| Flight at low ambient humidity increases protein catabolism in migratory birds AR Gerson, CG Guglielmo Science 333 (6048), 1434-1436, 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
| Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration TP Albright, D Mutiibwa, AR Gerson, EK Smith, WA Talbot, JJ O’Neill, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (9), 2283-2288, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Simple, rapid, and non-invasive measurement of fat, lean, and total water masses of live birds using quantitative magnetic resonance CG Guglielmo, LP McGuire, AR Gerson, CL Seewagen Journal of Ornithology 152 (1), 75, 2011 | 100 | 2011 |
| The impact of humidity on evaporative cooling in small desert birds exposed to high air temperatures AR Gerson, EK Smith, B Smit, AE McKechnie, BO Wolf Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87 (6), 782-795, 2014 | 85 | 2014 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling allows for extreme heat tolerance in four southern hemisphere columbids AE McKechnie, MC Whitfield, B Smit, AR Gerson, EK Smith, WA Talbot, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (14), 2145-2155, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on mitochondrial metabolism in mammalian hibernation AR Gerson, JCL Brown, R Thomas, MA Bernards, JF Staples Journal of Experimental Biology 211 (16), 2689-2699, 2008 | 61 | 2008 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: resting metabolism, evaporative cooling and heat tolerance in Sonoran Desert doves and quail EK Smith, J O'Neill, AR Gerson, BO Wolf Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (22), 3636-3646, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
| Constitutive immune function in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, is decreased immediately after an endurance flight in a wind tunnel S Nebel, U Bauchinger, DM Buehler, LA Langlois, M Boyles, AR Gerson, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (2), 272-278, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling in five Australian passerines reveals within-order biogeographic variation in heat tolerance AE McKechnie, AR Gerson, TJ McWhorter, EK Smith, WA Talbot, BO Wolf Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (13), 2436-2444, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| Mitochondrial metabolism during daily torpor in the dwarf Siberian hamster: role of active regulated changes and passive thermal effects JCL Brown, AR Gerson, JF Staples American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative …, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: resting metabolism, evaporative cooling and heat tolerance in Sonoran Desert songbirds EK Smith, JJ O'Neill, AR Gerson, AE McKechnie, BO Wolf Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (18), 3290-3300, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| Migration- and exercise-induced changes to flight muscle size in migratory birds and association with IGF1 and myostatin mRNA expression ER Price, U Bauchinger, DM Zajac, DJ Cerasale, JT McFarlan, AR Gerson, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (17), 2823-2831, 2011 | 44 | 2011 |
| Higher fat stores contribute to persistence of little brown bat populations with white‐nose syndrome TL Cheng, A Gerson, MS Moore, JD Reichard, J DeSimone, CKR Willis, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 88 (4), 591-600, 2019 | 43 | 2019 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity in an archetypal desert specialist, Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) AE McKechnie, B Smit, MC Whitfield, MJ Noakes, WA Talbot, M Garcia, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (14), 2137-2144, 2016 | 39 | 2016 |
| House sparrows (Passer domesticus) increase protein catabolism in response to water restriction AR Gerson, CG Guglielmo American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative …, 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: phylogenetic variation among avian orders in evaporative cooling capacity and heat tolerance B Smit, MC Whitfield, WA Talbot, AR Gerson, AE McKechnie, BO Wolf Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (6), jeb174870, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
| Mobilization of mercury from lean tissues during simulated migratory fasting in a model songbird CL Seewagen, DA Cristol, AR Gerson Scientific reports 6 (1), 1-5, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| The functional significance of facultative hyperthermia varies with body size and phylogeny in birds AR Gerson, AE McKechnie, B Smit, MC Whitfield, EK Smith, WA Talbot, ... Functional Ecology 33 (4), 597-607, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Energetics and metabolite profiles during early flight in American robins (Turdus Migratorius) AR Gerson, CG Guglielmo Journal of Comparative Physiology B 183 (7), 983-991, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
| Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity of arid-zone Caprimulgiformes from two continents WA Talbot, TJ McWhorter, AR Gerson, AE McKechnie, BO Wolf Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (19), 3488-3498, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
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