*undergraduate student co-author
**graduate student or postdoc co-author
2026 / In-Press
Adelman, J.S., A.E. Henschen, F.E. Tillman**, R.A. Dalloul, M. Langager**, A. Rowley, and D.M. Hawley. 2026. The devil you know: a longer history of pathogen coevolution predicts higher behavioral tolerance of infection among host populations. Biology Letters: In press.
F.E. Tillman** and J.S. Adelman. 2026. Hard to handle: infected house finches do not prefer easier-to-consume food. Animal Behaviour: In press.
Garrett-Larsen, J. N.**, A.A. Pérez-Umphrey**, A.E. Fleming-Davies, J.S. Adelman, L.M. Childs, S.J. Geary, K.E. Langwig, and D. M. Hawley. Prior pathogen exposure augments inter-individual heterogeneity in antibody levels and reinfection loads in a songbird-pathogen system. Scientific Reports: In press.
Pérez-Umphrey, A.**, K. Langwig, J. Adelman, L. Childs, J. Garrett-Larsen**, D. Hawley, A. Fleming-Davies. 2026. Infected host competence overshadows heterogeneity in susceptibility in shaping experimental epizootics. Ecology: In press. bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.15.632224
Pérez-Umphrey, A.A.**, J. Miller, E.R. Tullman, J.N. Garrett-Larsen**, M. Vinkler, K. Langwig, S.J. Geary, J.S. Adelman, and D. M. Hawley. 2026. Host prior exposure augments heterogeneity in gene expression in both host and pathogen during in vivo infection. Molecular Ecology 35: e70319.
Mommer, L., H. Esser, S. van den Booren**, J.S. Adelman, J.D. Bever, W.F. de Boer, B. Bron, R. Douma, V. Ezenwa, F. Halliday, M. Hersh, F. Keesing, J. van Ruijven, H. Sprong, and K.D. Matson. 2026. Deconstructing host quality offers insight into disease ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 41: 201-210.
2025
Ruden, R.M., A.E. Henschen, M.M. Langager, D.M Hawley, and J.S. Adelman. 2025. Using multivariate analyses to explore host-pathogen coevolution in complex trait space. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 61: 609-918.
Bever, J.D., J.S. Adelman, M. Eppinga, E. Archie, and V. Ezenwa. 2025. Application of microbiome feedback theory to animals: Can parasites drive coexistence in ungulate communities? Integrative and Comparative Biology 65: 445–460 (cover).
Ramanathan, C., E. Thomas**, A.E. Henschen**, J.S. Adelman, and Y. Zhang. 2025. Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection inhibits mitochondrial respiratory function in a wild songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology 228: jeb249705.
Leon, A.E.**, A. Fleming-Davies, J.S. Adelman, and D.M. Hawley. 2025. Pathogen priming alters host transmission potential and predictors of transmissibility in a wild songbird species. mSphere: e00886-24.
Henschen, A.E.**, F.E. Tillman**, S.C. Ruston*, D.M. Hawley, and J.S. Adelman. 2025. Host disease tolerance predicts transmission probability for a songbird pathogen. Ecology and Evolution: e70882.
Nuñez, C.M.V. and J.S. Adelman. 2025. Mean mares? Habitat features influence female aggression in response to social instability in the feral horse (Equus caballus). Biology Letters 21: 20240494.
Tillman, F.E.** and J.S. Adelman. 2025. Infection alters foraging decisions in a common songbird. Animal Behaviour 219: 123023.
2024
Cressler, C.E. and J.S. Adelman. 2024. Links between innate and adaptive immunity can favor evolutionary persistence of immunopathology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 64: 841-852.
Hawley, D.M., A. Pérez-Umphrey**, J.S. Adelman, A. Fleming-Davies, J. Garrett-Larsen**, S. Geary. E.Tulman, L. Childs, and K. Langwig. 2024. Prior exposure to pathogens augments host heterogeneity in susceptibility and has key epidemiological consequences. PLoS Pathogens: 20: e1012092.
Coleman, S.M.*, J.S. Adelman, and F.E. Tillman**. 2024. House finch leg color changes with infection. Journal of Avian Biology 2024: e03187.
Veetil, N.K, A.E. Henschen, D.M. Hawley, B. Melepat, R.A Dalloul, V. Benes, J.S. Adelman, and M. Vinkler. 2024. Varying conjunctival immune response adaptations of house finch populations to a rapidly evolving bacterial pathogen. Frontiers in Immunology 15: 1250818.
