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2008

Cohen A.A., K.J. Mcgraw, P. Wiersma, J.B. Williams, W.D. Robinson, T.R. Robinson, J.D. Brown, and R.E. Ricklefs. 2008. Interspecific association between circulating antioxidant levels and life-history variation in birds. The American Naturalist. 172:  178-193

Tieleman, B.I., T. H. Dijkstra, K.C. Klasing, G.H. Visser, J.B. Williams. 2008. Effects of experimentally increased costs of activity during reproduction on parental investment and self-maintenance in tropical house wrens. Behavioral Ecology.

Gu, Yu, A. Muñoz-Garcia, J.C. Brown, J. Ro,  J.B. Williams. 2008. Cutaneous water loss and sphingolipids covalently bound to corneocytes in the stratum corneum of house sparrows Passer domesticus. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 1690-1695 

Tieleman, B.I., H.J. van Noordwijk, J.B. Williams. 2008. Nest site selection in a hot desert: trade-off between microclimate and predation risk? Condor 110(1):116-124.

Muñoz-Garcia, A. J.Ro, J. C. Brown, J.B.Williams. 2008. Cutaneous water loss and sphingolipids in the stratum corneum of house sparrows, Passer domesticus L., from desert and mesic environments as determined by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with atmospheric pressure photospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 211:447-458.

  Muñoz-Garcia, A. R.M. Cox, J.B. Williams. 2008. Phenotypic flexibility in cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in House sparrow (Passer domesticus) following acclimation to high and low humidity. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(1):87-96.

Cox, R.M., A. Muñoz-Garcia, M.S.Jurkozitz, J.B. Williams. 2008. ß-Glucocerebrosidase activity in the stratum corneum of House sparrow following acclimation to high and low humidity. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(1):97-105.

2007

  Wiersma, P., M.A. Chappell, J.B. Williams 2007. Cold- and exercise-induced peak metabolic rates in tropical birds.  Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 104: 20866-20871.       Listed in Outside JEB

Williams, J.B., B.I. Tieleman,  G.H. Visser,  R.E. Ricklefs.  2007. Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the Arctic? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(5):500-513.

Wiersma, P. A., Muñoz-Garcia, A. Walker, J.B. Williams. 2007. Tropical birds have slow pace of life. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 104: 9340-9345.  

Groff, B. A., Muñoz-Garcia,  M. Yamaguchi,  J.B. Williams. 2007. Development of skin structure and cutaneous water loss in nestling desert House sparrows from Saudi Arabia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 147(2):493-501.

Muñoz-Garcia, A., J. B.Williams. 2007. Cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in Dusky antbirds, a lowland tropical bird. The Condor 109: 59-66. 

2006

  Muñoz-Garcia, A., J. Ro, J.C. Brown, J.B.Williams. 2006. Identification of complex mixture of sphingolipids in the statum corneum by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and atmospheric pressure photospray ionization mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A 1133: 58-68.

Ostrowski, S., T. Mésochina, J.B. Williams. 2006. Physiological adjustments of Sand Gazelles (Gazella subgurrurosa) to a boom-or-bust economy: Standard fasting metabolic rate, Total evaporative water loss, and changes in sizes of organs during food and water restriction. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79(4): 810-819.

Ostrowski, S., and J. B. Williams. 2006.Heterothermy of free-living Arabian sand gazelles (Gazella subgutturosa marica) in a desert environment. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 1421-1429.

Tieleman, B.I., T. H. Dijkstra, J. R. Lasky, R. A. Mauck, G. H. Visser, J. B. Williams. 2006. Physiological and behavioral correlates of life-history variation: a comparison between tropical and temperate zone house wrens. Functional Ecology 20: 491-499.  

Ostrowski, S., and J. B. Williams. 2006. Physiological acclimation of a desert antelope, Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx), to long-term food and water restriction. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 176:191-201. 

2005

Muñoz-Garcia, A., and J. B. Williams. 2005. Basal metabolic rate in carnivores is associated with diet after controlling for phylogeny.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 1039–1056.   Listed in Outside JEB 

Dearborn, D. C., A. D. Anders, and J. B. Williams. 2005. Courtship display by great frigate birds, Fregata minor: an energetically costly handicap signal? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58: 397-406.

Blackmer, A. L., R. A. Mauck, J. T. Ackerman, C. E. Huntington, G. A. Nevitt, and J. B. Williams. 2005. Exploring individual quality: basal metabolic rate and reproductive performance in Leach’s storm-petrels. Behavioral Ecology. 16:906-913.

Tieleman, B. I., J. B. Williams, K. Klasing, and R. E. Ricklefs. 2005. Constituitive innate immunity is a component of the pace of life syndrome in tropical birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 272:1715-1720.

