Marion Ruth Preest,
Ph.D.
Professor
Present
Position Joint
Science Department The
Claremont Colleges Claremont,
CA 91711 Phone:
(909) 607 8014 FAX:
(909) 621 8588 Email: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu Education 1993, Ph.D., Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, USA 1988, M.S., Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, USA 1985, B.Sc. (Hons), Zoology, Otago University, NZ |
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Fields
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Representative
Publications Mendelson, J.R., III,
J.B. Pramuk, R. Gagliardo,
A. Pessier, B.B. Rothermel,
K.C. Zippel, C. Bevier, M.R. Preest,
and B. Crother.
2009. Considerations and recommendations
for raising live amphibians in classrooms.
Herp. Review 40:142-144. Preest, M.R. and
A. Cree. 2008. Corticosterone
treatment has subtle effects on thermoregulatory behavior and raises
metabolic rate in the New Zealand common gecko, Hoplodactylus
maculatus. Physiol. Biochem.
Zool. 81: 641-650. Preest, M.R., C.L.
Tyrrell, and A. Cree. 2005. ACTH-induced stress response during pregnancy in
a viviparous gecko: No observed effect on offspring quality. J. Exp. Zool.
303A: 823-835. Preest, M.R., R.
J. Gonzalez, and R. Wilson. 2005. A pharmacological examination of Na+ and Cl- transport in two species of freshwater fish. Physiol.
Biochem. Zool. 78: 259-272 Cree, A, C.L. Tyrrell, M.R. Preest, D.
Thorburn, and L.J. Guillette,
Jr. 2003. Protecting embryos from stress: corticosterone
effects and the corticosterone response to capture
and confinement during pregnancy in a live-bearing lizard (Hoplodactylus maculatus).
Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 134: 316-329. Preest, M.R., D.
Folk, and C.A. Beuchat. 2003. Decomposition of
nitrogenous compounds by intestinal bacteria in hummingbirds. The Auk 120:
1091-1101. Preest, M.R. and
F.H. Pough. 2003. Effects of body temperature and
hydration state on organismal performance of toads, Bufo
americanus. Physiol. Biochem.
Zool. 76: 229-239. Meyer, V.M., M.R. Preest, and S.M. Lochetto. 2002. Autotomy and
predator defense in lizards: Is a regenerated tail as effective as the
original? Herpetologica 58: 75-86. Beuchat, C.A., M.R.
Preest, and E.J. Braun. 1999. Glomerular and
medullary architecture in the kidney of Anna’s hummingbird. J. Morph. 240:
95-100. Gonzalez, R.J. and M.R. Preest. 1999. Ionoregulatory specializations for exceptional tolerance
of ion-poor acidic waters in the neon tetra (Paracheirodon
innesi). Physiol. Biochem.
Zool. 72: 156-163. Pough, F.H., M.R.
Preest, and M.H. Fusari.
1997. Prey-handling and the evolutionary ecology of sand-swimming lizards (Lerista: Scincidae). Oecol. 112: 351-361. Preest, M.R. and
C.A. Beuchat. 1997. Ammonia excretion by
hummingbirds. Nature 386: 561-562. Preest, M.R. 1993.
Mechanisms of growth rate reduction in acid-exposed larval salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum. Physiol.
Zool. 66: 686-707. |