2023
Langager, M.**, J.S. Adelman, and D.M Hawley. 2023. Let’s stick together: infection enhances preferences for social settings in a songbird species. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10627.
Henschen, A.E.**, M. Vinkler, M. Langager**, A. Rowley**, R.A. Dalloul, D.M. Hawley, and J.S. Adelman. 2023. Rapid adaptation to a novel pathogen through disease tolerance in a wild songbird. PLoS Pathogens 19: e1011408.
Tillman, F.A.** and J.S. Adelman. 2023. Searching while sick: How does disease affect foraging decisions and contact rates? Functional Ecology 37: 838-844.
Ruden, R.M.** and J.S. Adelman. 2023. Modulating disease phenotype in a songbird: A role for inflammation in disease tolerance? Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A 339: 83-91.
Hawley, D.M., C. Thomason, M. Aberle**, R. Brown, and J.S. Adelman. 2023. Pathogen virulence is associated with load-independent spreadability in a songbird-bacterial system. Royal Society Open Science 10: 220975.
2022
Grant, T.J.**, K.E. Fisher**, N. Krishnan**, A.M. Mullins**, R.L. Hellmich, T.W. Sappington, J.S. Adelman, J.R. Coats, R.G. Hartzler, J.M. Pleasants, S.P. Bradbury. 2022. Monarch butterfly ecology, behavior, and vulnerabilities in North Central USA agricultural landscapes. Bioscience 72: 1176–1203.
Stephenson, J.F. and J.S. Adelman. 2022. The behavior of infected hosts: behavioral tolerance, behavioral resilience, and their implications for behavioral competence. In Animal Behavior and Parasitism, (V.O. Ezenwa, S.M. Altizer, and R. Hall, eds.).
Adelman, J.S., R.E. Tokarz**, A.E. Euken*, E.N. Field**, M.C. Russell**, and R.C. Smith. 2022. Relative influence of land use, mosquito abundance, and bird communities in defining West Nile virus infection rates in Culex mosquito populations. Insects 13:758, doi.org/10.3390/insects13090758
2021
Ruden, R.M.** and J.S. Adelman. 2021. Disease tolerance alters host competence in a wild songbird. Biology Letters 17: 20210362.
Ruden, R.M.**, D.C. Adams, and J.S. Adelman. 2021. Using multivariate analyses to explore temporal patterns in disease pathology. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57: 525–533.
Mullins, A.M.**, T.S. Sappington, S.P. Bradbury, and J.S. Adelman. 2021. Oviposition response of monarch butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) to imidacloprid-treated milkweed. Environmental Entomology 50: 541–549.
Wucher, B.**, M. Elsayed, J.S. Adelman, D. Kadouri and C. Nadell. 2021. Bacterial predation transforms the landscape and community assembly of biofilms. Current Biology 31: 2643–2651.
Vaziri, G.J.**, M. Jusino, J. Palmer, M. Brewer, and J.S. Adelman. 2021. Anthelminthic drugs modulate the acute phase immune response but not the microbiota in wild song sparrows. Ornithology (Previously “The Auk”) 138: ukaa066.
Fisher, K.E.**, P.M. Dixon, G. Han, J.S. Adelman, and S.P. Bradbury. 2021. Locating large insects using automated VHF radio telemetry with a multi-antennae array. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12: 494-506.
2016 - 2020
Aberle, M.**, K. Langwig, J.S. Adelman, and D.M. Hawley. 2020. Effects of bird feeder density on the foraging behaviors of a backyard songbird subject to seasonal disease outbreaks. Canadian Journal of Zoology 98: 611-621.
Fisher, K.E.**, J.S. Adelman, and S.P. Bradbury. 2020. Employing very high frequency (VHF) radio telemetry to recreate monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) flight paths. Environmental Entomology 49: 312-323.
Field, E.N.**, E.J. Gehrke*, R.M. Ruden**, J.S. Adelman, and R.C. Smith. 2020. An improved multiplex PCR assay for the identification of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) blood meals. Journal of Medical Entomology 57: 557–562.
Henschen, A.E.** and J.S. Adelman. 2019. What does tolerance mean for animal disease dynamics when pathology enhances transmission? Integrative and Comparative Biology 59: 1220-1230.
Vaziri, G.J.**, M.J. Johny**, P.C. Caragea, and J.S. Adelman. 2019. Social context affects thermoregulation but not activity level after immune challenge in a social passerine. Behavioral Ecology 30: 383-392.
Vaziri, G.J., S.A. Muñoz, E.S. Martinsen, and J.S. Adelman. 2019. Gut parasite levels predict responses to simulated bacterial infection in a wild songbird. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55: 64-74.
