2025

43. Duffy, B., Ivy. C.M., Staples, J.F. (2025). Arousal from hibernation increases blood-oxygen saturation in Thirteen-lined ground squirrels. Journal of Experimental Biology, In Press. (Postdoc work).

42. Krohman, R.*, Ogushi, R.*, Stelfox, J.H.* and Ivy, C.M. (2025). The impact of hypoxia and heat stress on Corella inflata heart characteristics adds evidence to the functional role of heartbeat reversals. Journal of Invertebrate Biology, In Press. Impact factor: 1.7 (Postdoc work).

41. Coulson, S.Z., Ivy, C.M., Staples, J.F. and Guglielmo, C.G. (2025). Flight muscle mitochondria are robust against endurance flight damage in blackpoll warblers (Setophaga striata). Journal of Avian Biology, e03381. (Postdoc work).

40. Lague, S.L., Ivy, C.M., York, J.M., Dawson, N.J., Chua, B.A., Alza, L., Scott, G.R., McCracken, K.G. and Milsom, W.K. (2025). Gas exchange, oxygen transport and metabolism in high-altitude waterfowl. Philosophical Transactions B. 380:20230424

39. Ivy, C.M., Young, K.G., Qu, M.*, Dick, M.F., Shoemaker, J.K. and Guglielmo, C.G. (2025). The catecholamine response to graded high-altitude flight in yellow-rumped warblers (Setophaga coronata). American Journal of Physiology, 328: R329-340. (Postdoc work).

38. Lewicki, L.M.*, Zhang, M.*, Staples, J.F., Guglielmo, C.G. and Ivy, C.M. (2025). A comparison of seasonal flexibility in pectoralis muscle fiber type and enzyme activity in migratory and resident sparrow species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 228:3, 1-10. Impact factor: 2.9 (Postdoc work).

2024

37. Ivy, C.M. and Williamson, J.L. (2024). On the physiology of high-altitude flight and altitudinal migration in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 64:6, 1766-1779. Impact factor: 2.6 (Postdoc work).

36. Chang, R.M.*, Guglielmo, C.G., and Ivy, C.M. (2024). Seasonal modulation of pectorlis muscle fibre type composition in migratory songbirds. Journal of Ornithology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02177-w. Impact factor: 1.3 (Postdoc work).

35. Mohns, M.L.*, Guglielmo, C.G. and Ivy, C.M. (2024). Seasonal changes in the ventilatory response to hypoxia in migratory sparrows and an introduced resident sparrow. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 102, 1-12. Impact factor: 1.4 (Postdoc work).

34. McKracken, K.G., Scott, G.R., Alza, L., Astie, A., Bakkeren, C., Bautista, E., Bulgarella, M., Cheek, R.G., Chua, B.A., Dawson, N.J., Diaz, A., Ivy, C.M., Frappell, P.B., Kopuchian, C., Lague, S.L., Maina, J.N., Munoz-Fuentes, V., Schell, E.R., Smith, M.M., Sprenger, R.J., Tubaro, P.L., Valqui, T., Weber, R.E., Wilner, D., Wilson, R.E., York, J.M. and Milsom, W.K. (2024). Diving at high altitude: O2 transport and utilization in the Ruddy duck and Torrent duck in the Andes. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science (Louisiana State University). (PhD work.)

2023

33. Taylor, P.J., Nengovhela, A., Denys, C., Scott, G.R. and Ivy, C.M. (2023). Adaptation in brain structure and respiratory and olfactory structures across environmental gradients in African and North American muroid rodents. Integrative Zoology, 0, 1-17. Impact factor: 3.3 (PhD work).

32. Ivy, C.M. and Guglielmo, C.G. (2023). Migratory songbirds exhibit seasonal modulation of the oxygen cascade. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226, jeb245975. Impact factor: 3.312. (Postdoc work) Highlighted in Inside JEB.

31. Hart, D.W., Bennett, N.C., Best, C., van Jaarsveld, B., Cheng, H., Ivy, C.M., Kirby, A.M., Munro, D., Sprenger, R.J., Storey, K.B., Milsom, W.K. and Pamenter, M.E. (2023). The relationship between hypoxia exposure and circulating cortisol levels in social and solitary African mole-rats: An initial report. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 339, 1-5, 114294. Impact factor: 3.255.

30. Schweizer, R.M., Ivy, C.M., Natarajan, C., Scott, G.R., Storz, J.F. and Cheviron, Z.A. (2023). Gene regulatory differences underlie developmental plasticity in aerobic performance in highland deer mice. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1-14 (PhD work). Impact factor: 6.622.

