Sanders, J.I., Studd, E.K., Dantzer, B., Wishart, A.E., Gaidica, M., Ruckstuhl, K.E., Boutin, S., Lane, J.E. & Martinig, A.R. 2025. Collar? I barely know her: the utility of accelerometry in measuring personality in situ for a free-ranging wild-mammal. Animal Behaviour 220: 123045
 
Wishart, A.E., Guerrero Chacón, A.L., Smith, R., Hawkshaw, D.M., McAdam, A.G., Dantzer, B., Boutin, S. & Lane, J.E. 2024. Inferring condition in wild mammals: Body condition indices confer no benefit over measuring body mass across ecological contexts. Oecologia 204: 161-172.
 
Petrullo, L., Delaney, D., Boutin, S., Lane, J.E., McAdam, A.G. & Dantzer, B. 2024. A future food boom rescues the negative effects of early-life adversity on adult lifespan in a small mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291: 20232681.
 
Hare, A.J., McAdam, A.G., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., Boutin, S. & Newman, A.E.M. 2024. Reproductive state alters vocal characteristics of female North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Journal of Mammalogy 105: 358-371.
 
Thompson, M.J., Dobson, F.S., Coltman, D.W., Murie, J.O., Raveh, S. & Lane, J.E. 2023. Sexes in sync: Phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection and phenological synchrony between the sexes in a wild hibernator. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20231113.
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Kusch, J.M., Matzke, C.C. & Lane, J.E. 2023. Social buffering reduces hair cortisol content in black-tailed prairie dogs during reproduction. Behaviour 160: 735-751.
 
Petrullo, L., Boutin, S., Lane, J.E., McAdam, A.G. & Dantzer, B. 2023. Phenotype-environment mismatch enhances lifetime fitness in wild red squirrels. Science 379: 269-272.
 
Walmsley, S.F., Boutin, S., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., Coltman, D.W. & McAdam, A.G. 2023. Benefits of living closer to kin vary by genealogical relationship in a territorial mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20221569.
 
Webber, Q.M.R., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., Boutin, S. & McAdam, A.G. 2023. Density-dependent plasticity in territoriality revealed using social network analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 207-221.
 
Haines, J.A., Delaney, D.M., Wishart, A.E., McAdam, A.G., Coltman, D.W., Lane, J.E., Dantzer, B. & Boutin, S. 2022. Sex-specific effects of capital resources on reproductive timing and success in red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 142.
 
Studd, E.K., Peers, M.J.L., Menzies, A.K., Derbyshire, R. Majchrzak, Y.N., Seguin, J.L., Murray, D.L., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., McAdam, A.G., Humphries, M.M. & Boutin, S. 2022. Behavioural adjustments of predators and prey to wind speed in the boreal forest. Oecologia 200: 349-358.
 
Petrullo, L., Delaney, D., Boutin, S., McAdam, A.G., Lane, J.E., Boonstra, R., Palme, R. & Dantzer, B. 2022. The glucocorticoid response to environmental change is not specific to agents of natural selection in wild red squirrels. Hormones and Behavior 146: 105262.
 
Matzke Crill, C., Kusch, J.M., Janz, D.M. & Lane, J.E. 2022. Perceived predation risk predicts glucocorticoid hormones, but not reproductive success in a colonial rodent. Hormones and Behavior, 143: 105200.
 
McAdam, A.G., Webber, Q.M.R., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., & Boutin, S. 2022. Social effects on annual fitness in red squirrels. Journal of Heredity, 113: 69-78.
 
Martinig, A.R., Karst, H.J. Siracusa, E.R., Studd, E.K. McAdam, A.G., Dantzer, B., Delaney, D.M., Lane, J.E. Pokharel, P. & Boutin, S. 2022. Animal personality: a comparison of standardized assays and focal observations in North American red squirrels. Animal Behaviour, 190: 221-232.
 
Hackett-Pain, A. …(53 authors), Lane, J.E., … (35 authors) & Ascoli, D. 2022. MASTREE+: Time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology, 28: 3066-3082.
 
Kusch, J.M. & Lane, J.E. 2021. Determinants of social structure in a northern population of black-tailed prairie dogs, Cynomys ludovicianus. Animal Behaviour, 178: 1-10.
 
