Melissa Grunst LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) University of La Rochelle Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Melissa Grunst I obtained my PhD In Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology from the University of California, Riverside, where I studied patterns of behavioral plasticity and stress physiology in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Subsequently, I have held a series of postdoctoral positions in Indiana, Belgium and France, through which I have developed a research program examining the effects of multiple natural and anthropogenic disturbance factors on animal behavior, stress physiology and senescence. I have used primarily avian study species, starting with passerines, and progressing to also include seabirds. My current research involves the combined effects of climate change and chemical contaminant exposure on the behavior and bioenergetics of a keystone Arctic seabird. Publications Serotonin Transporter (SERT) Polymorphisms, Personality and Problem-solving in Urban Great Tits Scientific Reports. 12, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34930949 Variable and Consistent Traffic Noise Negatively Affect the Sleep Behavior of a Free-living Songbird The Science of the Total Environment. Jul, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34030359 The Serotonin Transporter Gene and Female Personality Variation in a Free-living Passerine Scientific Reports. 04, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33883685 Little Parental Response to Anthropogenic Noise in an Urban Songbird, but Evidence for Individual Differences in Sensitivity The Science of the Total Environment. May, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33477051 Sources of Individual Variation in Problem-solving Performance in Urban Great Tits (Parus Major): Exploring Effects of Metal Pollution, Urban Disturbance and Personality The Science of the Total Environment. Dec, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32841856 Anthropogenic Noise is Associated with Telomere Length and Carotenoid-based Coloration in Free-living Nestling Songbirds Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). May, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32006886 Early-life Exposure to Artificial Light at Night Elevates Physiological Stress in Free-living Songbirds Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). Apr, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31926393 Carotenoid- but Not Melanin-based Plumage Coloration is Negatively Related to Metal Exposure and Proximity to the Road in an Urban Songbird Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). Jan, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31679871 An Important Personality Trait Varies with Blood and Plumage Metal Concentrations in a Free-Living Songbird Environmental Science & Technology. Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31373485 Extrapair Mating and the Strength of Sexual Selection: Insights from a Polymorphic Species Behavioral Ecology : Official Journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. Mar-Apr, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30971857 Artificial Light at Night Does Not Affect Telomere Shortening in a Developing Free-living Songbird: A Field Experiment: Artificial Light at Night and Telomere Dynamics The Science of the Total Environment. Apr, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30690361 Personality and Plasticity in Neophobia Levels Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance but Not Toxic Metal Exposure in Urban Great Tits: Urban Disturbance, Metal Pollution and Neophobia The Science of the Total Environment. Mar, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30625686 Developmental Stress and Telomere Dynamics in a Genetically Polymorphic Species Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 02, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30417475 Actuarial Senescence in a Dimorphic Bird: Different Rates of Ageing in Morphs with Discrete Reproductive Strategies Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 12, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30518574 Personality and Artificial Light at Night in a Semi-urban Songbird Population: No Evidence for Personality-dependent Sampling Bias, Avoidance or Disruptive Effects on Sleep Behaviour Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). Dec, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30268982 Variation in Personality Traits Across a Metal Pollution Gradient in a Free-living Songbird The Science of the Total Environment. Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29494975 Song Complexity, Song Rate, and Variation in the Adrenocortical Stress Response in Song Sparrows (Melospiza Melodia) General and Comparative Endocrinology. May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24650781 Un enfoque experimental para investigar los efectos de la luz artificial en la noche en animales en libertad: implementación, resultados y direcciones para futuras investigaciones Melissa L. Grunst1, Andrea S. Grunst1, Rianne Pinxten1,2, Geert Eens1, Marcel Eens1 1Department of Biology, Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group, University of Antwerp, 2Faculty of Social Sciences, Antwerp School of Education, University of Antwerp JoVE 63381 Biology
Un enfoque experimental para investigar los efectos de la luz artificial en la noche en animales en libertad: implementación, resultados y direcciones para futuras investigaciones Melissa L. Grunst1, Andrea S. Grunst1, Rianne Pinxten1,2, Geert Eens1, Marcel Eens1 1Department of Biology, Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group, University of Antwerp, 2Faculty of Social Sciences, Antwerp School of Education, University of Antwerp JoVE 63381 Biology