Robert T. Mason - Publications

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Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 

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2020 Rollings N, Waye H, Krohmer R, Uhrig E, Mason R, Olsson MM, Whittington C, Friesen CR. Sperm telomere length correlates with blood telomeres and body size in red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1111/Jzo.12789  0.774
2019 Baedke PE, Rucker HR, Mason RT, Parker MR. Chemical Isolation, Quantification, and Separation of Skin Lipids from Reptiles. Journal of Visualized Experiments : Jove. PMID 30799852 DOI: 10.3791/59018  0.369
2017 Rollings N, Uhrig EJ, Krohmer RW, Waye HL, Mason RT, Olsson M, Whittington CM, Friesen CR. Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter snakes. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 284. PMID 28381620 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2016.2146  0.844
2017 Friesen CR, Powers DR, Mason RT. Using whole-group metabolic rate and behaviour to assess the energetics of courtship in red-sided garter snakes Animal Behaviour. 130: 177-185. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2017.06.020  0.799
2017 Friesen CR, Uhrig EJ, Bentz EJ, Blakemore LA, Mason RT. Correlated evolution of sexually selected traits: interspecific variation in ejaculates, sperm morphology, copulatory mate guarding, and body size in two sympatric species of garter snakes Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 71. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-017-2414-1  0.805
2016 Friesen CR, Uhrig EJ, Mason RT, Brennan PL. Female behavior and the interaction of male and female genital traits mediate sperm transfer during mating. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 26809830 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.12836  0.867
2015 Uhrig EJ, Spagnoli ST, Tkach VV, Kent ML, Mason RT. Alaria mesocercariae in the tails of red-sided garter snakes: evidence for parasite-mediated caudectomy. Parasitology Research. 114: 4451-61. PMID 26337267 DOI: 10.1007/S00436-015-4686-6  0.798
2015 Friesen CR, Powers DR, Copenhaver PE, Mason RT. Size dependence in non-sperm ejaculate production is reflected in daily energy expenditure and resting metabolic rate. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 1796. PMID 26041034 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.125575  0.648
2015 Friesen CR, Powers DR, Copenhaver PE, Mason RT. Size dependence in non-sperm ejaculate production is reflected in daily energy expenditure and resting metabolic rate. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 1410-8. PMID 25954044 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.120402  0.762
2014 Friesen CR, Uhrig EJ, Mason RT. Females remate more frequently when mated with sperm-deficient males. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part a, Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 321: 603-9. PMID 25366702 DOI: 10.1002/Jez.1892  0.868
2014 Parker MR, Mason RT. A novel mechanism regulating a sexual signal: the testosterone-based inhibition of female sex pheromone expression in garter snakes. Hormones and Behavior. 66: 509-16. PMID 25058443 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.07.007  0.638
2014 Friesen CR, Uhrig EJ, Squire MK, Mason RT, Brennan PL. Sexual conflict over mating in red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) as indicated by experimental manipulation of genitalia. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 281: 20132694. PMID 24225467 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2013.2694  0.866
2014 Friesen CR, Mason RT, Arnold SJ, Estes S. Patterns of sperm use in two populations of Red-sided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) with long-term female sperm storage Canadian Journal of Zoology. 92: 33-40. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2013-0195  0.731
2014 Friesen CR, Squire MK, Mason RT. Intrapopulational variation of ejaculate traits and sperm depletion in red-sided garter snakes Journal of Zoology. 292: 192-201. DOI: 10.1111/Jzo.12092  0.827
2014 Uhrig EJ, LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Species specificity of methyl ketone profiles in the skin lipids of female garter snakes, genus Thamnophis Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 53: 51-58. DOI: 10.1016/J.Bse.2013.12.016  0.837
2014 Friesen CR, Kerns AR, Mason RT. Factors influencing paternity in multiply mated female red-sided garter snakes and the persistent use of sperm stored over winter Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68: 1419-1430. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-014-1749-0  0.827
