Research Articles

2012

  1. 31.Lovette, I.J., B.S. Arbogast, R.L. Curry, R.M. Zink, C.A. Botero, J.P. Sullivan, A.L. Talaba, R.B. Harris, D.R. Rubenstein, R.E. Ricklefs, and E. Bermingham. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of the mockingbirds and thrashers (Aves: Mimidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In press.

2011

  1. 30.Rubenstein, D.R. 2011. Spatiotemporal environmental variation, risk aversion and the evolution of cooperative breeding as a bet-hedging strategy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108:10816-10822.  PDF

  2. 29.Jetz, W.* and D.R. Rubenstein*. 2011. Environmental uncertainty and the global biogeography of cooperative breeding in birds. Current Biology 21:72-78.  *co-first authors  PDF

2010

  1. 28.Rubenstein, D.R. and J.A. Kealey. 2010. Cooperation, conflict, and the evolution of complex animal societies. Nature Education Knowledge 1:47.  WEB

  2. 27.Blumstein, D.T., L.A. Ebensperger, L.D. Hayes, R.A. Vásquez, T.H. Ahern, J.R. Burger, A.G. Dolezal, A. Dosmann, G. González-Mariscal, B.N. Harris, E.A. Herrera, E.A. Lacey, J. Mateo, L. McGraw, D. Olazabal, M. Ramenofsky, D.R. Rubenstein, S.A. Sakhai, W. Saltzman, C. Sainz-Borgo, M. Soto-Gamboa, M.L. Stewart, T.W. Wey, J.C. Wingfield, and L.J. Young. 2010. Towards an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunities. Frontiers in Neuroscience 4:1-9.  PDF 

2009

  1. 26.Rubenstein, D.R. and I.J. Lovette. 2009. Reproductive skew and selection on female ornamentation in social species. Nature 462: 786-789.  PDF 

  2. 25.Rubenstein, D.R. and S.-F. Shen. 2009. Reproductive conflict and the costs of social status in cooperatively breeding vertebrates. The American Naturalist 173:650-661.  PDF 

2008

  1. 24.Rubenstein, D.R. and M.E. Hauber. 2008. Dynamic feedback between phenotype and physiology in sexually selected traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23:655-658.  PDF

  2. 23.Rubenstein, D.R., A.F. Parlow, C.R. Hutch, and L.B. Martin. 2008. Environmental and hormonal correlates of immune activity in a cooperatively breeding tropical bird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 159:10-15.  PDF

  3. 22.Vitousek, M.N., K. Nelson, D.R. Rubenstein, and M. Wikelski. 2008. Are hotshots always hot? A longitudinal study of hormones, behavior, and reproductive success in male marine iguanas. General and Comparative Endocrinology 157:227-232.   PDF

  4. 21.Lovette, I.J., B.V. McCleery, A.L. Talba, and D.R. Rubenstein. 2008. A complete species-level molecular phylogeny for the “Eurasian” starlings (Sturnidae: Sturnus, Acridotheres, and allies): recent diversification in a highly social and dispersive avian group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47:251-260.  PDF

  5. 20.Rubenstein, D.R., B.V. McCleery, and J.E. Duffy. 2008. Microsatellite development suggests evidence of polyploidy in the social sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Zuzalpheus brooksi. Molecular Ecology Resources 8:890-894.  PDF

  6. 19.Martin, L.B. and D.R. Rubenstein. 2008. Stress hormones in tropical birds: patterns and future directions. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl.):207-218. (Invited Review)  PDF 

2007

  1. 18.Rubenstein, D.R. and I.J. Lovette. 2007. Temporal environmental variability drives the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds. Current Biology 17:1414-1419.  PDF

  2. 17.Rubenstein, D.R. 2007. Territory quality drives intraspecific patterns in extrapair paternity. Behavioral Ecology 18:1058-1064.  PDF

  3. 16.Rubenstein, D.R. 2007. Female extrapair mate choice in a cooperative breeder: trading sex for help and increasing offspring heterozygosity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:1895-1903.  PDF

  4. 15.Rubenstein, D.R. 2007. Temporal but not spatial environmental variation drives adaptive offspring sex allocation in a plural cooperative breeder. The American Naturalist 170:155-165.  PDF

  5. 14.Lovette, I.J. and D.R. Rubenstein. 2007. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the starlings (Aves: Sturnidae) and mockingbirds (Aves: Mimidae): congruent mtDNA and nuclear trees for a cosmopolitan avian radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:1031-1056.  PDF

