Year of arrival 1994 at the William and Mary's College. Associate Professor. B.A., Biology, Central College, Iowa, 1979; M.S., Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982; Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987. Evolutionary Physiology. Seasonality and the evolution of neuroendocrine pathways that regulate seasonality in mammals, with an emphasis on rodents and bats.

email: pdheid@wm.edu

Publications

43 research and review papers, 1981-2000

Publications since 1990: (* William & Mary Undergraduate; + William & Mary Graduate Student)

(43) Majoy, Sean B.+, and P. D. Heideman. (In press) Tau differences between short-day responsive and short-day nonresponsive white footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)do not affect reproductive photoresponsiveness. Journal of Biological Rhythms.

(42) Heideman, P. D., Cynthia K. Bierl*, and C. John Sylvester+. (In press) Photoresponsive Fischer 344 rats are reproductively inhibited by melatonin and differ in 2-[125I] iodomelatonin binding from nonphotoresponsive Sprague Dawley rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology.

(41) Heideman, P. D., Cynthia K. Bierl*, and M. Eric Galvez*. 2000. Inhibition of reproductive maturation and somatic growth of Fischer 344 rats by photoperiods shorter than L14:D10 and by gradually decreasing photoperiod. Biology of Reproduction 63:1535-1540.

(40) Heideman, P. D. 2000. Environmental regulation of reproduction. Pgs 469-499 in The Reproductive Biology of Bats. (E. G. Crichton and P. Krutsch, Eds.) Academic Press.

(39) Heideman, P. D., Todd A. Bruno*, Jeff W. Singley* and Jeremy V. Smedley*. (1999). Genetic variation in photoperiodism in Peromyscus leucopus: Geographic variation in an alternative life-history strategy. Journal of Mammalogy 804:1232-1242.

(38) Heideman, P. D., Stephanie L. Kane*, and Andrea L. Goodnight*. 1999. Differences in hypothalamic 2-[125I] iodomelatonin binding in photoresponsive and non-photoresponsive white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus. Brain Research 840:56-64.

(37) Heideman, P. D., Richard W. Deibler * and Lisa M. York *. 1998. Food and Neonatal Androgen Interact with Photoperiod to Inhibit Reproductive Maturation in Fischer 344 Rats”. Biology of Reproduction 59:358-363.

(36) Chae, Haejin Erin +, and P. D. Heideman. 1998. Water-deprived white-footed mice express c-fos on a day/night cycle graded according to the duration of deprivation. Brain Research 791:1-10.

(35) Heideman, P. D., and Kendall S. Powell *. 1998. Age-specific reproductive strategies and delayed embryonic development in an Old World fruit bat, Ptenochirus jagori (Megachiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy 79:295-311. (Both authors contributed equally to this work; order of authorship was determined by coin flip.)

(34) Heideman, Paul D., and C. John Sylvester +. 1997. Reproductive photoresponsiveness in unmanipulated male Fischer 344 laboratory rats. Biology of Reproduction 57:134-138.

(33) Heideman, P. D., K. P. Bhatnagar, F. K. Hilton, and F. H. Bronson. 1996. Melatonin rhythms and pineal structure in a tropical bat, Anoura geoffroyi, that does not use photoperiod to regulate seasonal reprodution. Journal of Pineal Research 20:90-97.

(32) Heideman, P. D. 1995. Synchrony and seasonality of reproduction in tropical bats. pp 151 - 165 in Symposium of the Zoological Society of London No.67: Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour of Bats. (P.A. Racey and S. Swift, Eds.) Oxford University Press.

(31) Pierson, T., and P. D. Heideman. 1994. Acceleration and deceleration of sexual maturation by social cues in a tropical rodent, Zygodontomys brevicauda. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 102:459-462.

(30) Heideman, P. D., and F. H. Bronson. 1994. An endogenous circannual rhythm of reproduction in a tropical bat, Anoura geoffroyi, is not entrained by photoperiod. Biology of Reproduction 50:607-614.

