Woods Lab - The University of Montana


Publications

42. Potter, KA, G Davidowitz, HA Woods (in press) Insect eggs protected from high temperatures by limited homeothermy of plant leaves. Journal of Experimental Biology.

41. Woods, HA, JC Sprague, JN Smith (2009) Cavitation in the embryonic tracheal system of Manduca sexta. Journal of Experimental Biology 212, 3296-3304. PDF

40. Cahan, SA, AB Daly, T Schwander, HA Woods (2009) Genetic caste determination does not impose growth rate costs in Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. Functional Ecology. Early view PDF.

39. Woods, HA (2009) Water loss and gas exchange by eggs of Manduca sexta: trading off costs and benefits. Journal of Insect Physiology. Corrected proof available online. PDF.

38. Woods, HA (2009) Physiological principles meet information explosion. A review of JL Nation's Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton. Journal of Experimental Biology 212, 1065 - 1066. PDF

37. Woods, HA (2009) Evolution of homeostatic physiological systems. In Phenotypic Plasticity of Insects (Eds. D Whitman & TN Ananthakrishnan). Science Publishers, Plymouth, UK. PDF

36. Woods, HA, AL Moran, CP Arango, L Mullen & C Shields (2008) Oxygen hypothesis of polar gigantism not supported by performance of Antarctic pycnogonids in hypoxia. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Published online: DOI:10.1098/rspb.2008.1489 PDF research highlight in Nature

35. Woods, HA & AL Moran (2008) Oxygen profiles in egg masses predicted from a diffusion-reaction model. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 790–797.PDF

34. Woods, HA & AL Moran (2008) Temperature-oxygen interactions in Antarctic nudibranch egg masses. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 798–804.PDF

33. Moran, AL & HA Woods (2007) Oxygen in egg masses: interactive effects of temperature, age, and egg-mass morphology on oxygen supply to embryos. Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 722–731.PDF

32. Woods, HA & RD Podolsky (2007). Photosynthesis drives oxygen levels in near-shore gastropod egg masses. Biological Bulletin 213, 88–94.PDF

31. Raguso, RA, T Ojeda-Avila, S Desai, MK Jurkiewicz & HA Woods. (2007) The influence of larval diet on adult feeding behaviour in the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology 53, 923–932. PDF

30. Woods HA & RT Bonnecaze (2006). Insect eggs at a transition between reaction and diffusion limitation: temperature, oxygen, and water.  Journal of Theoretical Biology 243, 483–492. PDF

29. Zrubek, B & HA Woods (2006). Insect eggs exert rapid control over an oxygen-water tradeoff.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 273, 831–834. (doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3374) PDF

28. Watts, T, HA Woods, S Hargand, JJ Elser & TA Markow (2006). Biological stoichiometry of growth in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 52, 187 – 193. PDF

27. Gillooly, JF, AP Allen, JH Brown, JJ Elser, CM del Rio, VM Savage, GB West, WH Woodruff & HA Woods (2005) The metabolic basis of whole-organism RNA and phosphorus content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102, 11923-11927. PDF

26. Woods HA, RT Bonnecaze & B Zrubek (2005) Oxygen and water flux across eggshells of Manduca sexta. Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 1297-1308. PDF

25. Woods, HA & RI Hill (2004) Temperature-dependent oxygen limitation in insect eggs. Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 2267 - 2276. PDF Research highlight in Inside JEB

24. Woods, HA, WF Fagan, JJ Elser & JF Harrison. (2004) Allometric and phylogenetic variation in insect phosphorus content.  Functional Ecology 18, 103 - 109. PDF

23. Perkins, MC, HA Woods, JJ Elser & JF Harrison (2004) Dietary phosphorus variation affects the growth of larval Manduca sexta. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 55, 153–168. PDF

22. Woods HA & C Chiu (2003) Wireless response technology in college classrooms. The Technology Source September/October 2003. Available online here

21. Ojeda-Avila, T, HA Woods & RA Raguso (2003) Effects of dietary variation on growth, composition, and maturation of Manduca sexta.  Journal of Insect Physiology 49, 293 – 306. PDF

