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Pierre Deviche

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School of Life Sciences
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Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4501
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4501
Sustainability Scientists and Scholars
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Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 4501
Biography: 

Pierre Deviche is an animal physiologist who studies how the environment controls the reproductive system and stress responses of vertebrates. Using seasonally breeding birds in both laboratory and field-based experiments, he investigates the relative importance of various environmental factors such as day length, rainfall, food availability, and social interactions to reproduction, stress sensitivity, and metabolic responses.

Professor Deviche and his collaborators also examine the mechanisms controlling the physiological responses to environmental factors. More specifically, they study the relationships that exist between different hormonal systems and the contrasting behavioral effects that reproductive and stress hormones can elicit. This work is providing a clearer understanding of the regulation of behaviors such as parental care and territorial behavior, and of how urbanization may be altering the timing of seasonal reproduction.

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Education: 
  • PhD Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, University of Liege, Belgium 1980
  • BS Biology, University of Liege, Belgium 1975

 

Publications: 

Scholarly book chapters

  1. Deviche P. (2014). Reproductive Behavior. In Sturkie’s Avian Physiology, 6th Edition (Ed. C. Scanes), Elsevier, pp. 695-715.
  2. Deviche P. & Davies S. (2014). Reproductive phenology of urban birds: environmental cues and mechanisms. In Avian Urban Ecology: Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations (Eds. D. Gil and H. Brumm), Oxford University Press, pp. 98-115.
  3. Deviche P., Hurley, L.L., & Fokidis H.B. (2011). Avian testicular structure, function, and regulation. In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Vol. 4 (Eds. D.O. Norris and K.H. Lopez). Academic Press, San Diego, CA, pp. 27-69.
  4. Deviche P. & Small T. (2005). Environmental control of reproduction in Sonoran Desert Aimophila sparrows. In Functional Avian Endocrinology (Eds. A. Dawson and P.J. Sharp). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, pp.153-166.
  5. Deviche P. & Small T. (2001). Photoperiodic control of seasonal reproduction: neuroendocrine mechanisms and adaptations. In Avian Endocrinology (Eds. A. Dawson and C.M. Chaturvedi). Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India, pp. 113-128.
  6. Moore F.L. & Deviche P. (1988) Neuroendocrine processing of environmental information in amphibians. In Processing of Environmental Information in Vertebrates (M.H. Stetson, Ed.), Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. pp 19-45.
  7. Deviche P., Massa R., Bottoni L. & Hendrick J.C. (1985) Corticosterone influences on testosterone metabolism in the brain and cloacal gland of male quail. In Current Trends in Comparative Endocrinology (Lofts B. and Holmes W.N., eds.). Hong Kong Univ. Press, pp. 421-423.
  8. Colombo L., Belvedere P.C. & Deviche P. (1985) Effects of ACTH and corticosteroids on 11-oxygenated androgen biosynthesis by the testis of the duck, Anas platyrhynchos. In Current Trends in Comparative Endocrinology (Lofts B. and Holmes W.N., eds.). Hong Kong Univ. Press, pp. 425-428.
  9. Deviche P. (1983) Interactions between adrenal function and reproduction in male birds. In Avian endocrinology: environmental and ecological perspectives (Mikami S., Homma S., and Wada, M., Eds,), Japan Scientific Societies Press, pp. 243-254.
  10. Deviche P. (1982) Are gonadotropins directly involved in the control of avian activities? In Aspects of Avian Endocrinology: Practical and Theoretical Implications (Scanes C.G. et al., eds.) Grad. Studies, Texas Univ. Press 26: 105-116.

