Adaptive Behavior Lab Publications

Recent Publications (2010 - Present)

Schell, C.J., Young, J.K., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mateo, J.M., & Santymire, R.M. (2018). It takes two: Evidence for reduced sexual conflict over parental care in a biparental canid. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(1), 75-88. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx150.

Schell, C.J., Young, J.K., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mateo, J.M., & Santymire, R.M. (2017). Investigation of techniques to measure cortisol and testosterone concentrations in coyote hair. Zoo Biology, 36(3), 220-225. doi: 10.1002/zoo.21359. PubMed PMID: 28295537.

Mateo, J.M. (2017). The ontogeny of kin-recognition mechanisms in Belding’s ground squirrels. Physiology & Behavior, 173, 279-284. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.02.024. PubMed PMID: 28242467.

Schell, C.J., Young, J.K., Lonsdorf, E.V., Mateo, J.M., & Santymire, R.M. (2016). Olfactory attractants and parity affect prenatal androgens and territoriality of coyote breeding pairs. Physiolology & Behavior, 165, 43-54. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.06.038. PubMed PMID: 27378509.

Dosmann, A.J., Brooks, K.C., & Mateo, J.M. (2015). Within-individual correlations reveal link between a behavioral syndrome, condition and cortisol in free-ranging Belding’s ground squirrelsEthology, 121(2), 125-134. doi: 10.1111/eth.1230. PubMed PMID: 25598565.

Mateo, J.M. (2015). Hamilton’s legacy: mechanisms of kin recognition in humansEthology, 121, 419-427. doi: 10.1111/eth.12358.

Dosmann, A.J., Brooks, K.C., & Mateo, J.M. (2015). Evidence for a mechanism of phenotypic integration of behaviour and innate immunity in a wild rodent: Implications for animal personality and ecological immunologyAnimal Behaviour, 101, 179-189. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.026.

Mateo, J.M. (2014). Development, maternal effects, and behavioral plasticityIntegrative & Comparative Biology, 54(5), 841-9. doi: 10.1093/icb/icu044. PubMed PMID: 24820855.

Dosmann, A., & Mateo, J.M. (2014). Food, sex, and predators: Animal personality persists with multidimensional plasticity across complex environmentsAnimal Behaviour, 90, 109-116. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.01.011.

Brooks, K.C., & Mateo, J.M. (2013). Chronically raised glucocorticoids reduce innate immune function in Belding’s ground squirrels (Urocitellus beldingi) after an immune challengeGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, 193, 149-57. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.07.019. PubMed PMID: 23948370.

Coffin, H.R., Watters, J.V., & Mateo, J.M. (2011). Odor-based recognition of familiar and related conspecifics: a first test conducted on captive Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)PLoS One, 6(9), e25002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025002. PubMed PMID: 21957471. PMCID: PMC3177858.

Mattarella-Micke, A., Mateo, J.M., Kozak, M.N., Foster, K., & Beilock, S.L. (2011). Choke or thrive? The relation between salivary cortisol and math Performance depends on individual differences in working memory and math anxietyEmotion, 11(4), 1000-1005. doi: 10.1037/a0023224. PubMed PMID: 21707166.

Bruck, J.N., & Mateo, J.M. (2010). How habitat features shape ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) navigationJournal of Comparative Psycholology, 124(2), 176-86. doi: 10.1037/a0019147. PubMed PMID: 20476817. PMCID: PMC2874208.

Mateo, J.M. (2010). Alarm calls elicit predator-specific physiological responsesBiology Letters, 6(5), 623-5. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0118. PubMed PMID: 20236965. PMCID: PMC2936140.

Mateo, J.M. (2010). Self-referent phenotype matching and long-term maintenance of kin recognitionAnimal Behaviour, 80(5), 929-935. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.08.019.

