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  1. Cover Image, Volume 49, Issue 4

    Article • X-Ray Spectrometry, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  2. An investigation of physiological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a long-distance migratory seabird, the northern gannet

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  3. Experimental variation in the spatial deposition of trace metals in feathers revealed using synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence

    Article • X-Ray Spectrometry, February 2020, Wiley

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst, Renfei Feng

  4. Effects of parental and nest-site characteristics on nestling quality in the Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

    Article • Canadian Journal of Zoology, January 2019, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  5. Correction: Do wild-caught urban house sparrows show desensitized stress responses to a novel stressor? (doi:10.1242/bio.031849)

    Article • Biology Open, September 2018, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  6. Do wild-caught urban house sparrows show desensitized stress responses to a novel stressor?

    Article • Biology Open, April 2018, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  7. Biomarker of burden: Feather corticosterone reflects energetic expenditure and allostatic overload in captive waterfowl

    Article • Functional Ecology, October 2017, Wiley

    Professor John Speakman, Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  8. Supplementary feeding increases nestling feather corticosterone early in the breeding season in house sparrows

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  9. Feather corticosterone during non-breeding correlates with multiple measures of physiology during subsequent breeding in a migratory seabird

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  10. Measuring corticosterone in feathers: Strengths, limitations, and suggestions for the future

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  11. Seasonal rainfall at long-term migratory staging sites is associated with altered carry-over effects in a Palearctic-African migratory bird

    Article • BMC Ecology, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  12. A rare study from the wintering grounds provides insight into the costs of malaria infection for migratory birds

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  13. Feather corticosterone levels independent of developmental immune challenges predict carotenoid-based, but not melanin-based, traits at adulthood

    Article • Ornithology, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  14. Novel insights into relationships between egg corticosterone and timing of breeding revealed by LC-MS/MS

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  15. Assessing costs of carrying geolocators using feather corticosterone in two species of aerial insectivore

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, May 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  16. Light-level geolocators reveal covariation between winter plumage molt and phenology in a trans-Saharan migratory bird

    Article • Oecologia, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  17. Feather-based measures of stable isotopes and corticosterone reveal a relationship between trophic position and physiology in a pelagic seabird over a 153-year period

    Article • Ibis, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  18. Use of LC–MS–MS as an alternative to currently available immunoassay methods to quantitate corticosterone in egg yolk and albumen

    Article • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  19. Effects of ectoparasites on seasonal variation in quality of nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

    Article • Canadian Journal of Zoology, February 2014, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  20. Synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and carotenoid-dependent signals: what relationships do we expect?

    Article • Oecologia, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  21. Habitat Quality Affects Early Physiology and Subsequent Neuromotor Development of Juvenile Black-Capped Chickadees

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2013, PLOS

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  22. Experimental relationships between levels of corticosterone in plasma and feathers in a free-living bird

    Article • Journal of Experimental Biology, August 2013, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  23. Can synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and stable isotopes help us better understand habitat–physiology relationships?

    Article • Oecologia, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  24. Nestling corticosterone response to microclimate in an altricial bird

    Article • Canadian Journal of Zoology, December 2012, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  25. Feather corticosterone of a nestling seabird reveals consequences of sex-specific parental investment

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  26. Does Environmental Enrichment Reduce Stress? An Integrated Measure of Corticosterone from Feathers Provides a Novel Perspective

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2011, PLOS

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst

  27. Variation in immune function, body condition, and feather corticosterone in nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on reclaimed wetlands in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

    Article • Environmental Pollution, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Graham D. Fairhurst