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Dr. Tony D. Williams, Professor

Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology

Additional Publications


Physiological adaptation to breeding in birds

Vézina, F., Williams, T.D., Piersma, T. and  Morrison, R.G.I. In press. Phenotypic compromises in a long-distance migrant during the transition from migration to reproduction in the High Arctic. Funct. Ecol.

Williams, T.D. In press. Hormones, life-history, and phenotypic variation: opportunities in evolutionary avian endocrinology. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. [Invited review].

Love, O.P. & Williams, T.D. 2011. Manipulation of developmental stress reveals sex-specific effects of egg size on offspring phenotype. J. Evol. Biol. 24: 1497–1504.  

Crossin, G.T., Trathan, P.N., Phillips, R.A., Dawson, A., Le Bouard, F. and Williams, T.D. 2010. A carry-over effect of migration underlies individual variation in reproductive  readiness and extreme egg-size dimorphism in macaroni penguins. Amer. Nat. 176: 357-366.

Travers, M. Clinchy, M.L., Boonstra, R., Zanette, L. and Williams, T.D. 2010. Indirect predator effects on clutch size and the cost of egg production. Ecology Letters 13: 980-988.

Williams, T.D., Vezina, F. & Speakman, J.R. 2009. Individually-variable energy management during egg production is repeatable across breeding attempts. J. Exp. Biol. 212 1101-1105.

Love, O.P., Gilchrist, G., Bêty, J., Wynne-Edwards, K.E., Berzins, L. & Williams, T.D. 2009. Using life-histories to predict and interpret variability in yolk hormones. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 163: 169-174.

Caro S.P., Charmantier A., Lambrechts M.M., Blondel J., Balthazart J. & Williams T.D. 2009. Local adaptation of timing of reproduction: females are in the driver’s seat. Funct. Ecol. 23: 172-179.

Williams, T.D. 2008. Individual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the “tyranny of the Golden Mean”. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 363: 1687-1698.

Wingfield, J. C., Visser, M. E. & Williams, T.D. 2008. Introduction: Integration of ecology and endocrinology in avian reproduction: a new synthesis. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 363: 1581-1588. [Editor’s introduction to Special Theme issue].

Zera, A.J., Harshman, L.G. & Williams T.D. (2007). Evolutionary endocrinology: the developing synthesis between endocrinology and evolutionary genetics. Ann. Rev Ecol. Evol. System. 38: 793-817.


Environmental (applied) physiology

Cesh, L.S., Elliott, K.H., Quade, S., McKinney, M.A., Maisoneuve, F., Garcelon, D.K., Sandau, C.D., Letcher, R.J.,  Williams, T.D. & Elliott, J.E. 2010. PCBs, p,p'-DDT, PBDEs, and Metabolites in Relation to Circulating Thyroid Hormone and Retinol in Nestling Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29: 1301-1310.

Albert, C., Williams, T.D., Lai, V. M-W., Cullen, W.R., Morrissey, C. & Elliott, J. 2008. Tissue uptake, mortality and sub-lethal effects of monomethylarsonic acid  (MMA (V)) in nestling Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). J. Toxicol. Environ. Health. 71A: 353-360. 1.892

Albert, C.A., Williams, T.D., Lai. V, Cullen W.R., Morrissey C.A. & Elliott J.E. 2008. Dose dependant uptake, elimination and toxicity of monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) in adult Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Environ.Toxicol. Chem. 27: 605-611.

Cesh, L.S., Williams, T.D. Garcelon, D.K. & Elliott, J.E. 2008. Spatial and Temporal Trends of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Nestling Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Plasma in British Columbia and Southern California. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.. 55: 496-502.

Williams, T.D., Warnock, N., Takekawa, J. and Bishop, M.A. 2007. Flyway scale variation in plasma triglyceride levels as an index of refueling rate in spring migrating Western Sandpipers. Auk 124: 886-897.