Barnea, A., Pravosudov, V. V. 2011. Birds as a model to study adult neurogenesis: bridging evolutionary, comparative and neuroethological approaches. European Journal of Neuroscience, 34: 884-907. pdf
Roth II, T. C., LaDage, L. D., Pravosudov, V. V. 2011. Variation in hippocampal morphology along an environmental gradient: controlling for the effect of day length. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 2662-2667. pdf
Rattenborg, N. C., Martinez-Gonzalez, D., Roth II, T. C., Pravosudov, V. V. 2011. Hippocampal memory consolidation during sleep: a comparison of mammals and birds. Biol. Rev. 86: 658-691. pdf
Chancellor, L. V., Roth, T. C., LaDage, L. D., Pravosudov, V. V. 2011. The effect of environmental harshness on neurogenesis: a large scale comparison. Developmental Neurobiology 71: 246-252. pdf
LaDage, L., Roth, T. C., Pravosudov, V. V. 2011. Hippocampal neurogenesis is associated with migratory behavior in adult but not juvenile white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys ssp.). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 138-143. pdf
Roth II, T. C., LaDage, L., Pravosudov, V. V. 2010. Learning capabilities enhanced in harsh environments: a common garden approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277:3187-3193. (Highlighted in Nature: 'Colder is cleverer', Nature, 2010, 465: 669). pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Roth II, T. C., LaDage, L. D. 2010. Chickadees are selfish group members when it comes to food caching. Animal Behaviour, 80:175-180. pdf
Fox, R. А., Roth II, T. C., LaDage, L. D., Pravosudov, V. V. 2010. No effect of social group composition or size on hippocampal morphology and neurogenesis in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). Developmental Neurobiology, 70:538-547. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2010. Behavioral endocrinology: memory and learning. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Breed, M. D. & Moore, J., eds. Academic Press, 2010.
LaDage, L. D., Roth II, T. C., Fox, R. A., Pravosudov, V. V. 2010. Ecologically-relevant spatial memory use modulates hippocampal neurogenesis. Proc. R. Soc. B, 365: 859-867. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. & Smulders, T. V. 2010. Intergrating ecology, psychology, and neurobiology within a food-hoarding paradigm. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 365: 859-867. pdf
Roth II, T. C., Rattenborg, N., & Pravosudov, V. V. 2010. The ecological relevance of sleep: the trade-off between sleep, memory, and energy conservation. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 365: 933-943. pdf
Roth II, T. C., Brodin, A., LaDage, L. D., Smulders, T. V., & Pravosudov, V. V. 2010. Is bigger always better? A critical appraisal of the issue of volumetric analysis in the study of the hippocampus. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 365: 915-931. pdf
LaDage, L. D., Roth II, T. C., Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Biases in brain measuments: the trouble with the telencephalon. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 73: 253-258. pdf
LaDage, L. D., Riggs, B. J., Sinervo, B., Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Dorsal cortex volume in male side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) is associated with different space use strategies. Animal Behavior, 78: 91-96. pdf
Fox, R. A., LaDage, L. D., Roth II, T. C., Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Behavioral profile predicts dominance status in mountain chickadees. Animal Behaviour, 77: 1441-1448. pdf
LaDage, L. D., Roth II, T. C., Fox, R. A., Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Effects of captivity and memory-based experiences on the hippocampus in mountain chickadees. Behavioral Neuroscience, 123: 284-291. pdf
LaDage, L. D., Roth II, T. C., Fox, R. A., Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Flexible cue use in food-caching birds. Animal Cognition, 12: 419-426. pdf
Roth II, T. C. & Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Tough times call for bigger brains. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 2: 1-3. pdf
Roth II, T. C. & Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Hippocampal volume and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 276: 401-405. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2009. Development of spatial memory and the hippocampus under nutritional stress: adaptive priorities or developmental constraints in brain development? In Cognitive Ecology II, eds. R.Dukas and J. M. Ratcliffe, University of Chicago Press, pp. 88-110. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2008. Mountain chickadees discriminate between potential cache pilferers and non-pilferers. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 275: 55-61. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Sanford, K. & Hahn, T. P. 2007. On the evolution of brain size in relation to migratory behavior in birds. Animal Behavior 73: 535-539. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2007. Stress hormones and predation-starvation trade-off. In Foraging, eds. D. W. Stephens, R. C. Ydenberg, and J. C. Brown, University of Chicago Press, pp. 439-442.
Sherry, D. F., Pravosudov, V. V., MacDougall-Shackleton, S. A, Hoshooley, J. S., & Phillmore, L. S. 2007. Proximate mechanisms in behavior and evolution. In: K. A. Otter, ed., Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: an Integrated Approach, ed. K. A. Otter, Oxford University Press, pp. 71-73.pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2007. The relationship between environment, food caching, spatial memory, and the hippocampus in chickadees. In: K. Otter, ed., Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: an Integrated Approach. Oxford University Press, pp. 25-41. pdf (link to the book)
Pravosudov, V. V., Kitaysky, A. S., & Omanska. 2006. The relationship between migratory behavior, memory and the hippocampus - an intraspecific comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 273: 2641-2649. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2006. On seasonality in food caching behavior in parids: do we know the whole story? Animal Behavior, 71: 1455-1460. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. & Selvino de Kort. 2006. Is the western scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) really an underdog among food-caching corvids when it comes to hippocampal volume and food caching propensity? Brain, Behavior and Evolution 67: 1-9. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. & Kitaysky, A. S. 2006. Effects of nutritional restrictions during post-hatching development on adrenocortical function in western scrub-jays (Aphelocoma californica). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 145: 25-31. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Lavenex, P., & Omanska, A. 2005. Nutritional deficits during early development affect hippocampal structure and spatial memory later in life. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119: 1368-1374. pdf (A cover story in American Psychological Association Monitor, v. 36, No. 11, December 2005, 'Feed the birds. Song bird study offers new insights into how malnutrition impairs development and cognition' by Rachel Adelson).
Pravosudov, V. V. 2005. Corticosterone and memory in birds. In Functional Avian Endocrinology (Dawson, A., Sharp, P. Eds.), pp. 257-268. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. & Omanska, A. 2005. Prolonged moderate elevation of corticosterone does not affect hippocampal anatomy or cell proliferation rates in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). Journal of Neurobiology, 62: 82-91. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. & Omanska, A. 2005. Dominance-related changes in spatial memory are associated with changes in hippocampal cell proliferation rates in mountain chickadees. Journal of Neurobiology, 62: 31-41. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Kitaysky, A. S., Wingfield, J. C., & Clayton, N. S. 2004. No latitudinal differences in adrenocortical stress response in wintering black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapilla). Comparative Biochemstry and Physiology, Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 137: 95-103. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 2003. Long-term moderate elevation in corticosterone facilitates avian food caching behavior and enhances spatial memory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences 270: 2599-2604. pdf (Featured in: New Scientist, 'Stress for survival', 2003, v. 179, issue 2407, p. 24; Science News, 'Where'd I put that? May be it takes a bird brain to find car keys' by Susan Milius, 2004, v. 165, No. 7; UCDavis Dateline, 'Rain, snow fails to deter clever, all-weather chickadees' by Erin Digitale, 2004, v.18, No. 6).
Pravosudov, V. V., Mendoza, S. P., & Clayton, N. S. 2003. The relationship between dominance, corticosterone, memory and food caching in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). Hormones and Behavior 44: 93-102. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Clayton, N. S. 2002. A test of the adaptive specialization hypothesis: population differences in caching, memory and the hippocampus in black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapilla). Behavioral Neuroscience, 116: 515-522. pdf (A cover story in American Psychological Association Monitor, v. 33, No. 7, July/August 2002, 'Food for thought' by Rachel Adelson; featured in Trends In Cognitive Sciences, v. 6, No. 9 2002, 'Harsh conditions make birds brainy' p. 371; Science News, 'Where'd I put that? May be it takes a bird brain to find car keys' by Susan Milius, 2004, v. 165, No. 7).
Pravosudov, V. V., Kitaysky, A. S., Saldanha, C., Wingfield, J. C., and Clayton, N. C. 2002. The effect of photoperiod on adrenocortical stress response in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). General and Comparative Endocrinology,126: 242-248. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. Lavenex, P., and Clayton, N. S. 2002. Changes in spatial memory mediated by experimental variation in food supply do not affect hippocampal anatomy in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). Journal of Neurobiology, 51: 142-148. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Kitaysky, A. S., Wingfield, J. C., and Clayton, N. S. 2001. Long-term unpredictable foraging conditions and physiological stress response in mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 123: 324-331. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Lucas, J. R. 2001. Daily patterns of energy storage in food-caching birds under variable daily predation risk: a dynamic state variable model. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50: 239-250. pdf
Lucas, J. R., Pravosudov, V. V., and Zielinski, D. L. 2001. A re-evaluation of the logic of pilferage effects on energy regulation. Behavioral Ecology, 12: 246-260. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Lucas, J. R. 2001. A dynamic model of short-term energy management in small food-caching and non-caching birds. Behavioral Ecology, 12: 207-218. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Clayton, N. S. 2001. Effects of demanding foraging conditions on cache retrieval accuracy in food caching mountain chickadees (Poecile gambeli). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences, 268: 363-368. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Lucas, J. R. 2000. The costs of being cool: a dynamic model of nocturnal hypothermia by small food-caching birds in winter. Journal of Avian Biology, 31: 463-472. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Lucas, J. R. 2000. The effect of social dominance on fattening and food caching behavior in Carolina chickadees. Animal Behavior, 60: 483-493. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Grubb, T. C., Jr., Doherty, P.F., Jr., Bronson, C. L., Pravosudova, E. V., and Dolby, A. S. 1999. Social dominance and energy reserves in wintering woodland birds. The Condor 101: 880-884. pdf (Featured in The New York Times: Birds' social x-rays, April 18, 2000).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1999. The Nuthatches (book review). The Auk 116: 1165-1166.
Greenberg, R., Pravosudov, V. V., Sterling, J., Kozlenko, A., and Kontorshchikov, V. 1999. Divergence in foraging behavior of foliage-gleaning birds of Canadian and Russian boreal forests. Oecologia, 120: 451-462.
Greenberg, R., Pravosudov, V. V., Sterling, J., Kozlenko, A., and Kontorshchikov, V. 1999. Tits, warblers, and finches: the structure of boreal forest foliage-gleaning bird guilds. The Condor 101:299-310.
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1999. Effects of iter- and intra-specific dominance on vigilance in avian social groups. The Auk 116:241-246. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1998. Management of fat reserves in tufted titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) in relation to predation risk. Animal Behavior,56:49-54. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1998. Management of fat reserves in tufted titmice (Parus bicolor): evidence against a trade-off with food hoards. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 42:57-62. pdf
Lahti, K., Koivula, K., Rytkonen, S., Mustonen, T., Welling, P., Pravosudov, V. V., and Orell, M. 1998. Social influences on food caching in willow tits: a field experiment. Behavioral Ecology, 9: 122-129. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1998. Body mass, ambient temperature, time of day, and vigilance in tufted titmice. The Auk 115:221-223. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C. Jr. 1997. Energy management in passerine birds during the non-breeding season: a review. Current Ornithology, 14:189-234.
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1997. Management of fat reserves and food caches in tufted titmice (Parus bicolor) in relation to unpredictable food. Behavioral Ecology 8:332-339. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. and Pravosudova, E. V. 1996. The Breeding biology of the Willow Tit (Parus montanus) in northeastern Siberia. Wilson Bulletin 108:80-93. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V., Pravosudova, E. V., and Zimireva, E. Yu. 1996. The diet of nestling Eurasian Nuthatches. Journal of Field Ornithology 67:114-118.
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1995. Vigilance in the Tufted Titmouse varies independently with ambient temperature and conspecific group size. The Condor 97:1064-1067. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 1995. Clutch size and fledging rate in the Eurasian Nuthatch breeding in natural cavities are unrelated to nest cavity size. Journal of Field Ornithology 66:231-235.
Grubb, T. C., Jr. and Pravosudov, V. V. 1994. Toward a general theory of energy management in wintering birds. Journal of Avian Biology 26:255-260.
Pravosudov, V. V., Cimprich, D. A., and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1994. Behavior, nutritional condition and survivorship in mixed-species foraging groups: an experimental approach. J. Ornithol. 135:310 (abstract).
Grubb, T. C., Jr. and Pravosudov, V. V. 1994. Ptilochronology: follicle history fails to influence growth of an induced feather. The Condor, A Journal of Avian Biology 96:214-217.
Grubb, T. C. Jr. and Pravosudov, V. V. 1994. The Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor. In The Birds of North America, (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Editors). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, DC; The American Ornithologists’ Union.
Pravosudov, V. V. and Grubb, T. C., Jr. 1993. The White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis. In: The Birds of North America, (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Editors). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, DC: The American Ornithologists’ Union.
Pravosudov, V. V. 1993. Breeding biology of the Eurasian Nuthatch in northeastern Siberia. Wilson Bulletin 105:475-482. pdf
Pravosudov, V. V. 1993. Social organization of the Nuthatch Sitta europaea asiatica. Ornis Scandinavica 24:290-296.
Pravosudov, V. V. 1991. Growth and development of Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) nestlings. In: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of Russia, 231:159-173 (in Russian).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1987. Utilization of territory by some Parus species during breeding. Vestnik Zoologii, 4:67-69 (in Russian).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1987. Ecology of two closely related species of tits (Parus cinctus and P. montanus) in the northwestern part of the USSR. Ornitologia (Moscow), 22:68-75 (in Russian).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1986. Individual differences in foraging and storing behavior in Siberian tit Parus cinctus Bodd. and Willow tit Parus montanus Bald. Soviet Journal of Ecology, 4: 60-64 (in Russian).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1985. Search for and storage of food by Parus cinctus lapponicus and P. montanus borealis (Paridae). Zool. Zhurnal (Journal of Zoology) 64: 1036-1043 (in Russian).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1984. The storage of food by the Siberian jay Perisoreus infaustus (Passeriformes, Corvidae) in spring. Zool. Zhurnal (Journal of Zoology) 63: 950-953 (in Russian).
Pravosudov, V. V. 1983. Tits' feeding rate during winter in northern taiga. Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, 21:16-22 (in Russian).
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