20. Woods, HA, W Makino, J Cotner, S Hobbie, JF Harrison, K Acharya & JJ Elser (2003) Temperature and the chemical composition of poikilothermic organisms.  Functional Ecology 17, 237-245. PDF

19. Woods, HA & JF Harrison (2002) Interpreting rejections of the beneficial acclimation hypothesis: when is physiological plasticity adaptive?  Evolution 56, 1863 – 1866. PDF

18. Fagan, WF, E Siemann, RF Denno, C Mitter, A Huberty, HA Woods & JJ Elser (2002) Nitrogen in insects: Implications for trophic complexity and species diversification.  American Naturalist 160, 784-802. PDF

17. Woods, HA, MC Perkins, JJ Elser & JF Harrison (2002) Absorption and storage of phosphorus by larval Manduca sexta.Journal of Insect Physiology 48, 555-564. PDF

16. Frazier, MR, HA Woods & JF Harrison (2001) Interactive effects of rearing temperature and oxygen on the development of Drosophila melanogasterPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology 74, 641-650. PDF

15. Woods, HA & MS Singer (2001) Contrasting responses to desiccation and starvation by eggs and neonates of two Lepidoptera. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74, 594-606. PDF

14. Woods, HA & JF Harrison (2001)The beneficial acclimation hypothesis versus acclimation of specific traits: physiological change in water-stressed Manduca sexta caterpillars. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74, 32-44. PDF

13. Woods, HA, CE Sorenson, A Stephenson & JF Harrison (2001) A simple allozyme method for distinguishing all life stages of Manduca sexta and M. quinquemaculata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 98, 109-113. PDF

12. Woods, HA & EA Bernays (2000) Water homeostasis by wild larvae of Manduca sextaPhysiological Entomology 25, 82-87. PDF

11. Bernays, EA & HA Woods(2000) Foraging in nature by larvae of Manduca sexta--influenced by an endogenous oscillation.  Journal of Insect Physiology 46, 825-836. PDF

10. Petersen, C, HA Woods & JG Kingsolver (2000) Stage-specific effects of temperature and dietary protein on growth and survival of Manduca sexta caterpillars.  Physiological Entomology 25, 35-40. PDF

9. Woods, HA (1999) Egg-mass size and cell size: effects of temperature on oxygen distribution.  American Zoologist 39, 244-252. PDF

8. Woods, HA (1999) Patterns and mechanisms of growth of fifth-instar Manduca sexta caterpillars following exposure to low- or high-protein food during early instars.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72:, 445-454. PDF

7. Woods, HA & JG Kingsolver (1999) Feeding rate and the structure of protein digestion and absorption in lepidopteran midguts. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 42, 74-87. PDF

6. Woods, HA & ME Chamberlin (1999) Effects of dietary protein concentration on L-proline transport by Manduca sexta midgut.  Journal of Insect Physiology 45, 735-741. PDF

5. Kingsolver, JG & HA Woods (1998) Interactions of temperature and dietary protein concentration in growth and feeding of Manduca sexta caterpillars.  Physiological Entomology 23, 354-359. PDF

4. Kingsolver, JG & HA Woods (1997) Thermal sensitivity of growth and feeding in Manduca sexta caterpillars.  Physiological Zoology 70, 631-638. PDF

3. Woods, HA & RL DeSilets, Jr. (1997) Egg-mass gel of Melanochlamys diomedea (Bergh) protects embryos from low salinity. Biological Bulletin 193, 341-349. PDF

2. Quattro, JM, DD Pollock, M Powell, HA Woods & DA Powers (1995) Evolutionary relations among vertebrate muscle-type lactate dehydrogenases.  Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 4, 224-231.

1. Quattro, JM, HA Woods & DA Powers (1993) Sequence analysis of teleost retina-specific lactate dehydrogenase-C—evolutionary implications for the vertebrate lactate dehydrogenase gene family.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 90, 242-246.

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