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  1. Deviche P., Bittner S., Gao S., & Valle S. (2017). Roles and mechanistic bases of glucocorticoid regulation of avian reproduction. Integrative and Comparative Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icx112.
  2. Schneider J.E. & Deviche P. (2017). Symposium introduction: Molecular and neuroendocrine approaches to understanding trade-offs: Food, sex, aggression, stress, and longevity. In press, Integrative and Comparative Biology.
  3. Deviche P., Desaivre S., & Giraudeau M. (2017). Experimental manipulation of corticosterone does not influence the clearance rate of plasma testosterone in birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90, 575-582.
  4. Gao, S., Sanchez, C., & Deviche P. (2017). Corticosterone rapidly suppresses innate immune activity in the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Journal of Experimental Biology 220, 322-327.
  5. Deviche P., Bittner S., Davies S., Valle S., Gao S., & Carpentier E. (2016). Endocrine, metabolic, and behavioral effects of and recovery from acute stress in a free-ranging bird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 234, 95-102.
  6. Deviche P., Valle S., Gao S., Davies S., Bittner S., & Carpentier E. (2016). The seasonal glucocorticoid response of male Rufous-winged Sparrows to acute stress correlates with changes in plasma uric acid, but neither glucose nor testosterone. General and Comparative Endocrinology 235, 78-88.
  7. Davies S., Noor S., Carpentier E., & Deviche P. (2016). Innate immunity and testosterone rapidly respond to acute stress, but is corticosterone at the helm? Journal of Comparative Physiology B 186, 907-918.
  8. Davies S., Lane S., Meddle S.L., Tsutsui K., & Deviche P. (2016). The ecological and physiological bases of variation in the phenology of gonad growth in an urban and desert songbird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 230-231: 17-25.
  9. Davies S., Gao S., Valle S., Bittner S., Hutton P., Meddle S.L., & Deviche P. (2015). Negative energy balance in a male songbird, the Abert’s towhee, constrains the testicular endocrine response to luteinizing hormone stimulation. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 2685-2693. doi:10.1242/jeb.123042
  10. Valle S., Carpentier E., Vu B., Tsutsui T., & Deviche P. (2015). Food restriction negatively affects multiple levels of the reproductive axis in male house finches, Haemorhous mexicanus. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 2694-2704. doi:10.1242/jeb.123323.
  11. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2015). Regulation of feeding behavior and plasma testosterone in response to central neuropeptide Y administration in a songbird. Journal of Experimental Zoology A. Ecological Genetics and Physiology 323: 478-486.
  12. Sweazea K.L., Simperovab A., Juanc T., Gadaub T., Brantd S.V., Deviche P., & Jarretta C. (2015). Pathophysiological responses to a schistosome infection in a wild population of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura). Zoology 118: 386-393. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2015.07.001.
  13. Davies S., Behbahaninia H., Giraudeau M., Meddle S.L., Waites K., & Deviche P. (2015). Advanced seasonal reproductive development in a male urban bird is reflected in earlier plasma luteinizing hormone rise but not energetic status. General and Comparative Endocrinology 224: 1-10.
  14. Davies S., Cros T., Richard D., Meddle S.L., Tsutsui K., & Deviche P. (2015). Food availability, energetic constraints and reproductive development in a wild seasonally breeding songbird. Functional Ecology 29: 1421-1434. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12448.
  15. Deviche P., Beouche-Helias B., Davies S., Gao S., Lane S., & Valle S. (2014). Regulation of plasma testosterone, corticosterone, and metabolites in response to stress, reproductive stage, and social challenges in a desert male songbird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 203: 120-131.
  16.  Davies S. & Deviche P. (2014). At the crossroads of physiology and ecology: food supply and the timing of avian reproduction. Hormones and Behavior 66: 41-55.
  17. Davies S., Rodriguez, N., Sweazea K.L. & Deviche P. (2013). The effect of acute stress and long-term corticosteroid administration on plasma metabolites in an urban and desert songbird. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 47-60.
  18. Deviche P.J., Sharp P.J., Dawson A., Sabo J., Fokidis B., Davies S., & Hurley L. (2012). Up to the challenge? Hormonal and behavioral responses of free-ranging male Cassin's Sparrows, Peucaea cassinii, to conspecific song playback. Hormones and Behavior 61: 741-749.
  19. Deviche P., Gao S., Davies S., Sharp P.J., & Dawson A. (2012). Rapid stress-induced inhibition of plasma testosterone in free-ranging male rufous-winged sparrows, Peucaea carpalis: characterization, time course, and recovery. General and Comparative Endocrinology 177: 1-8.
  20. Fokidis H.B., des Roziers M.B., Sparr R., Rogowski C., Sweazea K., & Deviche P. (2012). Unpredictable food availability induces metabolic and hormonal changes independent of food intake in a sedentary songbird. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 2920-2930.
  21. Fokidis, H.B. & Deviche P. (2012). Brain arginine vasotocin immunoreactivity differs between urban and desert Curve-Billed Thrashers, Toxostoma curvirostre: relationships with territoriality and stress physiology. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 79: 84-97 [cover page article].
  22. Pentkowski, N.S., Painter, M.R., Thiel, K.J., Peartree, N.A., Cheung, T.H., Deviche, P., Adams, M., Alba, J., & Neisewander, J.L. (2011). Nicotine-induced plasma corticosterone is attenuated by social interactions in male and female adolescent rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 100: 1-7.
  23. Fokidis H.B., Hurley L., Rogowski C., Sweazea K., & Deviche P. (2011). Effects of captivity and body condition on plasma corticosterone, locomotor activity, and plasma metabolites in Curve-billed Thrashers. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 84: 595-606.
  24. Fokidis H.B. & Deviche P. (2011). Plasma corticosterone of city and desert Curve-billed Thrashers, Toxostoma curvirostre, in response to stress-related peptide administration. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 159: 32-38.
  25. Fokidis H.B., Orchinik M., & Deviche P. (2011). Context-specific territorial behavior in urban birds: No evidence for involvement of testosterone or corticosterone. Hormones and Behavior 59: 133-143.
  26. Deviche P.J., Hurley L.L., Fokidis H.B., Lerbour B., Silverin B., Silverin B., Sabo J., & Sharp P.J. (2010). Acute stress rapidly decreases plasma testosterone in a free-ranging male songbird: Potential site of action and mechanism. General and Comparative Endocrinology 169: 82-90.
