PUBLICATIONS (Last 10 years only, and excluding abstracts and book reviews) (NOTE:  Clicking on the journal citation for many of these will link to a PDF copy of the publication.)

Walsberg. G.E. 2003. How useful is energy balance as an overall index of stress in animals? Hormones and Behavior 43: 16-17.

Cooper, C.E., G.E. Walsberg, and P. C. Withers. 2003. Biophysical properties of the pelt of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and its role in thermoregulation. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 2771-2777.

Tracy, R.L. and G.E. Walsberg. 2002. Kangaroo rats revisited: re-evaluating a classic case of desert survival. Oecologia 133:449-457.

Wooden, K.M. and G.E. Walsberg. 2002. Effect of environmental temperature on body temperature and metabolic heat production in a heterothermic rodent, Spermophilus tereticaudus. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2099-2105.

Tracy, R.L. and G.E. Walsberg. 2001. Intraspecific variation in water loss in a desert rodent, Dipodomys merriami. Ecology 82: 1130 -1137.

Huang, Y., R. Tracy, G.E. Walsberg, D. Brown, and A.N. Van Hoek. 2001. Absence of aquaporin-4 water channels in kidneys of the desert rodent Dipodomys merriami merriami. American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 280: F794 - F802.

Tracy, R.L. and G.E. Walsberg. 2001. Developmental and acclimatory contributions to water loss in a desert rodent: investigating the time course of adaptive change. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 669-679.

Tracy, R. L. and Walsberg, G. E. 2000. Prevalence of cutaneous evaporation in Merriam's kangaroo rat and its adaptive variation at the subspecific level. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 773-781.

Wooden, K.M. and G.E. Walsberg. 2000. Effect of wind and solar radiation on metabolic heat production in a small desert rodent, Spermophilus tereticaudus. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 879-888

Wolf, B.O. and G.E. Walsberg. 2000. The role of the plumage in heat transfer processes in birds. American Zoologist 40:575-584.

Wolf, B.O., K.M. Wooden, and G.E. Walsberg. 2000. Effects of complex radiative and convective environments on the thermal biology of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys). Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 803-811.

Tracy, R.L. and G.E. Walsberg. 2000. Unappreciated tolerance to high ambient temperatures in a widely distributed desert rodent, Dipodomys merriami. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73: 809-818.

Walsberg, G.E. 2000. Small mammals in hot deserts: some generalizations re-visited. Bioscience 50: 109-122.

Chu, M. and G.E. Walsberg, G.E. 1999. Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens. In, The Birds of North America, no. 415 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Hoffman, T.C.M. and G.E. Walsberg. 1999. Inhibiting ventilatory evaporation produces adaptive increase in cutaneous evaporation in mourning doves, Zenaida macroura. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 3021-3028.

Van Hoek, A., R. Tracy, G.E. Walsberg, and D. Brown. 1999. Absence of aquaporin-4 from the kidney of the desert rodent Dipodomys deserti: A naturally occurring AQP4 knockout model. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology A132

Walsberg, G.E., R. Tracy, and T. Hoffman. 1997. Do metabolic responses to solar radiation scale directly with intensity of irradiance? Journal of Experimental Biology 200:2115-2121.

Wolf, B.O. and G.E. Walsberg. 1996. Respiratory and Cutaneous Evaporative Water Loss at High Environmental Temperatures in a Small Bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 451-457.

Wolf, B.O., K. Wooden, and G.E. Walsberg. 1996. The Use of Thermal Refugia in Two Desert Birds. Condor 98: 424-428.

Walsberg, G.E., T.O. Weaver, and B.O. Wolf. 1996. Seasonal adjustment of solar heat gain independent of coat coloration in a desert mammal. Physiological Zoology 70: 150-157.

Walsberg, G.E. and B.O. Wolf. 1996. An Appraisal of Operative Temperature Mounts as Practical Tools for Studies of Ecological Energetics. Physiological Zoology 69: 658-681.

Wolf, B.O. and G.E. Walsberg. 1996. Thermal Effects of Radiation and Wind on a Small Bird and Implications for Microsite Selection. Ecology 77:2228-2236.

Walsberg, G.E., and B.O. Wolf. 1996. A test of the adequacy of operative temperature thermometers for studies of small ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology 21: 275-281.

Wolf, B.O., G.E. Walsberg, and M. Stanisick. 1996. Quantifying the behavior of free-living animals: integration of binoculars and palmtop computer. Journal of Field Ornithology 68:173-177.

Walsberg, G.E. and B.O. Wolf. 1995. Variation in the Respiratory Quotient of Birds and Implications for Indirect Calorimetry using Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Production. Journal of Experimental Biology 198: 213 - 219.

Walsberg, G.E. and B.O. Wolf. 1995. Effects of Solar Radiation and Wind Speed on Metabolic Power Consumption by Two Mammals with Contrasting Coat Colors. Journal of Experimental Biology 198: 1499-1507.

Walsberg, G.E. and B.O. Wolf. 1995. Solar Heat Gain in a Desert Rodent: Unexpected Increases with Wind Speed and Implications for Estimating the Heat Balance of Free-Living Animals. Journal of Comparative Physiology 165: 306-314.

Marler, C.A., G.E. Walsberg, M.L. White, and M.C. Moore. 1995. Increased energy expenditure due to increased territorial defense in male lizards after phenotype manipulation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37:225-231.

Walsberg, G.E. 1994. Humane care and use of birds in research. Condor 96: 253-254.

Walsberg, G.E. 1994. The use of wild birds in research. Condor 96: 1119-1120.

Walsberg, G.E. 1993. An appreciation of Donald S. Farner and James R. King. Avian Biology, vol. 9, pp. xv-xvii.  (D.S. Farner, J.R. King, and K.C. Parkes, eds.).  Academic Press, London and New York.

Walsberg, G.E. 1993. History of The Condor. Condor 95: 748-757.

Walsberg, G.E. 1993. Thermal consequences of diurnal microhabitat selection in a small bird. Ornis Scandinavica 24: 174-182.

Walsberg, G.E. 1993. The treatment of biologists by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Condor 95: 758-759.

Walsberg, G.E. 1993. The time course for publishing a paper in The Condor. Condor 95: 767

Walsberg, G.E. and C.A. Schmidt. 1992. Effects of varying humidity on embryonic development and hatching success of mourning doves. Auk 109: 309-316.

Walsberg, G.E. 1992. Quantifying radiative heat gain in animals. American Zoologist 32:217-224.

Zerba, E., and G.E. Walsberg. 1992. Exercise-generated heat contributes to thermoregulation by Gambel's quail in the cold. Journal of Experimental Biology 171: 409-422.

Walsberg, G.E. 1992. In Memoriam: James R. King, 1927 - 1991. Auk 109:643-645.