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Moore, M.C.  1980.  Habitat structure in relation to population density and timing of breeding in prairie warblers.  Wilson Bulletin 92: 177‑187.

 

Farner, D.S., R.S. Donham, M.C. Moore, and R.A. Lewis.  1980.  The temporal relationship between the cycle of testicular development and molt in the white‑crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.  Auk 97: 63‑75.

 

Farner, D.S., R.S. Donham, and M.C. Moore.  1981.  Induction of testicular development in house sparrows, Passer domesticus, and white‑crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii, with very long days and continuous light.  Physiological Zoology 54: 372‑378.

 

Moore, M.C., R.S. Donham, and D.S. Farner.  1982.  Physiological preparation for autumnal migration in white‑crowned sparrows.  Condor 84: 410‑420.

 

Moore, M.C.  1982.  Hormonal response of free‑living male white‑crowned sparrows to experimental manipulation of female sexual behavior.  Hormones and Behavior 16: 323‑329.

 

Moore, M.C.  1982.  Prairie warblers.  In "CRC Handbook of Census Methods for Terrestrial Vertebrates" (D.E. Davis, ed.), p. 107.  CRC Press, Boca Raton.

 

Moore, M.C.  1983.  Effect of female sexual displays on the physiology and behaviour of male white‑crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys.  Journal of Zoology (London) 199: 137‑148.

 

Wingfield, J.C., M.C. Moore, and D.S. Farner.  1983.  Endocrine responses to inclement weather in naturally breeding populations of white‑crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis.  Auk 100: 56‑62.

 

Donham, R.S., M.C. Moore, and D.S. Farner.  1983.  The physiological basis of repeated testicular cycles on twelve‑hour days in white‑crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.  Physiological Zoology 56: 320‑327.

 

Farner, D.S., R.S. Donham, K.S. Matt, P.W. Mattocks, M.C. Moore, and J.C.  Wingfield.  1983.  The nature of photorefractoriness.  In "Avian Endocrinology: Environmental and Ecological Perspectives" (S. Ishii, S.I. Mikami, and M. Wada, eds.), pp. 149‑166.  Japanese Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, and Springer‑Verlag, Berlin.

 

Moore, M.C., and R.H. Kranz.  1983.  Evidence for androgen independence of male mounting behavior in white‑crowned sparrows.  Hormones and Behavior 17: 414‑423.

 

Moore, M.C., H. Schwabl, and D.S. Farner.  1983.  Biochronometry of testicular regression in white‑crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.  Journal of Comparative Physiology 153: 489‑494.

 

Moore, M.C.  1984.  Changes in territorial defense produced by changes in circulating levels of testosterone: A possible hormonal basis for mate‑guarding behavior in white‑crowned sparrows.  Behaviour 88: 215‑226.

 

Moore, M.C., J.M. Whittier, and D. Crews.  1984.  Environmental control of seasonal reproduction in a parthenogenetic lizard, Cnemidophorus uniparens.  Physiological Zoology 57: 544‑549. 

 

Farner, D.S., and M.C. Moore.  1985.  An assessment of the role of daylength in the control of the annual cycle of reproduction and molt in birds.  In "Current Trends in Comparative Endocrinology" (B. Lofts and W.N. Holmes, eds.), pp. 705‑709.  Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.

 

Moore, M.C., D.S. Farner, R.S. Donham, and K.S. Matt.  1985.  Endocrine and photoperiodic relationships during photorefractoriness, postnuptial molt, and onset of migration in Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.  In "Acta XVIII Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici", (V.D. Ilyichev and V.M. Gavrilov, eds.), pp 946-952.  Academy of the Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.

 

Moore, M.C., J.M. Whittier, A.J. Billy, and D. Crews.  1985.  Male‑like behaviour in an all‑female lizard: relationship to ovarian cycle.  Animal Behaviour 33: 284‑289.   

