Peer-Reviewed Publications (undergraduate mentees are underlined)
Upcoming
18. Amoroso CR & J Antonovics. Disentangling genetic variance for pathogen avoidance and resistance. In preparation.
17. Amoroso CR, A Lockwood-Shabat, A. Kamali, & AK Gibson. Submitted. Host avoidance and resistance vary independently and are specific to parasite genotype. Pre-print
Peer-Reviewed Publications
16. Amoroso CR, LL Shepard, & AK Gibson. (2024) Genetic variation in parasite avoidance, yet no evidence for constitutive fitness costs. Evolution qpae030. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae030
15. Antonovics, J, CR Amoroso, M Hood, & E Bruns. (2023) Host density shapes the relative contribution of vector-based and aerial transmission of a pathogenic fungus. Ecology 104:e3970. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3970
14. Gibson, AK & CR Amoroso. (2022) Evolution and ecology of parasite avoidance. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 53:47-67. e-Print doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102220-020636
13. Jawahar, J+, AW McCumber+, CR Lickwar, CR Amoroso, SG de la Torre Canny, S Wong, M Morash, JH Thierer, SA Farber, BJM Bohannan, K Guillemin, & JF Rawls. (2022) Starvation causes changes in the intestinal transcriptome and microbiome that are rapidly reversed upon refeeding. BMC Genomics 23:225. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08447-2
(+ authors contributed equally)
12. Amoroso CR & CL Nunn. (2021) Epidemiological transitions in human evolution altered the richness of viruses
relative to helminths and protozoa. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 9:139–148. doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab009
11. Amoroso CR. (2021) Integrating concepts of behavioral and physiological resistance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:635607. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.635607
10. Amoroso CR & J Antonovics. (2020) Evolution of behavioural resistance in host–pathogen systems. Biology Letters 16:20200508.
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0508 download PDF
9. McLendon S* & CR Amoroso. (2020) Social influences on food avoidance in Lemur catta. Folia Primatologica
doi.org/10.1159/000509101
8. Teitelbaum C, CR Amoroso, S Huang, JT Davies, J Rushmore, J Drake, P Stephens, J Byers, A Majewska, & CL Nunn. (2020) A comparison of diversity estimators applied to a database of host-parasite associations. Ecography 43:1-13.
doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05143
7. Amoroso CR, PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, & CL Nunn. (2020) Water availability impacts habitat use by red-fronted lemurs: an experimental and observational study. International Journal of Primatology 41:61–80. doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00136-9
6. Amoroso CR, PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, & CL Nunn. (2020) Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy. Journal of Mammalogy 101:574–581. doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa020
5. Amoroso CR+, E Hanna+, K LaBar, J Schaich-Borg, W Sinnott-Armstrong, & N Zucker. (2020) Disgust theory through the lens of psychiatric medicine. Clinical Psychological Science 8:3-24. doi.org/10.1177/2167702619863769
(+ authors contributed equally)
4. Amoroso CR, PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, & CL Nunn. (2019) Fecal contamination, parasite risk, and waterhole use by wild animals in a dry deciduous forest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:153. doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2769-6
3. Amoroso CR, AG Frink*, & CL Nunn. (2017) Water choice as a counterstrategy to faecally transmitted disease: an experimental study in captive lemurs. Behaviour 154:1239–1258. doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003466
2. Borries C, AA Sandel, A Koenig, E Fernandez-Duque, JM Kamilar, CR Amoroso, RA Barton, J Bray, A Di Fiore, IC Gilby, AD Gordon, R Mundry, M Port, LE Powell, AE Pusey, A Spriggs & CL Nunn. (2016) Transparency, usability, and reproducibility: Guiding principles for improving comparative databases using primates as examples. Evolutionary Anthropology 25:232-238. doi.org/10.1002/evan.21502
1. Rusk CL, EL Walters, & WD Koenig. (2013) Cooperative breeding and long-distance dispersal: A test using vagrant records. PLoS ONE 8:e58624. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058624 (Note: name changed to Caroline R. Amoroso in 2014.)
Dissertation
Water Scarcity, Distribution, and Quality as Drivers of Lemur Behavior. (2019) Doctoral Thesis. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Available Online.
Last updated 29 Jan 2025.