Muñoz-Garcia and J. B. Williams. 2005. Cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in House sparrows, Passer domesticus, from arid and mesic environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 208:3689-3700. 

Williams, J. B., and B. I. Tieleman. 2005. Physiological adaptation in desert birds. Bioscience. 55: 416-425. 

Anderson, N., T. E. Hetherington, B. Coupe, G. Perry, and J. B. Williams. 2005. Thermoregulation in a nocturnal, tropical, arboreal snake. Journal of Herpetology 39: 82-90.  

Dean, W.R., & Williams, J.B. 2005. Adaptations of birds for life in deserts with particular reference to Larks (Alaudidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 59:79-51.

Tieleman, B.I. and J.B. Williams. 2005. To Breed or not to Breed: that is the quedecisions of Hoopoe larks in the Arabian Desert. In: Drent, R. (ed.) Nature at its limits, KNNV Publishers, Utrecht.  

2004 

Tieleman, B.I., J.B. Williams, and R.E. Ricklefs. 2004. Nest attentiveness and egg temperature do not explain the variation in incubation periods in tropical birds. Functional Ecology 18:571-577.

 Tieleman, B. I., J. B. Williams, and G. H. Visser. 2004. Energy and water budgets of lark in a  life- history perspective: parental effort varies with aridity. Ecology 85: 1399-1410. 

Williams, J. B., A. Muñoz-Garcia, S. Ostrowski, and B. I. Tieleman. 2004. A phylogenetic analysis of basal metabolism, total evaporative water loss, and life- history among foxes from desert and mesic regions. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174:29-39.   

2003

Tieleman, B. I., J. B. Williams, and H. Visser. 2003. Variation in allocation of time, water and energy in Hoopoe Larks from the Arabian Desert . Functional Ecology 17: 869-876.

Haugen, M. J., J. B. Williams, P. Wertz, and B. I. Tieleman. 2003. Lipids of the stratum corneum vary with cutaneous water loss among larks along a temperature-moisture gradient.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 76d: 907-917.   

Haugen, M. J., B. I. Tieleman, and J. B. Williams. 2003. Phenotypic flexibility in cutaneous water loss and lipids of the strateum corneum. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 3581-3588. 

Ricklefs, R. E. and J. B. Williams. 2003. Metabolic responses of shorebird chicks to cold stress: hysteresis of cooling and warming phases. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 2883-2893.  

Anderson, N., T. Hetherington, and J. B. Williams. 2003. Validation of the of the doubly labeled water method under low and high humidity to estimate metabolic rate and water flux in a tropical snake (Boiga irregularis). Journal of Applied Physiology 95: 184-191. 

Ostrowski, S., J. Williams, and K. Ismail. 2003. Heterothermia and the water economy of free-living Arabian Oryx.  Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1471-1478.    

Tieleman, B. I., J. B. Williams, and P. Bloomer. 2003. Adaptation of metabolic rate and total evaporative water loss along an environmental gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 270: 207-214. 

Tieleman, B. I., J. B. Williams, M.E. Buschur and C.R. Brown. 2003. Phenotypic plasticity of larks along an aridity gradient: Are desert birds more flexible? Ecology 84: 800-1815.  

2002

Bakken, G. S., J. B. Williams, and R. E. Ricklefs. 2002. The allometry of metabolic response to air temperature and wind in shorebird chicks. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 3435-3443.    

Williams, J. B., D. Lenain, S. Ostrowski, B. I. Tieleman, and P. Seddon. Energy expenditure and water flux of Rueppel’s foxes in Saudi Arabia. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 479-488.    

Tieleman, B. I., and J. B. Williams. 2002. Physiological adjustments to arid and mesic environments in larks (Alaudidae). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 305-313. 

Tieleman, B. I., J. B. Williams, F. Lacroix, and P. Paillat. 2002. Physiological responses of Houbara bustards to high ambient temperature. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 503-511.    

Ostrowski, S., J. B. Williams, E. Bedin, and K. Ismail. 2002. Water flux and food consumption of Arabian Oryx during summer. Journal of Mammalogy 83: 665-673.   

Williams, J. B., and B. I. Tieleman. 2002. Ecological and evolutionary physiology of desert birds: A progress report. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 68-75.    

Tieleman, B. I., and J. B. Williams. 2002. Effects of food supplementation on behavioral decisions of Hoopoe Larks in the Arabian desert. Animal Behaviour 63: 519-529.    

Tieleman, B. I., and J. B. Williams. 2002. Cutaneous and respiratory water loss in larks from arid and mesic environments. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 67-75.  