  6. 13.Sachs, J.L. and D.R. Rubenstein. 2007. The evolution of cooperative breeding; is there cheating? Behavioural Processes 76:13-137. (Invited Commentary) PDF

  7. 12.Rubenstein, D.R. 2007. Stress hormones and sociality: integrating social and environmental stressors. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:967-975. PDF

  8. 11.Vitousek, M.N., D.R. Rubenstein, and M. Wikelski. 2007. The evolution of foraging behavior in the Galápagos marine iguana: natural and sexual selection on body size drives ecological, morphological, and behavioral specialization. In Foraging Behavior in Lizards (Reilly, S.M., D.B. Miles, and L.D. McBrayer, eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 491-507. (Invited Book Chapter)  PDF

2006

  1. 10.Rubenstein, D.R., D.I. Rubenstein, P.W. Sherman, and T.A. Gavin. 2006. Pleistocene Park: does re-wilding North America represent sound conservation for the 21st century? Biological Conservation 132:232-238. PDF

  2. 9.Lovette, I.J., D.R. Rubenstein, and W.N. Watetu. 2006. Provisioning of fledgling conspecifics by males of the brood-parasitic cuckoos Chrysococcyx klaas and C. caprius. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:99-101. PDF

2005

  1. 8.Rubenstein, D.R. 2005. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the plural cooperatively breeding superb starling, Lamprotornis superbus. Molecular Ecology Notes 5:739-744. PDF

  2. 7.Rubenstein, D.R. and M. Wikelski. 2005. Steroid hormones and aggression in female Galápagos marine iguanas. Hormones and Behavior 48:329-341. PDF  | COVER

  3. 6.McRae, S.B., S.T. Emlen, D.R. Rubenstein, and S.M. Bogdanowicz. 2005. Polymorphic microsatellite loci in a plural breeder, the grey-capped social weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi), isolated with an improved enrichment protocol using fragment size-selection. Molecular Ecology Notes 5:16-20.  PDF

2004

  1. 5.Royle, J.A. and D.R. Rubenstein. 2004. The role of species abundance in determining breeding origins of migratory birds with stable isotopes. Ecological Applications 14:1780-1788.  PDF

  2. 4.Rubenstein, D.R. and K.A. Hobson. 2004. From birds to butterflies: animal movement patterns and stable isotopes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:256-263.  PDF

1995 - 2003

  1. 3.Rubenstein, D.R. and M. Wikelski. 2003. Seasonal changes in food quality: a proximate cue for reproductive timing in marine iguanas. Ecology 84:3013-3023.  PDF

  2. 2.Rubenstein, D.R., C.P. Chamberlain, R.T. Holmes, M.P. Ayres, J.R. Waldbauer, G.R. Graves, and N.C. Tuross. 2002. Linking breeding and wintering ranges of a migratory songbird using stable isotopes. Science 295:1062-1065.  PDF

  3. 1.Rittschof, D., J. Sarrica, and D. Rubenstein. 1995. Shell dynamics and microhabitat selection by striped legged hermit crabs, Clibanarius vittatus (Bosc). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 192:157-172.  PDF


Other Articles

  1. 10.Rubenstein, D.R. 2011. From the big city to the bush. Mpala Memos July:7.  PDF

  2. 9.Rubenstein, D.R. 2010. Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology. The Quarterly Review of Biology 85:504.  PDF

  3. 8.Rubenstein, D.R. 2010. Scientists at work: notes from the field in Kenya. The New York Times July 12-28, 2010.  WEB

  4. 7.Rubenstein, D.R. 2009. The secret lives of starlings. Natural History 118:28-33.  PDF

  5. 6.Rubenstein, D.R. 2009. Why I do science: the freedom to explore. SEED 21:34.  PDF

  6. 5.Rubenstein, D.R., P.W. Sherman, D.I. Rubenstein, and T.M. Caro. 2007. Rewilding rebuttal. Scientific American October:12.  PDF

  7. 4.Rubenstein, D.R. 2006. Searching for starlings. Travel News April:58.  PDF

  8. 3.Rubenstein, D.R. 2006. Chasing starlings, chased by a lion. Living Bird 26:26-32.  PDF

  9. 2.Rubenstein, D.R. 2005. The uncommon lifestyle of the superb starling. BirdScope 19:20.  PDF

  10. 1.Rubenstein, D.R. 2001. The places you can go. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine May/June:24-25.  PDF


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