Jennifer Long

I have been studying avian ecology for over 25 years throughout North America, Central and South America and the Caribbean. My professional research interest is in the endocrine basis of behavior and physiology in songbirds, which combines my fascination with physiology and how animals adapt to changing environments. I have studied various topics such as optimal diets for birds as they prepare for migration, how stress hormones influence preparation and timing of migration, and how testosterone influences territorial aggression and song rates in breeding birds. My current research focuses on Canada jays, investigating whether jays that are regularly fed by humans increase in density around popular recreation areas and increase their predation on local songbird nests. I teach General Biology I and II, Conservation Biology, Introduction to Human Nutrition, Ecology, and Pathophysiology. In my courses, I emphasize science as a process of discovery, rather than a static body of knowledge, and I am particularly passionate about empowering people to learn about, appreciate, and conserve nature.

Publications

• Horton, B. M., J. A. Long, and R. L. Holberton. 2007. Intraperitoneal delivery of exogenous
  corticosterone via osmotic pump in a passerine bird. General and Comparative Endocrinology 152(1): 8-13.
• Brown, D. R. and J. A. Long. 2007. What is a non-breeding season floater? Causes, consequences, and implications for habitat selection. Condor 109(3): 548-565.
• Brown, D. R. and J. A. Long. 2006. Experimental fruit removal does not affect territory structure of wintering Hermit Thrushes. Journal of Field Ornithology 77(4): 1-5.
• Long, J. A. and R. L. Holberton. 2004. Corticosterone secretion, energetic condition, and a test of the Migration Modulation Hypothesis in a short distance migrant, the Hermit Thrush. Auk 121(4): 1094-1102. P
• Long, J. A. and P. C. Stouffer. 2003. Diet and the Preparation for Spring Migration in Captive Hermit Thrushes. Auk 120(2): 323-330.