Teaching Interests:
Courses Taught Regularly: BIOL 417 - Field Ecology, BIOL 433 - Environmental Physiology,
BIOL 441 - Histology, BIOL 463 - Ornithology, BIOL 481 - Vertebrate Anatomy and Embryology
Research Interests:
My research interests are broadly based in the areas of ecological physiology, the
evolution of physiological adaptation in animals (particularly vertebrates), and
ornithology. Within these broad areas, my specific research foci include patterns
and mechanisms of seasonal phenotypic flexibility and adaptation to cold in birds,
freezing tolerance and overwintering strategies in amphibians, and woodland and wetland
habitat use by migrating and breeding birds in the Northern Prairie region. Research
in my laboratory is integrative in nature, and includes ecological (field-oriented),
organismal, organ/tissue, biochemical and molecular approaches to gaining answers
to questions within these research foci.
Publications:
Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for
display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions
of the faculty member or discipline.
- Stoy, Paul, Ahmed, Selena, Jarchow, Meghann, Rashford, Benjamin, Swanson, David, Albeke, Shannon, Bromley, Gabriel, Brookshire, Jack, Dixon, Mark, Haggerty, Julia, Miller, Perry, Peyton, Brent, Royem, Alisa, Sohl, Terry, Spangler, Lee, Straub, Crista, and Poulter, Benjamin. Opportunities and tradeoffs between BECCS and food, water, energy, biodiversity, and
social systems at regional scales, 100-111. Vol. 68, Iss. 2. BioScience, 2018. (DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix145)
- Swanson, David. An analysis of the bird records of George Levin from Hereford, Meade County, South
Dakota, 1935-1937, 42-47. Vol. 70. Aberdeen, SD: South Dakota Bird Notes, 2018.
- Newberry, Gretchen N., and Swanson, David. Common Nighthawks (Chordeiles minor) in the Western Corn Belt: habitat associations
and population effects of conversion of grassland and rooftop nesting habitats, 216-232. Vol. 180. American Midland Naturalist, 2018.
- Buckely, Lauren, Khaliq, Imran, Swanson, David, and Hof, Christian. Does metabolism constrain bird and mammal ranges and predict shifts in response to
climate change?, 12375-12385. Vol. 8. Ecology and Evolution, 2018. (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4537)
- Newberry, Gretchen, and Swanson, David. Elevated temperatures are associated with stress in rooftop-nesting Common Nighthawk
(Chordeiles minor) chicks, coy010. Vol. 6, Iss. 1. Conservation Physiology, 2018.
- Zhang, Yufeng, Yap, Kang N., Williams, Tony D., and Swanson, David. Experimental increases in foraging costs affect pectoralis muscle mass and myostatin
expression in female, but not male, zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), 849-858. Vol. 91. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2018. (DOI: 10.1086/697153)
- Zhang, Yufeng, Eyster, Kathleen, and Swanson, David. Context-dependent regulation of pectoralis myostatin and lipid transporters by temperature
and photoperiod in dark-eyed juncos, 23-31. Vol. 64. Current Zoology, 2018. (DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox020)
- Jarchow, Meghann, Jennings, Ethan, Lynn, Kriston, Olvera, Selena, Seidel, Tyler, LaBelle, Aleisa, Kosola, Shelley, Austin, Shaylyn, Gray-Lobe, Geoffrey, Krasky, Rebecca, Ruiz, Sebastian, Vazquez Maestre, Bethany, Jordan, Brennan, Posthumus, David, Swanson, David, Kerby, Jacob, Wesner, Jeff, Dixon, Mark, Sweeney, Mark, Sayre, Matthew, and Rosenfeld, Silvana. A sustainable approach to environmental management, 54-57. Iss. 120. Research Features, 2017.
- Swanson, David, King, Marisa, Culver III, William, and Zhang, Yufeng. Within-winter flexibility in muscles masses, myostatin and cellular metabolic intensity
in passerine birds, 210-222. Vol. 90. Chicago, IL: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2017. (DOI: 10.1086/688956.)
- Cheviron, Zachary, and Swanson, David. Comparative transcriptomics of seasonal phenotypic flexibility in two species of North
American songbirds, 1040-1054. Vol. 57. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2017. (DOI: 10.1093/icb/icx118)
- Swanson, David, McKechnie, Andrew, and Vezina, Francois. How low can you go? An adaptive energetic framework for understanding basal metabolic
rate variation in endotherms, 1039-1056. Vol. 187. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2017. (DOI: 10.1007/s00360-017-1096-3)
- Swanson, David, Dixon, Mark, and Palmer, Jeffrey. A Reassessment of Virginia's Warbler Distribution in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 214-226. Vol. 47. Western Birds, 2016.
