PUBLICATIONS (google scholar)
* undergraduate student co-author; †graduate student co-author
* undergraduate student co-author; †graduate student co-author
In press
Border, SE†, Dugas, MB. In press. Nestling size and ornamentation interact to shape early development in house sparrow families. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Brooks, OL†, Talbott-Swain, EN*, Dugas, MB. In press. Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care. Evolutionary Ecology
Dugas, MB, Brooks, OL†, Saporito, RA, Cossio R. In press. Adult poison frogs can capture and consume tadpoles. Evolutionary Ecology
Dugas, MB, Stevens, TC*, Cosman, ME*, Van Dyke, TC*, Hernandez, MD*. In press. Proximate determinants of family size in an obligate egg-feeding frog. Evolutionary Ecology pdf
Waters, KR†, Dugas, MB, Grant, T, Saporito, RA. In press. The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frog lineages. Evolutionary Ecology
2023
Border, SE†, Haas, LE*, Steines, ME*, Dugas, MB. 2023. Nestling mouth colors mediate parental favoritism but do not influence detectability. Behavioral Ecology 34:581–592.
Brooks, OL†, Talbott-Swain, EN*, Rimmele, BN*, Dugas, MB. 2023. Tadpole plasticity shapes the potential benefits of egg feeding to poison frog parents. Ethology 129:212–223.
2022
Dugas, MB, Border, SE†. 2022. Experimental reduction of a nest ectoparasite affects mouth coloration of nestling Cliff Swallows Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. Journal of Ornithology 163:553–563.
Paitz, RT, Dugas, MB. 2022. Steroid levels in frog eggs: Manipulations, developmental changes, and implications for maternal steroid effects Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 337:293–302.
Dugas, MB, Border SE†. 2022. Effects of a novel ectoparasite on condition and mouth coloration of nestling barn swallows. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135:52–61.
2020
Dugas, MB, Yeager J, Karkos A*. 2020. Preference for and use of light microhabitats differ among and within populations of a polytypic poison frog. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129:379–387.
2019
Khazan, ES†, Verstraten, T*, Moore, MP† & Dugas, MB. 2019. Nursery crowding does not influence offspring, but might influence parental, fitness in a phyotelm-breeding frog Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:33.
Yang, Y†, Blomenkamp, S†, Dugas, MB, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Pröhl, H. 2019. Mate choice versus mate preference: inferences about color-assortative mating differ between field and lab assays of poison frog behavior American Naturalist 193:598–607.
Saporito, R, Russell, MW*, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Dugas, MB. 2019. Experimental evidence for maternal provisioning of alkaloid defenses in a dendrobatid frog Toxicon 161:40–43.
2018
Dugas, MB, Strickler, SA & McGraw, KJ. 2018. Nestling mouth coloration is different from adult mouth coloration, carotenoid-based, and correlated with body mass in Cave Swallows Journal of Ornithology 159:581–586.
Dugas, MB. 2018. Simple observations with complex implications: what we have learned and can learn about parental care from a frog that feeds its young. Zoologischer Anzeiger (invited contribution to special issue honoring Peter Weygoldt) 273:192–202.
Yang, Y†, Dugas, MB, Sudekum, HJ*, Murphy, S*, & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2018. Male-male aggression is unlikely to stabilize a poison frog polymorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31:457–468.
2017
Dugas, MB, Strickler SA & Stynoski JL. 2017. Tadpole begging reveals high quality. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30:1024–1033.
2016
Dugas, MB. 2016. [Invited Commentary] Baby birds do not always tell the truth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113:13554–13556.
Yang, Y†, Richards-Zawacki, CL, Devar, A* & Dugas, MB. 2016. Poison frog color morphs express assortative mate preferences in allopatry but not sympatry. Evolution 70:2778.
Dugas, MB, Moore, MP†, Martin, RA, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Sprehn, CG. 2016. The payoffs of maternal care increase as offspring develop, favouring extended provisioning in an egg-feeding frog. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29:1977–1985.
Dugas, MB, Stynoski JL & Strickler SA. 2016. Larval aggression is independent of food limitation in nurseries of a poison frog. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:1389–1395.
