Department of Integrative Biology

C. R. Friesen, Uhrig, E. J., and Mason, R. T., “The effect of mating with vasectomized males on subsequent mating behavior in female red-sided garter snakes”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 53, pp. E285-E285, 2013.

E. J. Uhrig, Friesen, C. R., and Mason, R. T., “Endoparasitic infections in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 53, pp. E216-E216, 2013.

S. D. Powers, Powers, D. R., Langland, K. M., Friesen, C. R., and Mason, R. T., “The Importance of Female Temperature in the Attraction of Courting Males in Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 53, pp. E353-E353, 2013.

C. R. Friesen, Mason, R. T., Uhrig, E. J., and Brennan, P. L., “Sexual conflict during mating in red-sided garter snakes as evidenced by genital manipulation”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 53, pp. E72-E72, 2013.

R. Shine and Mason, R. T., “An airborne sex pheromone in snakes”, Biology Letters, vol. 8, pp. 183-185, 2012.

E. J. Uhrig, LeMaster, M. P., and Mason, R. T., “Chemical Ecology of the Red-spotted Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 52, pp. E179-E179, 2012.

D. R. Powers, Friesen, C. R., Mason, R. T., and Michaelson, J. B., “The Energetic Cost of Courtship in Male vs. Female Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 52, pp. E140-E140, 2012.

P. E. Copenhaver, Powers, D. R., Friesen, C. R., and Mason, R. T., “Energy Investment in Copulatory Plug Production by Large vs. Small Male Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 52, pp. E229-E229, 2012.

R. Shine, Langkilde, T., and Mason, R. T., “Facultative pheromonal mimicry in snakes: "she-males" attract courtship only when it is useful”, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 66, pp. 691-695, 2012.

R. Shine, Webb, J. K., Lane, A., and Mason, R. T., “Familiarity with a female does not affect a male's courtship intensity in garter snakes Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis”, Current Zoology, vol. 58, pp. 805-811, 2012.

M. R. Parker and Mason, R. T., “How to make a sexy snake: estrogen activation of female sex pheromone in male red-sided garter snakes”, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 215, pp. 723-730, 2012.

E. J. Uhrig, Lutterschmidt, D. I., Mason, R. T., and LeMaster, M. P., “Pheromonal Mediation of Intraseasonal Declines in the Attractivity of Female Red-Sided Garter Snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 38, pp. 71-80, 2012.

C. R. Friesen, Estes, S., and Mason, R. T., “Snake Sex in the City or the Country? Different mating aggregation densities generate asymmetry in postcopulatory sexual selection in two populations of red-sided garter snakes”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 52, pp. E61-E61, 2012.

R. W. Krohmer, DeMarchi, G. A., Baleckaitis, D. D., Lutterschmidt, D. I., and Mason, R. T., “Brain nuclei in actively courting red-sided garter snakes: A paradigm of neural trimorphism”, Physiology & Behavior, vol. 102, pp. 532-537, 2011.

E. J. Uhrig, Hermanson, R., LeMaster, M. P., and Mason, R. T., “Evidence for a Prevailing Role of Methyl Ketones in Mediating Reproduction in Garter Snakes of the Genus Thamnophis”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 51, pp. E260-E260, 2011.

C. R. Friesen and Mason, R. T., “Not just a chastity belt: the role of copulatory plugs in Red-sided garter snakes revisited”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 51, pp. E44-E44, 2011.

J. B. Michaelson, Powers, D. R., Friesen, C. R., and Mason, R. T., “The Role of Innate Metabolic Capacity in the Courtship Behavior of Male Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 51, pp. E227-E227, 2011.

M. R. Parker, Friesen, C. R., and Mason, R. T., “Associated reproduction in a model dissociated breeder, the red-sided garter snake”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 50, pp. E278-E278, 2010.

J. A. B. Michaelson, Powers, D. R., Friesen, C. R., and Mason, R. T., “Energy Investment during Courtship by Male vs. Female Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 50, pp. E267-E267, 2010.

M. P. LeMaster, Stefani, A. C., and Mason, R. T., “Heavy-bodied vs. Light-bodied - Does it Matter? Size Dependent Mate Selection and Pheromone Production in Garter Snakes”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 50, pp. E258-E258, 2010.

E. J. Uhrig, Christopherson, Z., LeMaster, M. P., and Mason, R. T., “Interspecific Variation in the Female Sexual Attractiveness Pheromone of Garter Snakes”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 50, pp. E306-E306, 2010.

M. R. Parker and Mason, R. T., “Novel mechanisms regulating a sexual signal: testosterone inhibition of pheromone production in red-sided garter snakes”, Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 50, pp. E133-E133, 2010.

R. W. Krohmer, Boyle, M. H., Lutterschmidt, D. I., and Mason, R. T., “Seasonal aromatase activity in the brain of the male red-sided garter snake”, Hormones and Behavior, vol. 58, pp. 485-492, 2010.

R. T. Mason and Parker, M. R., “Social behavior and pheromonal communication in reptiles”, Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, vol. 196, pp. 729-749, 2010.

D. L. Preston, Mosley, C. A. E., and Mason, R. T., “Sources of Variability in Recovery Time from Methohexital Sodium Anesthesia in Snakes”, Copeia, pp. 496-501, 2010.