Blumstein, D.T., Ebensperger, L.A., Hayes, L.D., Vasquex, R.A., Ahern, T.H., Burger, J.R., Dolezal, A.G., Dosmann, A., Gonazalez-Mariscal, G., Harris, B.N., Herrera, E.A., Lacey, E.A., Mateo, J.M., McGraw, L.A., Olazabal, D., Ramenofsky, M., Rubenstein, D.R., Sakhai, S.A., Saltzman, W., Sainz-Borgo, C., Soto-Gamboa, M., Stewart, M.L., Wey, T.W., Wingfield, J.C., & Young, L.J. (2010). Towards an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunitiesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 4, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00034. PubMed PMID: 20661457. PMCID: PMC2907235.

Bruck, J.N., & Mateo, J.M. (2010). How habitat features shape ground squirrel navigationJournal of Comparative Psychology, 124(2), 176-186. doi: 10.1037/a0019147. PubMed PMID: 20476817. PMCID: PMC2874208.

Publications in the 2000s

Mateo, J.M. (2009). Development of anti-predator behavior. In M.S. Blumberg, J.H. Freeman & S.R. Robinson (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental and Comparative Neuroscience: Epigenesis, Evolution, and Behavior. Oxford University Press.

Mateo, J.M. (2009). The causal role of odours in the development of recognition templates and social preferencesAnimal Behaviour, 77(1), 115-121. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.015.

Maestripieri, D., & Mateo, J.M. (Eds.) (2009). Maternal Effects in Mammals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Mateo, J.M. (2009). Maternal influences on habitat selection, social relationships and survival behaviors. In D. Maestripieri & J.M. Mateo (Eds.), Maternal Effects in Mammals. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Reyes, T.L., & Mateo, J.M. (2008). Oxytocin and cooperation: Cooperation with non-kin associated with mechanisms for affiliationJournal of Social, Evolutionary & Cultural Psychology, 2(4), 234-246. doi: 10.1037/h0099342.

Mateo, J.M. (2008). Inverted-U shape relationship between cortisol and learning in ground squirrelsNeurobiology of Learning and Memory, 89(4), 582-590. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2007.11.002. PubMed PMID: 18164635. PMCID: PMC2435239.

Mateo, J.M. (2008). Kinship signals in animals. In L.R. Squire (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Oxford: Academic Press.

Mateo, J.M. (2007). Ecological and hormonal correlates of anti-predator behavior in Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi)Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62(1), 37-49. doi: 10.1007/s00265-007-0436-9. PubMed PMID: 20336174. PMCID: PMC2844651.

Mateo, J.M. (2007). Ontogeny of adaptive behaviors. In J.O. Wolff & P.W. Sherman (Eds.), Rodent Societies (pp. 195-206). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Holmes, W.G., & Mateo, J.M. (2007). Kin recognition in rodents – critical issues, empirical evidence and model systems. In J.O. Wolff & P.W. Sherman (Eds.), Rodent Societies (pp. 216-228). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ables, E.A., Kay, L.M., & Mateo, J.M. (2007). Rats assess degree of relatedness from human odorsPhysiology & Behavior, 90(5), 726-732. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.12.012. PubMed PMID: 17261318.

Holmes, W.G., & Mateo, J.M. (2006). Fostering clarity in kin recognition designs: Reply to Todrank & HethAnimal Behaviour, 72(5), e5-e7. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.001.

Mateo, J.M. (2006). Developmental and geographic variation in stress hormones in wild Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi)Hormones and Behavior, 50(5), 718-725. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.05.008. PubMed PMID: 16890229. PMCID: PMC2844445.

Mateo, J.M. (2006). Development of individually distinct recognition cuesDevelopmental Psychobiology, 48(7), 508-519. doi: 10.1002/dev.20156. PubMed PMID: 17016836.

Mateo, J.M. (2006). The nature and representation of individual recognition cues in Belding’s ground squirrelsAnimal Behaviour, 71(1), 141-154. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.006.

Mateo, J.M., & Cavigelli, S.A. (2005). A validation of extraction methods for non-invasive sampling of glucocorticoids in free-living ground squirrelsPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78(6), 1069-1084. PubMed PMID: 16228945. doi: 10.1086/432855. PMCID: PMC2562585.