2013 Friesen CR, Shine R, Krohmer RW, Mason RT. Not just a chastity belt: The functional significance of mating plugs in garter snakes, revisited Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109: 893-907. DOI: 10.1111/Bij.12089  0.822
2012 Parker MR, Mason RT. How to make a sexy snake: estrogen activation of female sex pheromone in male red-sided garter snakes. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 723-30. PMID 22323194 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.064923  0.643
2012 Uhrig EJ, Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT, LeMaster MP. Pheromonal mediation of intraseasonal declines in the attractivity of female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 38: 71-80. PMID 22231473 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-011-0054-X  0.86
2012 Shine R, Mason RT. An airborne sex pheromone in snakes. Biology Letters. 8: 183-5. PMID 21992822 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2011.0802  0.522
2012 Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. Familiarity with a female does not affect a male's courtship intensity in garter snakes Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Current Zoology. 58: 805-811. DOI: 10.1093/Czoolo/58.6.805  0.633
2012 Shine R, Langkilde T, Mason RT. Facultative pheromonal mimicry in snakes: "she-males" attract courtship only when it is useful Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 66: 691-695. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-012-1317-4  0.63
2011 Krohmer RW, DeMarchi GA, Baleckaitis DD, Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. Brain nuclei in actively courting red-sided garter snakes: a paradigm of neural trimorphism. Physiology & Behavior. 102: 532-7. PMID 21195723 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.022  0.82
2011 Adams MJ, Pearl CA, Adkins JY, Roby DD, Bayliss L, Loschl PJ, Lyons DE, Suzuki Y, Anderson HE, Hamman ST, Aubry KB, Raley CM, Rohrer JJ, Lofroth EC, Fitkin SH, ... ... Mason RT, et al. Abstracts from the 2011 Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology and Washington Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Held at the Wesley Inn, Gig Harbor, Washington, March 23–25, 2011 Northwestern Naturalist. 92: 136-166. DOI: 10.1898/1051-1733-92.2.136  0.738
2010 Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. Temporally distinct effects of stress and corticosterone on diel melatonin rhythms of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 169: 11-7. PMID 20603122 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.06.013  0.695
2010 Mason RT, Parker MR. Social behavior and pheromonal communication in reptiles. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 196: 729-49. PMID 20585786 DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0551-3  0.525
2010 Krohmer RW, Boyle MH, Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. Seasonal aromatase activity in the brain of the male red-sided garter snake. Hormones and Behavior. 58: 485-92. PMID 20420841 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.04.011  0.756
2009 Parker MR, Mason RT. Low temperature dormancy affects the quantity and quality of the female sexual attractiveness pheromone in red-sided garter snakes. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35: 1234-41. PMID 19904571 DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9699-0  0.609
2009 Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. Endocrine mechanisms mediating temperature-induced reproductive behavior in red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 212: 3108-18. PMID 19749103 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033100  0.754
2009 Lutterschmidt WI, Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT, Reinert HK. Seasonal variation in hormonal responses of timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) to reproductive and environmental stressors. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology. 179: 747-57. PMID 19363617 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0356-2  0.783
2008 Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. Geographic variation in timekeeping systems among three populations of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) in a common garden. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 81: 810-25. PMID 18937566 DOI: 10.1086/589900  0.708
2008 Waye HL, Mason RT. A combination of body condition measurements is more informative than conventional condition indices: temporal variation in body condition and corticosterone in brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 155: 607-12. PMID 17897644 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2007.08.005  0.796
