Marilyn Ramenofsky
Adjunct Professor
mramenofs@ucdavis.edu


Office
196 BRIGGS




 
Degrees:
1982 PhD University of Washington, Seattle Zoology
1972 MS University of Texas, Austin Zoology
1969 BA Pomona College Botany-Biology
Awards:
Howard Hughes Award for development of Ingraham High School Urban Ecology Project, 2002
NSF Travel Award to attend 19th Int’l Ethology Conference, Tolouse, France, 1985
Office of the Dean, University of Washington, 1998.
Office of the Dean, University of Washington, 2001.
University of Washington Travel Award, 24th Int'l Ethological Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1995
Department and Center Affiliations:
Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
Professional Societies:
Board of Directors of Cooper Ornithological Society.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) - Divisions of Animal Behavior; Comparative Endocrinology, Committee of the International Ornithologists Union,
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal Behavior  
Publications:
  • Agatsuma R and Ramenofsky M (2006) Migratory behaviour of captive white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii differs during autumn and fall migration, Behaviour, 143(10):1219-1240.
  • Bonier, F, Martin, PR, Jensen, JP, Butler, LK, Ramenofsky, M, and Wingfield, JC. (2007) Pre-migratory life history stages of juvenile arctic birds: costs, constraints and tradeoffs. Ecology 88(11):2729-2735.
  • Boswell, T., Lehman, T.L., and Ramenofsky, M. (1997) Effects of plasma glucose manipulations on food intake in white-crowned sparrows. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118A:721-726
  • Boswell, T., Richardson, R.D., Seeley, R.J., Ramenofsky, M., Wingfield, J.C., Friedman, M.I., and Woods, S.C. (1995) Regulation of food intake by metabolic fuels in White-crowned Sparrows. Am. J. Physiol. 269 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol 38):R1462-1468.
  • Boxwell, J., Ayson, P., and Ramenofsky, M. (1995) Growth and metabolic parameters of undernourished lactating rats. Physiol Behav. 57(30): 469-475.
  • Coverdill, A.J, Bentley, G.E. and Ramenofsky, M. (2008) Circadian and masking control of migratory restlessness in Gambel’s White-crowend sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii), Journal of Biological Rhythms 23(1):59-68.
  • Gray, J.M., Yarian, D., Ramenofsky, M. (1990) Corticosterone, foraging behavior, and metabolism in Dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis. General and Comp. Endocrinol. 79:375-384.
  • Hahn, T.P., Swingle, J., Wingfield, J.C., and Ramenofsky, M. (1992) Adjustments of the prebasic molt schedules in birds. Ornis Scand. 23:314-321.
  • Hiebert, S.M., Ramenofsky, M., Salvante, K, Wingfield, J.C., and Gass, C.L. (2000) Noninvasive methods for measuring and manipulating corticosterone in hummingbirds, Gen Comp Endocrinol, 120:235-247
  • Hiebert, S.M.,Salvante, K., Ramenofsky, M., and Wingfield, J.C. (2000) Corticosterone and nocturnal torpor in the rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus), Gen Comp Endocrinol, 120:220-234.
  • Hilgarth, N., Ramenofsky, M., and Wingfield, J.C. (1997) Testosterone and sexual selection. Behavioral Ecology 8(1):108-109.
  • Landys, M., Ramenofsky M., Wingfield JC (2006) Actions of glucocorticoids at a seasonal baseline as compared to stress-related levels in the regulation of periodic life processes Gen Comp Endocrinol.148:132-149.
  • Landys, M.M., J.C. Wingfield, and M. Ramenofsky (2004) Plasma corticosterone increases during migratory restlessness in the captive white-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, Hormones and Behavior 46:574-581.
  • Landys, M.M., M. Ramenofsky, Guglielmo, C.G.,and J.C. Wingfield. (2004) The low-affinity glucocorticoid receptor regulates feeding and lipid breakdown in the migratory white-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207:143-154.
  • Landys, M.M., Piersma, T., Guglielmo, C.G., Jukema, J., M. Ramenofsky, & J.C. Wingfield, (2005) Metabolic profile of long-distance migratory flight and stopover in a shorebird. Proc. Royal Society, 272:295-302.