 

Moore, M.C., J.M. Whittier, and D. Crews.  1985.  Sex steroid hormones during the ovarian cycle of an all‑female, parthenogenetic lizard and their correlation with pseudosexual behavior.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 60: 144-153.

 

Crews, D. and M.C. Moore.  1986.  Evolution of mechanisms controlling mating behavior.  Science 231: 121-125.

 

Moore, M.C.  1986.  Elevated testosterone levels during nonbreeding season territoriality in a fall‑breeding lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi.  Journal of Comparative Physiology 158A: 159-163. 

 

Moore, M.C., and D. Crews.  1986.  Sex steroid hormones in natural populations of a sexual whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus inornatus, a direct evolutionary ancestor of a unisexual parthenogen.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 63: 424-430. 

 

Moore, M.C.  1987.  Castration affects territorial and sexual behaviour of free‑living male lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi.  Animal Behaviour 35: 1193-1199.

 

Moore, M.C. and C.A. Marler.  1987.  Effects of testosterone manipulations on nonbreeding season territorial aggression in free-living male lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 65: 225-232.

 

Moore, M.C.  1987.  Circulating steroid hormones during rapid aggressive responses of territorial males mountain spiny lizards, Sceloporus jarrovi.  Hormones and Behavior 21: 511-521. 

 

Wingfield, J.C., and M.C. Moore.  1987.  Hormonal, social and environmental factors in the reproductive biology of free-living male birds.  In "Psychobiology of reproductive behavior: an evolutionary perspective" (D. Crews, ed.), pp. 149-175.   Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs. 

 

Moore, M.C. and C.A. Marler. 1988. Hormones, behavior and the environment: an evolutionary perspective.   In "Processing of Environmental Information in Vertebrates" (M.H. Stetson, ed.), pp 71-84.  Springer-Verlag, New York. 

 

Moore, M.C.  1988.  Testosterone control of territorial behavior: tonic-release implants fully restore seasonal and short-term aggressive responses in free-living castrated lizards.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 70: 450-459. 

 

Marler, C.A. and M.C. Moore.  1988.  Evolutionary costs of aggression revealed by testosterone manipulations in free-living male lizards.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 23: 21-26.

 

Moore, M.C., S.R. Szarek, L.R. Towill and R.N. Trelease.  1989.  Biology 182 laboratory manual.  Third Edition.  Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque.

 

Marler, C.A. and M.C. Moore.  1989.  Time and energy costs of aggression in testosterone-implanted free-living male mountain spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovi).  Physiological Zoology 62: 1334-1350.

 

Moore, M.C. and C.W. Thompson.  1990.  Field endocrinology of reptiles: hormonal control of alternative male reproductive tactics.  "Progress in Comparative Endocrinology" (A. Epple, C.G. Scanes and M.H. Stetson, ed.), pp. 685-690.  Wiley-Liss, New York.

 

Moore, M.C., C.W. Thompson and C.A. Marler.  1991.  Reciprocal changes in corticosterone and testosterone levels following acute and chronic handling stress in tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 81, 217-226.

 

Thompson, C.W. and M.C. Moore.  1991.  Syntopic occurrence of multiple dewlap color morphs in male tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  Copeia 1991 (2), 493-503.

 

Schoech, S.J., R.L. Mumme and M.C. Moore.  1991.  Reproductive endocrinology and mechanisms of breeding inhibition in cooperatively breeding Florida scrub jays (Aphelocoma c. coerulescens).  Condor 93:354-364.

 

Moore, M.C.  1991.  Application of organization-activation theory to alternative male reproductive strategies:  a review.  Hormones and Behavior 25:154-179.

 

Marler, C.A., and M.C. Moore.  1991.  Energetic costs of aggression compensated for by food supplementation in testosterone-implanted male mountain spiny lizards.  Animal Behaviour 42: 209-220.