2007 O'Donnell RP, Staniland K, Mason RT. Experimental evidence that oral secretions of northwestern ring-necked snakes (Diadophis punctatus occidentalis) are toxic to their prey. Toxicon : Official Journal of the International Society On Toxinology. 50: 810-5. PMID 17689581 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.024  0.618
2007 Cease AJ, Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. Corticosterone and the transition from courtship behavior to dispersal in male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 150: 124-31. PMID 16989831 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2006.07.022  0.807
2007 O'Donnell RP, Mason RT. Mating is correlated with a reduced risk of predation in female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis American Midland Naturalist. 157: 235-238. DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[235:MICWAR]2.0.CO;2  0.798
2006 Huang GZ, Zhang JJ, Wang D, Mason RT, Halpern M. Female snake sex pheromone induces membrane responses in vomeronasal sensory neurons of male snakes. Chemical Senses. 31: 521-9. PMID 16648450 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj056  0.54
2006 Hoyer RF, O'Donnell RP, Mason RT. CURRENT DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF SHARP-TAILED SNAKES (CONTIA TENUIS) IN OREGON Northwestern Naturalist. 87: 195. DOI: 10.1898/1051-1733(2006)87[195:CDASOS]2.0.CO;2  0.628
2006 Lutterschmidt DI, LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Minimal overwintering temperatures of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis): A possible cue for emergence? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 84: 771-777. DOI: 10.1139/Z06-043  0.761
2006 Shine R, Langkilde T, Wall M, Mason RT. Temporal dynamics of emergence and dispersal of garter snakes from a communal den in Manitoba Wildlife Research. 33: 103-111. DOI: 10.1071/Wr05030  0.496
2006 Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. Flexible mate choice: A male snake's preference for larger females is modified by the sizes of females encountered Animal Behaviour. 71: 203-209. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2005.04.005  0.633
2005 Shine R, Mason RT. Does large body size in males evolve to facilitate forcible insemination? A study on garter snakes. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 59: 2426-32. PMID 16396183 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2005.Tb00952.X  0.633
2005 Shine R, Wall M, Langkilde T, Mason RT. Do female garter snakes evade males to avoid harassment or to enhance mate quality? The American Naturalist. 165: 660-8. PMID 15937746 DOI: 10.1086/429591  0.634
2005 Lutterschmidt DI, Mason RT. A serotonin receptor antagonist, but not melatonin, modulates hormonal responses to capture stress in two populations of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis and Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 141: 259-70. PMID 15804513 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.01.012  0.708
2005 Shine R, Mason RT. Do a male garter snake's energy stores limit his reproductive effort? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 83: 1265-1270. DOI: 10.1139/Z05-119  0.535
2005 Shine R, Webb JK, Lane A, Mason RT. Mate location tactics in garter snakes: Effects of rival males, interrupted trails and non-pheromonal cues Functional Ecology. 19: 1017-1024. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2005.01063.X  0.579
2005 Shine R, Langkilde T, Wall M, Mason RT. The fitness correlates of scalation asymmetry in garter snakes Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Functional Ecology. 19: 306-314. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2005.00963.X  0.586
2005 Moore IT, Greene MJ, Lerner DT, Asher CE, Krohmer RW, Hess DL, Whittier J, Mason RT. Physiological evidence for reproductive suppression in the introduced population of brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) on Guam Biological Conservation. 121: 91-98. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2004.04.012  0.826
2005 Shine R, Langkilde T, Wall M, Mason RT. Alternative male mating tactics in garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Animal Behaviour. 70: 387-396. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2005.04.001  0.628
2005 Shine R, Wall M, Langkilde T, Mason RT. Battle of the sexes: Forcibly inseminating male garter snakes target courtship to more vulnerable females Animal Behaviour. 70: 1133-1140. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2005.03.013  0.621