  • Landys, M.M., Ramenofsky, M., Piersma, T., Jukema, J., Castricum Ringing Group, Wingfield, J.C. (2002) Baseline and stress-induced plasma corticosterone during long-distance migration in the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75(1):101-110,.
  • Landys, M.M., T. Piersma, M. Ramenofsky, and J.C. Wingfield (2004) The low-affinity glucocorticoid receptor regulates behavior and energy metabolism in the migratory red knot Calidris canutus islandica. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 77(4):658-668
  • Landys-Ciannelli, M.M., Ramenofsky, M. Piersma, T., Jukema, J., Wingfield, J.C. (2002) Baseline and stress-induced plasma corticosterone during long-distance migration in the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75:101-110.
  • Lynn, Sharon, E., Egar, Joseph M., Walker, Brian G., Sperry, Todd S., and Ramenofsky, Marilyn. (2007) Fish on Prozac: a simple, noninvasive physiology laboratory investigating the mechanisms of aggressive behavior in Betta splendens. Advances in Physiology Education 31:358-363.
  • Meddle SL, Foidart A, Wingfield JC, Ramenofsky,and M, Balthazart (1999) Effects of sexual interactions with a male on fos-like immunoreactivity in the female quail brain. J Neuroendocrinol 11(10):771-84
  • Meddle, S.L., King, V.M., Follett, B.K., Wingfield, J.C., Ramenofsky, M., Foidart, A., and Balthazart, J. (1997) Copulation activities of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the male quail forebrain. Behav. Brain Res. 85: 143-159
  • Piersma, T. and Ramenofsky, M. (1998) Long-term decreases of corticosterone in captive migrant shorebirds that maintain seasonal mass and moult cycles. J Avian Biology 29:97-104.
  • Piersma, T., Jukema, J., and Ramenofsky, M. (1997) Onvoorspelbaarheid, lange afstandstrek, en de stress-hormonen van Rosse Grutto’s, (Unpredictability, long-distance migration and the stree-hormones of Bar-tailed Godwits), Limosa 70:34-35.
  • Piersma, T., Reneerkens, J., and Ramenofsky, M. (2000) Baseline corticosterone peaks in shorebirds with maximal energy stores for migration: a general preparatory mechanism for rapid behavioral and metabolic transitions? Gen Comp Endocrinol 120:118-126
  • Ramenofsky, M and Wingfield, J.C. (2007) Regulation of migration. Bioscience 57(2): 135-143.
  • Ramenofsky, M. (1984) Agonistic behaviour and endogenous plasma hormones in adult Japanese quail. Anim. Behav. 32,698-708.
  • Ramenofsky, M. (1985) Acute changes in plasma steroids and agonistic behavior in male Japanese quail. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 60,116-128.
  • Ramenofsky, M. (1990) Fat storage and fat metabolism in relation to bird migration, in Physiology and Ecophysiological Aspects of Bird Migration, (ed. E. Gwinner), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg pp 214-231.
  • Ramenofsky, M. and Wingfield, J.C. (2006). Behavioral and physiological conflicts in migrants: the transition between migration and breeding, J of Ornithology 147 (2):135-145.
  • Ramenofsky, M., Agatsuma, R., and Ramfar, T. (2008) Environmental conditions affect behavior of captive, migratory White-crowned Sparrows, Condor 110:658-671
  • Ramenofsky, M., Faulkner D. J., and Ireland, C. (1974) Effect of juvenile hormone on cirriped metamorphosis, Biochem. Biophys. Comm. 110,172-178.
  • Ramenofsky, M., Gray, J., and Johnson, R. (1992) Behavioral and physiological adjustments of birds living in winter flocks. Ornis Scand. 23:371-380.
  • Ramenofsky, M., Moffat and Bentley, G. (2008) Corticosterone and migratory behavior of captive White-crowned Sparrows, Proceedings 4th CPB Meeting, Maasai Mara, Kenya “Molecules to migration: The pressures of life” (Ed S. Morris & A. Vosloo). Medimond Publishing Co, Bologna, Italy. Pages 575-582.
  • Ramenofsky, M., Piersma, T., and Jukema, J. (1995) Plasma corticosterone in Bar-tailed Godwits at a major stop-over site during spring migration. Condor 97:580-584.