Hawley, D.M., S.C. Moyers**, J. Caceres*, C. Youngbar*, and J.S. Adelman. 2018. Characterization of unilateral conjunctival inoculation with Mycoplasma gallisepticum in house finches. Avian Pathology 47: 526-530.
Moyers, S.C.**, J.S. Adelman, D.R. Farine, I.T. Moore, and D.M. Hawley. 2018. Exploratory behavior is linked to stress physiology and social network centrality in free-living house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). Hormones and Behavior 102: 105-113.
Moyers, S.C.**, J.S. Adelman, D.R. Farine, C.A. Thomason, and D.M. Hawley. 2018. Feeder density enhances house finch disease transmission in experimental epidemics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B 373: 20170090.
Adelman, J.S., and D.M. Hawley. 2017. Tolerance of infection: a role for animal behavior, potential immune mechanisms, and consequences for parasite transmission. Hormones and Behavior 88: 79-86.
Adelman, J.S., C. Mayer*, and D.M. Hawley. 2017. Infection reduces anti-predator behaviors in house finches. Journal of Avian Biology 48: 519-528.
Park, M.**, S. Kim, J.S. Adelman, A.E. Leon**, D.M. Hawley, R.A. Dalloul. 2017. Identification and functional characterization of the house finch interleukin-1β. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 69: 41-50.
Kim, S., M. Park**, A.E. Leon**, J.S. Adelman, D.M. Hawley, and R.A. Dalloul. 2017. Development and validation of a house finch interleukin-1β (HfIL-1β) ELISA system. BMC Veterinary Research 13: 276.
Houston, D.D.**, S. Azeem**, C. Lundy, Y. Sato, B. Guo, J.A. Blanchong, P.C. Gauger K.J. Yoon, and J.S. Adelman. 2017. No evidence for a role of wild songbirds or rodents in spreading avian influenza virus across an agricultural landscape. PeerJ 5: e4060.
Brace, A.J. **, M.J. Lajeunesse, D.R. Ardia, D.M. Hawley, J.S. Adelman, K.L. Buchanan, J.M. Fair, J.L. Grindstaff, K.D. Matson, and L.B. Martin. 2017. Costs of immune responses are related to host body size and lifespan. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A 327: 254-261.
Nuñez, C., J.S. Adelman, H. Carr*, C. Knight, and D. Rubenstein. 2017. Lingering effects of contraception management on the birth rates and social behaviors in feral mares (Equus caballus). Conservation Physiology 5: cox018.
Martin, L., S. Burgan**, J.S. Adelman, and S. Gervasi. 2016. Host competence: an organismal trait to integrate immunology and epidemiology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56: 1225-1237.
Love, A.C.**, S.L. Foltz**, J.S. Adelman, I.T. Moore, and D.M. Hawley. 2016. Changes in corticosterone concentrations and behavior during Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 235: 70-77.
2011 - 2015
Adelman, J.S., S.C. Moyers**, D.R. Farine, and D.M. Hawley. 2015. Feeder use predicts both acquisition and transmission of a contagious pathogen in a North American songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 282: 20151429.
Adelman, J.S., I.T. Moore, and D.M. Hawley. 2015. House finch responses to Mycoplasma gallisepticum do not vary with experimentally increased aggression. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A 323: 39-51.
Adelman, J.S. 2015. Immune systems: linking organisms, populations, and evolution through disease. In Integrative Organismal Biology, (L.B. Martin, C.K. Ghalambor and H.A. Woods, eds.).
Nuñez, C.M.V, J.S. Adelman, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2015. Sociality increases juvenile survival after a catastrophic event in the feral horse (Equus caballus). Behavioral Ecology 26: 138-147.
Moyers, S.C.**, K.B. Kosarski*, J.S. Adelman, and D.M. Hawley. Interactions between social behavior and the acute phase immune response in house finches. Behaviour 152: 2039-2058.
Hau, M., M.F. Haussmann, T.J. Greives, C. Matlack, D. Costantini, M. Quetting, J.S. Adelman, A.C. Miranda, and J. Partecke. 2015. Repeated stressors in adulthood increase the rate of biological ageing. Frontiers in Zoology 12:4.
Adelman, J.S., S.C. Moyers**, and D.M. Hawley. 2014. Using remote biomonitoring to understand heterogeneity in immune-responses and disease-dynamics in small, free-living animals. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: 377-386.
Downs, C.J., J.S. Adelman, and G.E. Demas. 2014. Mechanisms and methods in ecoimmunology: integrating within-organism and between-organism processes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: 340-352.
