive for signal detectability. Current Zoology 64: 93-98.

Gunderson, A.R., M.E. Dillon, and J.H. Stillman. 2017. Estimating the benefits of plasticity in ectotherm heat tolerance under natural thermal variability. Functional Ecology 31: 1529-1539.

Gunderson, A.R., B. Tsukimura, and J.H. Stillman. 2017. Indirect effects of global change: from physiological and behavioral mechanisms to ecological consequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 48-54.

Gunderson, A.R., E. King, K. Boyer, B. Tsukimura and J.H. Stillman. 2017. Species as stressors: heterospecific interactions and the cellular stress response under global change. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 90-102.

Gunderson, A.R., E.J. Armstrong, and Jonathon H. Stillman. 2016. Multiple stressors in a changing world: the need for an improved perspective on physiological responses to the dynamic marine environment. Annual Review of Marine Science 8: 357-378.

Gunderson, A.R. and M. Leal. 2016. A conceptual framework for understanding thermal constraints on ectotherm activity with implications for predicting responses to global change. Ecology Letters 19: 111-120.

Williams, C.M., L.B. Buckley, K.S. Sheldon, M. Vickers, H.O. Pörtner, W.W. Dowd, A.R. Gunderson, K.E. Marshall, and J.H. Stillman. 2016. Biological impacts of thermal extremes: mechanisms and costs of functional responses matter. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56: 73-84.

Gunderson, A.R. and J.H. Stillman. 2015. Plasticity in thermal tolerance has limited potential to buffer ectotherms from global warming. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 282: 20150401. Press: The Independent (UK), ScienceNews, Science Daily, ClimateWire, The Wildlife Society magazine, The Daily Californian, KCBS San Francisco radio

Gunderson, A.R. and M. Leal. 2015. Patterns of thermal constraint on ectotherm activity. The American Naturalist 185: 653-664. Press: Futurity, The Wildlife Society magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Gunderson, A.R. and J.H. Stillman. 2014. Invited Commentary: An affinity for biochemical adaptation to temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 4273-4274.

Wright, A., S.A. Schnitzer, I.A. Dickie, A.R. Gunderson, G.A. Pinter, S.A. Mangan, and P.B. Reich. 2013. Complex facilitation and competition in a temperate grassland: loss of plant diversity and elevated CO2 have divergent and opposite effects on oak establishment. Oecologia 171: 449-458.

Leal, M. and A.R. Gunderson. 2012. Rapid change in the thermal tolerance of a tropical lizard. The American Naturalist 180: 815-822. Press: Faculty of 1000 selection, Science Daily, Conservation magazine

Gunderson, A.R. and M. Leal. 2012. Geographic variation in vulnerability to climate warming in a tropical Caribbean lizard. Functional Ecology 26: 783-793. Press: El Nuevo Día, online video feature at Functional Ecology

Gunderson, A.R., J. Siegel, and M. Leal. 2011. Tests of the contribution of acclimation to geographic variation in water loss rates of the West Indian lizard Anolis cristatellus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 181: 965-972.

Müller, M.S., E.T. Porter, J.K. Grace, J.A. Awkerman, K.T. Birchler, A.R. Gunderson, E.G. Schneider, M.A. Westbrock, and D.J. Anderson. 2011. Maltreated nestlings exhibit correlated maltreatment as adults: Evidence of a “cycle of violence” in Nazca Boobies (Sula granti). Auk 128: 615-619. Press: BBC, New York Times, Science Daily

Cornell, K.L., C.R. Kight, R.B. Burdge, A.R. Gunderson, J.K. Hubbard, A.K. Jackson, J.E. LeClerc, M.L. Pitts, J.P. Swaddle, and D.A. Cristol. 2011. Reproductive success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on suburban golf courses. Auk 128: 577-586.

Gunderson, A.R., M.H. Forsyth, and J.P. Swaddle. 2009. Evidence plumage bacteria influence plumage coloration and body condition of eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 440-447. Press: BBC, featured article in Journal of Avian Biology

Gunderson, A.R. 2008. Feather-degrading bacteria: A new frontier in avian and host-parasite research? Auk 125: 972-979.

Gunderson, A.R., A.M. Frame, J.P. Swaddle and M.H. Forsyth. 2008. Resistance of melanized feathers to bacterial degradation: Is it really so black and white? Journal of Avian Biology 39: 539-545.