Kusch, J.M. & Lane, J.E. 2021. Variation in social strategies within and between individual black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) during the reproductive season. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75: 1-17.
 
Kusch, J.M., Conway, S.E., Kapchinske, A. & Lane, J.E. 2021. Reproductive phenology and seasonal mass dynamics of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) at their northern range limit. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99: 257-268.
 
Hare, A.J., Newman, A.E.M., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., Boutin, S., Coltman, D.W. & McAdam, A.G. 2021. An independent experiment does not support stress-mediated kin discrimination through red squirrel vocalizations. Animal Behaviour, 176: 185-192.
 
Westrick, S.E., van Kesteren, F., Boutin, S., Lane, J.E., McAdam, A.G. & Dantzer, B. 2021. Maternal glucocorticoids have minimal effects on HPA axis activity and behavior of juvenile wild North American red squirrels. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224: jeb236620.
 
Martinig, A.R., Mathot, K.J., Lane, J.E., Dantzer, B. & Boutin, S. 2021. Selective disappearance does not underlie age-related changes in trait repeatability in red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology, 32: 306-315.
 
Siracusa, E.R., Boutin, S., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., Coltman, D.W. & McAdam, A.G. 2021. Familiar neighbors, but not relatives, enhance fitness in a territorial mammal. Current Biology, 31: 438-445.
 
Thoroughgood, J.T., Armstrong, J.S., White, B., Anstead, C.A., Galloway, T.D., Lindsay, R., Shury, T.K., Lane, J.E. & Chilton, N.B. 2021. Molecular differentiation of four species of Oropsylla (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) using PCR-based single strand conformation polymorphism analyses and DNA sequencing. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58: 241-245.
 
Dantzer, B., McAdam, A.G., Humphries, M.M., Lane, J.E. & Boutin, S. 2020. Decoupling the effects of food and density on life-history plasticity of wild animals using field experiments: Insights from the steward who sits in the shadow of its tail, the North American red squirrel. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89: 2397-2414.
 
Menzies, A.K., Studd, E.K., Majchrzak, Y.N., Peers, M.J.L., Boutin, S., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., McAdam, A.G. & Humphries, M.M. 2020. Body temperature, heart rate, and activity patterns of two boreal homeotherms in winter: homeostasis, allostasis, and ecological coexistence. Functional Ecology, 34: 2292-2301.
 
Kusch, J.M., Matzke, C.C. & Lane, J.E. 2020. Reproductive failure predicts intracolony dispersal of female black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in a northern population. Western North American Naturalist, 80: 157-164.
 
Westrick, S.E., Taylor, R.W., Boutin, S., Lane, J.E. & Dantzer, B. 2020. Attentive red squirrel mothers have faster-growing pups and higher lifetime reproductive success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74: 72.
 
Martinig, A.R., McAdam, A.G., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., Coltman, D.W. & Boutin, S. 2020. The new kid on the block: immigrant males win big whereas females pay fitness cost after dispersal. Ecology Letters, 23: 430-438.
 
Dantzer, B., van Kesteren, F., Westrick, S.E., Boutin, S., McAdam, A.G., Lane, J.E., Gillespie, R., Majer, A., Haussmann, M.F. & Monaghan, P. 2020. Maternal glucocorticoids promote offspring growth without inducing oxidative stress or shortening telomeres in wild red squirrels. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: doi:10.1242/jeb.212373
 
Haines, J.A., Nason, S.E., Skurdal, A.M.M., Bouchier, T., Boutin, S., Taylor, R.W., McAdam, A.G., Lane, J.E., Kelley, A.D., Humphries, M.M., Gorrell, J.C., Dantzer, B., Coltman, D.W. & Hämäläinen, A. 2020. Sex- and context-specific associations between personality and a measure of fitness but no link with life history traits. Animal Behaviour, 167: 23-39.
 
Hendrix, J.G., Fisher, D.N., Martinig, A.R., Boutin, S., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E. & McAdam, A.G.  2020. Territory acquisition mediates the influence of predators and climate on juvenile red squirrel survival. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89: 1408-1418.
 
Studd, E., Menzies, A.K., Siracusa, E.R., Dantzer, B., Lane, J.E., McAdam, A.G., Boutin, S. & Humphries M.M. 2020. Optimization of energetic and reproductive gains explains behavioural responses to environmental variation across seasons and years. Ecology Letters, 23: 841-850.
 