  27. Woods J.K., Deviche P, & Corbitt C. (2010). Opioid receptor densities analyzed across seasons in the POM and VTA of the dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 40: 123-128
  28. Deviche P., Fokidis H.B., Lerbour B. & Greiner E. (2010). Blood parasitaemia in a high latitude flexible breeder, the white-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera: contribution of seasonal relapse versus new inoculations. Parasitology 137: 261-273
  29. Fokidis H.B., Orchinik M., & Deviche P. (2009). Corticosterone and corticosteroid binding globulin in birds: Relation to urbanization in a desert city. General and Comparative Endocrinology 160: 259-270.
  30. Deviche P., Sabo J. & Sharp P.J. (2008). Glutamatergic stimulation of luteinising hormone secretion in relatively refractory male songbirds. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20: 1191–1202.
  31. Fokidis, H.B., Greiner, E.C., & Deviche P. (2008). Interspecific variation in avian blood parasites and hematology associated with urbanization in a desert habitat. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 300-310.
  32. Deviche P., McGraw K.J., & Underwood J. (2008). Season-, sex-, and age-specific accumulation of plasma carotenoid pigments in free-ranging White-winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera). Journal of Avian Biology 39: 283-292.
  33. Strand C.R, Ross, M.S., Weiss, S.L. & Deviche P. (2008). Testosterone and social context affect singing behavior but not song control region volumes in adult male songbirds in the fall. Behavioral Processes 78: 29-37.
  34. Small T.W., Sharp P.J., Bentley G.E., & Deviche P. (2008). Relative photorefractoriness, prolactin, and reproductive regression in a flexibly breeding Sonoran Desert passerine, the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis. Journal of Biological Rhythms 23: 69-80.
  35. Small, T.W., Sharp, P.J., Bentley, G. E., Millar, R. P., Tsutsui, K., Strand, C., & Deviche, P. (2008). Auditory stimulation of reproductive function in male Rufous-winged Sparrows, Aimophila carpalis. Hormones and Behavior 53: 28-39.
  36. Small T.W., Sharp P.J., Bentley G.E., Millar R.P., Tsutsui K., Mura E., & Deviche P. (2008). Photoperiod-independent hypothalamic regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in a free-living Sonoran Desert bird, the Rufous-winged Sparrow (Aimophila carpalis). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 71:127-142
  37. Strand C.R., Small T.W., & Deviche P. (2007). Plasticity of the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis, song control regions during the monsoon-associated summer breeding period. Hormones and Behavior 52: 401-408.
  38. Strand C.R. & Deviche P. (2007). Hormonal and environmental control of song region growth and new neuron addition in adult male House Finches, Carpodacus mexicanus. Developmental Neurobiology 67: 827-837.
  39. Small T.W., Sharp P.J., & Deviche P. (2007). Environmental regulation of the reproductive system in a flexibly breeding Sonoran Desert bird, the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis. Hormones and Behavior 51: 483-495.
  40. Ottinger M.A., Corbitt C., Hoffman R., Thompson N., Russek-Cohen E., & Deviche P. (2006). Reproductive aging in Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica is associated with changes in central opioid receptors. Brain Research 1126: 167-175.
  41. Singletary K., Deviche P., Strand C., & Delville Y. (2006). Distribution of orexin/hypocretin immunoreactivity in the brain of a passerine, the House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 32: 81-89.
  42. Deviche P., Martin R.K., Small T., & Sharp P.J. (2006). Testosterone induces testicular development but reduces GnRH-I fiber density in the brain of the House Finch, Carpodacus mexicanus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 147: 167-174.
  43. Deviche P. and Parris J. (2006). Testosterone treatment to free-ranging male Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis, exacerbates hemoparasitic infection. The Auk 123: 548-562.
  44. Meddle S.L., Wingfield J.C., Millar R.P., & Deviche P. (2006). Hypothalamic GnRH-I and its precursor during photorefractoriness onset in free-living male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) of different year classes. General and Comparative Endocrinology 145: 148-156.
  45. Deviche P., Small T., Sharp P., & Tsutsui K. (2006). Control of luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion in a flexibly breeding male passerine, the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 149: 226-235.
  46. Deviche P., McGraw K., & Greiner E. (2005). Interspecific differences in hematozoan infection in Sonoran Desert Aimophila sparrows. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41: 532-541.
  47. Deviche P. & Cortez L. (2005). Androgen control of immunocompetence in the male house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus Müller. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 1287-1295.
  48. Corbitt C. & Deviche P. (2005). Age-related difference in size of brain regions for song learning in adult male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 65: 268-277.
  49. Plumari L., Plateroti S., Deviche P., & Panzica G.C. (2004). Region-specific testosterone modulation of the vasotocin-immunoreactive system in male dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis. Brain Research 999: 1-8.
  50. MacDougall-Shackleton S.A., Deviche P., Crain R.D., Ball G.F., & Hahn T.P. (2001). Seasonal changes in brain GnRH immunoreactivity and song-control nuclei volumes in an opportunistically breeding songbird. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 58: 38-48.
  51. Deviche P. & Sharp P.J. (2001). Reproductive endocrinology of a free-living, opportunistically breeding passerine (White-winged Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera). General and Comparative Endocrinology 123: 268-279. [Cover Page Article]
  52. Dloniak S.M. & Deviche P. (2001). Effects of testosterone and photoperiodic condition on song production and vocal control region volumes in adult male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Hormones and Behavior 39: 95-105. [Cover Page Article]
  53. Deviche P., Greiner E.C., & Manteca, X. (2001). Seasonal and age-related changes in blood parasite prevalence in Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis, Aves, Passeriformes). Journal of Experimental Zoology 289: 456-466.
  54. Deviche P., Greiner E.C., & Manteca X. (2001). Interspecific variability of prevalence in blood parasites of adult passerine birds during the breeding season in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 28-35.
