Curriculum Vitae - Department of Biology - University of Utah

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82. Kohl, K. and M. D. Dearing. (2011) Induced and constitutive responses of digestive enzymes to
plant toxins in an herbivorous mammal. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214:4133-4140.
81. Torregrossa, A.-M., A.V. Azzara, and M.D. Dearing. (2011) Testing the diet breadth trade-off
hypothesis: differential regulations of novel plant secondary compounds by a specialist and
generalist herbivore. Oecologia, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2121-y.
80. Torregrossa, A-M, Azzara, AV and Dearing, MD. (2011) Differential regulation of plant secondary
compounds by herbivorous rodents. Functional Ecology, 25:1232–1240.
79. Skopec, MM and Dearing, MD. (2011) Differential expression and activity of catechol-O-methyl
transferase (COMT) in a generalist (Neotoma albigula) and juniper specialist (Neotoma
stephensi) woodrat. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 154:383–390.
78. Kohl, KD; Weiss, RB; Dale, C and Dearing, MD. (2011) Diversity and novelty of the gut microbial
community of an herbivorous rodent (Neotoma bryanti). Symbiosis: Published online 7/27/2011.
77. French, SS; Dearing, MD and Demas, GE. (2011) Leptin as a Physiological Mediator of Energetic
Trade-Offs in Ecoimmunology: Implications for Disease. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 1–
9. doi:10.1093/icb/icr019.
76. Cao, L; Cova, TJ; Dennison, PE and Dearing, MD. (2011) Using MODIS satellite imagery to predict
hantavirus risk. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20, 620–629
75. Wood, BA; Cao, L and Dearing, MD. (2010) Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) home-range
size and fidelity in sage-steppe Habitat. Western North American Naturalist 70:345-354.
74. Previtali, MA; Lehmer, EM; Pearce-Duvet, JMC; Jones, JD; Clay, CA; Wood, BA; Ely, PW; Laverty,
SM and Dearing, MD. (2010) Roles of human disturbance, precipitation, and a pathogen on the
survival and reproductive probabilities of deer mice. Ecology 91(2):582–592.
73. Lehmer, EM; Jones, JD; Bego, MG; St. Jeor , S; Varner, J; Clay, CA and Dearing, MD. (2010)
Long-term patterns of immune investment by wild deer mice infected with Sin Nombre virus.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83:847-57.
72. Dearing, MD and Dizney, L. (2010) Ecology of hantavirus in a changing world. Annals of the New
York Academy of Sciences 1195:99-112.
71. Clay, C. A., E. M. Lehmer, S. St. Jeor, and M. D. Dearing (2009) The relationship between Sin
Nombre virus prevalence and species diversity: a test of the Dilution and Amplification effect
hypotheses. PLoS One, 4:e6467.
70. Clay, C. A., E. M. Lehmer, S. St. Jeor, and M. D. Dearing. (2009) Testing mechanisms of the
Dilution effect: Deer mice encounter rates, Sin Nombre virus prevalence and species diversity.
EcoHealth, 6:250-259.
69. Dearing, M.D., M.A. Previtali, J.D. Jones, P.W. Ely, and B.A. Wood (2009) Seasonal variation in
Sin Nombre Virus Infections in deer mice: Preliminary results. Journal of Wildlife Diseases,
45:430–436.
68. Magnanou, E; J. R. Malenke, and M. D. Dearing (2009) Expression of biotransformation genes in
woodrat (Neotoma) herbivores on novel and ancestral diets: identification of candidate genes
responsible for dietary shifts. Molecular Ecology, 18:2401–2414.
67. Torregrossa, A-M and M.D. Dearing (2009) Nutritional toxicology of mammals: regulated intake of
plant secondary compounds. Functional Ecology, 23:48–56.
66. Clay, C. A., E.M. Lehmer, A. Previtali, S. St. Jeor, M.D. Dearing. (2009) The role of host
heterogeneity in Sin Nombre virus transmission. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276:1305–
1312.
65. Torregrossa, A.-M. and M. D. Dearing (2009) Caching as a behavioral mechanism to reduce toxin
intake. Journal of Mammalogy, 90:803-810.
64. Dearing, M.D., J. S. Sorensen, J. D. McLister, L. Santos. (2008) Ambient temperature influences
diet selection and physiology of an herbivorous mammal, Neotoma albigula. Physiological
Biochemistry and Physiology, 81:891-897.
63. Bego, M.G., D. Bawiec, D. Dandge, B. Martino, D. Dearing, E. Wilson, and S.S. Jeor. (2008)
Development of an ELISA to detect Sin Nombre virus-specific IgM from deer mice (Peromyscus
maniculatus). Journal of Virological Methods, 151:204-210.
62. Haley, S.L., J.G. Lamb, M.R. Franklin, J.E. Constance, and M.D. Dearing. (2008) "Pharm-Ecology"
of diet shifting: Biotransformation of plant secondary compounds in creosote (Larrea tridentata)
by a woodrat herbivore, Neotoma lepida. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 81:584-593.