2005 Shine R, O'Donnell RP, Langkilde T, Wall MD, Mason RT. Snakes in search of sex: The relation between mate-locating ability and mating success in male garter snakes Animal Behaviour. 69: 1251-1258. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2004.10.005  0.806
2004 Lutterschmidt DI, LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Effects of melatonin on the behavioral and hormonal responses of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) to exogenous corticosterone. Hormones and Behavior. 46: 692-702. PMID 15555513 DOI: 10.1016/J.Yhbeh.2004.06.013  0.814
2004 Krohmer RW, Martinez D, Mason RT. Development of the renal sexual segment in immature snakes: effect of sex steroid hormones. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part a, Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 139: 55-64. PMID 15471681 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.06.015  0.522
2004 Shine R, Lemaster M, Wall M, Langkilde T, Mason R. Why did the snake cross the road? Effects of roads on movement and location of mates by garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) Ecology and Society. 9. DOI: 10.5751/Es-00624-090109  0.774
2004 Shine R, Phillips B, Waye H, Lemaster M, Mason RT. Species-isolating mechanisms in a mating system with male mate choice (garter snakes, Thamnophis spp.) Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82: 1091-1098. DOI: 10.1139/Z04-086  0.852
2004 Langkilde T, Shine R, Mason RT. Predatory attacks to the head vs. body modify behavioral responses of garter snakes Ethology. 110: 937-947. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.2004.01034.X  0.359
2004 Shine R, Phillips B, Langkilde T, Lutterschmidt DI, Waye H, Mason RT. Mechanisms and consequences of sexual conflict in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae) Behavioral Ecology. 15: 654-660. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arh058  0.871
2004 O'Donnell RP, Ford NB, Shine R, Mason RT. Male red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, determine female mating status from pheromone trails Animal Behaviour. 68: 677-683. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2003.09.020  0.804
2004 Shine R, Langkilde T, Mason RT. Courtship tactics in garter snakes: How do a male's morphology and behaviour influence his mating success? Animal Behaviour. 67: 477-483. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2003.05.007  0.635
2004 O'Donnell RP, Shine R, Mason RT. Seasonal anorexia in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 56: 413-419. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-004-0801-X  0.755
2003 Shine R, Langkilde T, Mason RT. Cryptic forcible insemination: male snakes exploit female physiology, anatomy, and behavior to obtain coercive matings. The American Naturalist. 162: 653-67. PMID 14618542 DOI: 10.1086/378749  0.624
2003 Lemaster MP, Mason RT. Pheromonally mediated sexual isolation among denning populations of red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 29: 1027-43. PMID 12775159 DOI: 10.1023/A:1022900304056  0.829
2003 Shine R, Phillips B, Waye H, Mason RT. Small-scale geographic variation in antipredator tactics of garter snakes Herpetologica. 59: 333-339. DOI: 10.1655/02-15  0.805
2003 Shine R, Langkilde T, Mason RT. The opportunistic serpent: Male garter snakes adjust courtship tactics to mating opportunities Behaviour. 140: 1509-1526. DOI: 10.1163/156853903771980693  0.63
2003 Shine R, Phillips B, Waye H, Mason RT. Behavioral shifts associated with reproduction in garter snakes Behavioral Ecology. 14: 251-256. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/14.2.251  0.822
2003 Belden LK, Moore IT, Mason RT, Wingfield JC, Blaustein AR. Survival, the hormonal stress response and UV-B avoidance in Cascades Frog tadpoles (Rana cascadae) exposed to UV-B radiation Functional Ecology. 17: 409-416. DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2435.2003.00746.X  0.628
2003 Shine R, Phillips B, Waye H, LeMaster M, Mason RT. Chemosensory cues allow courting male garter snakes to assess body length and body condition of potential mates Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 54: 162-166. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-003-0620-5  0.865
2003 Shine R, Phillips B, Waye H, LeMaster M, Mason RT. The lexicon of love: What cues cause size-assortative courtship by male garter snakes? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 53: 234-237. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-002-0568-X  0.867
2003 Shine R, Langkilde T, Mason RT. Confusion within 'mating balls' of garter snakes: Does misdirected courtship impose selection on male tactics? Animal Behaviour. 66: 1011-1017. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2003.2301  0.638
