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
October 2022
Check new popular science article!!
https://www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2022/Oct-Nov/Conservation/Wildlife-Stress.
Come and join us! We seek a new graduate student to fill a funded project examining road noise effects on prey responses to predation risk
Please to announce the GRC is back on in October 2022 - See you all in Italy.
follow us @SheriffLab
contact us msheriff@umassd.edu
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
2022
Peacor SD, Dorn N, Smith JA, Peckham NE, Cherry MJ, Sheriff MJ, Kimbro DL (in press) A skewed literature: few studies evaluate the contribution of predation-risk effects to natural field patterns. Ecology Letters.pdf
Giordano A*, Hunninck L, Sheriff MJ (2022) Prey responses to predation risk under chronic road noise. Journal of Zoology https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12968.pdf
*Undergraduate student
Shipley AA*, Sheriff MJ, Pauli JN, Zuckerberg B (2022) Weather and land cover create a predictable ‘stress-scape’ for a winter-adapted bird. Landscape Ecology 37, 779-793. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01354-z.
* PhD student
Suraci JP, Smith JA, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Gaynor KM, Jones M, Luttbeg B, Ritchie EG, Sheriff MJ, Sih A (2022) Beyond spatial overlap: harnessing new technologies to resolve the complexities of predator–prey interactions. Oikos e09004. pdf
Peacor SD, Dorn N, Smith JA, Peckham NE, Cherry MJ, Sheriff MJ, Kimbro DL (in press) A skewed literature: few studies evaluate the contribution of predation-risk effects to natural field patterns. Ecology Letters.pdf
Giordano A*, Hunninck L, Sheriff MJ (2022) Prey responses to predation risk under chronic road noise. Journal of Zoology https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12968.pdf
*Undergraduate student
Shipley AA*, Sheriff MJ, Pauli JN, Zuckerberg B (2022) Weather and land cover create a predictable ‘stress-scape’ for a winter-adapted bird. Landscape Ecology 37, 779-793. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01354-z.
* PhD student
Suraci JP, Smith JA, Chamaillé-Jammes S, Gaynor KM, Jones M, Luttbeg B, Ritchie EG, Sheriff MJ, Sih A (2022) Beyond spatial overlap: harnessing new technologies to resolve the complexities of predator–prey interactions. Oikos e09004. pdf
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