 

Thompson, C.W. and M.C. Moore.  1991.  Throat colour reliably signals status in male tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  Animal Behaviour 42: 745-754.

 

Moore, M.C. and J.A. Lindzey.  1992.  Physiological basis of sexual behavior in male reptiles.  In "Biology of the Reptilia; Volume 18; Physiology E; Hormones, Brain and Behavior" (C. Gans and D. Crews, ed.), pp. 70-113.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

 

Wingfield, J.C., C.M. Vleck and M.C. Moore.  1992.  Seasonal changes of the adrenocortical response to stress in birds of the Sonoran desert.  Journal of Experimental Zoology 264: 419-428.  

Thompson, C.W. and M.C. Moore.  1992.  Behavioral and hormonal correlates of alternative reproductive strategies in a polygynous lizard: tests of the relative plasticity and challenge hypothesis.  Hormones and Behavior 26: 568-585.

 

Crews, D., and M.C. Moore.  1993.  Reproductive psychobiology of parthenogenetic whiptail lizards.  In "Biology of Whiptail Lizards" (J.W. Wright and L.J. Vitt, eds.), pp. 255-280.  Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Press, Norman.

 

Thompson, C.W., I.T. Moore and M.C. Moore.  1993.  Social, environmental and genetic factors in the ontogeny of phenotype differentiation in a lizard with alternative reproductive strategies.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 33:137-146.

 

Hews, D.K., R. Knapp and M.C. Moore.  1994.  Early exposure to androgens affects adult expression of alternative male types in tree lizards.  Hormones and Behavior 28: 96-115.

 

Knapp, R., and M.C. Moore.  1995.  Hormonal responses to aggression vary with type of agonistic encounter in tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  Hormones and Behavior 29: 85-105.

 

Hews, D.K., and M.C. Moore.  1995.  Influence of androgens on differentiation of secondary sex characters in tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 97: 86-102.

 

Marler, C.A., G.E. Walsberg, M.L. White and M.C. Moore.  1995. Increased energy expenditure due to increased territorial defense in male lizards after phenotype manipulation.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 37:225-232.

 

Knapp, R. and M.C. Moore. 1996. Alternative male morphs in tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus) have different delayed hormonal responses to aggressive encounters.  Animal Behaviour, 52:1045-1055.

 

Hews, D.K and M.C. Moore.  1996. A critical period for exogenous testosterone organization of male types in tree lizards? Physiology and Behavior 60:425-429.

 

Hews, D.K. and M.C. Moore.  1997.  Hormones and sex-specific traits: critical questions.  In "Parasites and Pathogens: Effects on Host Hormones and Behavior" (N.E. Beckage, ed), pp. 277-292.  Chapman and Hall, New York.

 

Harvey, L.A, S.K. Woodley, M.C. Moore and C.R. Propper. 1997.  Reproductive endocrinology of the explosively breeding desert toad, Scaphiopus couchii.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 105:102-113.

 

Knapp, R. and M.C. Moore.  1997.  A non-invasive method for sustained elevation of steroid hormone levels in reptiles.  Herpetological Review 28:33-34.

 

Matt, K.S., M.C. Moore, R. Knapp and I.T. Moore.  1997.  Sympathetic mediation of stress and aggression: Plasma catecholamines in free-living tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Physiology and Behavior 61: 639-648.

 

Knapp, R. and M. C. Moore.  1997.  Male morphs in tree lizards have different testosterone responses to elevated levels of corticosteorne.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 107:273-279.

 

Hews, D.K., C.W. Thompson, I.T. Moore and M.C. Moore.  1997. Population frequencies of alternative male phenotypes in tree lizards: geographic variation and common-garden rearing studies.   Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41: 371-380.

 

Moore, M.C., D.K. Hews and R. Knapp.  1998.  Evolution and hormonal control of alternative male phenotypes.  American Zoologist 38: 133-151.

