Polley Ann McClure, Curriculum Vitae
OTHER WORK FROM THE LABORATORY

• Knight, Frank M. The ontogeny of fur insulation in an altricial mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. American Society of Mammalogists.

• Derting, Terry. Variation in Life History Traits: Basal Metabolic Rate and Thyroxine Utilization as Regulators of Production in the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus). Dissertation awarded the A. Brazier Howell Award for Graduate Research by the A.S.M.1986.

• Evans, Alida M. Age at puberty and first litter size in early and late paired rats. Biology of Reproduction. 34(2):322­326.1986.

• Knight, Frank M. and A. Carbonne. Variation in fever responses among woodrats and cotton rats (Neotoma floridana and Sigmodon hispidus). American Society of Mammalogists. 1987.

• Knight, Frank M. The development of pelage insulation and its relationship to homeothermic ability in an altricial rodent, Peromyscus leucopus. Physiological Zoology 60:181­190. 1987.

• Knight, Frank M. & Angela Carbone. Variation in fever responses among woodrats and cotton rats (Neotoma floridana and Sigmodon hispidus). American Zoologist. 1987.

• Webb, D.R. Thermal tolerance of avian embryos: A review. The Condor 89:874­898. 1987.

• Stewart, C.A. Dirunal variation in minimal thermal conductance of the white­footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), and the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana). Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University. 1988.

• Stewart, C.A. Diet of the rainbow darter (Etheostoma caeruleum) in Rock Run, Clark County, Ohio. Ohio Journal of Science 88:198­200. 1988.

• Webb, D.R. and C. Rogers. Nocturnal energy expenditure of Dark­eyed Juncos roosting in Indiana during winter. Condor 90:107­112. 1988.

• Knight, Frank M. & Christina Cragoe. Heterochrony and skeleton development in an altricial and a precocial Sigmodontine rodent (Neotoma floridana and Sigmodon hispidus). American Zoologist 29(4). 1989.

• Stewart, C.A., J. Owens, and P.A. McClure. Air flow and convective heat loss from small mammals in laboratory metabolism chambers. Journal of Thermal Biology 15: 313­316. 1990.

• Knight, Frank M. & Christina Cragoe. Heterochrony and skeleton development in an altricial and a precocial Sigmodontine rodent (Neotoma floridana and Sigmodon hispidus). Journal of Evolution. 1989.

• Stewart, C.A. A note on microdistribution of the redbacked vole (Clethrionomys gapperi). Canadian Field­Naturalist. 1989.

• Rogowitz, Gordon L. Seasonal energetics of the white­tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii). Journal of Mammalogy.

• Rogowitz, Gordon L. and James A. Gessaman. Influence of air temperature, wind and irradiance on metabolism of white­tailed jackrabbits. Journal of Thermal Biology.

• Stewart, C.A. and H.D. Prange. Measurement of respiratory gas exchange and evaporative water loss. I. Derivation of Equations. Journal of Applied Physiology.

• Stewart, C.A. and H.D. Prange. Measurement of respiratory gas exchange and evaporative water loss. II. Error Estimation. Journal of Applied Physiology.

• Cushing, B.S. and E.S. Reese. Tactile communication and the evolution of aggression in the Hawaiian Red Lobster.

• Cushing, B.S. and L. LeBeck. Foraging in cockroach sticky traps by the spider, Nesticodes rufipes: A super food resource. Journal of Arachnology.

• Rogowitz, Gordon L. Postnatal changes in energy expenditure and thermoregulation in white­tailed jackrabbits. Journal of Comparative Physiology, B.

• Cushing, B.S. and F. Knight. Range extension and the first reported female least weasel in Tennessee. Journal of Tennessee Academy of Science.

• Haigh, G. B.S. Cushing, C.A. Stewart, and F.H. Bronson. Behavioral and metabolic differences between mice (Mus domesticus) from large and small litters.

• Rogowitz, Gordon L. and Michael L. Wolfe. Intraspecific variation in life­history traits of the white­tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii). J. Mamm.

• Stimson, J. and Cushing, B.S. White Monarchs of Oahu. Natural History.

• Cushing, B.S. and C.A. Stewart. The effect of prenatal litter size on the basal metabolic rate of Mus domesticus. Physiology & Behavior.

• Rogowitz, G. L. Factors in influencing reproductive onset and cessation and breeding effort in a western population of jackrabbits.

• Rogowitz, G. L. and P. A. McClure. Effects of litter age, litter size and ambient temperature on production and respiration of lactating cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus). (Physiological Zoology).

• Rogowitz, G.L. A model of energy expenditure and resource use in a population of generalist herbivores (Lepus townsendii). (Ecology).

• Rogowitz, G. L. Environmental correlates of activity pattern in white­tailed jackrabbits. (Animal Behavior).

• Cushing, B.S. and J.M. Cawthorn. A comparison of activity levels during estrus of nocturnal and diel rodents. Ecology.

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