(29) Bronson, F. H., and P. D. Heideman. 1994. Seasonal regulation of reproduction in mammals. in The Physiology of Reproduction, 2nd Edition, Volume 2, Pages 541-583 (E. Knobil and J. D. Neill, eds.). New York: Raven.

(28) Heideman, P. D., and F. H. Bronson. 1993. Sensitivity of Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) to amplitudes and rates of photoperiodic change typical of the tropics. Journal of Biological Rhythms 8:325-337.

(27) Rickart, E. A., L. R. Heaney, P. D. Heideman, and R. C. B. Utzurrum. 1993. The distribution and ecology of mammals on Leyte, Biliran, and Maripipi Islands, Philippines. Fieldiana: Zoology, n.s., 72:1-62.

(26) Heideman, P. D., J. A. Cummings, and L. R. Heaney. 1993. Reproductive timing and early embryonic development in an Old World fruit bat, Otopteropus cartilagonodus (Megachiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy 74:621-630.

(25) Bronson, F. H., and P. D. Heideman. 1993. Failure of cryptorchidism to suppress fertility in a tropical rodent. Biology of Reproduction 48:1354-1359.

(24) Heideman, P. D., and F. H. Bronson. 1993. Potential and realized life-history characteristics in a tropical population of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Journal of Mammalogy 74:261-269.

(23) Heideman, P. D., P. Deoraj, and F. H. Bronson. 1992. Seasonal reproduction of a tropical bat, Anoura geoffroyi, in relation to photoperiod. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 96:765-773.

(22) Heideman, P. D., and F. H. Bronson. 1992. A pseudo-seasonal reproductive strategy in a tropical rodent, Peromyscus nudipes. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 95:57-67.

(21) Voss, R. S., P. D. Heideman, V. L. Mayer, and T. M. Donnelly. 1992. Husbandry, reproduction, and postnatal development of the neotropical murid rodent Zygodontomys brevicauda. Laboratory Animals 26:38-46.

(20) Bronson, F. H., and P. D. Heideman. 1992. Lack of reproductive photoresponsiveness and correlative failure to respond to melatonin in a tropical rodent, the cane mouse. Biology of Reproduction 46:246-250

(19) Heideman, P. D., and K. E. Erickson. 1992. A new task for an old tool: Using crochet hooks to remove bats from mist nets. Bat Research News 33:7.

(18) Utzurrum, R. C. B., and P. D. Heideman. 1991. Differential injestion of viable vs. nonviable Ficus seeds by fruit bats. Biotropica 23:311-312.

(17) Heideman, P. D., and F. H. Bronson. 1991. Characteristics of a genetic polymorphism for reproductive photoresponsiveness in the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus). Biology of Reproduction 44:1189-1196.

(16) Bronson, F. H., P. D. Heideman, and M. C. Kerbeshian. 1991. Lability of fat stores in peripubertal wild house mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology B161:15-18.

(15) Heideman, P. D., K. R. Erickson, and J. B. Bowles. 1990. Notes on the breeding biology, gular gland, and roost habits of Molossus sinaloae (Chiroptera, Molossidae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde 55:303-307.

(14) Heideman, P. D., and F. H Bronson. 1990. Photoperiod, melatonin secretion and sexual maturation in a tropical rodent. Biology of Reproduction 43:745-750.

(13) Bowles, J. B., P. D. Heideman, and K. R. Erickson. 1990. Observations on six species of free-tailed bats (Molossidae) from Yucatan, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 35:151-157.

(12) Bronson, F. H., and P. D. Heideman. 1990. Short-term hormonal responses to food intake in the peripubertal female rat. American Journal of Physiology 259:R25-R31.

Invited and Contributed Papers

A total of 16 papers presented since 1990.

Current Grants:

National Science Foundation. "CAREER: Individual Variation in a Neuroendocrine Pathway", $407,861. 1 September 1999 - 31 August 2004.

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