  55. Deviche P., Breuner C., & Orchinik M. (2001). Testosterone, corticosterone, and photoperiod interact to regulate plasma levels of binding globulin and of free steroid hormone in Dark-eyed Juncos, Junco hyemalis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 122: 67-77.
  56. Deviche P., Wingfield J.C., & Sharp P.J. (2000). Year-class differences in the reproductive system, plasma prolactin and corticosterone concentrations, and onset of prebasic molt in male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) during the breeding period. General and Comparative Endocrinology 118: 425-435.
  57. Deviche P. (2000). Timing, pattern, and extent of first prebasic molt of White-winged Crossbills in Alaska. Journal of Field Ornithology 71: 217-226.
  58. Deviche P., Saldanha C.J., & Silver R. (2000). Changes in brain gonadotropin releasing hormone- and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-like immunoreactivity accompanying re-establishment of photosensitivity in male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 117: 8-19. [Cover Page Article]
  59. Deviche P. & Gulledge C.C. (2000). Vocal control region sizes of an adult female passerine songbird change seasonally in the absence of detectable circulating testosterone. Journal of Neurobiology 42: 202-211.
  60. Gulledge C.C. & Deviche P. (1999). Age and sex-related differences in opioid receptor densities in the songbird vocal control system. Journal of Comparative Neurology 404: 505-514.
  61. Panzica G.C., Plumari L., Garcia-Ojeda E., & Deviche P. (1999). Central vasotocin-immunoreactive system in a male passerine bird (Junco hyemalis). Journal of Comparative Neurology 409: 105-117.
  62. Gulledge C.C. & Deviche P. (1998). Photoperiod and testosterone independently affect vocal control region volumes in adolescent male songbirds. Journal of Neurobiology 36: 550-558.
  63. Gulledge C.C. & Deviche P. (1997). Androgen control of vocal control region volumes in a wild, migratory songbird (Junco hyemalis) is region- and possible age-dependent. Journal of Neurobiology 32: 391-402.
  64. Deviche P. (1997) Seasonal reproductive pattern of White-winged Crossbills in interior Alaska. Journal of Field Ornithology 68: 613-621.
  65. Deviche P. (1997) Affinity of naloxone and its quaternary analogue for avian central d and m opioid receptors. Brain Research 757: 276-279.
  66. Gulledge C.C. & Deviche P. (1997) Androgen control of vocal control region volumes in a wild, migratory songbird (Junco hyemalis) is region- and possible age-dependent. Journal of Neurobiology 32: 391-402.
  67. Ebbesson L.O.E., Deviche P., & Ebbesson S.O.E. (1996) Distribution and changes in m- and k-opiate receptors during the midlife neurodevelopmental period of Coho salmon, Onchorhynchus kisutch. Journal of Comparative Neurobiology 366: 448-464.
  68. Deviche P. (1995) Androgen regulation of avian premigratory hyperphagia and fattening: From eco-physiology to neuroendocrinology. American Zoologist 35: 234-245.
  69. Hahn T.P., Wingfield J.C., Mullen R. & Deviche P. (1995) Endocrine bases of spatial and temporal opportunism in arctic-breeding birds. American Zoologist 35: 259-273.
  70. Saldanha C.J, Deviche P.J., & Silver R. (1994) Increased VIP and decreased GnRH expression in photorefractory Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 93: 128-136.
  71. Gulledge C.C. & Deviche P. (1994): Autoradiographic localization of opioid receptors in vocal control regions of a male passerine bird (Junco hyemalis). Journal of Comparative Neurobiology 356: 408-417.
  72. Wingfield J.C., Deviche P., Sharbaugh S., Astheimer L.B., Holberton R., Suydam R. & Hunt K. (1994) Seasonal changes of the adrenocortical responses to stress in Redpolls, Acanthis flammea, in Alaska. Journal of Experimental Zoology 270: 372-380.
  73. Deviche P., Cotter P. & Gulledge C.C. (1993) Identification, partial characterization, and hypothalamic distribution of k, m, and d opioid receptors in a passerine songbird (Junco hyemalis). Brain Research 614: 220-226.
  74. Dores R.M., McDonald L.K., Goldsmith A., Deviche P. & Rubin D.A. (1993) The phylogeny of enkephalins: speculations on the origins of opioid precursors. Cell and Physiological Biochemistry 3: 231-244.
  75. Deviche P. (1993) Opioid regulation of appetite in birds. Poultry Sciences Reviews 5: 49-55.
  76. Deviche P. (1992) Testosterone and opioids interact to regulate feeding in a male migratory songbird. Hormones and Behavior 26: 394-405.
  77. Deviche P. (1992) Regulation of food intake in a migratory songbird (Junco hyemalis): Participation of endorphinergic mechanisms. Ornis Scandinavica 23: 260-263.
  78. Deviche P. & Gunturkun O. (1992) Peptides for calling? An immunohistochemical study of the avian n. intercollicularis. Brain Research 569: 93-99.
  79. Gunturkun O. & Deviche P. (1992) ACTH in the pigeon vestibular ganglion. NeuroReport 3: 127-130.
  80. Silverin B. & Deviche P. (1991) Biochemical characterization and seasonal changes in the concentration of testosterone-metabolizing enzymes in the European Great Tit (Parus major) brain. General and Comparative Endocrinology 81: 146-159.
  81. Deviche P., Murray T.F., & Moore F.L. (1990) Effects of sodium and temperature on naloxone binding in brain tissues of a urodele amphibian. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology [C] 96C: 393-398.
  82. Deviche P., Propper C.R., & Moore, F.L. (1990) Neuroendocrine, behavioral, and morphological changes associated with the termination of the reproductive period in a natural population of male Rough-skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa). Hormones and Behavior 24: 284-300.
  83. Lowry C.A., Deviche P., & Moore, F.L. (1990) Effects of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and opiates on amphibian locomotion. Brain Research 513: 94-100.
  84. Deviche P., Lowry C.A. & Moore F.L. (1989) Opiate control of spontaneous locomotor activity in a urodele amphibian. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 34: 753-757.
  85. Deviche P. & Moore F.L. (1988) Steroidal control of sexual behavior in the Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa): Effects of testosterone, estradiol, and dihydrotestosterone. Hormones and Behavior 22: 26-34.
  86. Deviche P. & Balthazart J. (1987) Effect of the injection solvent on steroid activity in the quail. General and Comparative Endocrinology 65: 199-202.
  87. Deviche P. & Moore F.L. (1987) Opioid receptor agonists suppress sexual behaviors in male Rough-skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa). Hormones and Behavior 21: 371-383.
  88. Deviche P., Delville Y. & Balthazart J. (1987) Central and peripheral metabolism of 5a-dihydrotestosterone in the male Japanese Quail: biochemical characterization and relationship with reproductive behavior. Brain Research 421: 105-116.
