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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

Woods, HA and RI Hill (2004) Temperature-dependent oxygen limitation in insect eggs. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207, 2267 - 2276. PDF

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

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

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

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Evolutionary physiology of temperature-oxygen interactions

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

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

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

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

Woods, HA and RI Hill (2004) Temperature-dependent oxygen limitation in insect eggs. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207, 2267 - 2276. PDF

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

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

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Beneficial acclimation hypothesis

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

Woods, HAand 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

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

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Evolutionary physiology of marine invertebrate egg masses

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.

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

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

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Ecological stoichiometry

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

Gillooly, JF, AP Allen, JH Brown, JJ Elser, CM del Rio, VM Savage, GB West, WH Woodruff, and 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

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

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

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

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

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

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Insect feeding, growth, and water relations

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

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

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

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

Woods, HAand 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

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

Woods, HA and EA Bernays (2000) Water homeostasis by wild larvae of Manduca sexta.  Physiological Entomology 25, 82-87. PDF

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

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

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

Woods, HA and 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

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

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

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

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Teaching

Woods HA and C Chiu (2003) Wireless response technology in college classrooms. The Technology Source September/October 2003.  Available online at: technologysource.org/article/wireless_response_technology_in_college_
classrooms/

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Miscellaneous

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

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

Quattro, JM, HA Woods, and 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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