Nuñez, C.M.V, J.S. Adelman, J. Smith*, L.R. Gesquiere, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2014. Linking social environment and stress physiology in feral mares (Equus caballus): group transfers elevate fecal cortisol levels. General and Comparative Endocrinology 196: 26-33.
Adelman, J.S., L. Kirkpatrick, J.L. Grodio**, and D.M. Hawley. 2013. House finch populations differ in early inflammatory signaling and pathogen tolerance at the peak of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection. The American Naturalist 181: 674-689.
Adelman, J.S., A.W. Carter**, W.A. Hopkins, and D.M. Hawley. 2013. Deposition of pathogenic Mycoplasma gallisepticum onto bird feeders: host pathology is more important than temperature-driven increases in food intake. Biology Letters 9: 20130594.
Adelman, J.S., D.R. Ardia, and K.A. Schat. 2013. Ecoimmunology. In Avian Immunology, (K.A. Schat, B. Kaspers, and P. Kaiser, eds), 2nd edition. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Nuñez, C.M.V, J.S. Adelman, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2013. A free-ranging, feral mare (Equus caballus) affords similar maternal care to her genetic and adopted offspring. The American Naturalist 182: 674-681.
Lopes**, P.C., J.S. Adelman, J.C. Wingfield, and G.E. Bentley. 2012. Social context modulates sickness behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1421-1428.
Hawley, D.M., S.E. DuRant**, A. Wilson*, J.S. Adelman, and W.A. Hopkins. 2012. Additive metabolic costs of thermoregulation and pathogen infection. Functional Ecology 26: 701-710.
Bisson, I.A., L. K. Butler, P. Kelley, J.S. Adelman, T.J. Hayden, L.M. Romero, and M. Wikelski. 2011. Energetic response to human disturbance in an endangered songbird. Animal Conservation 14: 484-491.
2002 - 2010
Adelman, J.S., S. Córdoba-Córdoba, K. Spoelstra, M. Wikelski, and M. Hau. 2010. Radiotelemetry reveals variation in fever and sickness behaviours with latitude in a free-living passerine. Functional Ecology 24: 813-823.
Adelman, J.S., G.E. Bentley, J.C. Wingfield, L.B. Martin, and M. Hau. 2010. Population differences in fever and sickness behaviors in a wild passerine: a role for cytokines. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 4099-4109.
Adelman, J.S. and L.B. Martin. 2010. Immune systems and sickness behavior. In Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (M. Breed and J. Moore, eds), Vol. 2, pp. 133-137. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Nuñez, C.M.V, J.S. Adelman, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2010. Immunocontracecption in wild horses (Equus caballus) extends reproductive cycling beyond the normal breeding season. PLoS One 5: e1365.
Adelman, J.S. and L.B. Martin. 2009. Vertebrate sickness behaviors: adaptive and integrated neuroendocrine immune responses. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: 202-214.
Nuñez, C.M.V, J.S. Adelman, C. Mason, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2009. Immunocontraception decreases group fidelity in a feral horse population during the non-breeding season. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 117: 74-83.
Safran, R.J., J.S. Adelman, K.J. McGraw, and M. Hau. 2008. Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows. Current Biology 18: r461-462.
Roemer, S.C., J.S. Adelman, M.E.A.Churchill, and D.P. Edwards. 2008. Mechanism of high-mobility group protein B enhancement of progesterone receptor sequence-specific DNA binding. Nucleic Acids Research 36: 3655-3666.
Vitousek, M.N., J.S. Adelman, N.C. Gregory, and J.J.H. St Clair. 2007. Heterospecific alarm call recognition in a non-vocal reptile. Biology Letters 3: 632-634.
Wikelski, M., D. Moskowitz, J.S. Adelman, J. Cochran, D.S. Wilcove, and M.L. May. 2006. Simple rules guide dragonfly migration. Biology Letters 2: 325-329.
Melvin, V.S., C. Harrell, J.S. Adelman, W.L. Kraus, M. Churchill, and D.P. Edwards. 2004. The role of the C-terminal extension (CTE) of the estrogen receptor alpha and beta DNA binding domain in DNA binding and interaction with HMGB. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279: 14763-71.
Wardell, S.E., V. Boonyaratanakornkit, J.S. Adelman, A. Aronheim, and D.P. Edwards. 2002. Jun dimerization protein 2 functions as a progesterone receptor n-terminal domain coactivator. Molecular and Cellular Biology 22: 5451-5466.