  89. Deviche P. (1985) Behavioral response to apomorphine and its interaction with opiates in domestic pigeons. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 22: 209-214.
  90. Deviche P. (1984) Administration of small doses of apomorphine attenuates feeding in non-deprived pigeons. Physiology and Behavior 33: 581-585.
  91. Deviche P. & Schepers G. (1984) Naloxone treatment attenuates food but not water intake in domestic pigeons. Psychopharmacology 82: 122-126.
  92. Deviche P. & Schepers G. (1984) Ingestive behavior of the pigeon: Stereoselective influence of the opiate agonist levorphanol and its antagonism by naloxone. Psychopharmacology 83: 357-362.
  93. Deviche P. & Shepers G. (1984) Intracerebroventricular injection of ostrich b-endorphin to satiated pigeons induces hyperphagia but not hyperdipsia. Peptides 5: 691-694.
  94. Deviche P. & Wohland A. (1984) Behavioral characterization of the anorexic effect of naloxone in domestic pigeons. IRCS Medical Sciences 12: 427-428.
  95. Deviche P. & Wohland A. (1984) Opiate antagonists stereoselectively attenuate the consumption of food but not of water by pigeons. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 21: 507-512.
  96. Deviche P., Melmer G. & Schepers G. (1984) Evidence that naloxone attenuates the consumption of food by domestic pigeons through a central influence. Neuropharmacology 23: 1173-1178.
  97. Deviche P. (1983) Stereotyped behavior affected by peripheral and intracerebroventricular apomorphine administration in pigeons. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 18: 323-326.
  98. Deviche P., Massa R., Bottoni L. & Hendrick J.C. (1982) Effect of corticosterone on the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system of male Japanese Quail exposed to either short or long photoperiods. Journal of Endocrinology 95: 165-173.
  99. Deviche P., Bottoni L. & Balthazart J. (1982) 5b-dihydrotestosterone is weakly androgenic in the adult Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). General and Comparative Endocrinology 48: 421-424.
  100. Deviche P. & Schumacher M. (1982) Behavioral and morphological dose-responses to testosterone and to 5a-dihydrotestosterone in the castrated male Japanese Quail. Behavioral Processes 7: 107-121.
  101. Deviche P., Balthazart J., Malacarne G. & Hendrick J.C. (1982) Effects of in vivo corticosterone treatment on the in vitro metabolism of testosterone in the comb and brain of the young male chicken. General and Comparative Endocrinology 48: 398-402.
  102. Deviche P., Malacarne G., Puts C. & Balthazart J. (1982) The in vitro metabolism of testosterone by the brain and crest of domestic chicks. Bolletino Zoologia 49: 25-30.
  103. Deviche P., Massa R., Bottoni L. & Hendrick J.C. (1982) Effects of corticosterone on the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal system of male Japanese Quail exposed to either short or long photoperiods. Journal of Endocrinology 95: 165-173.
  104. Deviche P. & Heyns W. (1981) Physiological adaptation to high levels of corticosterone in the male duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.). Advances in Physiological Sciences 33: Recent Advances of Avian Endocrinology, 375-382.
  105. Deviche P. & Delius J.D. (1981) Short-term modulation of Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia L.) behavior induced by intraventricular administration of ACTH. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 55: 335-342.
  106. Deviche P. & Hendrick J.C. (1981) Participation of glucocorticoids in the regulation of plasma LH in the male domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.) Reproduction Nutrition and Development 21: 1137-1142.
  107. Balthazart J., Malacarne G. & Deviche P. (1981) Stimulatory effects of 5b-dihydrotestosterone on the sexual behavior in the domestic duck. Hormones and Behavior 15: 246-258.
  108. Malacarne G., Balthazart J. & Deviche P. (1981) Effects of 5-dihydrotestosterone on sexual behavior in the chick. Monitore Zoologia Italiano 15: 319-320.
  109. Deviche P., Balthazart J., Heyns W. & Hendrick J.C. (1980) Endocrine effects of castration followed by androgen replacement and ACTH injections in the male domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.). General and Comparative Endocrinology 41: 53-61.
  110. Balthazart J., Deviche P. & Hendrick J.C. (1980) Long-term effects of testosterone injections on the social behavior of male ducks and their physiological correlates. Behavioral Processes 5: 323-338.
  111. Deviche P. (1979) Behavioral effects of castration and testosterone replacement combined with ACTH in the male domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.). Journal of Experimental Zoology 207: 471-480.
  112. Deviche P. (1979) Effects of testosterone propionate and pituitary-adrenal hormones on the social behavior of male ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos L.) in two test situations. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 49: 77-86.
  113. Deviche P., Heyns W., Balthazart J. & Hendrick J.C. (1979) Inhibition of LH plasma levels by corticosterone administration in the male duckling (Anas platyrhynchos). IRCS Medical Sciences 7: 622.
  114. Bortolussi M., Deviche P., Colombo L. & Marini G. (1979) In vitro binding of radioiodinated rat follicle-stimulating hormone to the testis of the Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos L. Basic and Applied Histochemistry 23: 279-284.
  115. Balthazart J. & Deviche P. (1977) Effects of exogenous hormones on the reproductive behavior of adult male domestic ducks. I. Behavioral effects of intramuscular injections. Behavioral Processes 2: 129-146.
  116. Balthazart J., Deviche P. & Hendrick J. (1977) Effects of exogenous hormones on the reproductive behavior of adult male domestic ducks. II. Correlations with morphology and hormone plasma levels. Behavioral Processes 2: 147-161.
  117. Balthazart J., Hendrick J.C. & Deviche P. (1977) Diurnal variations of plasma gonadotrophins in male domestic ducks during the sexual cycle. General and Comparative Endocrinology 32: 376-389.
  118. Deviche P. (1976) Behavioral effects of ACTH or corticosterone administration to adult male domestic ducks, Anas platyrhynchos L. Journal of Comparative Physiology 110: 357-366.
  119. Deviche P. & Balthazart J. (1976) Inhibition of adult social behavior in ducks induced by juvenile administration of gonadal hormones. Behavioral Processes 1: 41-56.
  120. Deviche P. & Balthazart J. (1976) Behavioral and morphological effects of testosterone and gonadotropins in the young male domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos L.). Behavioral Processes 1: 217-232.

