Publications
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* undergraduate student author
* undergraduate student author
Vaziri, G.J., M.M. Jones**, H.A. Carr*, C.M.V. Nuñez. 2023. Out of the stable: Social disruption and concurrent shifts in the feral mare (Equus caballus) fecal microbiota. Ecology and Evolution 13, e10079.
Jones, M.M.** and C.M.V. Nuñez. 2023. Laissez-faire stallions? Males’ fecal cortisol metabolite concentrations do not vary with increased female turnover in feral horses (Equus caballus). Animals 13 (176), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010176.
Rabon, J. C., Nuñez, C. M., Coates, P. S., Ricca, M. A., & Johnson, T. N. (2021). Ecological correlates of fecal corticosterone metabolites in female Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99(9), 812-822.
Nuñez, C.M.V. and D.I. Rubenstein. 2020. Communication is key: Mother-offspring signaling can affect behavioral responses and offspring survival in feral horses (Equus caballus). PLOS ONE 15(4), e0231343.
Jones, M.M.** and C.M.V. Nuñez. 2020. Rising up to the challenge of their rivals: Mare infidelity intensifies stallion response to opponent playback. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 225: 104949.
Jones, M.M.** and C.M.V. Nuñez. 2019. Decreased mare fidelity alters stallion behavior in a population managed with immunocontraception. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 214: 34-41.
Nuñez, C.M.V. 2018. Unintended consequences of PZP immunocontraception to feral horses. Human-Wildlife Interactions 2(1), 131-142. Invited.
Nuñez, C.M.V., J.S. Adelman, H.A. Carr*, C.M. Alvarez*, D.I. Rubenstein. 2017. Lingering effects of contraception management on feral mare (Equus caballus) fertility and social behavior. Conservation Physiology, 5(1): cox018; doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox018.
Nuñez, C.M.V., J.S. Adelman, D.I. Rubenstein. 2015. Sociality increases juvenile survival after a catastrophic event in the feral horse (Equus caballus). Behavioral Ecology, 26(1), 138–147.
Nuñez, C.M.V., A. Scorolli, L. Lagos, D. Berman, A. Kane. 2014. Management of feral horses in J.I. Ransom and P. Kaczensky, eds. Wild Equids. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Invited, in press.
Nunez, 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.
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. American Naturalist, 182:674-681.
Nuñez, C.M.V. 2011. Management of wild horses with porcine zona pellucida: History, consequences, and future strategies, Pages 85-98 in J.E. Leffhalm, ed. Horses: Biology, Domestication, and Human Interactions. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Invited.
Nuñez, C. M. V., C. S. Asa, and D. I. Rubenstein. 2011. Zebra reproduction, Pages 2851-2865 in A. O. McKinnon, E. L. Squires, W. E. Vaala, and D. D. Varner, eds. Equine Reproduction, Second Edition. Ames, IA, Wiley-Blackwell. Invited.
Nuñez, C.M.V., J.S. Adelman, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2010. Immunocontraception in wild horses (Equus caballus) extends reproductive cycling beyond the normal breeding season. PLOS ONE, 5(10): e13635.
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.
Rubenstein, D.I., C.M.V. Nuñez. 2008. Sociality and reproductive skew in horses and zebras, Pages 196-226 in R. Hager, C.B. Jones, eds. Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes. Cambridge University Press. Invited.
Nuñez, C.M.V. 2002. Safety first. Swara, East African Wildlife Society, 25 (1): 35.
Kaplan, D.H., C.M.V. Nuñez, and L.S. Katz. 1993. Effect of photoperiod on the behavioral response to estradiol (E2) in ovariectomized (Ovx) goats. Biology of Reproduction, 48 (Suppl.1): 138.
Jones, M.M.** and C.M.V. Nuñez. 2023. Laissez-faire stallions? Males’ fecal cortisol metabolite concentrations do not vary with increased female turnover in feral horses (Equus caballus). Animals 13 (176), https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13010176.
Rabon, J. C., Nuñez, C. M., Coates, P. S., Ricca, M. A., & Johnson, T. N. (2021). Ecological correlates of fecal corticosterone metabolites in female Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99(9), 812-822.
Nuñez, C.M.V. and D.I. Rubenstein. 2020. Communication is key: Mother-offspring signaling can affect behavioral responses and offspring survival in feral horses (Equus caballus). PLOS ONE 15(4), e0231343.
Jones, M.M.** and C.M.V. Nuñez. 2020. Rising up to the challenge of their rivals: Mare infidelity intensifies stallion response to opponent playback. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 225: 104949.
Jones, M.M.** and C.M.V. Nuñez. 2019. Decreased mare fidelity alters stallion behavior in a population managed with immunocontraception. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 214: 34-41.
Nuñez, C.M.V. 2018. Unintended consequences of PZP immunocontraception to feral horses. Human-Wildlife Interactions 2(1), 131-142. Invited.
Nuñez, C.M.V., J.S. Adelman, H.A. Carr*, C.M. Alvarez*, D.I. Rubenstein. 2017. Lingering effects of contraception management on feral mare (Equus caballus) fertility and social behavior. Conservation Physiology, 5(1): cox018; doi: 10.1093/conphys/cox018.
Nuñez, C.M.V., J.S. Adelman, D.I. Rubenstein. 2015. Sociality increases juvenile survival after a catastrophic event in the feral horse (Equus caballus). Behavioral Ecology, 26(1), 138–147.
Nuñez, C.M.V., A. Scorolli, L. Lagos, D. Berman, A. Kane. 2014. Management of feral horses in J.I. Ransom and P. Kaczensky, eds. Wild Equids. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Invited, in press.
Nunez, 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.
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. American Naturalist, 182:674-681.
Nuñez, C.M.V. 2011. Management of wild horses with porcine zona pellucida: History, consequences, and future strategies, Pages 85-98 in J.E. Leffhalm, ed. Horses: Biology, Domestication, and Human Interactions. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Invited.
Nuñez, C. M. V., C. S. Asa, and D. I. Rubenstein. 2011. Zebra reproduction, Pages 2851-2865 in A. O. McKinnon, E. L. Squires, W. E. Vaala, and D. D. Varner, eds. Equine Reproduction, Second Edition. Ames, IA, Wiley-Blackwell. Invited.
Nuñez, C.M.V., J.S. Adelman, and D.I. Rubenstein. 2010. Immunocontraception in wild horses (Equus caballus) extends reproductive cycling beyond the normal breeding season. PLOS ONE, 5(10): e13635.
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.
Rubenstein, D.I., C.M.V. Nuñez. 2008. Sociality and reproductive skew in horses and zebras, Pages 196-226 in R. Hager, C.B. Jones, eds. Reproductive Skew in Vertebrates: Proximate and Ultimate Causes. Cambridge University Press. Invited.
Nuñez, C.M.V. 2002. Safety first. Swara, East African Wildlife Society, 25 (1): 35.
Kaplan, D.H., C.M.V. Nuñez, and L.S. Katz. 1993. Effect of photoperiod on the behavioral response to estradiol (E2) in ovariectomized (Ovx) goats. Biology of Reproduction, 48 (Suppl.1): 138.