  • Ramenofsky, M., R. Agatsuma, M. Barga, R. Cameron, J. Harm, M. Landys, T. Ramfar (2003) Migratory behavior: new insights from captive studies. In Berhold P, Gwinner, E, Sonnenschein, E (eds), Avian Migration, Springer, Berlin, pp 97-112
  • Ramenofsky, M., Savard, R., and Greenwood, M.R.C. (1999) Seasonal and diel transitions in physiology and behavior in the migratory dark-eyed junco. Comp Biochem Physiol A 122:385-397.
  • Reneerkens, J., Morrison, R.I., Ramenofsky, M., Piersma, T., Wingfield, J.C. (2002) Baseline and stress-induced levels of corticosterone after a long migratory flight, preparation for breeding and during incubation of a high arctic breeding shorebird (Red Knot, Calidris canutus). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75(2):200-208.
  • Reneerkens, J., Ramenofsky, M., Piersma, T. (2002) An experimental test of the relationship between temporal variability of feeding opportunities and baseline levels of corticosterone in a shorebird. J. Exp. Zool. 293:81-88.
  • Rodgers, C.M., Ramenofsky, M., Ketterson, E.D., Nolan, V., and Wingfield, J.C. (1993) Relationship of corticosterone and adrenal mass with winter weather conditions in natural populations of the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). AUK 110:279-285.
  • Rodgers, C.M., Ramenofsky, M., Ketterson, E.D., Nolan, V., and Wingfield, J.C. (1993) Relationship of corticosterone and adrenal mass with winter weather conditions in natural populations of the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). AUK 110:279-285.
  • Romero, L.M., Ramenofsky, M., and Wingfield, J.C. (1997) Season and migration alters the corticosterone response to capture and handling in an arctic migrant, the White-crowned Sparrow ( Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). Comp. Biochem and Physiol. 116C:171-177.
  • Savard, R., Ramenofsky, M.,Greenwood, M.R.C. (1991) A north-temperate migratory bird: a model for the fate of lipids during exercise of long duration. Can. J. Physiol. Pharmacol. 69:1443-1447.
  • Schwabl, H., Ramenofsky, M., Schwabl-Benzinger, I., Farner, D.S., and Wingfield, J.C. (1988) Social status, circulating levels of hormones, and competition for food in winter flocks of the White-throated sparrow. Behaviour 107,107-121.
  • Thorup, Kasper, Bisson, Isabelle-A., Bowlin, Melissa S., Holland, Richard A., Wingfield, John C., Ramenofsky, Marilyn, and Wikelski, Martin. (2007) Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental U.S. in a migratory songbird. PNAS 104:18115-18119.
  • Wingfield, J.C., and Ramenofsky, M. (1984) Testosterone and aggressive behaviour during the reproductive cycle of male birds, in Proceedings in Life Sciences, Neurobiology/Current Comparative Approaches. (Edited by R. Gilles and J. Balthazart), pp. 92-104, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
  • Wingfield, J.C., and Ramenofsky, M. (1997) Corticosterone and facultative dispersal in unpredictable events. Ardea. 85:155-166.
  • Wingfield, J.C., and Ramenofsky, M. (1999) Hormones and behavioral ecology of stress. In “Stress Phyisology” (P. Balm, ed.), Sheffield University Press, Sheffield, U.K.pp 1-51.
  • Wingfield, J.C., Ball, G., Dufty, A.M., Hegner, R., and Ramenofsky, M. (1986) Testosterone and aggression in birds. Am. Sci. 75, 602-608
  • Wingfield, J.C., Jacobs, J.D., Soma, K., Maney, D.L., Hunt, K., Wisti-Peterson., D., Meddle, S., Ramenofsky, M., and Sullivan, K. (1999) Testosterone, aggression, and communication: ecological bases of endocrine phenomena. In “The biology of communication” (M. Konishi and M. Hauser, eds.) M.I.T. Press, Cambridge
  • Wingfield, J.C., Maney, D.L., Bruener, C.W., Jacobs, J.D., Lynn, S., Ramenofsky, M., and Richardson, R.D. (1998) Ecological bases of hormone-behavior interactions; the “emergency life history stage”. Amer. Zool. 38:191-206.
Field Sites:
UC Davis Field House
West Putah Creek
Audubon Farm
Bodega Marine Laboratories Reserve
Teaching Interests:
Animal migrations, Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction