Publications
Submitted Manuscripts
35. Gilman, C. A. and B. O. Wolf. (in review) Using portable
ultrasonography as a non-destructive method for estimating
reproductive effort in lizards. The Journal of Experimental Biology.
34. Gilman, C. A., E. C. Toolson and B. O. Wolf. (in review) effects of
temperature on the behavior of Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Orthoptera,
Arcrididae). Southwestern Naturalist.
33. Martínez del Río, C. , B. O. Wolf, S. Carleton and A. E. McKechnie. (in
review) The meaning and significance of isotopic incorporation curves
in animal studies. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies.
Peer-reviewed Publications
32. Lease, H. M., B. O. Wolf and J. F. Harrison (2006) Intraspecific
variation in tracheal volume in the American locust (Schistocerca
americana) measured by a new inert gas method.
Journal of Experimental Biology 209:3476-3481.
31. Meehan, T., H. lease, and B. O. Wolf. (2005) Negative indirect effects of
an avian insectivore on the fruit set of an insect-pollinated herb.
Okios 109:297-304.
30. Martínez del Río, C. and B. O. Wolf. (2005) Mass-balance models for
animal isotopic ecology. M. Stark (ed.) In Physiological
and Ecological Adaptations to Feeding in Vertebrates.
Science Publishers, INC. Enfield, NH, USA. pp 141-174.
29. Carlton , S. A., B. O. Wolf and C. Martínez del Río. (2004) Keeling plots
for hummingbirds: a field method to estimate carbon stable isotope
ratios of respired CO2 in small vertebrates. Oecologia 141:1-6.
28. Mckechnie, A. E., B. O. Wolf and C. Martínez del Río. (2004) Deuterium
stable isotope ratios as tracers of water resource use: an experimental
test with rock doves. Oecologia 140:191-200.
27. Mckechnie, A. E. and B. O. Wolf. (2004a) Partitioning of evaporative
water loss in White-winged Doves: plasticity in response to short-term
thermal acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:203-210.
26. Mckechnie, A. E. and B. O. Wolf. (2004b) Solar radiation and the
energetic cost of rewarming from torpor. In Barnes, B. M. and Carey,
H. V. (eds.) Life in the cold: Evolution, Mechanisms,
and Application. 12th International Hibernation Symposium.
Biological papers of the University of Alaska, No. 27. pp 63-70.
25. Mckechnie, A. E. and B. O. Wolf. (2004c) The energetics of the
rewarming phase of avian torpor. In Barnes, B. M. and Carey, H.V.
(eds.) Life in the cold: Evolution Mechanisms, and Application.
12th International Hibernation Symposium. Biological papers of the
University of Alaska, No. 27. pp 265-273.
24. Mckechnie, A. E. and B. O. Wolf. (2004d) The allometry of avian basal
metabolic rate: good predictions need good data.
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77:502-521.
23. Smith, R. B., E. C. Greiner, and B. O. Wolf. (2004) Migratory
movements of Sharp-shinned Hawks in relation to prevalence,
intensity and biogeography of avian hematozoan parasites.
The Auk 121:837-846.
22. Smith, R. B., T. Meehan, and B. O. Wolf. (2003) Assessing migration
patterns of sharp-shinned hawks (Accipter striatus) using stable-
isotope and band encounter analysis.
The Journal of Avian Biology 34:387-392
21. Cryan, P. and B. O. Wolf. (2003) Metabolism and evaporative water
loss in hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus): affects of temperature and sex.
Journal of Experimental Biology 206:3381-3390.
20. Wolf, B. O. and C. Martínez del Río. (2003) How important are
columnar cacti as sources of water and nutrients for desert consumers?
A review. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 39:53-67.
19. Wolf, B. O., C. Martínez del Río and J. Babson. (2002) Stable isotopes
reveal that saguaro fruit provides different resources to two desert
dove species. Ecology 83: 1286-1293.
18. Wolf, B. O. and G. E. Walsberg. (2000) The role of the plumage in heat
transfer processes in birds. American Zoologist 40: 575-584.
17. Wolf, B. O. and C. Martínez del Río. (2000) Use of saguaro fruit
by White-winged Doves: isotopic evidence of a tight ecological
association. Oecologia 124: 536-543.