 

Other publications

  1. Deviche P. & Jones J. (2016). First Arizona and northernmost record of the Three-striped Dasher, Micrathyria didyma. Argia 28: 26-27.
  2. Deviche P. (2016). Unprecedented number of Neotropical Bluets, Enallagma novaehispaniae Calvert, in Arizona. Argia 28: 32-33.
  3. Bailowitz R., Danforth D., Deviche P., Jones J., & Vandewater M. (2016). Arizona and the tropical connection. Argia 28: 18-20.
  4. Deviche P. & Endersby I. (2016). First confirmed record of Black-headed Skimmer, Crocothemis nigrifrons, in Victoria. Victorian Entomologist 46: 58-59.
  5. Deviche P. (2014). As the Dragon Flies. Cactus Wren.dition (Maricopa Audubon Society), winter 2014 issue.
  6. Deviche P. (2013). Breeding at the Right Time… (Desert Rivers Audubon Society), fall 2013 issue.
  7. Danforth D, Bailowitz R., & Deviche P. (2013). Cerulean Dancer, Argia anceps, a new species for the United States. Argia 25: 10-11.
  8. Bailowitz R., Danforth D., Deviche P., & Burns J. (2013). Seeing red: Late summer and early fall in the Muleshoe Ranch region of Southeast Arizona. Argia 25: 13-16.
  9. Biggs K., Bruun R., Deviche P., & Behrstock R.A. (2012). Dragonflies of California and the Greater Southwest: a beginner's guide [Kindle Edition].
  10. Bailowitz R., Deviche P., & Danforth D. (2011). The mystery of Sympetrum danae (Black Meadowhawk) at Page, Arizona. Argia 23: 13-14.
  11. Deviche P.J. (2010). Copulating pair of Ischnura barberi (Desert Forktail) and I. ramburii (Rambur’s Forktail). Argia 22: 17-18.
  12. Bailowitz, R., Danforth D., & Deviche P. (2009). West Mexico updated. Argia 21: 15-18.
  13. Deviche P. (2008). Giant Canada Goose, Branta canadensis maxima, in Arizona. Arizona Field Ornithologists Online Journal. http://www.azfo.org/gallery/challenges/GiantCanadaGoose/GiantCanadaGoose...
  14. Deviche P. & Moore M. (2008). First documented observation of Common Teal (Anas crecca crecca) in Arizona. Arizona Field Ornithologists Online Journal. http://www.azfo.org/journal/teal_2008.html
  15. Radamaker K., Deviche P., & Benesh C. (2006). Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope), Paradise Memorial Cemetery, Maricopa County. Photographic summary and notes on identification of female Eurasian Wigeon. Arizona Field Ornithologists: http://www.azfo.org/gallery/EUWI_female.html
  16. Deviche P. & Barnes B.M. (1995) Introduction to the Symposium: Endocrinology of Arctic Birds and Mammals. American Zoologist 35: 189-190.
  17. Deviche P., Harding C.F., Sharp P.J. & Ottinger M.A. (1993) Symposium Introduction: Molecular Mechanisms in Behavioral Responses. Poultry Science Reviews 5: 1-2.

 

Invited commentaries

  1. Deviche P. (2009): Reproductive physiology: Songbird study removes long-standing neuroendocrinology research roadblock. Endocrinology 150: 1561-1562.
  2. Deviche P. (2008). Seasonal rewiring of the songbird brain: an in vivo MRI study. European Journal of Neuroscience 28: 2474.

 

Book reviews

  1. Vertebrate Endocrinology, 3rd Edition, by Dave O. Norris. (1997). General and Comparative Endocrinology.
  2. Field Guide to the Damselflies & Dragonflies of Arizona and Sonora, by R. Bailowitz, D. Danforth, and S. Upson (2015). The Cactus Wren*dition, Vol. LXIII/4, Winter 2016.
Summer 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 370Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 462Endocrine Physiology
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Summer 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 370Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 462Endocrine Physiology
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Summer 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 370Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
BIO 499Individualized Instruction
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 462Endocrine Physiology
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Summer 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 370Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 189Life Sciences Career Paths
BIO 462Endocrine Physiology
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Summer 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Spring 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 310Special Problems & Techniques
BIO 493Honors Thesis
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Fall 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
BIO 492Honors Directed Study
BIO 495Undergraduate Research
Presentations: 

Recent presentations at scientific conferences:

