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Sarah E. DuRant Data-verified
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Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Associate Professor
faculty
27 h-index
75 pubs
2,200 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Sarah E. DuRant investigates how environmental factors and physiological states influence animal health and behavior, particularly in avian species. Her research examines the impact of stressors such as temperature, diet, and simulated infection on immune function, physiology, and behavior. She has explored how incubation temperature can constrain clutch size evolution and how dietary macronutrients interact with immune challenges to affect gut microbiota and feeding behavior in zebra finches.
DuRant's work also addresses disease transmission and host-pathogen dynamics. Studies have investigated how prior infection can induce long-lasting immunity, reducing transmission within flocks, and how male pathology, independent of behavior, can drive transmission in avian host-pathogen systems. She has also studied the effects of environmental contaminants, such as crude oil ingestion, on hematological and histological changes in zebra finches.
With an h-index of 27 and over 2,000 citations across 76 publications, DuRant is recognized as a highly cited researcher. She has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for graduate research, totaling $147,200. DuRant actively collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Ashley C. Love and Erin L. Sauer, with whom she has co-authored numerous publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 27
- Publications: 75
- Citations: 2,200
Selected Publications
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Altricial and Precocial Development in Birds (2025)
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The nutritional content of anthropogenic resources affects wildlife disease dynamics (2025)
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Diet Driven Differences in Host Tolerance Are Linked to Shifts in Global Gene Expression in a Common Avian Host‐Pathogen System (2025)
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Prior infection induces long-lasting partial immunity to reduce transmission within flocks in an avian host-pathogen system (2025)
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A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection (2025)
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Chronic Water Restriction Leads to Body Mass Loss, Increased Urine Concentrations, and Reduced Evaporative Water Loss in Female <i>Octodon degus</i>, an Arid-Adapted Rodent (2025)
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Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature (2025)
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Diet driven differences in host tolerance are linked to shifts in global gene expression in a common avian host-pathogen system (2024)
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A high lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection (2024)
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Effect of dietary macronutrients and immune challenge on gut microbiota, physiology and feeding behaviour in zebra finches (2024)
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Macronutrients, the microbiome, and illness-induced feeding behavior: Do macronutrients shape avian immune responses? (2024)
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Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system (2023)
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Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature (2023)
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Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system (2023)
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Ingestion of Weathered Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Alters Hematological Indices and Reduces Aerobic Scope for Activity in a Model Songbird (2023)
Federal Grants 1 $147,200 total
NSF
PI
Aug 2022 - Jul 2027
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Ashley C. Love
Miami University
12 shared publications
In database
- Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Simulated infection alters the behavior of pair bonded songbirds and their healthy neighbors
- Effect of dietary macronutrients and immune challenge on gut microbiota, physiology and feeding behaviour in zebra finches
- A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection
- Diet driven differences in host tolerance are linked to shifts in global gene expression in a common avian host-pathogen system
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Erin L. Sauer
12 shared publications
In database
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system
- A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system
- Diet driven differences in host tolerance are linked to shifts in global gene expression in a common avian host-pathogen system
- Prior infection induces long-lasting partial immunity to reduce transmission within flocks in an avian host-pathogen system
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Christopher G. Goodchild
9 shared publications
- Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Hematological and histological changes from ingestion of Deepwater Horizon crude oil in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
- Bold Behavior Is Associated with Genes That Regulate Energy Use but Does Not Covary with Body Condition in Food-Restricted Snails
- <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> crude oil reduces aerobic capacity of birds
- Ingestion of Weathered Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Alters Hematological Indices and Reduces Aerobic Scope for Activity in a Model Songbird
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Jeffrey B. Krall
7 shared publications
- Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> crude oil reduces aerobic capacity of birds
- Ingestion of Weathered Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Alters Hematological Indices and Reduces Aerobic Scope for Activity in a Model Songbird
- Multifactor Analysis Text File from Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Focal Bird Data from Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Weston Perrine
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
6 shared publications
In database
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system
- A high-lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system
- Diet driven differences in host tolerance are linked to shifts in global gene expression in a common avian host-pathogen system
- A high lipid diet leads to greater pathology and lower tolerance during infection
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Kevin Grisham
5 shared publications
- Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Multifactor Analysis Text File from Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Focal Bird Data from Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Multifactor Analysis R Script FIile from Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
- Stimulus Bird Data from Perception of infection: disease-related social cues influence immunity in songbirds
Arvind Santhanakrishnan
Oklahoma State University Oklahoma City (US)
2 shared publications
- <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> crude oil reduces aerobic capacity of birds
- Ingestion of Weathered Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil Alters Hematological Indices and Reduces Aerobic Scope for Activity in a Model Songbird
Chloe Connelly
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
2 shared publications
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system
Ashely C. Love
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
2 shared publications
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host–pathogen system
- Male pathology regardless of behaviour drives transmission in an avian host-pathogen system
William H. Kirkpatrick
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
Rachel Carroll
Murray State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
Jeremy M. Cohen
Yale University (US)
2 shared publications
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
Craig A. Davis
Oklahoma State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
Oklahoma State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
- Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
Victoria Tabb
Oklahoma State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Effect of dietary macronutrients and immune challenge on gut microbiota, physiology and feeding behaviour in zebra finches
- Macronutrients, the microbiome, and illness-induced feeding behavior: Do macronutrients shape avian immune responses?
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