2003 Greene MJ, Mason RT. Pheromonal inhibition of male courtship behaviour in the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis: A mechanism for the rejection of potential mates Animal Behaviour. 65: 905-910. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2003.2137  0.805
2002 Greene MJ, Stark SL, Mason RT. Predatory response of brown tree snakes to chemical stimuli from human skin. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28: 2465-73. PMID 12564793 DOI: 10.1023/A:1021479901674  0.654
2002 Shine R, Reed RN, Shetty S, Lemaster M, Mason RT. Reproductive isolating mechanisms between two sympatric sibling species of sea snakes. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 56: 1655-62. PMID 12353758 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2002.Tb01477.X  0.813
2002 LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Variation in a female sexual attractiveness pheromone controls male mate choice in garter snakes. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28: 1269-85. PMID 12184402 DOI: 10.1023/A:1016294003641  0.848
2001 Greene MJ, Stark SL, Mason RT. Pheromone trailing behavior of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 27: 2193-201. PMID 11817075 DOI: 10.1023/A:1012222719126  0.816
2001 Shine R, Phillips B, Waye H, LeMaster M, Mason RT. Benefits of female mimicry in snakes. Nature. 414: 267. PMID 11713516 DOI: 10.1038/35104687  0.87
2001 Lerner DT, Mason RT. The influence of sex steroids on the sexual size dimorphism in the red-spotted garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 124: 218-25. PMID 11703086 DOI: 10.1006/Gcen.2001.7695  0.795
2001 Moore IT, Mason RT. Behavioral and hormonal responses to corticosterone in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Physiology & Behavior. 72: 669-74. PMID 11336998 DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00413-9  0.688
2001 Shine R, LeMaster MP, Moore IT, Olsson MM, Mason RT. Bumpus in the snake den: effects of sex, size, and body condition on mortality of red-sided garter snakes. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 55: 598-604. PMID 11327166 DOI: 10.1554/0014-3820(2001)055[0598:Bitsde]2.0.Co;2  0.854
2001 Moore IT, Greene MJ, Mason RT. β-D-glucuronidase is associated with goat sperm cytoskeleton Journal of Experimental Zoology. 289: 146-152. PMID 11169502 DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20010201)289:2<146::AID-JEZ8>3.0.CO;2-B  0.475
2001 Moore IT, Greene MJ, Mason RT. Environmental and seasonal adaptations of the adrenocortical and gonadal responses to capture stress in two populations of the male garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. The Journal of Experimental Zoology. 289: 99-108. PMID 11169497 DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20010201)289:2<99::Aid-Jez3>3.0.Co;2-Z  0.79
2001 Shine R, Elphick MJ, Harlow PS, Moore IT, LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Movements, mating, and dispersal of red-sided gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) from a communal den in Manitoba Copeia. 82-91. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0082:Mmador]2.0.Co;2  0.861
2001 Shine R, Mason RT. Courting male garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) use multiple cues to identify potential mates Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 49: 465-473. DOI: 10.1007/S002650100334  0.63
2001 LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Evidence for a female sex pheromone mediating male trailing behavior in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Chemoecology. 11: 149-152. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00001845  0.849
2001 Shine R, O'connor D, Lemaster MP, Mason RT. Pick on someone your own size: Ontogenetic shifts in mate choice by male garter snakes result in size-assortative mating Animal Behaviour. 61: 1133-1141. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2001.1712  0.848
2001 Lemaster MP, Moore IT, Mason RT. Conspecific trailing behaviour of red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, in the natural environment Animal Behaviour. 61: 827-833. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2000.1658  0.831
2000 Shine R, Harlow PS, Elphick MJ, Olsson MM, Mason RT. Conflicts between courtship and thermoregulation: the thermal ecology of amorous male garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, colubridae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 73: 508-16. PMID 11009405 DOI: 10.1086/317734  0.47
2000 Moore IT, Lerner JP, Lerner DT, Mason RT. Relationships between annual cycles of testosterone, corticosterone, and body condition in male red-spotted garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : Pbz. 73: 307-12. PMID 10893170 DOI: 10.1086/316748  0.787