Penick, D. N., J. Congdon, J. R. Spotila, and J. B. Williams. 2002. Microclimates and energetics of free-living box turtles, Terrapene carolina in South Carolina. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 57-65.

Tinbergen, J. M., and J. B. Williams. 2002. Energetics of Incubation. In: C. Deeming (ed). Avian Incubation. Oxford University Press.

2001

Williams, J. B., S. Ostrowski, E. Bedin, K. Ismail. 2001. Seasonal variation in energy expenditure, water flux, and food consumption of Arabian oryx. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 2301-2311. 

Treydte, A., J. B. Williams, E. Bedin, S. Ostrowski, P. Seddon, and K. Ismail. 2001. In search of the optimal management strategy for Arabian Oryx in Mahazat as-Sayd, Saudi Arabia. Animal Conservation 4: 239-249.

Doherty, P. F., Jr., J. B. Williams, and T. C. Grubb, Jr. 2001. Field metabolism and water flux of Carolina Chickadees during the breeding and non-breeding season: A test of the "peak-demand" and "reallocation" hypothesis. The Condor 103: 370-375.

Williams, J. B. 2001. Energy expenditure and water flux of free-living Dune Larks in the Namib Desert: A test of the re-allocation hypothesis. Functional Ecology 15: 175-185.

Williams, J. B., and B. I. Tieleman. 2001. Physiological Ecology and Behavior of Desert Birds. In: V. Nolan and C.J. Thompson (eds). Current Ornithology 16:299-353. New York, Plenum Press.

2000

Anderson, N. L., B. Coupe, G. Perry, T. E. Hetherington, and J. B. Williams. 2000. Field use of propofol: a rapid recovery anesthetic with data from brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis). Herpetology Review 31: 161-163.

Williams, J. B., and B. I. Tieleman. 2000. Flexibility of basal metabolism and evaporative water loss of Hoopoe larks from the Arabian desert. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 153-159.

Tieleman, B.I., and J. B. Williams. 2000. The adjustment of avian metabolic rates and water flux to desert environments. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73:461-479.  

1990's

Tieleman, B. I., and J. B. Williams. 1999. The evolution of rates of metabolism and water flux in desert birds. Acta Ornithologica 34: 173-174.

Dean, W.R.J., and J.B. Williams. 1999. Sunning behavior and its possible influence on digestion in the Whitebacked Mousebird Colius colius. Ostrich 70: 239-241.

Anderson, N., R. Wack, L. Calloway, T. Hetherington, and J. B. Williams. 1999. Cardiopulmonary effects and efficacy of Propofol as an anesthetic agent in Brown Tree Snakes, Bioga irregularis. Bull. Assoc. Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians 9: 9-15.

Williams, J. B., B. I. Tieleman, and M. Shobrak. 1999. Lizard burrows provide thermal refugia for larks in the Arabian desert. The Condor 101: 714-717.

Williams, J. B. 1999. Heat production and evaporative water loss of Dune Larks from the Namib Desert. The Condor 101: 432-438.

Tieleman, B.I., Williams, J.B., Michaeli, G. and B. Pinshow. 1999. The role of nasal passages in the water economy of Crested Larks and Desert Larks. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72: 219-226.

Tieleman, B.I., and J.B. Williams. 1999. A review of the role of hyperthermia in the water economy of birds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72(1): 87-100.

Willliams, J.B., M. Anderson, and P. Richardson. 1997. Field metabolism, water requirements, and foraging behavior of free-living aardwolves. Ecology 78(8): 2588-2602.

Williams, J.B . 1997. Ecophysiology of Desert Birds. (A Review). Ostrich 1997:60

Williams, J.B. 1997. Ecophysiology of Desert Birds. (A Review). Quarterly Review of Biology 72:86.

Anderson, M.A., J. B. Williams, and P.R. Richardson. 1997. Laboratory metabolism of the Aardwolf. Physiological Zoology 70: 464-469.

Anderson, N.L., J. B. Williams, J. Sagartz, and R. Barnewell. Ovarian teratoma in Iguana iguana. J. Zoo Wildl. Medicine 27: 90-95.

Williams, J.B. 1996. A phylogenetic perspective of evaporative water loss in birds. Auk 113: 457-472.

Williams, J. B. 1996. Renal compensation for cecal loss in Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 113: 333-341.

Williams, J.B. and M. DuPlessis. 1996. Field metabolism of Sociable Weavers in southern Africa. Ibis 138: 168-171.

Williams, J.B. 1996. The energetics of avian incubation. In Avian Energetics and Nutritional Ecology, ed. C. Carey. Chapman Hall.

 


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