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Alexandra B. Bentz

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Animal Behavior and ReproductionAvian ecology and behaviorPlant and animal studiesBat Biology and Ecology StudiesGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Publications

44

Citations

914

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
AI-generated

Alexandra B. Bentz studies how animals, especially birds, respond to their social and physical environments through hormones, gene expression, and behavior. A recurring focus is how steroid hormones like testosterone and corticosterone (a stress hormone) passed from mothers into eggs or experienced early in life shape offspring development and later behavior. Related work examines disease and contaminant exposure in wildlife such as vampire bats, along with computational tools for tracking birds in captivity.

Hormones and animal behavior (behavioral endocrinology)Maternal effects and egg steroid hormones in birdsGene expression and neurogenomics of behaviorWildlife disease and contaminant ecology (bats)Automated animal tracking methods

Publication activity was highest around 2017-2018 and has been lower and more variable since, averaging roughly two papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 9 publications9182019: 5 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 4 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 4 publications242025: 4 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Hormones and Behavior×4
  • Open MIND×4
  • Royal Society Open Science×2
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology×2
  • Journal of Animal Ecology×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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