- Zhang, Yufeng, Carter, Travis, Eyster, Kathleen, and Swanson, David. Acute cold and exercise training increase similar aspects of fatty acid transport
and catabolism in house sparrows, Passer domesticus, 3885-3893. Vol. 218. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2015.
- Swanson, David. From Tabeau to SDOU: A brief history of ornithology in South Dakota with special reference
to works published in the Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 29-51. Vol. 94. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 2015.
- Swanson, David, and Vezina, Francois. Environmental, Ecological and Mechanistic Drivers of Avian Seasonal Metabolic Flexibility
in Response to Cold Winters, S377-S388. Vol. 156(Suppl 1). Journal of Ornithology, 2015. (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1192-7)
- Munes, Eszter C., Dixon, Mark, Swanson, David, Merkord, Christopher L., and Benson, Adam R.. Large, infrequent disturbance on a regulated river: response of floodplain forest
birds to the 2011 Missouri River flood, 19. Vol. 6, Iss. 11 (Article 212). Ecosphere, 2015.
- Zhang, Yufeng, King, Marissa O., Harmon, Erin, Eyster, Kathleen, and Swanson, David. Migration-induced variation of fatty acid transporters and cellular metabolic intensity
in passerine birds, 797-810. Vol. 185. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2015. (DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0921-9)
- Liu, Ming, and Swanson, David. Stopover duration, movement patterns and temporary home ranges of fall migrant yellow-rumped
warblers in native and anthropogenic woodlands of the Northern Prairie region, 452-461. Vol. 46. Journal of Avian Biology, 2015. (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00672)
- Zhang, Yufeng, King, Marisa O., Harmon, Erin, and Swanson, David. Summer-to-winter phenotypic flexibility of fatty acid transport and catabolism in
skeletal muscle and heart of small birds, 535-549. Vol. 88. Chicago, IL: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2015. (DOI: 10.1086/682154)
- Zhang, Yufeng, Eyster, Kathleen, Liu, Jin-Song, and Swanson, David. Cross-training in birds: cold and exercise training produce similar changes in maximal
metabolic output, muscle masses and myostatin expression in house sparrows, Passer
domesticus, 2190-2200. Vol. 218. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2015. (DOI: 10.1242/jeb.121822)
- King, Marisa O., Zhang, Yufeng, Carter, Travis, Johnson, Jake, Harmon, Erin, and Swanson, David. Phenotypic flexibility of skeletal muscle and heart masses and expression of myostatin
and tolloid-like proteinases in migrating passerine birds, 333-342. Vol. 185. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2015. (DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0887-7)
- Stager, Maria, Swanson, David, and Cheviron, Zachary. Regulatory mechanisms of metabolic flexibility in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), 767-777. Vol. 218. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2015. (DOI: 10.1242/jeb.113472)
- Jehl, Joseph R., Henry, Annette E., and Swanson, David. Ratios, adaptations, and the differential metabolic capability of avian flight muscles, 119-124. Vol. 45. Journal of Avian Biology, 2015. (DOI: 10.1111/jav.00506)
- Goodman, Barb, Koster, Karen, and Swanson, David. The Development and Implementation of a New Medical Biology Major Including Physiology, 67-75. Vol. 39. Advances in Physiology Education, 2015. (DOI: 10.1152/advan.00010.2015 )
- Swanson, David, Zhang, Yufeng, and King, Marisa O.. Mechanistic drivers of flexibility in summit metabolic rates of small birds, e101577; 1-9. Vol. 9, Iss. 7. PLoS ONE, 2014.
- Liknes, Eric T., Guglielmo, Christopher G., and Swanson, David. Phenotypic flexibility in passerine birds: seasonal variation in fuel storage, mobilization
and transport, 1-10. Vol. 174. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 2014.
- Liu, Ming, and Swanson, David. Stress physiology of migrant birds during stopover in natural and anthropogenic woodland
habitats the Northern Prairie region, cou046, 1-14. Vol. 2, Iss. 1. Conservation Physiology, 2014.
- Swanson, David, Zhang, Yufeng, Liu, Jin-Song, Merkord, Chris, and King, Marisa. Relative roles of temperature and photoperiod as drivers of metabolic flexibility
in dark-eyed juncos., 866-875. Vol. 217. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2014.
- Swanson, David, King, Marisa O., and Harmon, Erin. Seasonal variation in pectoralis muscle and heart myostatin and tolloid-like proteinases
in small birds: a regulatory role for seasonal phenotypic flexibility?, 249-258. Vol. 184. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2014.
- Zheng, Wei-Hong, Liu, Jin-Song, and Swanson, David. Seasonal phenotypic flexibility of body mass, organ masses, and tissue oxidative capacity
and their relationship to BMR in Chinese bulbuls, 432-444. Vol. 87. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2014.