2000 Shine R, Olsson MM, Moore IT, Lemaster MP, Greene M, Mason RT. Body size enhances mating success in male garter snakes. Animal Behaviour. 59: F4-F11. PMID 10715190 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1338  0.862
2000 Moore IT, Lemaster MP, Mason RT. Behavioural and hormonal responses to capture stress in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Animal Behaviour. 59: 529-534. PMID 10715174 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1344  0.803
2000 Shine R, Harlow P, LeMaster MP, Moore IT, Mason RT. The transvestite serpent: why do male garter snakes court (some) other males? Animal Behaviour. 59: 349-359. PMID 10675257 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1321  0.872
2000 Shine R, O'Connor D, Mason RT. The problem with courting a cylindrical object: How does an amorous male snake determine which end is which? Behaviour. 137: 727-739. DOI: 10.1163/156853900502312  0.583
2000 Shine R, O'Connor D, Mason RT. Female mimicry in garter snakes: behavioural tactics of "she-males" and the males that court them Canadian Journal of Zoology. 78: 1391-1396. DOI: 10.1139/Z00-089  0.627
2000 Shine R, Olsson MM, LeMaster MP, Moore IT, Mason RT. Are snakes right-handed? Asymmetry in hemipenis size and usage in gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) Behavioral Ecology. 11: 411-415. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/11.4.411  0.85
2000 Shine R, Olsson MM, Lemaster MP, Moore IT, Mason RT. Effects of sex, body size, temperature, and location on the antipredator tactics of free-ranging gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae) Behavioral Ecology. 11: 239-245. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/11.3.239  0.798
2000 Shine R, O'Connor D, Mason RT. Sexual conflict in the snake den Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 48: 392-401. DOI: 10.1007/S002650000255  0.637
2000 Shine R, Olsson MM, Mason RT. Chastity belts in gartersnakes: The functional significance of mating plugs Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 70: 377-390. DOI: 10.1006/Bijl.1999.0427  0.636
2000 Shine R, O'Connor D, Mason RT. Female mimicry in garter snakes: Behavioural tactics of 'she-males' and the males that court Canadian Journal of Zoology. 78: 1391-1396.  0.538
2000 Greene MJ, Mason RT. Courtship, mating, and male combat of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis Herpetologica. 56: 166-175.  0.512
1999 Shine R, Olsson MM, Moore IT, LeMaster MP, Mason RT. Why do male snakes have longer tails than females? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266: 2147-2151. DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.1999.0901  0.872
1998 Greene MJ, Mason RT. Chemically mediated sexual behavior of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis Ecoscience. 5: 405-409. DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682478  0.668
1997 Smith MT, Moore FL, Mason RT. Neuroanatomical distribution of chicken-I gonadotropin-releasing hormone (cGnRH-I) in the brain of the male red-sided garter snake. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 49: 137-48. PMID 9063592 DOI: 10.1159/000112988  0.621
1997 Smith MT, Mason RT. Gonadotropin antagonist modulates courtship behavior in male red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Physiology & Behavior. 61: 137-43. PMID 8976544 DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00347-2  0.766
1997 Bull KH, Mason RT, Whittier J. Seasonal testicular developmental and sperm storage in tropical and subtropical populations of the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) Australian Journal of Zoology. 45: 479-488. DOI: 10.1071/Zo97027  0.573
1996 Whittier JM, Mason RT. Plasma triglyceride and beta-hydroxybutyric acid levels in red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) at emergence from hibernation. Experientia. 52: 145-8. PMID 8608816 DOI: 10.1007/BF01923360  0.459
1995 Jaffé K, Blum MS, Fales HM, Mason RT, Cabrera A. On insect attractants from pitcher plants of the genusHeliamphora (sarraceniaceae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 21: 379-84. PMID 24234068 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02036725  0.478
1993 Mason RT. Chemical ecology of the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 41: 261-8. PMID 8477349 DOI: 10.1159/000113848  0.622
1993 Gutzke WH, Tucker C, Mason RT. Chemical recognition of kingsnakes by crotalines: effects of size on the ophiophage defensive response. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 41: 234-8. PMID 8477346 DOI: 10.1159/000113844  0.776