Westrick, S.E., van Kesteren, F., Palme, R., Boonstra, R., Lane, J.E., Boutin, S., McAdam, A.G. & Dantzer, B. 2019. Stress activity is not predictive of coping style in North American red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73: 113.
 
Lane J.E., Czenze Z.J., Findlay-Robinson R.F.* & Bayne E. 2019. Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in a wild hibernator evaluated through reciprocal translocation. The American Naturalist, 194: 495-515.
 
Robertson J.G., Boutin S., Humphries M.M., Dantzer B.J., Lane J.E. & McAdam A.G. 2019. Individual variation in the dear enemy phenomenon via territorial vocalizations in red squirrels. Behaviour. 155: 1073-1096.


 
Van Kesteren F., Delehanty B., Westrick S.E., Palme R., Boonstra R., Lane J.E., Boutin S., McAdam A.G. & Dantzer B.J. 2019. Experimental increases in glucocorticoids alter function of the HPA axis in wild red squirrels without negatively impacting survival and reproduction. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 92: 445-458. 

 
Guindre-Parker S., McAdam A.G., Van Kesteren F., Palme R., Boonstra R., Boutin S., Lane J.E., Dantzer B.J. 2019. Individual variation in phenotypic plasticity of the stress axis. Biology Letters. 15: 20190260
 
Derry A.M., Fraser D.J., Brady S.P., Astorg L., Lawrence E.R., Martin G.K., Matte J.-M., Dastis J.O.N., Paccard A., Barrett R.D.H., Chapman L.J., Lane J.E., Ballas C.G., Close M., Crispo E. 2019. Conservation through the lens of (mal) adaptation: Concepts and meta-analysis. Evolutionary Applications. 12: 1287-1304.
 
Brady S.P., Bolnick D.I., Barrett R.D.H., Chapman L.J., Crispo E., Derry A.M., Eckert C.G., Fraser D.J., Fussmann G.F., Gonzalez A., Guichard F., Lamy T., Lane J.E., McAdam A.G., Newman A.E.M., Paccard A., Robertson B., Rolshausen G., Schulte P.M., Simons A.M., Vellend M. & Hendry A.P. 2019. Understanding maladaptation by uniting ecological and evolutionary perspectives. The American Naturalist. 194: 516-528. 

 
McAdam A.G., Boutin S. Dantzer B.J. & Lane J.E. 2019. Seed masting causes fluctuations in optimum litter size and lag load in a seed predator. The American Naturalist. 194: 574-589.
 
Sehrsweeney M., Wilson D.R., Bain M., Boutin S., Lane J.E., McAdam A.G. & Dantzer B.J. 2019. The effects of stress and glucocorticoids on vocalizations: a test in North American red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology. 30: 1030-1040.


 
Crill C., Janz D.M., Kusch J.M., Santymire R.M., Heyer G.P., Shury T.K. & Lane J.E. 2019. Investigation of the utility of feces and hair as non-invasive measures of glucocorticoids in wild black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 275: 15-24.


 
Siracusa E.R., Wilson D.R., Studd E.K., Boutin S., Humphries M.M., Dantzer B.J., Lane J.E. & McAdam A.G. 2019. North American red squirrels mitigate costs of territory defence through social plasticity. Animal Behaviour. 151: 29-42.


 
Studd E.K., Landry-Cuerrier M., Menzies A.K, Boutin S., McAdam A.G., Lane J.E., Humphries M.M. 2019. Behavioral classification of low-frequency acceleration and temperature data from a free-ranging small mammal. Ecology and Evolution. 9: 619-630.


 
Fisher D.N., Haines J.H., Boutin S., Dantzer B.J., Lane J.E., Coltman D.W. & McAdam A.G. 2019. Indirect effects on fitness between individuals that have never met via an extended phenotype. Ecology Letters. 22: 697-706.
 
Fisher D.N., Wilson A.J., Boutin S., Dantzer B.J., Lane J.E., Coltman D.W., Gorrell J.G. & McAdam A.G. 2019. Social effects of territorial neighbours on the timing of spring breeding in North American red squirrels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32: 559-571.


 
Wishart, A.E., C.T. Williams, A.G. McAdam, S. Boutin, B. Dantzer, M.M. Humphries, D.W. Coltman and J.E. Lane. 2018. Is biasing offspring sex ratio adaptive? A test of Fisher's principle across multiple generations of a wild mammal in a fluctuating environment. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20181251.