 

Woodley, S.K. and M.C. Moore. 1999 Female territorial aggression and steroid hormones in mountain spiny lizards.   Animal Behaviour 57:1083-1089.

 

Woodley, S.K. and M.C. Moore. 1999. Ovarian hormones influence territorial aggression in free-living mountain spiny lizards.  Hormones and Behavior 35:205-214.  

 

Breuner, C. W., Jennings, D. H., Moore, M. C., and Orchinik, M. (2000). Pharmacologial adrenalectomy with mitotane. General and Compartive Endocrinology 120, 27-34. 

 

Jennings, D. H., Moore, M. C., Knapp, R., Matthews, L., and Orchinik, M. (2000). Plasma steroid-binding globulin mediation of differences in stress reactivity in alternative male phenotypes in tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. General and Compartive Endocrinology 120, 289-299. 

 

Woodley, S. K., Matt, K. S., and Moore, M. C. (2000). Estradiol modulation of central monamine activity in female mountain spiny lizards. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 56, 175-183. 

 

Woodley, S. K., Matt, K. S., and Moore, M. C. (2000). Neuroendocrine responses in free-living female and male lizards after aggressive interactions. Physiology and Behavior 71, 373-381. 

 

Painter, D., Jennings, D. H., and Moore, M. C. (2002). Placental buffering of maternal steroid hormone effects on fetal and yolk hormone levels: a comparative study of a viviparous lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi, and an oviparous lizard, Sceloporus gracious. General and Compartive Endocrinology 127: 105-116. 

 

Woodley, S.K. and M.C. Moore.  (2002).  Plasma corticosterone response to an acute stressor varies according to reproductive condition in female tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus).  General and Comparative Endocrinology, 128: 143-148. 

 

Weiss, S.L., D.H. Jennings, and M.C. Moore. (2002).  Effect of captivity in semi-natural enclosures on the reproductive endocrinology of female striped plateau lizards (Sceloporus virgatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 128: 238-246.  

 

Lacy, E.L., Sheridan, M.A. and Moore, M.C. (2002). Sex differences in lipid metabolism during reproduction in free-living tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus).  General and Comparative Endocrinology 128: 180-192.

 

Knapp, R., Hews, D. K., Thompson, C. W., Ray, L., and Moore, M. C. (2003). Environmental and endocrine correlates of tactic switching by non-territorial male tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus). Hormones and Behavior, 43: 83-92.

 

Summers, C.H.,  Summers, T.R.,  Moore, M.C., Korzan, W.J., Woodley, S.K., Ronan, P.J., Hoglund, E and N. Greenberg.  (2003).  Temporal Patterns Of Limbic Monoamine And Plasma Corticosterone Response During Social Stress.  Neuroscience 116: 553-563.

 

Woodley S.K, D. Painter, M.C. Moore, M.L. Wikelski, and M. Romero.  (2003).  Tidal cycle affects the baseline plasma corticosterone rhythm in intertidally foraging marine iguanas.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 132: 216-222.

 

Jennings, D.H., D. Painter and M.C. Moore.  2004.  Role of the adrenal in early post hatching differentiation of alternative male phenotypes in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 135: 81-89.

 

Weiss, S.L. and M.C. Moore.  2004.  Activation of aggressive behavior by progesterone and testosterone in male tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 136: 282-288.

Painter, D. and M. C. Moore.  2005.  In vitro placental steroid hormone metabolism in a viviparous lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi.   Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78:364-372.  

Crews, D. and M.C. Moore.  2005.  Historical contributions of research on reptiles to behavioral neuroendocrinology.  Hormones and Behavior 48: 384-394.

French, S.S., K.S. Matt and M.C. Moore. 2005.  The effects of stress on wound healing in male tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus).  General and Comparative Endocrinology, in press. 

Kabelik, D., S.L. Weiss and M.C. Moore. 2006.  Steroid hormone mediation of limbic brain plasticity and aggression in free-living tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus.  Hormones and Behavior, in press.