- Liu, Ming, and Swanson, David. Physiological evidence that anthropogenic woodlots can substitute for native riparian
woodlands as stopover habitat for migrant birds., 183-195. Vol. 87. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2014.
- Swanson, David, Zhang, Yufeng, and King, Marisa O.. Individual variation in thermogenic capacity is correlated with flight muscle size
but not cellular metabolic capacity in American goldfinches, Spinus tristis., 421-431. Vol. 86. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2013. (DOI: 10.1086/671447)
- Thomas, Nathan E., and Swanson, David. Plasma metabolites and creatine kinase levels of shorebirds during fall migration
in the prairie pothole region, 580-590. Vol. 130. Auk, 2013.
- Higgins, Steven A., and Swanson, David. Urea is not a universal cryoprotectant among hibernating anurans: Evidence from the
freeze-tolerant boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata)., 344-350. Vol. 164. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 2013. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.11.002)
- King, Marisa O., and Swanson, David. Activation of the immune system incurs energetic costs but has no effect on the thermogenic
performance of house sparrows during acute cold challenge., 2097-2102. Vol. 216. Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013.
- Swanson, David, and King, Marisa O.. Short-term captivity influences maximal cold-induced metabolic rates and their repeatability
in summer-acclimatized American goldfinches., 437-446. Vol. 59. Current Zoology, 2013.
- Swanson, David, and Merkord, Chris. Seasonal phenotypic flexibility of flight muscle size in small birds: a comparison
of ultrasonography and tissue mass measurements., 119-127. Vol. 154. Journal of Ornithology, 2013. (DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0877-4)
- Swanson, David, Thomas, Nathan E., Liknes, Eric T., and Cooper, Sheldon J.. Intraspecific correlations of basal and maximal metabolic rates in birds and the aerobic
capacity model for the evolution of endothermy., e34271; 1-9. Vol. 7, Iss. 3. PLoS ONE, 2012.
- Swanson, David. Species Account for Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa). Birds of North America Online, 2012.
- Carlisle, Jay D., Richart, Casey H., Swanson, David, and Olmstead, Karen L.. Food Availability, Foraging Behavior, and Diet of Autumn Landbird Migrants in the
Boise Foothills of Southwestern Idaho., 449-461.. Vol. 114. Condor, 2012.
- Swanson, David. Book Review of Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Birds. J.E.P.W. Bicudo,
W.A. Buttemer, M.A. Chappell, J.T. Pearson, and C. Bech, (2010)., 701-703. Vol. 113. Condor, 2011.
- Swanson, David, and Bozinovic, F. Metabolic capacity and the evolution of biogeographic patterns in oscine and suboscine
passerine birds, 185-194. Vol. 84. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2011.
- Liknes, Eric T., and Swanson, David. Phenotypic flexibility in passerine birds: seasonal variation of aerobic enzyme activities
in skeletal muscle, 430-436. Vol. 36. Journal of Thermal Biology, 2011. (DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.07.011 )
- Liknes, Eric T., and Swanson, David. Phenotypic flexibility of body composition associated with seasonal acclimatization
of passerine birds, 363-370. Vol. 36. Journal of Thermal Biology, 2011.
- Swanson, David, and Burdick, S L.. Overwintering physiology and hibernacula microclimates of Blanchard's cricket frogs
at their northwestern range boundary, 248-254. Vol. 2010. Copeia, 2010.
- Swanson, David. Seasonal metabolic variation in birds: functional and mechanistic correlates, 75-129. Vol. 17. Current Ornithology, 2010.
- McKechnie, A E., and Swanson, David. Sources and significance of variation in basal, summit and maximal metabolic rates
in birds, 741-758. Vol. 56. Current Zoology , 2010.
- Burdick, S L., and Swanson, David. Status, distribution and microhabitats of Blanchard's cricket frog Acris blanchardi
in South Dakota, 9-16. Vol. 5. Herpetological Conservation and Biology , 2010.
- Olson, J R., Cooper, S J., Swanson, David, Braun, M J., and Williams, J B.. The relationship of metabolic performance and distribution in black-capped and Carolina
chickadees, 263-275. Vol. 83. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 2010.
- Edwards, Joshua R., Koster, Karen, and Swanson, David. Time course for cryoprotectant synthesis in the freeze-tolerant chorus frog,< i> Pseudacris
triseriata</i>, 367-375. Vol. 125, Iss. 3. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2000.
- Mays, Sarah E., Newberry, Gretchen N., Riley, Lynn, Britten, Hugh, and Swanson, David. Common Nighthawks (Chaordeiles minor) in agricultural landscapes: genetic structure
of populations restricted to urban rooftop nesting.. American Midland Naturalist.