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CHICKS ARE COOL ABOUT STAYING WARM
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2711. [Full Text] [PDF]  

MAPK SIGNALS SALVATION
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2711-a-2712. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SENSING THE PATTER OF TINY FEET
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2712. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPIDERS GET ATTACHED
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2713. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Articles

Markus Höltje and Reinhold Hustert

Rapid mechano-sensory pathways code leg impact and elicit very rapid reflexes in insects
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2715-2724. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. J. Barclay, C. Widén, and L. J. Mellors

Initial mechanical efficiency of isolated cardiac muscle
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2725-2732. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A. B. Kesel, A. Martin, and T. Seidl

Adhesion measurements on the attachment devices of the jumping spider Evarcha arcuata
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2733-2738. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. A. Sepulveda, K. A. Dickson, and J. B. Graham

Swimming performance studies on the eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis, a close relative of the tunas (family Scombridae) I. Energetics
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2739-2748. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Hawkins J. Dowis, Chugey A. Sepulveda, Jeffrey B. Graham, and Kathryn A. Dickson

Swimming performance studies on the eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis, a close relative of the tunas (family Scombridae) Swimming performance studies on the eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis, a close relative of the tunas (family Scombridae) II. Kinematics
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2749-2758. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Catherine Gaitanaki, Stathopoulou Konstantina, Stavridou Chrysa, and Isidoros Beis

Oxidative stress stimulates multiple MAPK signalling pathways and phosphorylation of the small HSP27 in the perfused amphibian heart
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2759-2769. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

C. E. Cooper, G. E. Walsberg, and P. C. Withers

Biophysical properties of the pelt of a diurnal marsupial, the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), and its role in thermoregulation
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2771-2777. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Donna G. Folk and Timothy J. Bradley

Evolved patterns and rates of water loss and ion regulation in laboratory-selected populations of Drosophila melanogaster
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2779-2786. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Xudong Qiu and Kentaro Arikawa

Polymorphism of red receptors: sensitivity spectra of proximal photoreceptors in the small white butterfly Pieris rapae crucivora
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2787-2793. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Rudy M. Ortiz, Charles E. Wade, C. Leo Ortiz, and Frank Talamantes

Acutely elevated vasopressin increases circulating concentrations of cortisol and aldosterone in fasting northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2795-2802. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Graham K. Taylor and Adrian L. R. Thomas

Dynamic flight stability in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2803-2829. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Bernal, C. Sepulveda, O. Mathieu-Costello, and J. B. Graham

Comparative studies of high performance swimming in sharks I. Red muscle morphometrics, vascularization and ultrastructure
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2831-2843. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

D. Bernal, D. Smith, G. Lopez, D. Weitz, T. Grimminger, K. Dickson, and J. B. Graham

Comparative studies of high performance swimming in sharks II. Metabolic biochemistry of locomotor and myocardial muscle in endothermic and ectothermic sharks
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2845-2857. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jason T. Irwin and Jr Richard E. Lee

Geographic variation in energy storage and physiological responses to freezing in the gray treefrogs Hyla versicolor and H. chrysoscelis
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2859-2867. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Stephen Morris and Mark D. Ahern

Regulation of urine reprocessing in the maintenance of sodium and water balance in the terrestrial Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoidea natalis investigated under field conditions
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2869-2881. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Robert E. Ricklefs and Joseph B. Williams

Metabolic responses of shorebird chicks to cold stress: hysteresis of cooling and warming phases
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2883-2893. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Dane A. Crossley, II, James W. Hicks, and Jordi Altimiras

Ontogeny of baroreflex control in the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis
J Exp Biol 2003 206: 2895-2902. [Summary] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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