Lane, J.E., A.G. McAdam, S.E. McFarlane, C.T. Williams, M.M. Humphries, D.W. Coltman, J.C. Gorrell and S. Boutin. 2018. Phenological shifts in North American red squirrels: disentangling the roles of phenotypic plasticity and microevolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31: 810-821.

Haines, J.A., D.W. Coltman, B. Dantzer, J.C. Gorrell, M.M. Humphries, J.E. Lane, A.G. McAdam and S. Boutin. 2018. Sexually selected infanticide by male red squirrels in advance of a mast year. Ecology 99: 1242-1244.

Robertson, J.G., S. Boutin, M.M. Humphries, B. Dantzer, J.E. Lane and A.G. McAdam. 2018. Individual variation in the dear enemy phenomenon via territorial vocalizations in red squirrels. Behaviour 155: 1073-1096.

Siracusa, E., M. Morandini, S. Boutin, M.M. Humphries, B. Dantzer, J.E. Lane and A.G. McAdam. 2017. Red squirrel territorial vocalizations deter intrusions by conspecific rivals. Behaviour 154: 13 - 15.

Siracusa, E., S. Boutin, M.M. Humphries, J.C. Gorrell, D.W. Coltman, B. Dantzer, J.E. Lane and A.G. McAdam. 2017. Familiarity with neighbours affects intrusion risk in territorial red squirrels. Animal Behaviour 133: 11-20.

Cooper, E.B., R.W. Taylor, A.D. Kelley, A.R. Martinig, S. Boutin, M.M. Humphries, B. Dantzer, J.E. Lane and A.G. McAdam. Personality is correlated with natal dispersal in North American red squirrels. (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Behaviour 154: 939-961.

Boonstra, R., A. Dušek, J.E. Lane and S. Boutin. 2017. When the ball is in the female's court: How the scramble-competition mating system of the North American red squirrel has shaped male physiology and testosterone dynamics. General and Comparative Endocrinology 252: 162-172.

Hämäläinen, A., A.G. McAdam, B. Dantzer, J.E. Lane, J.A. Haines, M.M Humphries and S. Boutin. 2017. Fitness consequences of peak reproductive effort in a resource pulse system. Scientific Reports 7: 9335.

Fisher, D.N., S. Boutin, B. Dantzer, M.M. Humphries, J.E. Lane and  A.G. McAdam. 2017. Multilevel and sex-specific selection on competitive trailts in North American red squirrels. Evolution 71: 1841-1854.

Dobson, F.S., J.E. Lane, M. Low and J.O. Murie. 2016. Fitness implications of seasonal climate variation in Columbian ground squirrels. Ecology and Evolution 6: 5614-5622.

Vaanholt, L.M., J.E. Lane, B. Garner and J.R. Speakman. 2016. Partitioning the variance in calorie restriction induced weight and fat loss in outbred mice. Obesity 24: 2111-2117.

Lane, J.E., A.G. McAdam, A. Charmantier, M.M. Humphries, D.W. Coltman, Q.E. Fletcher, J.C. Gorrell and S. Boutin. 2015. Post-weaning parental care increases fitness but is not heritable in North American red squirrels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28: 1203-1212.

Fletcher, Q.E., J.R. Speakman, S. Boutin, J.E. Lane, A.G. McAdam, J.C. Gorrell, D.W. Coltman and M.M. Humphries. 2014. Daily energy expenditure during lactation is strongly selected in a free-living mammal. Functional Ecology 29: 195-208.

Boutin, S. and J.E. Lane. 2014. Climate change and mammals: evolutionary versus plastic responses. Evolutionary Applications 7: 29-41.

Williams, C.T., J.E. Lane, M.M. Humphries, A.G. McAdam and S. Boutin. 2013. Reproductive phenology of a food-hoarding mast-seed consumer: resource- and density dependent benefits of early breeding in red squirrels. Oecologia 174: 777-788.

Williams, C.T., J.C. Gorrell, J.E. Lane, A.G. McAdam, M.M. Humphries and S. Boutin. 2013. Communal nesting in an ‘asocial’ mammal: social thermoregulation among spatially dispersed kin. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 757-763.

