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Craig White

Craig R. White
School of Biosciences
The University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT, UK

Ph: +44 (0) 121 414 3822
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c.r.white@bham.ac.uk

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Research

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25.       White, C.R., Blackburn, T.M., Terblanche, J.S., Marais, E., Gibernau, M., Chown, S.L.  (in press) Evolutionary responses of discontinuous gas exchange in insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA

 

24.       White, C.R., Cassey, P. and Blackburn, T.M. (In press) Allometric exponents do not support a universal metabolic allometry. Ecology.

                                                                                                 

23.       White, C.R., Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (In press) In situ measurement of calling metabolic rate in an Australian mole cricket, Gryllotalpa monanka. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A.

 

22.       Finlayson, G.R. Taggart, D.A., Shimmin, G.A. White, C.R., Steele, V. Paris, M.C.J. and Temple-Smith, P.D. (In press) The application of intra-species fostering techniques to the southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons.

 

21.       Halsey, L.G., White, C.R., Fahlman, A. Handrich, Y. and Butler, P.J. (In press) Estimating onshore energetics in penguins; theory, application and ecological implications. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A.

 

20.       Finlayson, G.R., Taggart D.A., Shimmin, G.A., White, C.R., Dibben, R., Steele, V., Paris, M.C.J. and Temple-Smith, P.D. (In press) Pouch young removal and return to oestrous in wild southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons). Animal Reproduction Science.

 

19.       White, C.R., Blackburn, T.M., Martin, G.R., and Butler, P.J. (2007)  Basal metabolic rate of birds is associated with environmental temperature and precipitation, not primary productivity.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 274: 287-293.

 

18.       White, C.R., Portugal, S.J., Martin, G.R. and Butler, P.J. (2006) Respirometry: Drierite® equilibrates with carbon dioxide and increases washout times. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79: 977-980.

 

17.       Wilson, R.P., White, C.R., Quintana, F., Halsey, L.G., Liebsch, N., Martin, G.R., and Butler, P.J. (2006) Moving towards acceleration for estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in free-living animals: the case of the cormorant. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1081-1090.

 

16.       White, C.R., Matthews, P.G.D. and Seymour, R.S. (2006) Balancing the competing requirements of saltatorial and fossorial specialisation: burrowing costs in the spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 2103-2113.

                                                           

15.       Seymour, R.S. and White, C.R. (2006) Models for embryonic respiration. In Comparative Developmental Physiology: Contributions, Tools and Trends (Eds. Warburton, S.J., Burggren, W.W., Pelster, B., Reiber, C.L. and Spicer, J.), pp 41-57. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

14.       White, C.R., Phillips, N.F. and Seymour, R.S. (2006) The scaling and temperature dependence of vertebrate metabolism. Biology Letters 2: 125-127.

 

13.       White, C.R. (2005) The allometry of burrow geometry. Journal of Zoology 265: 395-403.

 

12.       White, C.R. and Seymour, R.S. (2005) Allometric scaling of mammalian metabolism. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 1611-1619.

                       

11.       Taggart, D.A., Shimmin, G.A., Ratcliff, J.R.,  Steele, V.R., Dibben, R., Dibben, J., White, C. and Temple-Smith, P.D. (2005) Seasonal changes in the testis, accessory glands and ejaculate characteristics of the southern hairy-nosed wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons, (Marsupialia: Vombatidae). Journal of Zoology 266: 95-104.

 

10.       White, C.R. and Seymour, R.S. (2005) Sample size and mass range effects on the allometric exponent of basal metabolic rate. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 142: 74-78.

                                                                                                    

9.         Martin, G.R., Jarrett, N., Tovey, P. and White, C.R. (2005) Visual fields in Flamingos: chick-feeding versus filter feeding. Naturwissenschaften 92: 351-354.

 

8.         Taggart, D.A., Schultz, D., White, C., Whitehead, P., Underwood, G. and Phillips, K.  (2005) Cross-fostering, growth and reproductive studies in the brush-tailed rock wallaby, Petrogale penicillata (Marsupialia: Macropodidae).  Efforts to accelerate breeding in a threatened species. Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 313-323.

                                  

7.         Green, J.A., White, C.R. and Butler, P.J. (2005) Allometric estimation of metabolic rate from heart rate in penguins. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 142: 478-484.

                                                                                 

6.         White, C.R. and Seymour, R.S. (2004) Does BMR contain a useful signal?  Mammalian BMR allometry and correlations with a selection of physiological, ecological and life-history variables. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77: 929-941.

 

5.         White, C.R. and Seymour, R.S. (2003) Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 100: 4046-4049.

 

4.         Seymour, R.S., White, C.R. and Gibernau, M. (2003) Heat reward for insect pollinators. Nature 426: 243-244.

 

3.         White, C.R. (2003) The influence of foraging mode and arid adaptation on the basal metabolic rates of burrowing mammals. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 122-134.

 

2.         White, C.R. (2003) Allometric analysis beyond heterogeneous regression slopes: Use of the Johnson-Neyman technique in comparative biology. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76: 135-140.

 

1.         White, C.R. (2001) The energetics of burrow excavation by the inland robust scorpion, Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula 1903). Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 663-674.

 











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