Dugas, MB, McCormack, L*, Gadau, A* & Martin, RA. 2016. Choosy cannibals preferentially consume siblings with relatively low fitness prospects. The American Naturalist 188:124–131.
Dugas, MB, Wamelink, CL*, Killius, AM* & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2016. Parental care is beneficial for offspring, costly for mothers, and limited by family size in an egg-feeding frog. Behavioral Ecology 27: 476–483.
Dugas, MB, Franssen, NR, Bastille, MO* & Martin, RA. 2016. Morphological correlates of river velocity and reproductive development in an ornamented stream fish. Evolutionary Ecology 30:21–33.
2015
Dugas, MB. 2015. Detectability matters: conspicuous nestling mouth colours make prey transfer easier for parents in a cavity-nesting bird. Biology Letters 11:20150771
Dugas, MB & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. Conspicuous and cryptic morphs of a polytypic poison frog differ in reproductive output because of differences in tadpole performance, not parental effort. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 28:441–451.
Dugas, MB, Moore, MP†, Wamelink, CL*, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Martin, RA. 2015. An experimental test for age-related improvements in reproductive performance in a frog that cares for its young. Naturwissenschaften (The Science of Nature) 102:48.
Dugas, MB, Halbrook, SR*, Killius, AM*, del Sol, JF* & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. Colour and escape behaviour in polymorphic populations of an aposematic poison frog. Ethology 121: 813–822.
Dugas, MB & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. A captive breeding experiment reveals no evidence of reproductive isolation among lineages of a polytypic poison frog. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 52–62.
Dugas, MB. 2015. Commentary: Parental care and the proximate links between maternal effects and offspring fitness. Oecologia 177: 1089–1092.
Dugas, MB, Wamelink, CN* & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. Both sexes pay a cost of reproduction in a frog with biparental care. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115: 211–218.
2014
Dugas, MB & Doumas, LT*. 2014. Ectoparasite density is associated with the colour and size of the nestling house sparrow Passer domesticus mouth. Ibis 156: 682–686.
Killius, AM* & Dugas, MB. 2014. Tadpole transport by male Oophaga pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae): an observation and brief review. Herpetology Notes 7: 747–749.
Lenger, DR*, Berkey, JK* & Dugas, MB. 2014. Predation on the toxic Oophaga pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae) by Rhadinaea decorata (Squamata: Collubridae). Herpetology Notes 7: 83–84.
2013
Dugas, MB, Yeager, J† & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2013. Carotenoid supplementation enhances reproductive success in captive strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio). Zoo Biology 32: 655–658.
Dugas, MB & Dillow, LL*. 2013. Rictal flanges of nestling birds are most colorful near the gape. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125: 430–433.
2012
Dugas, MB & Franssen, NR. 2012. Red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) have larger eyes in turbid habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90: 1431–1436.
Dugas, MB. 2012. Cross-fostering reveals that among-brood differences in ornamental mouth colouration mostly reflect rearing conditions in nestling house sparrows. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 169–179.
2011
Dugas, MB & McGraw, KJ. 2011. Proximate correlates of carotenoid-based mouth coloration in nestling house sparrows. Condor 111: 691–700.
Mock, DW, Dugas, MB & Strickler, SA. 2011. Fine whines improve with age [Invited Commentary]. Behavioral Ecology 22: 922.
Mock, DW, Dugas, MB & Strickler, SA. 2011. Honest begging: expanding from signal of need. Behavioral Ecology 22: 909–917.
Dugas, MB & Franssen, NR. 2011. Nuptial coloration of red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) is more intense in turbid habitats. Naturwissenschaften 98:247–251.
2010
Dugas, MB. 2010. Nestling birds put their best flange forward. Journal of Avian Biology 41:336–341.
Dugas, MB & Rosenthal, GG. 2010. Carotenoid-rich mouth colors influence the conspicuousness of nestling birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64:455–462.
2009
Dugas, MB. 2009. House sparrow (Passer domesticus) parents preferentially feed nestlings with mouth colours that appear carotenoid-rich. Animal Behaviour 78:767–772.
Mock, DW, Schwagmeyer, PL & Dugas, MB. 2009. Parental provisioning and nestling mortality in house sparrows. Animal Behaviour 78:677–684.
