Publications

Publications

Backus, L., L. Foss, and L. A. Tell. 2019. West Nile virus in hummingbirds in California, USA, 2005–17. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55:903-907.

Baek, H. E., R. R. Bandivadekar, P. Pandit, M. Mah, R. N. Sehgal, and L. A. Tell. 2020. TaqMan quantitative real-time PCR for detecting Avipoxvirus DNA in various sample types from hummingbirds. PLOS One 15(6):e0230701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230701

Bandivadekar, R. R., P. S. Pandit, R. Sollmann, M. J. Thomas, S. M. Logan, J. C. Brown, A. P. Klimley, and L. A. Tell. 2018. Use of RFID technology to characterize feeder visitations and contact network of hummingbirds in urban habitats. PLOS One 13(12):e0208057. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208057

Bradshaw, A. C., L. A. Tell, H. B. Ernest, S. Bahan, J. Carlson, and R. N. M. Sehgal. 2017. Detection and prevalence of Haemoproteus archilochus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in two species of California hummingbirds. Parasitology Research 116:1879-1885.

DeRogatis, A. M., L. V. Nguyen, R. R. Bandivadekar, K. C. Klasing, and L. A. Tell. 2020. Anti-microbial activity of whole blood and plasma collected from Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calypte anna) against three different microbes. PLOS ONE 15(6): e0234239. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234239

Diao, S. M., Robert Poppenga, Gwendolyne Gonzales Alarcio, Janet Foley, Ruta Bandivadikar, Linda Aston, and L. A. Tell. 2020. Concentrations of vitamins A and E in tissue samples from Anna’s Hummingbirds (Calypte anna): Development of an analytical method for measuring vitamin concentrations in small mass tissue samples. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 7:637. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00637

Filigenzi, M. S., E. E. Graves, L. A. Tell, K. A. Jelks, and R. H. Poppenga. 2019. Quantitation of neonicotinoid insecticides, plus qualitative screening for other xenobiotics, in small-mass avian tissue samples using UHPLC high-resolution mass spectrometry. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 31:399-407.

Godoy, L. A., L. S. Dalbeck, L. A. Tell, L. W. Woods, R. R. Colwell, B. Robinson, S. M. Wethington, A. Moresco, P. R. Woolcock, and H. B. Ernest. 2013. Characterization of avian poxvirus in Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) in California, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49:978-985.

Godoy, L. A., L. A. Tell, and H. B. Ernest. 2014. Hummingbird health: pathogens and disease conditions in the family Trochilidae. Journal of Ornithology 155:1-12.

Godwin, B. L., M. E. LaCava, B. Mendelsohn, R. B. Gagne, K. D. Gustafson, S. M. L. Stowell, A. Engilis, L. A. Tell, and H. B. Ernest. 2020. Novel hybrid finds a peri-urban niche: Allen’s Hummingbirds in southern California. Conservation Genetics 1-10.

Graves, E. E., K. A. Jelks, J. E. Foley, M. S. Filigenzi, R. H. Poppenga, H. B. Ernest, R. Melnicoe, and L. A. Tell. 2019. Analysis of insecticide exposure in California hummingbirds using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26:15458-15466.

Hagadorn, K. A., L. A. Tell, T. L. Drazenovich, and H. B. Ernest. 2016. Molecular sex identification markers for five North American hummingbird species. Conservation Genetics Resources 8:427-430.

Lee, C., L. A. Tell, T. Hilfer, and R. L. Vannette. 2019. Microbial communities in hummingbird feeders are distinct from floral nectar and influenced by bird visitation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286:20182295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2295

Magagna, M., E. Noland, L. A. Tell, G. Purdin, B. Rideout, M. W. Lipman, and D. Agnew. 2019. Histopathologic findings in free-ranging California hummingbirds, 1996–2017. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55:343-351.

Mikoni, N. A., R. Poppenga, J. T. Ackerman, J. Foley, J. Hazlehurst, G. Purdin, L. Aston, S. Hargrave, K. Jelks, and L. A. Tell. 2017. Trace element contamination in feather and tissue samples from Anna's hummingbirds. Ecological Indicators 80:96-105.

Safra, N., M. M. Christopher, H. B. Ernest, R. Bandivadekar, and L. A. Tell. 2018. Leukocyte Reference Intervals for Free-Ranging Hummingbirds in Northern California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54:607-611.

Yamasaki, Y. K., E. E. Graves, R. S. Houston, B. M. Oconnor, P. E. Kysar, M. H. Straub, J. E. Foley, and L. A. Tell. 2018. Evaluation of Proctophyllodes huitzilopochtlii on feathers from Anna's (Calypte anna) and Black-chinned (Archilochus alexandri) Hummingbirds: Prevalence assessment and imaging analysis using light and tabletop scanning electron microscopy. PLOS One 13(2): e0191323. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191323