29. Nengovhela, A., Ivy, C.M., Scott, G.R., Denys, C. and Taylor, P.J. (2023). Counter-gradient variation and the expensive tissue hypothesis explain parallel brain size reductions at high elevation in Cricetid and Murid rodents. Scienific Reports, 13:5617 (PhD work). Impact factor: 4.996.

2022

28. Ivy, C.M., Velotta, J.P., Cheviron, Z.A. and Scott, G.R. (2022). Genetic variation in HIF-2alpha attenuates ventilatory sensitivity and carotid body growth in chronic hypoxia in high-altitude deer mice. Journal of Physiology, 600 (18): 4207-4225 (PhD work). Highlighted in a Perspectives article in Journal of Physiology. Impact factor: 6.228.

27. Blewett, T.A., Binning, S.A., Weinrauch, A.M., Ivy, C.M., Rossi, G.S., Borowiec, B.G., Lau, G.Y., Overduin, S.L., Aragao, I. and Norin, T. (2022). Physiological and behavioural strategies of aquatic animals living in fluctuating environments. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225, jeb242503. Impact factor: 3.312. (Postdoc work).

26. Wearing, O.H., Nelson, D., Ivy, C.M., Crossley, D.A. and Scott, G.R. (2022). Adrenergic control of the cardiovascular system in deer mice native to high altitude. Current Research in Physiology, 5, 83-92. (PhD work).

25. Ivy, C.M., Wearing, O.H., Natarajan, C., Schweizer, R.M., Gutierrez-Pinto, N., Velotta, J.P., Campbell-Staton, S.C., Petersen, E.E., Fago, A., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F. and Scott, G.R. (2022). Genetic variation in haemoglobin is associated with evolved changes in breathing in high-altitude deer mice. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225, jeb243595. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312. Highlighted in Inside JEB.

2021

24. Ivy, C.M., Prest, H.*, West, C.M. and Scott, G.R. (2021). Distinct mechanisms underlie developmental plasticity and adult acclimation of thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, 718163. (PhD work) Impact factor: 4.134

23. Wearing. O.H., Ivy, C.M., Gutierrez-Pinto, N., Velotta, J.P., Campbell-Staton, S.C., Natarajan, C., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F. and Scott, G.R. (2021). The adaptive benefits of increases in hemoglobin-O2 affinity is contingent on tissue O2 diffusing capacity in high-altitude deer mice. BMC Biology, 19. (PhD work) Impact factor: 6.765

22. Parr, N., Dawson, N.J., Ivy, C.M., Morten, J.M., Scott, G.R. and Hawkes, L.A. (2021). Flight muscle and heart phenotypes in high-flying ruddy shelduck. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 191, 563-573. (PhD work) Impact factor: 2.069

21. West, C.M., Ivy, C.M., Husnudinov, R.* and Scott, G.R. (2021). Evolution and developmental plasticity of lung structure in high-altitude deer mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 191, 385-396. (PhD work) Impact factor: 2.069

20. Ivy, C.M. and Scott, G.R. (2021). Life-long exposure to hypoxia affects metabolism and respiratory physiology across life stages in high-altitude deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 224, jeb237024 (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312

2020

19. Tate, K.B., Wearing, O.H., Ivy, C.M., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F., McClelland, G.B., and Scott, G.R. (2020). Coordinated changes across the O2 transport pathways underlie adaptive increases in thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287, 20192750. (PhD work) Impact factor: 5.349

18. Ivy, C.M., Greaves, M.A.*, Sangster, E.D.*, Robertson, C.E., Natarajan, C., Storz, J.F., McClelland, G.B., and Scott, G.R. (2020). Ontogenesis of evolved changes in respiratory physiology in deer mice native to high altitude. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223, jeb219360. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312

17. Lague, S.L., Ivy, C.M., York, J.M., Chua, B.A., Alza, L., Cheek, R., Dawson, N.J., Frappell, N.J., Farrell, A., McCracken, K.G., Scott, G.R. and Milsom, W.K. (2020). Cardiovascular responses to progressive hypoxia in ducks native to high altitudes in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223, jeb211250. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312

16. Ivy, C.M., Sprenger, R.J., Bennett, N.C., van Jaarsveld, B., Hart, D.W., Kirby, A.M., Yaghoubi, D.*, Storey, K.B., Milsom, W.K., and Pamenter, M.E. (2020) The hypoxia tolerance of 8 related African mole-rat species rivals that of naked mole-rats, despite divergent ventilatory and metabolic strategies in severe hypoxia. Acta Physiologica, 00, e13436. (PhD work) Impact factor: 5.97, *authors contributed equally