Border, SE†, Dugas, MB. In press. Nestling size and ornamentation interact to shape early development in house sparrow families. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Brooks, OL†, Talbott-Swain, EN*, Dugas, MB. In press. Food availability in the nursery affects parental food allocation but not tadpole begging performance in a frog with facultative parental care. Evolutionary Ecology
Dugas, MB, Brooks, OL†, Saporito, RA, Cossio R. In press. Adult poison frogs can capture and consume tadpoles. Evolutionary Ecology
Dugas, MB, Stevens, TC*, Cosman, ME*, Van Dyke, TC*, Hernandez, MD*. In press. Proximate determinants of family size in an obligate egg-feeding frog. Evolutionary Ecology pdf
Waters, KR†, Dugas, MB, Grant, T, Saporito, RA. In press. The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frog lineages. Evolutionary Ecology
2023
Border, SE†, Haas, LE*, Steines, ME*, Dugas, MB. 2023. Nestling mouth colors mediate parental favoritism but do not influence detectability. Behavioral Ecology 34:581–592.
Brooks, OL†, Talbott-Swain, EN*, Rimmele, BN*, Dugas, MB. 2023. Tadpole plasticity shapes the potential benefits of egg feeding to poison frog parents. Ethology 129:212–223.
2022
Dugas, MB, Border, SE†. 2022. Experimental reduction of a nest ectoparasite affects mouth coloration of nestling Cliff Swallows Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. Journal of Ornithology 163:553–563.
Paitz, RT, Dugas, MB. 2022. Steroid levels in frog eggs: Manipulations, developmental changes, and implications for maternal steroid effects Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 337:293–302.
Dugas, MB, Border SE†. 2022. Effects of a novel ectoparasite on condition and mouth coloration of nestling barn swallows. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135:52–61.
2020
Dugas, MB, Yeager J, Karkos A*. 2020. Preference for and use of light microhabitats differ among and within populations of a polytypic poison frog. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129:379–387.
2019
Khazan, ES†, Verstraten, T*, Moore, MP† & Dugas, MB. 2019. Nursery crowding does not influence offspring, but might influence parental, fitness in a phyotelm-breeding frog Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:33.
Yang, Y†, Blomenkamp, S†, Dugas, MB, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Pröhl, H. 2019. Mate choice versus mate preference: inferences about color-assortative mating differ between field and lab assays of poison frog behavior American Naturalist 193:598–607.
Saporito, R, Russell, MW*, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Dugas, MB. 2019. Experimental evidence for maternal provisioning of alkaloid defenses in a dendrobatid frog Toxicon 161:40–43.
2018
Dugas, MB, Strickler, SA & McGraw, KJ. 2018. Nestling mouth coloration is different from adult mouth coloration, carotenoid-based, and correlated with body mass in Cave Swallows Journal of Ornithology 159:581–586.
Dugas, MB. 2018. Simple observations with complex implications: what we have learned and can learn about parental care from a frog that feeds its young. Zoologischer Anzeiger (invited contribution to special issue honoring Peter Weygoldt) 273:192–202.
Yang, Y†, Dugas, MB, Sudekum, HJ*, Murphy, S*, & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2018. Male-male aggression is unlikely to stabilize a poison frog polymorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 31:457–468.
2017
Dugas, MB, Strickler SA & Stynoski JL. 2017. Tadpole begging reveals high quality. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30:1024–1033.
2016
Dugas, MB. 2016. [Invited Commentary] Baby birds do not always tell the truth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113:13554–13556.
Yang, Y†, Richards-Zawacki, CL, Devar, A* & Dugas, MB. 2016. Poison frog color morphs express assortative mate preferences in allopatry but not sympatry. Evolution 70:2778.
Dugas, MB, Moore, MP†, Martin, RA, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Sprehn, CG. 2016. The payoffs of maternal care increase as offspring develop, favouring extended provisioning in an egg-feeding frog. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29:1977–1985.
Dugas, MB, Stynoski JL & Strickler SA. 2016. Larval aggression is independent of food limitation in nurseries of a poison frog. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:1389–1395.
Dugas, MB, McCormack, L*, Gadau, A* & Martin, RA. 2016. Choosy cannibals preferentially consume siblings with relatively low fitness prospects. The American Naturalist 188:124–131.