  1. Deviche P. (2016). Invited symposium talk: Does corticosterone regulate avian plasma glucose? International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  2. Valle S., Davies S., Gao S., Bittner S., Hutton P. & Deviche P. (2016). Invited symposium talk: Species-specific multilevel effects of food availability on reproductive physiology in male songbirds. International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  3. Valle S., Carpentier E., Vu B. & Deviche P. (2015). Food restriction negatively affects multiple levels of the reproductive axis in male House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL.
  4. Kouteib S., Davies S. & Deviche P. (2015). Adjusting to urban life: endocrine and immune responses of a songbird to acute stress. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL.
  5. Deviche P., Bittner S., Carpentier E., Davies S. & Valle S. (2015). Short-term vs. delayed endocrine and metabolic responses to acute stress in a male songbird. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL.
  6. Deviche P., Bittner S., Davies S., Gao S., Hutton P. & Valle S. (2015). Food availability modulates the reproductive axis sensitivity to GnRH and LH in a male songbird. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL.
  7. Kouteib S., Davies S. & Deviche P. (2015). Adjusting to urban life: endocrine and immune responses of a songbird to acute stress. Annual Symposium, CAP LTER, Phoenix, AZ.
  8. Gao S., Vandrie A. & Deviche P. (2015). The stress response suppresses innate but not adaptive immunity in the House Sparrow. Third North American Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, University of Ottawa, Canada.
  9. Deviche P., Bittner B., Davies S., Gao S., Carpentier E. & Valle S. (2015). Glycemia in free-ranging birds: No evidence for regulation by glucocorticoids during acute stress. Third North American Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, University of Ottawa, Canada.
  10. Bittner S., Hutton P. & Deviche P. (2015). Corticosterone and the regulation of parental care behavior in captive birds. Third North American Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, University of Ottawa, Canada.
  11. Deviche P. (2015). Short-term modulation of social behavior by testosterone in free-ranging male birds. Invited symposium talk, International Ethological Conference, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
  12. Deviche P. (2015). Invited symposium talk: Does food availability account for differences in reproductive phenology between urban and non-urban bird populations? Annual Conference on Wildlife Urbanization, Chicago, IL.
  13. Deviche P., Bittner S., Carpentier E., Davies S., & Valle S. (2014). Prolonged physiological effects of capture and restraint in male Rufous-winged Sparrows. Annual Meeting, Society of Arizona Field Ornithologists, Miami, AZ.
  14. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2014). Breeding in an urbanizing world: Reproductive adjustments of seasonally breeding birds to urban areas. Annual Symposium, CAP LTER, Phoenix, AZ.
  15. Deviche P., Beouche B., Davies S., Gao S., Lane S., & Valle S. (2014). Relationships between plasma testosterone, corticosterone, glucose, and uric acid during acute stress and social challenge in male passerines. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas.
  16. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2014). Advanced reproductive phenology of an urban bird is not mirrored in the underlying reproductive physiology. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas.
  17. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2014). Breeding in an urbanizing world: Reproductive adjustments of seasonally breeding birds to urban areas. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas.
  18. Gao S., Lane S., Valle S., & Deviche P. (2014). The role of testosterone and vasotocin on the stress response of male passerines. Annual meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas.
  19. Lane S., Deviche P., & Davies S. (2013). City sounds: the effects of urbanization on bird song. Annual Symposium, CAP LTER, Phoenix, AZ.
  20. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2013). Advanced reproductive phenology of an urban bird is not mirrored in the underlying reproductive physiology. Annual Symposium, CAP LTER, Phoenix, AZ.
  21. Deviche P., Beouche-Helias B., Davies S., Gao S., Lane S., & Valle S. (2013). The acute androgen, glucocorticoid, and metabolic stress response of free-ranging birds. Second conference of the North American Society of Comparative Endocrinology, Queretaro, Mexico. Invited symposium talk.
  22. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2012): Effects of food availability on the reproductive physiology of a Sonoran Desert songbird. International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology, Gifu, Japan.
  23. Deviche P., Gao S., Davies S., Sharp P.J., & Dawson A. (2012). The hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in a rapidly changing environment: acute stress modulation of plasma testosterone in free-ranging male birds. International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology, Gifu, Japan. Invited symposium talk.
  24. Bittner S. & Deviche P. (2012). Breeding and parental care behavior of the Rufous-winged Sparrow on the Santa Rita Experimental Range. Symposium on Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems, Tucson, AZ.
  25. Juan T.K., Jarrett C.L., Simperova A.M., Deviche P., Brant S.V. & Sweazea K.L. (2012). Pathophysiological consequences of schistosome infections in Mourning Doves (Zenaida macroura). Annual meeting, American Society of Physiology.
  26. Deviche P., Burin des Roziers M., & Gao S. (2011). Acute stress-induced inhibition of plasma testosterone in male songbirds: time course, reversibility, and specificity. Annual Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, UT.
  27. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2011) Does urbanization influence the timing of seasonal breeding and the effect of stress on the reproductive physiology of a Sonoran Desert songbird? CAP Long-term Ecological Project Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
  28. Deviche P. (2011). Plasma testosterone and behavior in free-ranging vertebrates: Evolving views on temporal dynamics, control mechanisms, and significance. North American Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, MI. Invited Symposium Talk.
  29. Davies, S, Heller, K, Waites, K, & Deviche, P. (2011). The effect of food availability on the reproductive system of a Sonoran Desert songbird. North American Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, MI.
  30. Gao S. & Deviche P. (2011). Acute stress rapidly inhibits plasma testosterone in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus). North American Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology, Ann Arbor, MI.
  31. Deviche P., Gao S, & Davies S. (2011). Rapid effects of capture and handling on circulating hormone concentrations in the male Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis. Annual meeting, Arizona Field Ornithologists, Phoenix, AZ.
  32. Davies S. & Deviche P. (2011). The influence of urbanization on the reproductive phenology and morphometrics of the Abert’s Towhee. Annual meeting, Arizona Field Ornithologists, Phoenix, AZ.
  33. Bittner S. & Deviche P. (2011). Corticosterone’s relationship with parental investment in a Sonoran Desert passerine, the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis. Annual meeting, Arizona Field Ornithologists, Phoenix, AZ.
  34. Deviche P., Gao S, & Davies S. (2011). Rapid effects of capture and handling on circulating hormone concentrations in the male Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis. Symposium on Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems, Tucson, AZ.
  35. Bittner S. & Deviche P. (2011). Corticosterone’s relationship with parental investment in a Sonoran Desert passerine, the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Peucaea carpalis. Symposium on Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems, Tucson, AZ.
Honors / Awards: 

Elective Member, The American Ornithological Society (2017).

Editorships: 
  • Editorial Board Member, Hormones and Behavior (2015 – pres.)
  • Editorial Board Member, General and Comparative Endocrinology (2000 - pres.)
  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Experimental Endocrinology (2011 – pres.)
  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Behavioral and Evolutionary Biology (2013 – pres.)
Professional Associations: 

American Birding Association; American Ornithological Union; Arizona Field Ornithologists; Dragonfly Society of the America; North American Society of Comparative Endocrinology; Ornithological Societies of North America; Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Service: 

Department

  • Chair, Biology Departmental Weekly Seminar Series (2000)
  • Member, Personnel Committee, Department of Biology (2000)
  • Member, Search Committee for faculty position in Molecular Neuroscience (2001- 2002)
  • Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (2001)
  • Delegate to the Annual Meeting of the Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica, March (2001).
  • Member, Search committee for undergraduate courses coordinator (Department of Biology, 2001)
  • Participant, Workshop on BIO 187-188 (2002)
  • Secretary, ASU Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of America (2002)
  • Member, CLAS Committee of Review (2002 – 2005)
  • Associate Chair, Department of Biology (2002-2003)
  • Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (2003-2006)
  • Member, Search Committee for Office for Research and Sponsored Projects Administration Compliance Officer position (2004)
  • Member, Search Committee for School of Life Sciences Laboratory Coordinator (2004)
  • Member, Search Committee for School of Life Sciences faculty position in Integrative Neurosciences (2004)
  • Member, Personnel Committee of the SoLS Organismal and Integrative Systems Biology (OISB) Faculty (2004 – pres.)
  • Consultant for the “Ask a Biologist” web site (2004 – pres.)
  • Member, Animal Users Advisory Committee (2004–2007)
  • Member, SoLS Bioimaging Faculty Search Committee (2006)
  • Member, SoLS Combined Neurosciences Faculty Search Committee (2006)
  • Member, SoLS Research and Training Initiatives Committee (2006 – 2008)
  • Grant Application Reviewer, University Committee on Research Collaborations (2007)
  • Chair, Animal User Advisory Committee (AUAC; 2008 – 2011)
  • Member, Research Incident Response Team Committee (RIRT; 2009- 2011)
  • Member, SoLS Affiliate and Adjunct Faculty Committee (2009- 2011)
  • President, ASU Chapter of the Sigma Xi Society (2010-2011)
  • Member, University Promotion and Tenure Committee (2011 – 2014)
  • Reviewer, SoLS Peabody Fellowship Grant Applications (2011)
  • Advisory Board Member, Ecosystem Conservation and Resilience Initiative (2012)
  • Evaluation of Dr. G. Amdam’s application for sabbatical leave (2012)
  • Teaching Evaluation of Dr. M. M. Angilletta (2012)
  • Member, ASU Personal Protection Equipment Committee (PPE; 2013)
  • Member, SoLS committee on development of a SoLS undergraduate concentration in neurosciences (2014)
  • Member, Environmental Life Sciences Ph.D. Program Executive Committee (2009 – pres.)
  • Member, search committee for Macrosystems Biology faculty position (2014-2015)
  • Member, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Science Senate (2016-2017)
  • Faculty mentor for Dr. Christos Katsanos (2016)
  • Participant, ASU Graduate Commencement Ceremony (fall 2016)

