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Publications
14. Kelley, M.D., J.W. Finger, and M.T. Mendonca. 2022. Male gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) concentration-dependent social responses to diluted mental gland pheromones. Behavioral Processes 201(2): ​10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104729.
13. Finger, J.W., M.D. Kelley, M.T. Hamilton, Y. Zhang, R.M. Elsey, M.T. Mendonca, and A.N. Kavazis. 2022. Changes in antioxidant enzyme levels following capture in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) are tissue dependent. Canadian Journal of Zoology: 10.1139/cjz-2021-0231.
12. Finger, J.W., M.D. Kelley, Y. Zhang, M.T. Hamilton, R.M. Elsey, A. Kavazis, and M.T. Mendonça. 2022. Increased brain glucocorticoid receptors are associated with decreased body condition in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). South American Journal of Herpetology 23(1): 42-48.
11. Finger, J.W., M.D. Kelley, Y. Zhang, M.T. Hamilton, R.M. Elsey, M.T. Mendonça, and A.N. Kavazis. 2021. Antioxidant enzymes in destructible and non-destructible tissues in American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). South American Journal of Herpetology 20(1), 33-41.
10. Finger, J.W., M.D. Kelley, Y. Zhang, M.T. Hamilton, R. M. Elsey, M.T. Mendonça, and A.N. Kavazis. 2021. Short-term capture stress and its effects on corticosterone levels and heat shock proteins in captive American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Canadian Journal of Zoology, https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0014.
9. Kelley, M. D., C. Ka, J.W. Finger Jr., and M.T. Mendonça. 2021. Behavioural discrimination of male mental gland secretions of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) by both sexes. Behavioral Processes 183, 104314.
8. Kelley, M. D. and M.T. Mendonça. 2020. Mental gland secretions as a social cue in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus): tortoise presence stimulates and maintains social behaviour with chemical cues. Acta ethologica 23(2), 1-8.
7. Finger, J. W. Jr., S. M. Goetz, M. D. Kelley, L. M. Horne, S. Piccolomini, R. M. Elsey, and M. T. Mendonca. 2020. American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) serum inhibits pitviper venom metalloproteinases. Journal of Herpetology 54(2), 151-154.
6. Finger, J. W. Jr., M. T Hamilton, M. D. Kelley, N. I. Stacy, T. C. Glenn, and T. D. Tuberville.
2019. Examining the impact of chronic selenium exposure on commonly used stress parameters in juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 77, 14-21.
5. Finger, J. W. Jr., M. D. Kelley, R. M. Elsey, and M. T. Mendonca. 2018. Visual obstruction has
no effect on post-capture corticosterone levels of juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Herpetology 52, 398-401.
4. Finger, J. W. Jr., M. T. Hamilton, M. D. Kelley, Y. Zhang, A. Kavazis, T. C. Glenn, and T. D.
Tuberville. 2018. Dietary selenomethionine administration and its effects on the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): oxidative status and corticosterone levels. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 75, 37-44.
3. Kelley, M. D., M. Creachbaum, A. Mineo, and J. W. Finger Jr. 2017. The negative effects of
artificial crab spiders (Misumenops spp.) on Piper pollinator behaviour in Costa Rica during an unseasonably wet dry season. Oecologia Australis 21, 201-206.
2. Hamilton, M. T., C. A. Kupar, M. D. Kelley, J. W. Finger Jr., and T. D. Tuberville. 2016. Blood
and plasma biochemistry reference intervals for wild juvenile American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 52, 631-635.
1. Kelley, M. D. and J. W. Finger Jr. 2016. Pseudemys floridana (Coastal Plain Cooter). Lee
County, Alabama. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 47:2, 254.
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