Mateo, J.M. (2004). Recognition systems and biological organization: The perception component of social recognitionAnnales Zoologici Fennici, 41(6), 729-745.

Mateo, J.M., & Holmes, W.G. (2004). Cross-fostering as a means to study kin recognitionAnimal Behaviour, 68, 1451-1459. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.01.017.

Mateo, J.M. (2003). Kin recognition ground squirrels and other rodentsJournal of Mammalogy, 84(4), 1163-1181. doi: 10.1644/BLe-011.

Mateo, J.M., & Johnston, R.E. (2003). Kin recognition by self-referent phenotype matching: weighing the evidenceAnimal Cognition, 6(1), 73-76. doi: 10.1007/s10071-003-0165-z. PubMed PMID: 12658537.

Mateo, J.M. (2002). Kin recognition abilities and nepotism as a function of socialityProceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 269(1492), 721-727. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1947. PubMed PMID: 11934364. PMCID: PMC1690948.

Sih, A., & Mateo, J.M. (2001). Persistence and punishment pay: a new model of territory establishment and space useTrends in Ecology and Evolution, 16(9), 477-479. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02251-0.

Mateo, J.M., & Johnston, R.E. (2001). Self referencing in hamstersTrends in Ecology and Evolution, 16(2), 74-75. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(00)02042-5.

Mateo, J.M., & Johnston, R.E. (2000). Kin recognition and the ‘armpit effect’: Evidence of self-referent phenotype matchingProceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 267(1444), 695-700. doi: 10.1007/s10071-003-0165-z. PubMed PMID: 10821615. PMCID: PMC1690595.

Mateo, J.M., & Johnston, R.E. (2000). Retention of social recognition after hibernation in Belding’s ground squirrelsAnimal Behaviour, 59, 491-499. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1363. PubMed PMID: 10715170.

Publications in the 1990s

Mateo, J.M., & Holmes, W.G. (1999). How rearing history affects alarm-call responses of Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi, Sciuridae)Ethology, 105(3), 207-222. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00388.x.

Mateo, J.M., & Holmes, W.G. (1999). Plasticity of alarm-call response development in Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi, Sciuridae)Ethology, 105(3), 193-206. doi: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00389.x.

Holmes, W.G., & Mateo, J.M. (1998). How mothers influence the development of litter-mate preferences in Belding’s ground squirrelsAnimal Behaviour, 55(6), 1555-1570. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0700. PubMed PMID: 9642000.

Mateo, J.M., & Holmes, W.G. (1997). Development of alarm-call response behaviour in juvenile Belding’s ground squirrels: The role of damsAnimal Behaviour, 54(3), 509-524. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0446.  PubMed PMID: 9299037.

Mateo, J.M. (1996). The development of alarm-call response behaviour in free-living juvenile Belding’s ground squirrelsAnimal Behaviour, 52(3), 489-505. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0192.

Mateo, J.M. (1996). Early auditory experience and the ontogeny of alarm-call discrimination in Belding’s ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi)Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110(2), 115-124. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.110.2.115. PubMed PMID: 8681525.

Mateo, J.M., Holmes, W.G., Bell, A.M., & Turner, M. (1994). Sexual maturation in male prairie voles: Effects of the social environmentPhysiology & Behavior, 56(2), 299-304. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(94)90198-8. PubMed PMID: 7938241.

Hetts, S., Clark, J.D., Calpin, J.P., Arnold, C.E., & Mateo, J.M. (1992). Influence of housing conditions on beagle behaviourApplied Animal Behaviour Science, 34(1-2), 137-155. doi: 10.1016/S0168-1591(05)80063-2.

Mateo, J.M., Estep, D.Q., & McCann, J.S. (1991). Effects of differential handling on the behaviour of domestic ewes (Ovis aries)Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 32(1), 45-54. doi: 10.1016/S0168-1591(05)80162-5.