Research FocusOur research addresses one of the fundamental questions in biology: what limits and regulates animals in their natural world? Our approach is to bridge physiology, behavior, and ecology to understand how animals interact with the world around them. As such, we are broadly interested in the underlying physiological mechanisms by which ecological interactions (predation, competition, climate, etc…) alter behavior and cause changes in reproduction, survival, and ultimately population demography and community structure.
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Lab News and Highlights
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Popular Science Features
National Wildlife Federation 'Stress Test'
Stress Test - New research tools help scientists measure stress in wildlife.
Link to the pdf article.
Pan European Network Science and Technology Profile Article 'The Adaptive Role of Maternal Stress'.
Pan European Network Science and Technology Issue 24, pg 262-263. pdf
Link to entire magazine.
Here's a link to our work published on their website!
Research Features Article 'Born to Cope with Stress'.
Research Features Issue 113, ISSN 2399-1534. pdf
National Wildlife Federation 'Stress Test'
Stress Test - New research tools help scientists measure stress in wildlife.
Link to the pdf article.
Pan European Network Science and Technology Profile Article 'The Adaptive Role of Maternal Stress'.
Pan European Network Science and Technology Issue 24, pg 262-263. pdf
Link to entire magazine.
Here's a link to our work published on their website!
Research Features Article 'Born to Cope with Stress'.
Research Features Issue 113, ISSN 2399-1534. pdf
Latest Publications
2025
Ganci CC*, McKay L, Hunninck L, Sheriff MJ (2025) Impacts of predation risk on learning and memory of free-living mice. Proc R Soc B 292: 20241978 pdf
*PhD student
2024
Sonnega SS*, Sheriff MJ (2024) Harnessing the gut microbiome: A potential biomarker for wild animal welfare. Frontiers Vet Sci doi:10.3389fvets pdf
(Invited Submission)
*PhD student
Smith JA, McDaniels ME, Peacor SD, Bolas EC, Cherry MJ, Dorn NJ, Feldman OK, Kimbro DL, Leonhardt EK, Peckham NE, Sheriff MJ, Gaynor KM (2024) Population and community consequences of perceived risk from humans in wildlife. Ecol Letts 27: e14456 pdf
Hediger J¥, Spencer B, Rice M, Hopper M, DeYoung R, Ortega-Santos JA, Fulbright T, Hewitt D, Foley A, Schofield L, Campbell T, Sheriff MJ*, Cherry MJ* (2024) Physiological carry-over effects of drought are mediated by reproductive status in a long-lived ungulate. Conservation Physiology 12: coae045 pdf
¥PhD student, *co-senior PIs
Ganci CC*, McKay L, Hunninck L, Sheriff MJ (2025) Impacts of predation risk on learning and memory of free-living mice. Proc R Soc B 292: 20241978 pdf
*PhD student
2024
Sonnega SS*, Sheriff MJ (2024) Harnessing the gut microbiome: A potential biomarker for wild animal welfare. Frontiers Vet Sci doi:10.3389fvets pdf
(Invited Submission)
*PhD student
Smith JA, McDaniels ME, Peacor SD, Bolas EC, Cherry MJ, Dorn NJ, Feldman OK, Kimbro DL, Leonhardt EK, Peckham NE, Sheriff MJ, Gaynor KM (2024) Population and community consequences of perceived risk from humans in wildlife. Ecol Letts 27: e14456 pdf
Hediger J¥, Spencer B, Rice M, Hopper M, DeYoung R, Ortega-Santos JA, Fulbright T, Hewitt D, Foley A, Schofield L, Campbell T, Sheriff MJ*, Cherry MJ* (2024) Physiological carry-over effects of drought are mediated by reproductive status in a long-lived ungulate. Conservation Physiology 12: coae045 pdf
¥PhD student, *co-senior PIs
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