Cynthia J. Downs, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, United States 
Area:
physiological ecology

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Year Citation  Score
2023 Downs CJ, Schoenle LA, Goolsby EW, Oakey SJ, Ball R, Jiang RHY, Martin LB. Large Mammals Have More Powerful Antibacterial Defenses Than Expected from Their Metabolic Rates. The American Naturalist. 201: 287-301. PMID 36724463 DOI: 10.1086/722504  0.392
2022 Downs CJ, Schoenle LA, Goolsby EW, Oakey SJ, Ball R, Jiang RH, Martin LB. Scaling of Antibacterial Immune Defenses in Mammals. Faseb Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology. PMID 35559497 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.L8059  0.335
2022 Fletcher JE, Martin LB, Downs CJ. Leucocytes are Mass-Invariant in Reptiles Unlike in Endotherms. Faseb Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology. PMID 35559490 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2022.36.S1.L7954  0.369
2022 Martin LB, Ruhs EC, Oakey S, Downs CJ. Leukocyte allometries in birds are not affected by captivity. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. PMID 35286769 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2591  0.31
2021 Ruhs EC, Becker DJ, Oakey SJ, Ogunsina O, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Martin LB, Downs CJ. Body size affects immune cell proportions in birds and non-volant mammals, but not bats. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 34104965 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.241109  0.308
2020 Ruhs EC, Martin LB, Downs CJ. The impacts of body mass on immune cell concentrations in birds. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 287: 20200655. PMID 32900319 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2020.0655  0.425
2020 Jimenez AG, Downs CJ. Untangling lifespan and body mass discrepancies in canids: Phylogenetic comparison of oxidative stress in blood from domestic dogs and wild canids. American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. PMID 32609535 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00067.2020  0.3
2020 Downs CJ, Dochtermann NA, Ball R, Klasing KC, Martin LB. The Effects of Body Mass on Immune Cell Concentrations of Mammals. The American Naturalist. 195: 107-114. PMID 31868541 DOI: 10.1086/706235  0.458
2020 Downs CJ, Brown JL, Wone BWM, Donovan ER, Hayes JP. Effects of Selection for Mass-Independent Maximal Metabolic Rate on Food Consumption. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 93: 23-36. PMID 31671012 DOI: 10.1086/706206  0.646
2019 Becker DJ, Downs CJ, Martin LB. Multi-Scale Drivers of Immunological Variation and Consequences for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 31559436 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icz138  0.366
2019 Vennum CR, Downs CJ, Hayes JP, Houston I, Collopy MW, Woodbridge B, Briggs CW. Early Life Conditions and Immune Defense in Nestling Swainson's Hawks. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 92: 419-429. PMID 31180801 DOI: 10.1086/704364  0.572
2019 Vitousek MN, Johnson MA, Downs CJ, Miller ET, Martin LB, Francis CD, Donald JW, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Kircher BK, Knapp R, Schoenle LA, Williams TD. Macroevolutionary Patterning in Glucocorticoids Suggests Different Selective Pressures Shape Baseline and Stress-Induced Levels. The American Naturalist. 193: 866-880. PMID 31094598 DOI: 10.1086/703112  0.353
2019 Jimenez AG, O'Connor ES, Tobin KJ, Anderson KN, Winward JD, Fleming A, Winner C, Chinchilli E, Amy M, Carlson K, Downs CJ. Does cellular metabolism from primary fibroblasts and oxidative stress in blood differ between mammals and birds? The (lack-thereof) scaling of oxidative stress. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 30924869 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icz017  0.36
2019 Downs CJ, Schoenle LA, Han BA, Harrison JF, Martin LB. Scaling of Host Competence. Trends in Parasitology. PMID 30709569 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pt.2018.12.002  0.317
2018 Francis CD, Donald JW, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher BK, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, Williams TD, Downs CJ. Metabolic scaling of stress hormones in vertebrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 29939251 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icy063  0.479
2018 Johnson MA, Francis CD, Miller ET, Downs CJ, Vitousek MN. Detecting Bias in Large-Scale Comparative Analyses: Methods for Expanding the Scope of Hypothesis-Testing with HormoneBase. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 29873731 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icy045  0.329
2018 Downs CJ, Boan BV, Lohuis TD, Stewart KM. Investigating Relationships between Reproduction, Immune Defenses, and Cortisol in Dall Sheep. Frontiers in Immunology. 9: 105. PMID 29445376 DOI: 10.3389/Fimmu.2018.00105  0.391
2017 MacColl E, Vanesky K, Buck JA, Dudek BM, Eagles-Smith CA, Heath JA, Herring G, Vennum C, Downs CJ. Correlates of immune defenses in golden eagle nestlings. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 327: 243-253. PMID 29356454 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.2081  0.435
2017 Ben-Hamo M, Downs CJ, Burns DJ, Pinshow B. House sparrows offset the physiological trade-off between immune response and feather growth by adjusting foraging behavior Journal of Avian Biology. 48: 837-845. DOI: 10.1111/Jav.01252  0.446
2016 Downs CJ, Brown JL, Wone BW, Donovan ER, Hayes JP. Speeding up Growth: Selection for Mass-Independent Maximal Metabolic Rate Alters Growth Rates. The American Naturalist. 187: 295-307. PMID 26913943 DOI: 10.1086/684837  0.711
2015 Downs CJ, Stewart KM, Dick BL. Investment in constitutive immune function by north american elk experimentally maintained at two different population densities. Plos One. 10: e0125586. PMID 25992627 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0125586  0.397
2015 Wone BW, Madsen P, Donovan ER, Labocha MK, Sears MW, Downs CJ, Sorensen DA, Hayes JP. A strong response to selection on mass-independent maximal metabolic rate without a correlated response in basal metabolic rate. Heredity. 114: 419-27. PMID 25604947 DOI: 10.1038/Hdy.2014.122  0.649
2014 Downs CJ, Adelman JS, Demas GE. Mechanisms and methods in ecoimmunology: integrating within-organism and between-organism processes. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54: 340-52. PMID 24944113 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icu082  0.338
2014 Downs CJ, Dochtermann NA. Testing hypotheses in ecoimmunology using mixed models: disentangling hierarchical correlations. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54: 407-18. PMID 24861812 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icu035  0.39
2014 Dlugosz EM, Downs CJ, Khokhlova IS, Degen AA, Krasnov BR. Ectoparasite performance when feeding on reproducing mammalian females: an unexpected decrease when on pregnant hosts. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 1058-64. PMID 24311805 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.098376  0.339
2013 Dlugosz EM, Schutz H, Meek TH, Acosta W, Downs CJ, Platzer EG, Chappell MA, Garland T. Immune response to a Trichinella spiralis infection in house mice from lines selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 4212-21. PMID 23948476 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.087361  0.554
2013 Downs CJ, Brown JL, Wone B, Donovan ER, Hunter K, Hayes JP. Selection for increased mass-independent maximal metabolic rate suppresses innate but not adaptive immune function. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 280: 20122636. PMID 23303541 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2012.2636  0.708
2012 Downs CJ, Schutz H, Meek TH, Dlugosz EM, Acosta W, de Wolski KS, Malisch JL, Hayes JP, Garland T. Within-lifetime trade-offs but evolutionary freedom for hormonal and immunological traits: evidence from mice bred for high voluntary exercise. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 1651-61. PMID 22539732 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.066167  0.603
2008 Downs CJ, Hayes JP, Tracy CR. Scaling metabolic rate with body mass and inverse body temperature: A test of the Arrhenius fractal supply model Functional Ecology. 22: 239-244. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2007.01371.X  0.587
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