Upcoming
18. Amoroso CR & J Antonovics. Disentangling genetic variance for pathogen avoidance and resistance. In preparation.
17. Amoroso CR, A Lockwood-Shabat, A. Kamali, & AK Gibson. Submitted. Host avoidance and resistance vary independently and are specific to parasite genotype. Pre-print
Peer-Reviewed Publications
16. Amoroso CR, LL Shepard, & AK Gibson. (2024) Genetic variation in parasite avoidance, yet no evidence for constitutive fitness costs. Evolution qpae030. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae030
15. Antonovics, J, CR Amoroso, M Hood, & E Bruns. (2023) Host density shapes the relative contribution of vector-based and aerial transmission of a pathogenic fungus. Ecology 104:e3970. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3970
14. Gibson, AK & CR Amoroso. (2022) Evolution and ecology of parasite avoidance. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 53:47-67. e-Print doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102220-020636
13. Jawahar, J+, AW McCumber+, CR Lickwar, CR Amoroso, SG de la Torre Canny, S Wong, M Morash, JH Thierer, SA Farber, BJM Bohannan, K Guillemin, & JF Rawls. (2022) Starvation causes changes in the intestinal transcriptome and microbiome that are rapidly reversed upon refeeding. BMC Genomics 23:225. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08447-2
(+ authors contributed equally)
12. Amoroso CR & CL Nunn. (2021) Epidemiological transitions in human evolution altered the richness of viruses
relative to helminths and protozoa. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 9:139–148. doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoab009
11. Amoroso CR. (2021) Integrating concepts of behavioral and physiological resistance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:635607. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.635607
10. Amoroso CR & J Antonovics. (2020) Evolution of behavioural resistance in host–pathogen systems. Biology Letters 16:20200508.
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0508 download PDF
9. McLendon S* & CR Amoroso. (2020) Social influences on food avoidance in Lemur catta. Folia Primatologica
doi.org/10.1159/000509101
8. Teitelbaum C, CR Amoroso, S Huang, JT Davies, J Rushmore, J Drake, P Stephens, J Byers, A Majewska, & CL Nunn. (2020) A comparison of diversity estimators applied to a database of host-parasite associations. Ecography 43:1-13.
doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05143
7. Amoroso CR, PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, & CL Nunn. (2020) Water availability impacts habitat use by red-fronted lemurs: an experimental and observational study. International Journal of Primatology 41:61–80. doi.org/10.1007/s10764-020-00136-9
6. Amoroso CR, PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, & CL Nunn. (2020) Temporal patterns of waterhole use as a predator avoidance strategy. Journal of Mammalogy 101:574–581. doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa020
5. Amoroso CR+, E Hanna+, K LaBar, J Schaich-Borg, W Sinnott-Armstrong, & N Zucker. (2020) Disgust theory through the lens of psychiatric medicine. Clinical Psychological Science 8:3-24. doi.org/10.1177/2167702619863769
(+ authors contributed equally)
4. Amoroso CR, PM Kappeler, C Fichtel, & CL Nunn. (2019) Fecal contamination, parasite risk, and waterhole use by wild animals in a dry deciduous forest. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 73:153. doi.org/10.1007/s00265-019-2769-6
3. Amoroso CR, AG Frink*, & CL Nunn. (2017) Water choice as a counterstrategy to faecally transmitted disease: an experimental study in captive lemurs. Behaviour 154:1239–1258. doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003466
2. Borries C, AA Sandel, A Koenig, E Fernandez-Duque, JM Kamilar, CR Amoroso, RA Barton, J Bray, A Di Fiore, IC Gilby, AD Gordon, R Mundry, M Port, LE Powell, AE Pusey, A Spriggs & CL Nunn. (2016) Transparency, usability, and reproducibility: Guiding principles for improving comparative databases using primates as examples. Evolutionary Anthropology 25:232-238. doi.org/10.1002/evan.21502
1. Rusk CL, EL Walters, & WD Koenig. (2013) Cooperative breeding and long-distance dispersal: A test using vagrant records. PLoS ONE 8:e58624. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058624 (Note: name changed to Caroline R. Amoroso in 2014.)
Dissertation
Water Scarcity, Distribution, and Quality as Drivers of Lemur Behavior. (2019) Doctoral Thesis. Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Available Online.
Last updated 29 Jan 2025.