 

Scientific Community

  • Chair, Nomination Committee for the Comparative Endocrinology Division of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB; 2000).
  • Chair, oral contributed presentation session, Western Regional Conference on Comparative Endocrinology, Berkeley, CA (2001)
  • Co-chair of the local organizing committee of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (Scottsdale, Arizona, 2001).
  • Invited participant, McGraw Hill Pub. Co. workshop on Anatomy and Physiology, Key West, FL, (2003)
  • Elected Chair, Scientific Program Committee and Local Organizing Committee of the 8th International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (Sunburst Resort, Scottsdale, June 2004)
  • Elected Chair, International Society for Avian Endocrinology (2004-2008)
  • Convener, symposium on “Endocrine bases of reproduction: Mechanisms and diversity”. 24th International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany (2006).
  • Member, EBIRD USA (2007 – 2011)
  • Member, Scientific Committee of the International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (2010-2012)
  • Judge, Best Oral Presentation Award, Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (2011)
  • Interview by The Scientist (review of article published in Biology Letters), 2012
  • Invited participant, Santa Rita Experimental Range and Florida Station Open House Program, 2012
  • Member, National Science Foundation Review Panel, CAREER grants applications, Neural Systems Cluster (2012)
  • Scientific Program Committee Member, International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (Japan, 2012)
  • Elected member, Council of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (2015-2019)
  • Invited participant, Scenario Planning for Sustainable Dark Skies workshop and research study (2016)
  • Member, Scientific Program Committee of the International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (Ontario, Canada, 2016)
  • Organizer and Chair, symposium on Multifaceted regulation of endocrine systems by glucocorticoids International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (Ontario, Canada, 2016)
  • Judge, Best Student Poster Award, International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology (Ontario, Canada, 2016).
  • Invited talk, University of California Davis, Department College of Biological Sciences: Mechanistic bases of environmental information integration into neuroendocrine reproductive responses: Progress and prospects (2017).
  • Member, National Science Foundation Grant Review Panel, Animal Behavior (2017).

 

Public lectures

  • Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden (2002)
  • Payson Bird Club (2003)
  • Annual Meeting, Arizona Field Ornithologists: “Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: A Canada vs. Cackling Goose Identification Primer” (2008)
  • Annual Meeting, Arizona Field Ornithologists (2008): Arizona Field Ornithologists - Sound Library
  • Annual Meeting, Arizona Field Ornithologists: Getting articles for "Arizona Birds Online" (2008)
  • Audubon Society Round-up, Saguaro Lake Ranch, Arizona (2010)
  • Desert Rivers Audubon Society, AZ: Invited keynote speaker: “Sonoran songbirds' silly love songs: romance and monsoons” (2011)
  • Bookmans Science Café, Mesa, AZ (sponsor: Arizona SciTech Festival and Desert Rivers Audubon Society): “All winged things considered” (2012)
  • Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden, AZ: “Dragonflies: Unlocking the Mysteries” (2012)
  • Discovery Events Series, Santa Rita Experimental Range Field Station, AZ: “Good things come to those who wait: reproductive biology of desert sparrows at the Santa Rita Experimental Range” (2014)
  • ASU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: “Arizona Dragonflies and Damselflies: Life History, Distribution and Other Fascinating Facts” (2014)
  • Invited lecture, Audubon Adventures Fall Break Camp, Rio Salado Nature Center, Phoenix, AZ: “Arizona dragonflies” (2014)
  • Desert River Audubon Society, Phoenix: “Dragonfly observation and photography: the other side of birding” (2014)
  • Rio Salado Nature Center, Phoenix: “Fast and Furious: The Dragonfly Drift” (2014)
  • Summer Kid Camp, Rio Salado Audubon Center, Phoenix: “Arizona Dragonflies” (2014)
  • Central Arizona Butterfly Association: “Dragonflies: What we think we know and what we know we don't!” (2015)
  • Audubon Summer Camp, Rio Salado Center, Phoenix: “Life of Dragonflies” (2015)
  • Tempe Center for the Arts: “Adaptations of Sonoran Desert Birds” (2015)
  • Annual Banquet of the Maricopa Audubon Society: “Odes of Arizona” (2016)
  • Camp Audubon Adventures, Rio Salado Audubon Center, Phoenix, Arizona (2016)
  • Sedona Hummingbird Festival: “Pushing biological limits: Why dragonflies do not need to envy hummingbirds” (2017)
  • Hassayampa Nature Preserve, Wickenburg, AZ: "Arizona Dragonflies" (2017)
Expertise Areas: 
Environment
Physiology
Urbanization
Stress
Reproduction
Ornithology
Deserts
Urban Systems