2019

15. Schweizer, R.M., Velotta, J.P., Ivy, C.M., Jones, M.R., Muir, S.M.*, Bradburd, G.S., Storz, J.F., Scott, G.R. and Cheviron, Z.A. (2019) Physiological and genomic evidence that selection on the transcription factor Epas1 has altered cardiovascular function in high-altitude deer mice. PLOS genetics, 15, e1008420. (PhD work) Impact factor: 5.109

14. Ivy, C.M., Lague, S.L., York, J.M., Chua, B.A., Alza, L., Cheek, R., Dawson, N.J., Frappell, P.B., McCracken, K.G., Milsom, W.K. and Scott, G.R. (2019) Control of breathing and respiratory gas exchange in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222, jeb198622. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312

2018

13. Velotta, J.P., Ivy, C.M., Wolf, C.J., Scott, G.R., Cheviron, Z.A. (2018) Maladaptive phenotypic plasticity in cardiac muscle is suppressed in high-altitude deer mice. Evolution, 72, 2712-2727. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.573

12. Ivy, C.M. and Scott, G.R. (2018) Evolved changes in breathing and CO2 sensitivity in deer mice native to high altitudes. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 315, R1027-R1037. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.026

11. Nikel, K.E.*, Shanishchara, N.K.*, Ivy, C.M., Dawson, N.J., Scott, G.R. (2018) Effects of hypoxia at different life stages on locomotory muscle phenotype in deer mice native to high altitude. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part B, 224, 98-104. (PhD work) Impact factor: 2.069

10. Ivy, C.M., York, J.M., Lague, S.L., Chua, B.A., Alza, L., McCracken, K.G., Milsom, W.K., and Scott, G.R. (2018) Validation of a pulse oximetry system for high-altitude waterfowl by examining the hypoxia responses of the Andean goose (Chloephaga melanoptera). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 91, 859-867. (PhD work) Impact factor: 2.291

2017

9. Garcia, V., Ivy, C.M., Fu, J. (2017) Syntopic frogs reveal different patterns of interaction with the landscape: A comparative landscape genetic study of Pelophylax nigromaculatus and Fejervarya limnocharis from central China. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 9294-9306. (Undergrad work) Impact factor: 2.34

8. Tate, K.B., Ivy, C.M., Velotta, J.P., Storz, J.F., McClelland, G.B., Cheviron, Z.A., Scott, G.R. (2017) Circulatory mechanisms underlying adaptive increases in thermogenic capacity in high-altitude deer mice. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 3616-3620. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312

7. Ivy, C.M. and Scott, G.R. (2017) Control of breathing and ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia in deer mice native to high altitudes. Acta Physiologica, 221, 266-282. (PhD work) Impact factor: 5.97 Editorial feature by Bill Milsom, Different solutions to restoring oxygen delivery at altitude.

6. York, J.M., Chua, B.A., Ivy, C.M., Alza, L., Cheek, R., Scott, G.R., McCracken, K.G., Frappell, P.B., Dawson, N.J., Laguë, S.L. and Milsom, W.K. (2017) Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 1079-1089. (PhD Work) Impact factor: 3.312

5. Ivy, C.M., Robertson, C.E. and Bernier, N.J. (2017) Acute embryonic anoxia exposure favours the development of a dominant and aggressive phenotype in adult zebrafish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284, 1-9. (Undergraduate work) Impact factor: 5.349 Outside JEB feature by Sarah Alderman, Feisty fish from anoxic waters (2017) 220, 1166-1169.

4. Ivy, C.M. and Scott, G.R. (2017) Ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia in mice: Methodological considerations. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 235, 95-103. (PhD work) Impact factor: 1.931

2016

3. Dawson, N.J., Ivy, C.M., Alza, L., Cheek, R., York, J.M., Chua, B., Milsom, W.K., McCracken, K.G., and Scott, G.R. (2016) Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in torrent ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, 3719-3728. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.312

2015

2. Ivy, C.M. and Scott, G.R. (2015) Review: Control of breathing and the circulation in high-altitude mammals and birds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology: Part A, 186, 66-74. (PhD work) Impact factor: 2.371

1. Lui, M.A., Mahalingam, S., Patel, P., Connaty, A.D., Ivy, C.M., Cheviron, Z.A., Storz, J.F., McClelland, G.B., and Scott, G.R. (2015) High-altitude ancestry and hypoxia acclimation have distinct effects on exercise capacity and muscle phenotype in deer mice. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 308 R779-R791. (PhD work) Impact factor: 3.026