The digestive adaptation of flying vertebrates: high intestinal paracellular absorption compensates for smaller guts E Caviedes-Vidal, TJ McWhorter, SR Lavin, JG Chediack, CR Tracy, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (48), 19132-19137, 2007 | 191 | 2007 |
Integrating landscape ecology and conservation physiology RD Ellis, TJ McWhorter, M Maron Landscape Ecology 27, 1-12, 2012 | 175 | 2012 |
Intake responses in nectar feeding birds: digestive and metabolic causes, osmoregulatory consequences, and coevolutionary effects C Martínez del Rio, JE Schondube, TJ McWhorter, LG Herrera American Zoologist 41 (4), 902-915, 2001 | 137 | 2001 |
Does gut function limit hummingbird food intake? TJ McWhorter, C Martínez del Rio Physiological and biochemical Zoology 73 (3), 313-324, 2000 | 137 | 2000 |
The integration of digestion and osmoregulation in the avian gut TJ McWhorter, E Caviedes‐Vidal, WH Karasov Biological Reviews 84 (4), 533-565, 2009 | 123 | 2009 |
Food ingestion and water turnover in hummingbirds: how much dietary water is absorbed? TJ McWhorter, C Martínez del Rio Journal of Experimental Biology 202 (20), 2851-2858, 1999 | 93 | 1999 |
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 | 82 | 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 | 78 | 2019 |
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 | 78 | 2017 |
Hummingbirds rely on both paracellular and carrier-mediated intestinal glucose absorption to fuel high metabolism TJ McWhorter, BH Bakken, WH Karasov, CM del Rio Biology Letters 2 (1), 131-134, 2006 | 64 | 2006 |
Nectar concentration affects sugar preferences in two Australian honeyeaters and a lorikeet PA Fleming, S Xie, K Napier, TJ McWhorter, SW Nicolson Functional Ecology 22 (4), 599-605, 2008 | 60 | 2008 |
Renal function in Palestine sunbirds: elimination of excess water does not constrain energy intake TJ McWhorter, CM Del Rio, B Pinshow, L Roxburgh Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (19), 3391-3398, 2004 | 53 | 2004 |
Consequences of impediments to animal movements at different scales: a conceptual framework and review AJ Cosgrove, TJ McWhorter, M Maron Diversity and Distributions 24 (4), 448-459, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
Absorption of sugars in the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus): a paradox explained CR Tracy, TJ McWhorter, C Korine, MS Wojciechowski, B Pinshow, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (10), 1726-1734, 2007 | 48 | 2007 |
Modulation of ingested water absorption by Palestine sunbirds: evidence for adaptive regulation TJ McWhorter, CM Del Rio, B Pinshow Journal of Experimental Biology 206 (4), 659-666, 2003 | 45 | 2003 |
The integration of diet, physiology, and ecology of nectar-feeding birds TJ McWHORTER, MV López-Calleja Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 73, 451-460, 2000 | 44 | 2000 |
Digestive challenges for vertebrate animals: microbial diversity, cardiorespiratory coupling, and dietary specialization PS Barboza, A Bennett, JH Lignot, RI Mackie, TJ McWhorter, SM Secor, ... Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83 (5), 764-774, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
Mechanistic bases for differences in passive absorption SR Lavin, TJ McWhorter, WH Karasov Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (15), 2754-2764, 2007 | 42 | 2007 |
Hummingbirds arrest their kidneys at night: diel variation in glomerular filtration rate in Selasphorus platycercus BH Bakken, TJ McWhorter, E Tsahar, CM Del Rio Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (25), 4383-4391, 2004 | 40 | 2004 |
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 | 39 | 2017 |