Dugas, MB, Wamelink, CL*, Killius, AM* & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2016. Parental care is beneficial for offspring, costly for mothers, and limited by family size in an egg-feeding frog. Behavioral Ecology 27: 476–483.
Dugas, MB, Franssen, NR, Bastille, MO* & Martin, RA. 2016. Morphological correlates of river velocity and reproductive development in an ornamented stream fish. Evolutionary Ecology 30:21–33.
2015
Dugas, MB. 2015. Detectability matters: conspicuous nestling mouth colours make prey transfer easier for parents in a cavity-nesting bird. Biology Letters 11:20150771
Dugas, MB & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. Conspicuous and cryptic morphs of a polytypic poison frog differ in reproductive output because of differences in tadpole performance, not parental effort. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 28:441–451.
Dugas, MB, Moore, MP†, Wamelink, CL*, Richards-Zawacki, CL & Martin, RA. 2015. An experimental test for age-related improvements in reproductive performance in a frog that cares for its young. Naturwissenschaften (The Science of Nature) 102:48.
Dugas, MB, Halbrook, SR*, Killius, AM*, del Sol, JF* & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. Colour and escape behaviour in polymorphic populations of an aposematic poison frog. Ethology 121: 813–822.
Dugas, MB & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. A captive breeding experiment reveals no evidence of reproductive isolation among lineages of a polytypic poison frog. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 52–62.
Dugas, MB. 2015. Commentary: Parental care and the proximate links between maternal effects and offspring fitness. Oecologia 177: 1089–1092.
Dugas, MB, Wamelink, CN* & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2015. Both sexes pay a cost of reproduction in a frog with biparental care. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 115: 211–218.
2014
Dugas, MB & Doumas, LT*. 2014. Ectoparasite density is associated with the colour and size of the nestling house sparrow Passer domesticus mouth. Ibis 156: 682–686.
Killius, AM* & Dugas, MB. 2014. Tadpole transport by male Oophaga pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae): an observation and brief review. Herpetology Notes 7: 747–749.
Lenger, DR*, Berkey, JK* & Dugas, MB. 2014. Predation on the toxic Oophaga pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae) by Rhadinaea decorata (Squamata: Collubridae). Herpetology Notes 7: 83–84.
2013
Dugas, MB, Yeager, J† & Richards-Zawacki, CL. 2013. Carotenoid supplementation enhances reproductive success in captive strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio). Zoo Biology 32: 655–658.
Dugas, MB & Dillow, LL*. 2013. Rictal flanges of nestling birds are most colorful near the gape. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 125: 430–433.
2012
Dugas, MB & Franssen, NR. 2012. Red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) have larger eyes in turbid habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90: 1431–1436.
Dugas, MB. 2012. Cross-fostering reveals that among-brood differences in ornamental mouth colouration mostly reflect rearing conditions in nestling house sparrows. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 169–179.
2011
Dugas, MB & McGraw, KJ. 2011. Proximate correlates of carotenoid-based mouth coloration in nestling house sparrows. Condor 111: 691–700.
Mock, DW, Dugas, MB & Strickler, SA. 2011. Fine whines improve with age [Invited Commentary]. Behavioral Ecology 22: 922.
Mock, DW, Dugas, MB & Strickler, SA. 2011. Honest begging: expanding from signal of need. Behavioral Ecology 22: 909–917.
Dugas, MB & Franssen, NR. 2011. Nuptial coloration of red shiners (Cyprinella lutrensis) is more intense in turbid habitats. Naturwissenschaften 98:247–251.
2010
Dugas, MB. 2010. Nestling birds put their best flange forward. Journal of Avian Biology 41:336–341.
Dugas, MB & Rosenthal, GG. 2010. Carotenoid-rich mouth colors influence the conspicuousness of nestling birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64:455–462.
2009
Dugas, MB. 2009. House sparrow (Passer domesticus) parents preferentially feed nestlings with mouth colours that appear carotenoid-rich. Animal Behaviour 78:767–772.
Mock, DW, Schwagmeyer, PL & Dugas, MB. 2009. Parental provisioning and nestling mortality in house sparrows. Animal Behaviour 78:677–684.