Publications

Balenger S.L., Johnson L.S., and Masters B.S. Sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird:  male color predicts reproductive success in the mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides).  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology In press.

Balenger S.L., Johnson L.S., Mays H., and Masters B.S. Extra-pair paternity in the strongly sexually dichromatic Mountain Bluebird and its effect on the opportunity for sexual selection. Journal of Avian Biology In press.

Balenger S.L., Johnson L.S., Brubaker J., and Ostlind E. 2007. Parental effort in relation to structural plumage coloration in the mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides). Ethology 113: 838-846.

Johnson L.S., Ostlind E., Brubaker J., and Balenger S.L. 2006. Variation in parental provisioning effort along an elevational gradient in a population of mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides).  Journal of Ornithology 148:9-16.

Johnson L.S., Ostlind E., Brubaker J., Balenger S.L., Johnson B.G., and Golden H. 2006. Changes in egg size and clutch size with elevation in a Wyoming population of mountain bluebirds. The Condor 108: 591-600.

Shawkey M.D., Balenger S. L., Hill G.E., Johnson A.K., Keyser A.J., and Siefferman L. 2006. Mechanisms of evolutionary change in structural plumage coloration among bluebirds (Sialia spp.). Journal of the Royal Society – Interface 3: 527-532.

Wagner K.F., Hellberg A.K., Balenger S.L., Depping R., Dodd-O J., Johns R.A., and Li D. 2004. Hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor has antiapoptotic action and is upregulated in the developing lung: coexpression with hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha. American Journal of Respiratory Cellular Molecular Biology 31:276-282.

Rohr J., Sarkar N., Balenger S.L., Jeong B., and Cerutti H.  2004.  Tandem inverted repeat system for selection of effective transgenic RNAi strains in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.  The Plant Journal 40:611-621.