16. Wolf, B. O. (2000) Global warming and avian occupancy of hot
deserts; a physiological and behavioral perspective.
Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 73: 395-400.
15. Wolf, B. O., K. M. Wooden and G. E. Walsberg. (2000) Effects of
complex radiative and convective environments on the thermal biology
of the White-crowned Sparrow (Zonatrichia leucophyrs gambelii).
The Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 803-811.
14. Wolf, B. O. and S. L. Jones. (2000) Vermilion Flycatcher
(Pyrocephalus rubinus). In The Birds of North America. No. 484 (A.
Pool and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural
Sciences; Washington, D. C., The American Ornithologists' Union.
13. Shukman, J. and B. O. Wolf. (1998) Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya). In
The Birds of North America. No. 374 (A. Pool and F. Gill, Eds.).
Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D. C.,
The American Ornithologists' Union.
12. Wolf, B. O., G. E. Walsberg and M. Stanisick. (1997) Quantifying the
behavior of free-living animals: integration of binoculars and palmtop
computer. The Journal of Field Ornithology 68: 173-177.
11. Walsberg G. E., T. Weaver and B. O. Wolf. (1997) Seasonal
adjustment of solar heat gain independent of coat coloration in a desert
mammal. Physiological Zoology 70: 150-157.
10. Wolf, B. O. (1997) Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans). In
The Birds of North America. No. 268 (A. Pool and F. Gill, Eds.).
Philadelphia, The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D. C.,
The American Ornithologists' Union.
9. Wolf, B. O. and G. E. Walsberg. (1996a) Thermal effects of radiation
and wind on a small bird and implications for microsite selection.
Ecology 77: 2228-2236.
8. Wolf, B. O. and G. E. Walsberg. (1996b) Respiratory and cutaneous
evaporative water loss at high environmental temperatures in a small
bird. The Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 451-457.
7. Wolf, B. O., K. M. Wooden, and G. E. Walsberg. (1996) The use of
thermal refugia by two small desert birds. The Condor 98: 424-428.
6. Walsberg G. E. and B. O. Wolf. (1996c) An appraisal of operative
temperature mounts as tools for studies of ecological energetics.
Physiological Zoology 69: 658-681.
5. Walsberg G. E. and B. O. Wolf. (1996d) A test of the accuracy of
operative temperature thermometers for studies of small ectotherms.
The Journal of Thermal Biology 21: 275-281.
4. Walsberg G. E. and B. O. Wolf. (1995a) Variation in the respiratory
quotient of birds and implications for indirect calorimetry using
measurements of carbon dioxide production.
The Journal of Experimental Biology 198: 213-219.
3. Walsberg G. E. and B. O. Wolf. (1995b) Solar heat gain in a desert
rodent: unexpected increases with wind speed and implications for
estimating the heat balance of free-living animals.
Journal of Comparative Physiology B 165: 306-314.
2. Walsberg G. E. and B. O. Wolf. (1995c) Effects of solar radiation
and wind speed on metabolic power consumption by two mammals
with contrasting coat colors.
The Journal of Experimental Biology 198: 1499-1507.
1. Wolf, B. O. and S. L. Jones. (1989) Great Blue Heron deaths caused
by predation on pacific lamprey. The Condor 91: 482-484.
Other writings
Martínez del Río, C., B. O. Wolf and R. Haughey. (2004) Saguaros and White-
winged Doves: the natural history of an uneasy partnership. Chapter 7.
G. Nabhan (ed.) In Conserving migratory pollinators and nectar
corridors in Western North America. Arizona-Sonora Desert
Museum Studies in Natural History. The University of Arizona Press.
Tucson. Pp 122-143.
Wolf, B. O. and C. Martinez del Rio. (2002) Saguaro feeding by desert birds:
an ABA-supported project. Birding Magazine, August, p. 324-325.
Rigney, M., L. R. Mewaldt, B.O. Wolf. and R. Duke. (1989) Wildlife
monitoring of a riparian mitigation site. Proceeding of the California
Riparian Systems Conference, 22-24 September 1989, Davis CA,
USDA forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-110, p. 319-324.