1991 Murata Y, Yeh HJ, Pannell LK, Jones TH, Fales HM, Mason RT. New ketodienes from the integumental lipids of the Guam brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis. Journal of Natural Products. 54: 233-40. PMID 2045818 DOI: 10.1021/Np50073A024  0.462
1991 Mason RT, Fales HM, Eisner M, Eisner T. Wax of a whitefly and its utilization by a chrysopid larva. Die Naturwissenschaften. 78: 28-30. PMID 2023637 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01134039  0.487
1991 Fales HM, Pu QL, Mason RT, Pannell LK. The ion trap mass spectrum of sulfur International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 106: 273-281. DOI: 10.1016/0168-1176(91)85023-F  0.454
1990 Mason RT, Gutzke WH. Sex recognition in the leopard gecko,Eublepharis macularius (Sauria: Gekkonidae) Possible mediation by skin-derived semiochemicals. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16: 27-36. PMID 24264893 DOI: 10.1007/BF01021265  0.867
1990 Mason RT, Jones TH, Fales HM, Pannell LK, Crews D. Characterization, synthesis, and behavioral responses to sex attractiveness pheromones of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 16: 2353-69. PMID 24264099 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01026943  0.713
1990 Peden DB, Hohman R, Brown ME, Mason RT, Berkebile C, Fales HM, Kaliner MA. Uric acid is a major antioxidant in human nasal airway secretions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 87: 7638-42. PMID 2217195 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.87.19.7638  0.466
1990 Pannell LK, Pu QL, Mason RT, Fales HM. Fragment pathway analysis using automated tandem mass spectrometry on an ion-trap mass spectrometer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : Rcm. 4: 103-7. PMID 2134341 DOI: 10.1002/Rcm.1290040403  0.464
1989 Mason RT, Fales HM, Jones TH, Pannell LK, Chinn JW, Crews D. Sex pheromones in snakes. Science (New York, N.Y.). 245: 290-3. PMID 2749261 DOI: 10.1126/Science.2749261  0.777
1989 Pannell LK, Pu QL, Fales HM, Mason RT, Stephenson JL. Intermolecular processes in the ion trap mass spectrometer Analytical Chemistry. 61: 2500-2503. DOI: 10.1021/Ac00197A010  0.451
1989 Mason RT, Fales HM, Jones TH, O'Brien LB, Taylor TW, Hogue CL, Blum MS. Characterization of fulgorid waxes (Homoptera:Fulgoridae:Insecta) Insect Biochemistry. 19: 737-740. DOI: 10.1016/0020-1790(89)90054-1  0.496
1987 Mason RT, Chinn JW, Crews D. Sex and seasonal differences in the skin lipids of garter snakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. B, Comparative Biochemistry. 87: 999-1003. PMID 3665445 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(87)90424-X  0.614
1987 Whittier JM, Mason RT, Crews D. Plasma steroid hormone levels of female red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: relationship to mating and gestation. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 67: 33-43. PMID 3623067 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(87)90202-4  0.635
1987 Nelson RJ, Mason RT, Krohmer RW, Crews D. Pinealectomy blocks vernal courtship behavior in red-sided garter snakes. Physiology & Behavior. 39: 231-3. PMID 3575458 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(87)90014-X  0.652
1987 Whittier JM, Mason RT, Crews D, Licht P. Role of light and temperature in the regulation of reproduction in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65: 2090-2096. DOI: 10.1139/Z87-320  0.576
1987 Mason RT, Chinn JW, Crews D. Skin Lipids of Garter Snakes Serve as Semiochemicals Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 510: 472-474. DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.1987.Tb43594.X  0.434
1987 Whittier JM, Mason RT, Crews D, Licht P. Role of light and temperature in the regulation of reproduction in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65: 2090-2096.  0.427
1985 Crews D, Diamond MA, Whittier J, Mason R. Small male body size in garter snake depends on testes. The American Journal of Physiology. 249: R62-6. PMID 4014497 DOI: 10.1152/AJPREGU.1985.249.1.R62  0.695
1985 Mason RT, Crews D. Female mimicry in garter snakes. Nature. 316: 59-60. PMID 4010782 DOI: 10.1038/316059a0  0.738
1985 Whittier JM, Mason RT, Crews D. Mating in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: differential effects on male and female sexual behavior Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 16: 257-261. DOI: 10.1007/BF00310989  0.741
1984 Crews D, Camazine B, Diamond M, Mason R, Tokarz RR, Garstka WR. Hormonal independence of courtship behavior in the male garter snake Hormones and Behavior. 18: 29-41. PMID 6706317 DOI: 10.1016/0018-506X(84)90048-5  0.593
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