Lane, J.E., L.E.B. Kruuk, A. Charmantier, J.O. Murie and F.S. Dobson. 2012. Delayed phenology and reduced fitness associated with climate change in a wild hibernator. Nature 489: 554-557.

Lane, J.E., L.E.B. Kruuk, A. Charmantier, J.O. Murie, D.W. Coltman, M. Buoro, S. Raveh and F.S. Dobson. 2011. A quantitative genetic analysis of hibernation emergence date in a wild population of Columbian ground squirrels. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1949-1959.

Lane, J.E., M.N.K. Forrest and C.K.R. Willis. 2011. Anthropogenic influences on natural animal mating systems. Animal Behaviour 81: 909-917.

McFarlane, S.E., J.E. Lane, R.W. Taylor, J.C. Gorrell, D.W. Coltman, M.M. Humphries, S.
Boutin and A.G. McAdam. 2011. The heritability of multiple male mating in a promiscuous mammal. Biology Letters 7: 368-371.

Lane, J.E., S. Boutin, J.R. Speakman and M.M. Humphries. 2010. Energetic costs of reproduction to males in a scramble competition mating system. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 27-34.

Fletcher, Q.E., S. Boutin, J.E. Lane, J.M. Lamontagne, A.G. McAdam, C.J. Krebs and M.M.
Humphries. 2010. The functional response of a hoarding seed predator to mast seeding. Ecology 91: 2673-2683.

Lane, J.E., S. Boutin, M.R. Gunn and D.W. Coltman. 2009. Sexually-selected behaviour: red squirrel males search for reproductive success. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 296-304.

Lane, J.E., S. Boutin, M.R. Gunn, J. Slate and D.W. Coltman. 2008. Female multiple mating and paternity in free-ranging North American red squirrels. Animal Behaviour 75: 1927-1937.

Boonstra, R., J.E. Lane, S. Boutin, A. Bradley, L. Desantis, A.E.M. Newman, K.K. Soma. 2008. Plasma DHEA levels in wild, territorial red squirrels: Seasonal variation and effect of ACTH. General and Comparative Endocrinology 158: 61-67.

Lane, J.E., S. Boutin, M.R. Gunn, J. Slate and D.W. Coltman. 2007. Genetic relatedness of mates does not predict patterns of parentage in North American red squirrels. Animal Behaviour 74: 611-619.

Swystun, M.B., J.E. Lane and R.M. Brigham. 2007. Cavity roost site availability and habitat use by bats in different aged riparian cottonwood stands. Acta Chiropterologica 9: 183-191.

Willis, C.K.R., J.E. Lane, E.T. Liknes, D.L. Swanson and R.M Brigham. 2005. Thermal
energetics of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 871-879.

Lane, J.E., D.L. Swanson, R.M. Brigham and A.E. McKechnie. 2004. Physiological responses to temperature by Whip-poor-wills: more evidence for the evolution of low metabolic rates in Caprimulgiformes. Condor 106: 921-925.

Lane, J.E., R.M. Brigham and D.L Swanson. 2004. Daily torpor in free-ranging Whip-poor-wills (Caprimulgus vociferus).  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77: 297-304.

Lane, J.E., C.L. Buck and R.M. Brigham. 2003. The bat fauna of southeast South Dakota. The Prairie Naturalist 35: 247-256.

Book Chapters and Refereed Conference Proceedings

Lane, J.E. 2012. Evolutionary ecology of mammalian hibernation phenology. Living in a Seasonal World: Thermoregulatory and Metabolic Adaptations. pp 51-61 (eds.: Ruf, T., Bieber, C., Arnold, W. and Millesi, E.). Springer, Heidelberg.

Brigham, R.M., C.P. Woods, J.E. Lane, Q.E. Fletcher and F. Geiser. 2006. Ecological correlates of torpor use among five caprimulgiform birds. Invited Review. Acta Zoologica Sinica. 52(Supplement): 401-404.

Willis, C.K.R., J.E. Lane, E.T. Liknes, D.L. Swanson and R.M. Brigham. 2004 A technique for modeling thermoregulatory energy expenditure in free-ranging endotherms. Live in the Cold: Evolution, Mechanisms, Adaptation and Application. pp. 209-219 (eds.: Barnes, B.M. and Carey, H.) Biological Papers of the University of Alaska no. 27, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA.