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Publications

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Databases and Index

The following files contain details of my publications in databases for common referencing software packages that can be directly downloaded. These include full publication details and the paper abstracts.

1. Reference Manager 12 database (.rmx) - Click to download file

2. Reference Manager 12 database (.rmd) - Click to download file

3. EndNote database (to follow)

4. Text file (compatible with most referencing software) - Click to download file

5. Index
The attached file is a word document containing an index of all my publications. You can download this to search for a particular publication or publications on a particular theme etc. To get the associated pdf make a note of the publication's number and then scroll through the following to find the appropriate numbered publication. - Click to download file

Quick Links

The following publications are the 10 most downloaded papers from this site. To save you searching for them I have included their numbers here so that you can quickly find them in the following list to get their pdfs.

  1. Speakman et al (2004) Uncoupled and surviving……Aging cell 3: 87-95. Paper 206
  2. Speakman (2000) The cost of living….. Adv Ecol Res. 30: 177-297. Paper 128.
  3. Speakman (2008) The physiological cost of reproduction Phil Trans. 363: 375-398 Paper 246
  4. Speakman and Krol (2010) The heat dissipation limit theory….. J. Anim. Ecol. 79: 726-46. Paper 322.
  5. Speakman et al (2008) FTO effects on food intake…. Obesity 16: 1961-5. Paper 292.
  6. Westerterp and Speakman (2008) Physical activity and obesity…. IJO 32: 1256-63. Paper 293
  7. Speakman (2008) The drifty gene hypothesis…..IJO 32: 1611-17. Paper 297.
  8. Butler et al (2004) Pros and cons of DLW method. Functional Ecology 18: 168-83. Paper 198.
  9. Speakman (2005) Body size and ageing. JEB 208:1717-1730. Paper 217
  10. Speakman (2010) Limits 13 : progress and perspectives  JEB 214: 230-241 Paper 331

Primary Publications - Refereed Journals

  • {359}
    Gremillet, D., Welcker, J., Karnovsky, N.J., Wojcieh, W., Hall, M.E., Fort, J., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Harding, A.M.A. (2012: in press).

    Little auks buffer the impact of current Arctic climate change.

    Marine Ecology Progress Series.

  • {358}

    Fletcher, Q., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Boutin, S., McAdam, A., Woods, S. and Humphries, M.M. (2012: in press)

    Seasonal stage differences overwhelm environmental and individual factors as determinants of energy expenditure in free-ranging red squirrels

    Functional ecology

  • {357}
    Careau, V., Reale, D., Garant, D., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Humphries, M.M. (2012: in press)

    Stress induced rise in body temperature is repeatable in free-ranging Eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)

    Journal of Comparative Physiology

  • {356}
    Zhang, L.N., Gamo, Y., Sinclair, R., Mitchell, S.E., Morgan, D., Clapham, J.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2012: in press)

    Effects of chronic oral rimonabant administration on energy budgets of diet-induced obese C57BL/6J mice

    Obesity

  • {355}
    Krol, E., Martin, S.A.M., Huhtaniemi, I.T., Douglas, A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011) 

    Negative correlation between milk production and brown adipose tissue gene expression in lactating mice.

    Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 4160-70


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  • {354}
    Bennett, K.A., Moss, S.E.W., Pomeroy, P., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Fedak M.A. (2012).

    Effects of handling regime and sex on changes in cortisol, thyroid hormones and body mass in fasting grey seal pups

    Comparative Biochemisty and Physiology 161: 69-76

  • {353}
    Jacobs, S.A., Elliott, K.H., Gaston, A.J., Guigueno, M.F., Redman,P., SPEAKMAN, J.R,  and Weber, J.M. (2012)

    Determining seabird body condition using non-lethal measures: lipid dynamics at high and low arctic colonies

    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 85-95


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  • {352}
    Zhang, L.N., Mitchell, S.E., Hambly, C., Morgan, D., Clapham J.C., and SPEAKMAN,  J.R. (2012)

    Physiological and behavioral responses to intermittent starvation in C57BL/6J mice

    Physiology and Behaviour 105: 376-387


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  • {351}
    Meakin, P.J., Harper, A.J., Hamilton, D.L., Gallagher, J., McNeilly, A.D., Burgess, L.A., Vaanholt, L.M., Bannon, K.A., Latcham, J., Hussain, I., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Howlett, D.R., and Ashford, M.L.J (2012)

    Reduction in BACE1 decreases body weight, protects against diet-induced obesity and enhances insulin sensitivity in mice.

    Biochemical Journal 441: 285-296


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  • {350}
    Vaanholt, L.M., Magee, V., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011: in press)

    Factors predicting individual variability in diet-induced weight loss in MF1 mice.

    Obesity

  • {349}
    Tschöp, M.H*., SPEAKMAN, J.R.*, Arch, J.R.S., Auwerx, J., Brüning, J.C., Chan, L., Eckel, R., Farese R.V., Galgani, J.E., Hambly, C., Horvath, T.L., Kahn, B.B., Kozma, S.C., Maratos-Flier, E., Müller, T.D., Muenzberg, H., Pfluger, P.T., Plum, L., Reitman, M., Rahmouni, K., Shulman, G.I., Thomas, G., Kahn, C.R., and Ravussin, E. (2011: in press)

    A guide to analysis of mouse energy metabolism

    Nature methods 9: 57-63

    *Joint first authors


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  • {348}
    Hambly, C., Duncan, J.S., Archer, Z.A., Moar, K.M., Mercer, J.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2012)

    Repletion of TNF-α or leptin in calorically restricted mice suppresses post-restriction hyperphagia

    Disease Models and Mechanisms 5: 83-94


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  • {347}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Levitsky, D.A., Allison, D.B., Bray, M.S., de Castro, J.M., Clegg, D.J., Clapham, J.C., Dulloo, A.G., Gruer, L., Haw, S., Hebebrand, J., Hetherington, M.M., Higgs, S., Jebb, S.A., Loos, R.J.F., Luckman, S., Luke, A., Mohammed-Ali, V., O'Rahilly, S., Periera, M., Perusse, L., Robinson, T.N., Rolls, B., Symonds, M.E. and Westerterp-Plantenga, M.S. (2011)

    Set-points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity.

    Disease Models and Mechanisms? 4:?733-745

    This paper was reviewed at Faculty 1000 by Jana Vliet-Ostapachouk and Harold Snieder on the 12th December 2011 and graded a ?must read' (8.0). It was also rated on the 3rd January 2012 by Julian Mercer at Faculty1000 Physiology and also graded a 'must read' (8.0).


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  • {346}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Mitchell, S.E. (2011)

    Caloric restriction

    Molecular Aspects of Medicine 32: 159-221


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  • {345}
    Donnelly, J., Hall, K.H., Heymsfield, S., Kemnitz, J., Klein, S., Schoeller, D.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011: in press)

                Energy balance and body weight regulation: a useful concept for understanding the obesity epidemic

                American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

  • {344}
    Cameron, K.M., Golightly, A., Miwa, S., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Boys, R. and von Zglinicki, T. (2011)

    Gross energy metabolism in mice under late onset short term caloric restriction.

    Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 132: 202-209


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  • {343}
    Garcia, C., Huffman, M.A., Shimizu, K., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011: in press)

    Energetics consequences of seasonal breeding in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

    American Journal of Physical Anthropology


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  • {342}
    Zhang, L.N., Morgan, D., Clapham, J.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011)

    Factors predicting non-genetic variability in body weight gain induced by a high fat diet  in inbred C57BL/6J mice

    Obesity


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  • {341}
    Bergeron, P., Careau, V., Humphries, M.H., Réale, D., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Garant, D. (2011: in press)

    The energetic and oxidative costs of reproduction in a free-ranging rodent

    Functional Ecology


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  • {340}
    Rutkowska J., Koskela,E., Mappes, T. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011)

    A trade-off between current and future sex allocation revealed by maternal energy budget in a small mammal

    Proc. Roy Soc B.278: 2962-2969


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  • {339}
    Ahlstrom, O., Redman, P., and SPEAKMAN J.R. (2011:in press)

    Energy expenditure and water turnover in hunting dogs in winter conditions

    Journal of Nutrition

  • {338}
     SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Selman, C. (2011)

    The free-radical damage theory: evidence accumulates against a simple link of oxidative stress to ageing and lifespan.

    Bioessays 33: 255-259


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  • {337}
    Johnson, M.A., Dwyer, J.T., Jensen, G.L., Miller, J.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Starke-Reed, P. and Volpi, E. (2011)  

    Challenges and New Opportunities for Clinical Nutrition Interventions in the Aged

    Journal of Nutrition 141:535-541


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  • {336}
    Cui, J.G., Tang, G.B., Wang, D.H and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011)

    Effects of leptin infusion during peak lactation on food intake, body composition, litter growth and maternal neuroendocrine status in female Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)

    American Journal of Physiology 300:R447-459

     


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  • {335}

    Cameron, K.M., Morris, P.J., Hackett, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011)

    The effects of increasing water content to reduce the energy density of the diet on body mass changes following caloric restriction in domestic cats.

    Journal of Animal physiology and Animal Nutrition.95: 399-408.

    The raw data associated with this publication is made freely available for use by other scientists in the attached excel file. If you use these data please acknowledge the source as this publication.


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  • {334}
    Cameron, K.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010)

    Reduction of dietary energy density reduces body mass regain following energy restriction in female mice.

    Journal of Nutrition 141: 182-188.

    The raw data associated with this publication is made freely available for use by other scientists in the attached excel file. If you use these data please acknowledge the source as this publication.

    see also article on this work by Karen Ansel "How to keep your weight loss going" at www.eatingwell.com/nutrition_health/weight_loss_diet_plans/diet_exercise_tips/how_to_keep_your_weight_loss_going                 (May 2011)


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  • {333}

    Hinsley, S.A., Bellamy, P.E., Rothery, P., Redman, P., Furness, L., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011)

    Effects of the Doubly Labelled Water Procedure on Great Tits Parus major feeding young

    Bird Study 58: 151-159

  • {332}
    Simons, M.J.P., Reimert, I., van der Vinne, V. Hambly, C., Vaanholt, L.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Gerkema, M.P. (2011)

    Ambient temperature shapes reproductive output during pregnancy and lactation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis): a test of the heat dissipation limit theory.

    Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 38-49


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  • {331}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Krol, E. (2011)

    Limits to sustained metabolic rate XIII: recent progress and future perspectives

    Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 230-241

    This paper was John Speakman's 100th paper as first author


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  • {330}
    Zub, K., Szafranska, P., Konarzewski, M., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2011)

    Effect of energetic constrains on distribution and winter survival of weasel males.

    Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 259-269.


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  • {329}
    Bennett, K.A., McConnell, B.J., Moss, S.E.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Pomeroy, P.P. and Fedak, M.A. (2011)

    Effects of age and body mass on development of diving capabilities of grey seal pups: costs and benefits of the post-weaning fast

    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83: 911-923


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  • {328}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Westerterp, K.R. (2010)

    Associations between energy demands, physical activity and body composition in adult humans between 18 and 96 years of age

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92: 1-9.

    This paper was featured on the online medical review site MDLinx

    http://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/news-article.cfm/3286604


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  • {327}
    Nachvak, S.M., Neyestani, T.R., Keshawarz, A.S. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010)

    Low consumption of fruit and vegetables, and markers of oxidative stress in children with Down syndrome.

    Down Syndrome Research and Practice


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  • {326}
    326Schultner, J., Welcker, J., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Norday, E.S. and Gabrielsen, G.W. (2010).

    Application of the two-sample doubly labelled water method alters behaviour and affects estimates of energy expenditure in black-legged kittiwakes

     Journal of Experimental Biology 213:  2958-2966

    This paper was featured on the front cover of the journal issue. 

    This paper was also the subject of an ‘inside JEB' article in the same issue by Kathryn Knight ‘Pros and cons of the DLW method' (JEB 213: 17ii)

     


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  • {325}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Krol, E. (2010)

    The heat dissipation limit theory and evolution of life histories in endotherms - time to dispose of the disposable soma theory?

    Integrative and Comparative Biology 50:793-807

    doi:10.1093/icb/icq049

    The paper was recommended at Faculty 1000 biology by Daniel Promislow on June 1st 2010 graded 6.0 as a 'must read'. It was also recommended by Marc Mangel on August 13th 2010 graded 6.0 as a 'must read'. Average rating 6.4.


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  • {324}
     

    Cameron, K.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010) published online May 10 2010

    The extent and function of ‘food grinding' in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus).

    Laboratory Animals 44: 298-304

    doi: 10.1258/la.2010.010002

    The raw data associated with this publication is made freely available for use by other scientists in the attached excel file. If you use these data please acknowledge the source as this publication.


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    Wyse, C.A., Coogan, A.N., Selman, C., Hazlerigg, D.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010)

    Association between Mammalian Lifespan and Circadian Free-Running Period: The Circadian Resonance Hypothesis Revisited

    Biology Letters 6: 696-698

    The raw data used in the analyses in this paper is made freely available for use by other scientists in the attached pdf file. If you use these data please acknowledge the source as this publication.


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  • {322}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Krol, E (2010)

    Maximal heat dissipation capacity and hyperthermia risk: neglected key factors in the ecology of endotherms

    Journal of Animal Ecology 79:726-746

    doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01689.x

    The paper was recommended at Faculty 1000 biology by Hans Otto Portner on May 26th 2010 graded 9.0 as 'exceptional'. It was also recommended by Michael Symonds on the 10th June 2010 graded 3.0 as a 'recommended read'. Average rating 6.4.  

    Highly cited: By January 2012 this paper was the 2nd highest cited paper from the 143 articles published by JAE during 2010.

    Supplementary information for download

    1. Model of heat loss as a function of size and ambient temperature in a resting mammal and bird (s1)
    2. Species data for field metabolic rate in mammals (s2)
    3. Species data for field metabolic rate in birds (s3)

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    Shore, A., Karamitri, A., Kemp, P. SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Lomax, M.A (2010)

    Role of UCP1 enhancer methylation and chromatin remodelling in the control of UCP1 expression in adipose tissue

    Diabetologia 53: 1164-1173


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    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Goran, M.I. (2010)

    Tissue-specificity and ethnic diversity in obesity related risk of cancer.

    Obesity 18: 1071-1078

    This paper was featured on the online medical review site MDlinx

    http://www.mdlinx.com/endolinx/news-article.cfm/3047642


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    Hempenstall, S., Picchio, L., Mitchell, S.E., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Selman, C. (2010: in press)

     The impact of acute caloric restriction on the metabolic phenotype in male C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice

     Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 131: 111-118


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  • {318}
     

    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010)

                FTO effect on energy demand versus food intake

                Nature DOI: 10.1038/nature08807

    (brief communication arising: available on-line only)


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  • {317}

    Duarte, L., VaanHolt, L., Sinclair, R., Gamo, Y., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010)

    Limits to sustained energy intake XII: is the poor relationship between RMR and reproductive performance because RMR is not a repeatable trait.

    Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 278-287


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  • {316}

    Larivée, M.L., Boutin, S., SPEAKMAN, J.R., McAdam, A.G. and Humphries, M.M. (2010)

    Associations between over-winter survival and resting metabolic rate in juvenile North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

    Functional Ecology 24: 597-607


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  • {315}
    Gerth, N., Redman, P., SPEAKMAN, J.R, Jackson, S. and Starck, J.M. (2010).

    Energy metabolism in Inuit sled dogs.

    Journal of Comparative physiology B 180: 577-589


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  • {314}
    Banks, R., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Selman, C. (2010)

    Vitamin E supplementation and mammalian lifespan.

    Molecular nutrition and Food research 54: 719-725


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  • {313}

    Welcker, J., Moe, B., Bech, C., Fyhn, M., Schultner, J., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Gabrielsen, G. (2010)

    Evidence for an intrinsic energetic ceiling in free-ranging kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla. 

    Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 205-213


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  • {312}

    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Westerterp, K.A (2010)

    Reverse epidemiology, obesity and mortality in chronic kidney disease: modelling mortality expectations using energetics.

    Blood purification 29: 150-157


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    Hinsley, S.A., Hill, R.A., Bellamy, P.E., Broughton, R.K., Harrison, N.M., Mackenzie, J.A., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Ferns, P.N. (2009)

    Do Highly Modified Landscapes Favour Generalists at the Expense of Specialists? An Example using Woodland Birds.

    Landscape research 23: 615-626


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  • {310}

    Reid, K.A., Margaritoulis, D and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2009)

    Incubation temperature and energy expenditure during development in loggerhead sea turtle embryos

    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 378: 62-68


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  • {309}

     

    Sale, M., SPEAKMAN, J.R.  and Arnould, J. (2009)

    Energy expenditure, water flux and activity budgets of Swamp Antechinuses in contrasting habitats.

    Journal of Mammalogy 90: 1238-45


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  • {308}

    Sheriff, M.J., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Kuchel, L., Boutin, S. and Humphries, M.M. (2009)

    The cold shoulder: free-ranging snowshoe hares maintain a low cost of living in cold climates.

    Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 956-64


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  • {307}
    Lane, J.E., Boutin, S., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Humphries, M.M. (2010)

    Energetic costs of male reproduction in a scramble competition mating system

    Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 27-34


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  • {306}

    Karamitri, A., Shore, A., Docherty, K., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Lomax, M.A. (2009)

    Combinatorial transcription factor regulation of the cyclic response element on the PGC-1α promoter in white 3T3-L1 and brown HIB-1B preadipocytes

    Journal of Biological Chemistry 284: 20738-20752

  • {305}
    Wu, S.H., Zhang, L., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Wang, D.H. (2009)

    Limits to sustained energy intake XI: A test of the heat dissipation limit hypothesis in lactating Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)

    Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 3455-3465


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  • {304}
    Fyfe, C.L., Stewart, J., Murison, S.D., Jackson, D.M., Rance, K., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Horgan, G.W. and Johnstone, A.M. (2009)

    Measuring food intake in free-living subjects - when to record and for how long?

    Public Health Nutrition 13: 172-180


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    Djafarian, K., Jackson, D.M., Milne, E., Roger, P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2010).

    Doubly-labeled water: Multi- and two-point methods in young children

    International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 5: 102-110.


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  • {302}
     

    Welcker, J., Harding,A.M.A., Kitaysky, A., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Gabrielsen, G.W. (2009)

    Daily energy expenditure increases in response to high food availability in an Arctic-breeding seabird, the little auk (Alle alle)

    Functional Ecology 23: 1081-1090


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  • {301}

    Schmid, J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2009)

    Torpor and energetic consequences in free ranging gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus): a comparison of dry and wet forests.  

    Naturwissenschaften 96: 609-620


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  • {300}

    Jackson, D.M., Djafarian, K., Stewart, J., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2009)

     Increased TV viewing is associated with elevated body fatness but not lower energy expenditure in pre-school children.

    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 89: 1-6

    This paper received considerable media attention when it first appeared online in February 2009

    Radio and television broadcasts

    Newspaper articles

    Online articles
    26.02.09
    The press association TV can cause child obesity
    Telegraph.co.uk: Children who watch more TV are fatter
    Yahoo.news: TV can cause childhood obesity
    Wigantoday.net: TV can cause child obesity
    Channel4news.com: TV can cause child obesity
    Scotsman.com: TV can cause child obesity
    Ic Scotland.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Iclanarkshire.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Hastingsobserver.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Kilmarnockstandard.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Thepaisleydailyexpress: TV can cause child obesity
    Watfordobserver.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Lisburntimes.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Dgstandard.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Acadvertiser.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Dailyecho.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Ealingtimes.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Thisisthewestcountry.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    Southwalesguardian.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    metro.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    thurrockgazette.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    dailyrecord.co.uk: Children who watch a lot of TV fatter than those who don't
    physorg.com: Children who watch more TV are fatter
    virginmedia.com: TV can cause child obesity
    newstin.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    news.aol.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    tiscali.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity
    sundayherald.com: TV can cause child obesity
    eveningtimes.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity

    27.02.09
    theherald.co.uk: Study finds childrens weight tallies with time spent watching TV
    news.Scotsman.com: Telly addict youngsters snack their way to being beefier
    dailyrecord.co.uk: Telly tubbies
    nursingtimes.net: TV snacking makes children fat
    nursinginpractice.com: Children who watch TV "are fatter"
    news.uk.msn.com: TV can cause child obesity
    media-newswire.com: TV can cause child obesity
    yorkshirepost.co.uk: TV can cause child obesity


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  • {299}

    Williams, T.D., Vézina, F., & SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2009)

    Individually-variable energy management strategies during egg production are repeatable across broods.

    Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 1101-05

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    Zub K., Szafrańska P. A., Konarzewski M., Redman P., SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2009) Tradeoffs between activity and thermoregulation in a small carnivore, the least weasel Mustela nivalis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 1921-1927

    This paper was featured on the cover of the issue

     

     


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    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008) Thrifty genes for obesity and diabetes, an attractive but flawed idea and an alternative scenario: the ‘drifty gene' hypothesis. International Journal of Obesity 32: 1611-1617

    This paper was an invited perspective following the presidential lecture/debate presented at the Obesity Society annual meeting in New Orleans during November 2007. A sister paper by Andrew Prentice and colleagues which presents a view defending the Thrifty gene idea is published adjacent to this manuscript in the journal.

    see Prentice AM, Hennig BJ, Fulford AJ.  Evolutionary origins of the obesity epidemic: natural selection of thrifty genes or genetic drift following predation release? Int J Obes (Lond). 32: 1606-1610

    See also independent review of this paper in

    Robson, S (2008) Some insights into the epidemiology of obesity. O&G magazine summer 2008 pp 37-38

      

    Also note internet reviews of this paper

    Carlson Chow Genetic basis of obesity           sciencehouse.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/genetic-basis-for-obesity/

    This work was subject of a radio interview at WHBC Ithaca (2/2/2011) when I gave a presentation on it for the McCay lectureship at Cornell University in February 2011

    Drifty gene on wikipedia

     


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    Kelm, D.H., Schaer, J., Ortmann, S., Wibbelt, G., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Voigt, C.C. (2008)  Efficiency of facultative frugivory in the nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga commissarisi: the quality of fruits as an alternative food source.  Journal of Comparative Physiology B 178: 985-996.


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    Voigt, C.C., Kretzschmar, A.S., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and, Lehmann, G.U.C. (2008). Female bushcrickets fuel their metabolism with male nuptial gifts. Biology Letters 4: 476-478

    The paper was recommended at Faculty 1000 Biology by Mike Ritchie on July 7th 2008 graded 3.0 as a recommended read.


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    Voigt, C.C., Baier, L., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Siemers, B.M. (2008)
    Stable carbon isotopes in exhaled breath as tracers for dietary information in birds and mammals
    Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 2233-2238
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    Westerterp, K.R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    Physical activity energy expenditure has not declined since the 1980s and matches energy expenditure of wild mammals
    International Journal of Obesity  32:1256-63

    The paper was recommended at Faculty 1000 medicine by Mikael Fogelholm on July 7th 2008 graded 3.0 as a recommended read. It was also recommended at faculty 1000 Biology by Hannah Carey on 9th January 2009, graded 3.0 as a recommended read.

    The paper received widespread media coverage when it was released on-line in June 2008

    Radio interviews

    • BNN radio (KW): 30th May 2008
    • BBC Scotland (JRS): 4th June 2008
    • Original 106 fm (JRS): 4th June 2008
    • Northsound radio  (JRS): 4th June 2008

    Newspaper articles

    • Dagblad de Limburger: 31st May 2008 (Front page)
    • Daily mail: 5th June 2008 Lack of exercise has not fuelled the obesity epidemic
    • Daily Telegraph: 6th June 2008 Obesity epidemic not caused by idleness
    • The Sun: 6th June 2008
    • Daily Express: 6th June 2008
    • Press and Journal: 6th June 2008
    • Metro Scotland: 5th June 2008
    • New Scientist Gluttony not laziness to blame for obesity 19th August 2008

    Online articles

    • Lack of exercise ‘has NOT fuelled the obesity epidemic'. Dailymail.co.uk, 4/6/08
    • Obesity epidemic not caused by idleness. Telegraph.co.uk, 4/6/08
    • Study says sedentary lifestyle not the cause of obesity allheadlinenews.com 4/6/08
    • The couch isn't making you fat. ScienceNOW online section of Science, 5/6/08
    • Exercise still combats besity. NHSchoices, 5/6/08
    • Sedentary lifestyle not to blame for obesity. Nursing in practice, 5/6/08
    • Sedentary lifestyle not to blame for obesity. Holyrood news, 5/6/08
    • Obesity is NOT about inactivity bmimedical. blogspot.com, 4/8/08

    In May 2010 following a talk on this work at a joint Royal Society of Edinburgh/ Academy of Medical Sciences conference in Edinburgh this paper was featured on the front page of the Glasgow herald newspaper. "Obesity not caused by lifestyle change" May 27th 2010

    In september 2010 following a talk on this issue at the british Science festival in Birmingham there was a renewed interest in this issue by the media

      

    Newspaper articles

    15th September 2010

    Daily Mail   How diet not exercise is the key to losing weight

    The Guardian Obesity crisis cannot be solved by exercise alone.

    The Irish times Exercise ‘not the solution to obesity'

    The Independent Dieting, not exercise alone, is the key to cutting obesity.

    The Financial Times Losing weight by increasing exercise ‘impractical'

    16th September 2010

    Daily Telegraph Obesity epidemic caused by simply eating too much claims academic

    17th September 2010

    Hindustan times     Exercise may not help you lose weight

    The Daily Post        Combination beats obesity

    The Straits Times   Exercise is not enough

    Online news articles

    How diet and not exercise is the key to losing weight

    DailyMail.co.uk  Fiona Macrae                                    ‎Sep 15, 2010‎

    (see also >150 letter responses from the public)

    Exercise 'not the solution to obesity'

    Irish Times Alison Jones                      ‎            Sep 15, 2010‎

    Dieting, not exercise alone, is the key to cutting obesity

    Independent Steve Connor                              ‎Sep 15, 2010‎

    Losing weight by increasing exercise 'impractical'

    Financial Times Felix Greaves                         ‎            Sep 15, 2010‎

    Obesity crisis 'cannot be solved by exercise alone'

    The Guardian                                                   ‎Sep 15, 2010‎

    Eating Too much, the Crux of Obesity and Not Lack of Exercising: Research

    TopNews UK Rasik Sharma                            ‎Sep 16, 2010‎

    Diet is the Key to Weight Loss

    Diet.co.uk                                            ‎            Sep 16, 2010‎

    Dieting, not exercise, key to losing weight

    Active Quote                                       ‎            Sep 16, 2010‎

    Eating Too much, the Crux of Obesity and Not Lack of Exercising: Research

    TopNews UK Rasik Sharma                            ‎Sep 16, 2010‎

    Dieting, not exercise alone, key to weight loss

    Daily News & Analysis                                   ‎            Sep 16, 2010‎

    Obesity epidemic simply caused by eating too much, claims academic

    Telegraph.co.uk   Richard Alleyne      ‎            Sep 16, 2010‎

    Exercise and diet go hand in hand for losing weight, suggests study

    TheMedGuru by Yashika kapoor        ‎            Sep 17, 2010‎

    Diet, not exercise, key to losing weight

    Biomed Middle East                                        ‎Sep 17, 2010‎

    Exercise may not help you lose weight

    Hindustan Times                                  ‎            Sep 17, 2010‎

    Exercise is not enough

    Straits Times                                        ‎            Sep 18, 2010

    Exercise is not enough

    One News Page                                    ‎            Sep 18, 2010

    Combination beats obesity

    The Daily Post                                                             ‎Sep 18, 2010

    Healthy Diet and Exercise, Key Factors for Weight Reduction

    TopNews UK Barinder Khatra                                     ‎Sep 18, 2010‎

    Study: Exercise and diet go hand-in-hand for weight loss

    TopNews Singapore Pawan Shukla      ‎            Sep 18, 2010‎

    Sharp rise in slimming drug prescriptions costs NHS close to £50m

    DigitalJournal.com                               ‎            Sep 19 2010‎

    Eating More behind Weight Gain, Not lack of Exercise

    IBTimes ‎                                                          Sep 20, 2010‎

    Obesity epidemic simply caused by eating too much

    Marie Claire.co.uk                               ‎            Sep 20, 2010‎

       

     

     

     

    Podcast

    It was also the subject of a podcast on ‘the naked scientists' web site

                                        www.thenakedscientists.com

    Radio interview  (15th Sept 2010)

                Student radio Royal Hollaway College London

     

    Highly cited: By January 2012 this paper was the 16th highest cited paper from 1284 articles published by the IJO during 2008 (top 2%).

     

     


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    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Rance, K.A. and Johnstone, A.M. (2008)
    Polymorphisms of the FTO gene are associated with variation in energy intake but not energy exprenditure.
    Obesity 16:1961-5

    This paper received worldwide media attention when it was released online in June 2008

    Radio interviews

    • Northsound radio: 19th June 2008
    • BBC radio Wiltshire live interviewMorning program 22nd June 2008

    Newspaper articles

    • Feeling greedy? Just blame your genes. Daily Mail, 20/06
    • Too fat? It may be your genes not gluttony. Scotsman, 20/06
    • Experts find rogue gene linked to over-eating and obesity. Daily Record, 20/06
    • Fat people not greedy, just programmed to eat more. Daily Telegraph, 20/06
    • Greedy gene behind obesity. Pakistan chronicle, 04/07

    Online articles

    • Fat gene makes millions of Britons more greedy. this is London, 19/06
    • Fat gene makes millions of Britons more greedy. dailymail.co.uk, 19/06
    • Obesity gene linked to eating more. physorg.com, 19/06
    • Greediness gene makes millions of Britons eat more. dailymail.co.uk, 19/06
    • Greediness gene makes millions of Britons eat more. this is London, 19/06
    • Too fat? It may be your genes not gluttony. Scotsman.com, 20/06
    • Fat people not greedy, just programmed to eat more. telegraph.co.uk, 20/06
    • Obesity gene linked to eating more. idea.gov.uk, 20/06
    • Experts find gene linked to over-eating and obesity. Dailyrecord.co.uk, 20/06
    • Fat people not greedy, just programmed to eat more Dailytelegraph.co.uk, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. Ptinews.com, 20/06
    • New obesity gene revealed. keepthedoctoraway.com, 20/06
    • A gene that orders obese to eat more. buydiscountdrugsonline.com, 20/06
    • En av seks har grådighetsgen. wapland.no, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more indolink.com, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. Zeenews.com, 20/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat. thecheers.org, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. business-standard.org, 20.06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more. freshnews.in, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. expressindia.com, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. frontlineindia.com, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. hinduonnet.com, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. hindu.com, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. hosuronline.com, 20/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more. dailyindia.com, 20/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more. topnews.in, 20/06
    • Fat people genetically programmed to eat more. news.smashits.com, 20/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more. Thaindian.com, 20/06
    • Is your body programmed to eat more? 100%people.com, 20/06
    • Fatties are designed to eat more. financial express, India, 20/06
    • Fatty people genetically programmed to eat more. nongsain.indopia.in, 20/06
    • Obesity gene linked to eating more. Nursing in practice, 20/06
    • Food intake and obesity gene insider medicine, Canada, 21/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more. smash hits.com, 21/06
    • A gene that orders obese to eat more. Times of India, 21/06
    • People who carry the obesity gene eat more. medicalnewstoday.com, 21/06
    • People who carry the obesity gene eat more. google-sina.com, 21/06
    • Obese people eat more. lifestyle.in.msn.com, 21/06
    • A gene that orders obese to eat more. Zeenews.com, 21/06
    • Are obese genetically programmed to eat more. Medindia.com, 21/06
    • Fat gene makes millions of Britons more greedy. Mailonsunday.com, 21/06
    • Obese people programmed to eat more. silobreaker.com, 21/06
    • People who carry the obesity gene eat more. medicalnewstoday.com, 21/06
    • People who carry the obesity gene eat more. obesityprevention.org, 21/06
    • Why do obese people eat more? Slimonarx.com, 21/06
    • FTO gene linked to food intake. plentyonyourplate.com, 21/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more (reissue) freshnews.in, 22/06
    • Obese people genetically programmed to eat more (reissue) Thaindian.com, 22/06
    • Fat? Blame it on the FTO gene. Merinews.com, 21/06
    • FTO gene linked to food intake. unboundmedicine.com, 22/06
    • Orang Gemuk 'Terprogram' Secara Genetik Makan Lebih Banyak Kapanlagi.com, 22/06
    • Nadmierny apetyt ma podłoże genetyczne. Fitness.wp.pl, 22/06
    • Zwaarlijvigen zijn geprogrammeerd om meer te eten jojoclub-afslanken.com, 23/06
    • Orang Gemuk Terprogram untuk Makan Lebih Banyak Secara Genetik hariansib.com, 23/06
    • Secara genetik orang gemuk makan lebih banyak harain-global.com, 24/06
    • Nadmierny apetyt ma podłoże genetyczne - Genetyka eduskrypt.pl, 24/06
    • Jemy „genami" naszarodzinka.pl, 24/06
    • Gemuk Bisa Disebabkan Kelainan. Gen klikdokter.com, 24/06
    • Gemuk Bisa Disebabkan Kelainan. Gen cpddokter.com, 24/06
    • Geni za. ebljinumojdoktor.hr, 24/06
    • Obesity gene linked to eating more. Scottish-enterprise.com, 03/07
    • Greedy gene behind obesity. pakistanchronicle.com, 04/07
    • Blame your genes for being obese. nutritionandfoodsciences.com, 28/07

    Highly cited: By January 2012 this paper was the 4th highest cited paper from 1424 articles published by Obesity during 2008 (top 0.5%). It was also the 21st highest cited paper ever published by the journal from a total of  5921 articles (top 0.5%).


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    Selman, C., McLaren, J.S., Collins, A.R., Duthie, G.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008) The impact of experimentally elevated energy expenditure on oxidative stress and lifespan in the short-tailed field vole Microtus agrestis.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 275:1907-16

    see also independent review of this paper in

    COLD VOLES LIVE FAST BUT DON'T DIE YOUNG 
    Darveau C  Outside JEB section Journal of Experimental biology 211: ppV


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    Voigt, C.C., Rex, K., Michener, R.H. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008: in press)
    Nutrient routing in omnivorous animals tracked by stable carbon isotopes in tissue and exhaled breath
    Oecologia  157: 31-40


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    Furness, L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    Energetics and longevity in birds.
    AGE 30: 75-87


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    Hinsley, S.A., Hill, R.A., Bellamy, P.E., Harrison, N.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Wilson, A.K. and Ferns, P.N. (2008)
    Effects of structural and functional habitat gaps on breeding woodland birds: working harder for less
    Landscape Ecology 23: 615-626


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    Simončič, M., Horvat, S., Stevenson, P.L., Bünger, L., Holmes, M.C., Kenyon,C.J., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Morton, N.M. (2008).
    Divergent physical activity and novel alternative responses to high fat feeding in polygenic fat and lean mice.
    Behaviour genetics 38: 292-300.
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  • {286}
    Tidhar, W.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    An evaluation of four non-destructive methods for predicting body composition of a small rodent.
    International Journal of Body Composition Research  5: 137-145
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    Sparling, C.E., Thompson, D., Fedak, M.A., Gallon, S.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    Estimating the field metabolic rate of pinnipeds: doubly-labelled water gets the seal of approval.
    Functional Ecology 22: 245-254.

    This paper was awarded the haldane prize by the british Ecological Society for the best paper authored by a young scientist published in Functional Ecology during 2008. (The 'young scientist' was Carol Sparling NOT John Speakman)


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    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Hambly, C., Mitchell, S.E. & Krol, E. (2008)
    The contribution of animal models to the study of obesity
    Laboratory animals 42: 413-432

    This paper is an extended version of an invited paper that was part of the Government foresight review "Tackling obesities: Future choices" compiled by Sir David King. The entire report of this project (12Mb) can be downloaded here

    http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Obesity/17.pdf

    individual invited contributions were published in a supplment to Obesity Reviews. Our contribution was

    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Hambly, C., Mitchell, S.E. and Krol, E. (2008) Animal models of obesity. Obesity reviews 8: supplement 1 55-61.


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  • {283}

    Haggerty, C., Hoggard,N., Brown,D.S., Clapham, J.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    Intra-specific variation in resting metabolic rate in MF1 mice is not associated with membrane lipid desaturation in the liver
    Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 129: 129-137


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    Adams, A.C., Wynick, D., Clapham, J.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    Feeding behavior in galanin knockout mice supports a role of galanin in fat intake and preference
    Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20: 199-206


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    Krol, E., Murphy, M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Limits to sustained energy intake X: Effects of fur removal on reproductive performance in laboratory mice
    Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 4233-4243

    This paper was a subject of an ‘inside JEB' article in the same issue

       Phillips, K. (2007) Limits on lactation. JEB  iii

    and an article in New Scientist (24th Nov 07)

       Shaving may boost milk production in mums

    It was a featured interview on the Canadian national radio program ‘Quirks and Quarks' Nov 07

    It was also featured on several online science news sites in November 2007

    • New scientist (newscientist.com) - ‘Naked' mums produce plumper babies
    • Thaindian news (thaindian.com) - Naked mums produce chubbier offspring
    • Digg (digg.com) - Naked mums produce chubbier babies
    • Yahoo news (news.yahoo.com) - Naked mums raise plumper babies
    • Webindia (webindia123.com) - Naked mums raise chubbier offsprings
    • The cheers mag news (thecheers.com) - Naked mums raise chubbier offspring
    • Daily India (Dailyindia.com) - Naked mums produce chubbier offspring
    • Softpedia (softpedia.com) -  Naked mother for stronger toddlers
    • Zigg (Zigg.de) - 'Naked' mums produce babies plumpest
    • e-biology news (ebiology.com) - Naked mums raise plumper offsprings
    • Top news (topnews.in) - Naked mums raise chubbier offsprings
    • Mylder (mylder.no) - Naked mums produce plumper babies
    • Word press (wordpress.com) - naked mums produce more milk
    • Inform (inform.com) - shaving may boost milk production in mums
    • Newsbrief  (press.jrc.it) - Naked mums produce plumper babies
    • Scirus (scirus.com) - naked mums produce plumper babies

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    Selman, C., Lingard, S, Choudhury, A.I., Batterham, R.L., Claret, M., Clements, M., Ramadani, F., Okkenhaug, K., Schuster, K., Blanc, E., Piper, M.D., Al-Qassab, H., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Carmignac, D., Robinson, I.C.A., Thornton, J.M., Gems, D., Partridge, L. and Withers, D.J. (2008)
    Evidence for lifespan extension and delayed age related biomarkers in insulin receptor substrate 1 null mice. FASEB J. 22: 807-818

    This paper was reported in the press in Oct 2007 when the e-pub was released

    The Guardian - Lifespan gene in mice could help restrict old age diseases
    Hindustan times - Scientists identify lifespan gene
    India Daily News - Gene that regulates lifespan found

    And on several science web sites

    Sciencecentric.com  - A longer-living, healthier mouse that could hold clues to human ageing
    BS online news   - Scientists discover gene that regulates lifespan

    Highly cited: by January 2012 this was the 3rd highest cited paper from a total of 442 published by FASEB J in 2008.


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    Valle, A., Hoggard, N., Adams, A.C., Roca , P., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    Chronic central administration of apelin-13 over ten days increases food intake, body weight, locomotor activity and body temperature in C57BL/6 mice.
    Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20: 79-84.


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  • {278}
    Wallach, A.D., Inbar, M., Scantlebury, M., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Shanas, U. (2007)
    Water Requirements as a Deer Reintroduction Bottleneck at the Southern Edge of its Range
    Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 1182-1192.
  • {277}
    Selman, C., McLaren, J.S., Mayer, C., Duncan, J.S., Collins, A.R., Duthie, G.G., Redman, P., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Lifelong alpha-tocopherol supplementation increases median lifespan of C57BL/6 mice in the cold but has only minor effects on oxidative damage.
    Rejuvenation Research 85: 1182-1192
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  • {276}
    Harris, M.P., Newall, M., Daunt, F., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Wanlass, S. (2007)
    Snake pipefish Entelurus aequoreus are poor food for seabirds
    Ibis 150: 413-415.
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    Hoggard, N., Bashir, S., Cruickshank, M., Miller J.D.B. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Expression of Neuromedin B in adipose tissue and its regulation by changes in energy balance.
    J. Mol. Neuroendocrinology 39: 199-210.
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  • {274}

    Vaanholt, L.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Garland T., Lobley, G.E., and Visser, G.H. (2007)
    Protein synthesis and antioxidant capacity in ageing mice: effects of long-term voluntary exercise.
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 148-157

    This paper was listed on the PBZ web site in November 2008 as the 5th most downloaded paper from their site. 

     


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    Voigt, C.C., Grasse, P., Rex, K., Hetz, S.K. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Bat breath reveals metabolic substrate use in free-ranging vampires.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B 178: 9-16.

    This paper was widely reported on online science news sites in August 2007

    • News.nationalgeographic.com - Vampire bats attacking cattle as rain forest falls
    • Sciencedaily.com - Bat breath reveals identity of a vampires last victim
    • Dentalplans.com - Bat breath reveals identity of vampires last victims
    • Mathaba.net - Costa Rican vampire bats thrive on cattle blood
    • News.xinhuanet.com - Costa Rican vampire bats thrive on cattle blood
    • Scenta.co.uk - Bite of the vampire: bat breath gives clue to shifting Latin American environment
    • Mongabay.com - Clearing rainforest for cattle pastures drives surge in vampires
    • Scienceworlds.co.uk - Bite of the vampire
    • Livescience.com - Thriving on cattle blood vampire bats proliferate
    • News.softpedia.com - Fresh cattle blood is booming the numbers of vampires
    • Scientificbloging.com - Ecology of vampire bats
    • Sciencecodex.com - Ecological changes forcing vampire bats to attack cattle
    • Althagalileo.org - Bat breath reveals identity of a vampires last victim
    • Latest-science-news.com - Bite of the vampire
    • News.yahoo.com - Thriving on cattle blood vampire bats proliferate
    • Bluecrabboulevard.com - Vampires overtake costa rica
    • Insidecostarica.com - Vampires thriving on cattle blood
    • Idw-online.de - Vampir-Atem verr?t die Identit?t des letzten Opfers
    • Innovations-report.de - Vampir-Atem verr?t die Identit?t des letzten Opfers
    • Uni-protokol.de - Vampir-Atem verr?t die Identit?t des letzten Opfers
    • dvorak.org - bat breath reveals identity of a vampires last victim
    • technudge.net - Tell tale bat breath
    • einnews.com - Vampires switch to cattle
    • scienceblog.com - Vampire bats and stable isotopes
    • sciencecodex.com - Ecological changes forcing bats to attack cattle

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  • {272}
    Hambly, C., Mercer, J.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Hunger does not diminish over time in mice under protracted caloric restriction.
    Rejuvenation Research 10: 533-540.
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  • {271}
    Hambly, C., Simpson, C.A., McIntosh, S., Duncan, J., Dalgleish G.D., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Calorie-restricted mice that binge show less ability to compensate for reduced energy intake
    Physiology and Behaviour 95: 982-992.
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  • {270}
    Voigt, C.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    A mammalian nectar specialist fuels its metabolically expensive nocturnal life directly and almost exclusively with exogenous carbohydrates
    Functional Ecology

    See review of this paper at Nature.com, 15th August 2007

    See also articles on this paper in

    This paper was widely reported on online science web sites in August 2007

    • bbc.co.uk - Sugar rushes keep bats airborne
    • Sciencedaily.com - Why nectar feeding bats need a power drink to fly
    • MSNBC.msn.com - Bats can gorge on sweets guilt free
    • Mongabay.com - Nectar feeding bats are powered by pure sugar-
    • Earthtimes.org - Bats burn sugar better than other mammals
    • Dailyindia.com - Bats burn sugar faster than any other mammal on earth
    • Scientificblogging.com - Fastest sugar burning mammals on earth
    • Themoneytimes.com - Bats burn sugar better than other mammals
    • Sciencespin.com - Bats burn sugar at a phenomenal rate

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  • {269}
    Bennett, K.A., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Moss, S., Pomeroy, P. and Fedak, M.A. (2007)
    Effects of mass and body composition on fasting fuel utilization in grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus; Fabricius): an experimental study using supplementary feeding.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3043-53
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    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    A novel non-adaptive scenario explaining the genetic pre-disposition to obesity: the ?predation release? hypothesis.
    CELL metabolism 6: 5-11

    This paper was the most downloaded paper at Cell metabolism during July 2007 and the second most downloaded paper during August 2007.

    The paper was recommended at Faculty 1000 Biology by Andries Karlsbeek on August 16th 2007 graded 6.0 as a ?Must read?. See http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1090232/evaluation


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  • {267}
    Tidhar, W.L., Bonier, F., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    Sex- and concentration-dependent effects of predator feces on seasonal regulation of body mass in the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus
    Hormones and Behaviour 52: 436-444.
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  • {266}
    Scantlebury, M., Waterman, J.M., Hillegrass, M., SPEAKMAN, J.R. & Bennett, N.C. (2007).
    Energetic costs of parasitism in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 2169-2177
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  • {265}
    Rance, K.A., Hambly, C., Dalgleish, D., Fustin, J.M., B?nger, L., and SPEAKMAN, J.R.(2007)
    Quantitative Trait Loci for total and regional adiposity in mouse lines divergently selected for food intake
    Obesity 15: 2994-3004.
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    Claret, M., Smith, M.A., Batterham, R.L., Selman, C., Choudhury, A.I., Fryer, L.G.D., Clements, M., Al-Qassab, H., Heffron, H., Xu, A.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Barsh, G.S.,Viollet, B., Vaulont, S., Ashford, M.L.J., Carling, D. and Withers, D.J. (2007)
    AMPK is essential for energy homeostasis regulation and glucosesensing by POMC and AgRP Neurons.
    Journal of Clinical Investigation 117: 2325-2336

    See also commentary on this paper "AMPing up" our understanding of the hypothalamic control of energy balance. By Kevin W. Williams, Roberto Coppari, and Joel K. Elmquist
    Journal of Clinical Investigation.


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  • {263}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Djafarian, K., Stewart, J. and Jackson, D.M. (2007)
    Assortative mating for obesity
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 86: 316-23

    This paper was the subject of newpaper articles around the world on the 7th-8th August 2007

    • Aberdeen Evening Express - Fatal attraction
    • Scotsman - Overweight couples may boost obesity epidemic
    • Midlothian advertiser- Fat level key to choice of partners
    • The Daily Mail - Why fat girls plump for a chubby hubby
    • The Irish Independent - Similar body fat aiding attraction in potential mates
    • Daily Mirror - Overweight couples may boost obesity epidemic
    • The Sydney morning herald - Overweight couples boosting obesity epidemic: study.
    • The Courier and Mail (Australia) - Study shows marriage stems from the waist
    • The Gulf Times, Qatar - Obesity epidemic as body fat influences partner choice
    • Daily India - Here?s why plump girls choose a chubby hubby
    • The India Times - Obese people choose like mates
    • Nursing in practice - Overweight adults drawn together

    The work was also reported on several TV broadcasts and TV web sites including

    • BBC reporting Scotland
    • STV North Tonight (see video on-line)
    • BBC TV news - www.bbc.co.uk - Body fat weighs up love choices
    • Channel 4 news - www.channel4.com
    • GMTV - www.gm.tv
    • TV New Zealand - www.tvnz.co.uk
    • Fox News USA

    It was the subject of numerous radio programmes including live interviews by Diane Jackson on

    • Tues 7th Aug
      • Radio Northsound
      • BBC Radio Scotland
      • Independent radio news
    • Wed 8th Aug
      • Radio 5 Live at the BBC
      • Radio 5 Live breakfast show
      • 'Down the line' BBC Good Morning Scotland
      • BBC Radio West Midlands regional breakfast show
      • BBC Radio Belfast Talk show
      • BBC Radio Wales
      • BBC regional radio news programmes Newcastle, Cornwall, Brighton, Bristol, Somerset and Manchester
    • Thurs 9th Aug
      • Radio Suffolk
      • BBC Newstalk Dublin
      • Q102 Radio Dublin
    • Thurs 16th Aug
      • BBC Radio Birmingham
    • Thurs 24th Aug
      • Kerrang radio

    As well as the report appearing on many on-line Science and general news sites across the globe

    • Scientific American online - www.sciam.com Obese people tend to pick overweight mates
    • South African Independent online - www.Int.Iol.co.za - Obese Romeos choose rounder Juliets
    • Scottishfoodanddrink.com - Rowett scientists reveal love at first sight of your body fat
    • News.oneindia.in - Obese go for overweight partners
    • DNAindia.com - Obese tend to pick overweight partners
    • MSNBC - Obese people tend to pick overweight mates
    • 3-RXcom - Obese people tend to pick overweight mates
    • Nursinginpractice.com - Overweight adults drawn together
    • Yahoonews.uk - Overweight couples boosting obesity epidemic
    • Sciencedaily.com - Overweight couples boost obesity epidemic
    • Medindia.net - Assortative mating may be a cause of rise in obesity cases
    • Stuff.co.nz - Overweight couples mating boosts obesity
    • Irish health.com - Love at first sight... of body fat.
    • LiveScience.com - Obesity epidemic helps attraction among fat people
    • Physorg.com - Love at first sight of your body fat
    • Inthenews.org - Body fat influences partner choice
    • Taiwan news online - Assortative mating stirs worries on worsening obesity epidemic
    • Alphagalileo.org - Love at first sight of your body fat
    • News.xinhuanet.com - Fats go for fat mates
    • Stayhealthynews.com - Obese people tend to pick obese mates
    • Medinidia.net - Assortative mating may also be a reason for rise in obesity
    • A2mediagroup.com - Love at first sight of your body fat
    • Talk.livedaily.com - Obese couples tend to produce obese children (!)
    • Mathaba.net - Fats go for fat mates
    • News.com.au - Marriage stems from the waist
    • Boomj.com - why fat girls plump for a chubby hubby
    • Zeenews.com - here's why plump girls choose a chubby hubby
    • News.webindia123.com - why plump girls choose a chubby hubby
    • Asianage.com - Enjoy the difference
    • Anorak.co.uk - Marry late, marry fat... bollox
    • John-ray.blogspot.com - Study shows marriage partly governed by fat levels
    • Hero.co.uk - Love at first sight of your body fat
    • Revolutionhealth.com - Obese tend to pick overweight mates
    • Medica.de - Obese people choose overweight partners

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  • {262}
    Aquarone, M., Born, E.W. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Field metabolic rates of Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) measured by the doubly-labelled water method.
    Aquatic mammals 32: 363-369.
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  • {261}
    Stocker, C.J., Wargent, E., O?Dowd, J., Cornick, C., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Arch, J.R., and Cawthorne, M.A. (2007)
    Prevention of diet-induced obesity and impaired glucose tolerance in rats following administration of leptin to their mothers.
    Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative and Comparativ. 282: R1810-1818

    This paper was widely reported in the media following a press release from Buckingham University suggesting the primary implication of the paper was that we should put leptin into formula baby feeds to programme them not to develop obesity.

    Newspaper articles

    • The Guardian, April 23rd 2007 - Scientists working on formula milk that prevents childhood obesity: Polly Curtis
    • Guardian weekly, May 4th 2007 - Formula milk could prevent childhood obesity
    • The Scotsman, April 23rd 2007 - Scientists want to put hormones in baby food to curb Obesity: Lyndsey Moss
    • The Daily Mail, May 1st 2007 - Formula milk that will stop baby becoming an obese Adult: Fiona MacRae
    • The Daily Express, May 1st 2007 - Hunting for obesity?s holy grail
    • The Times (London), April 23rd 2007 - Formula to keep baby slim for life
    • The Brisbane Times, April 24th 2007 - Brain altering baby milk may neuter obesity risk
    • Independent, April 24th 2007 - Scientists create anti-obesity infant formula
    • New York Times, August 5th 2007 - Baby?s first diet pill: Annie Murphy Paul
    • The Sun, UK, August 15th 2007 - Is this a designer baby boom?: David Lowe

    Magazine articles

    • Chemistry and Industry, April 2007 - New formula for fit future
    • Shelflife, May 2007 - Baby formula that could prevent childhood obesity
    • GP, May 2007 - Could formula milk halt obesity?
    • Reveal, May 2007 - Health newsflash: Miracle milk
    • Marie-claire, April 2007 - Concern over anti-obesity baby milk

    TV news items

    • BBC news online, April 22nd 2007 - Fat fighting baby milk criticised

    The paper was also featured on over 100 international online science and general news websites
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  • {260}
    Vezina, F., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Williams, T.D. (2006)
    Individually variable energy management strategies in relation to the costs of egg production
    Ecology 87: 2447-2458
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  • {259}
    Jackson, D.M., Pace, L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2007)
    The measurement of RMR in pre-school children.
    Obesity 15: 1930-1932
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  • {258}
    Tolkamp, B., Yearsley, J., Gordon, I., Illius, A., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Kyriazakis, I. (2007)
    predicting the effects of body fatness on food intake and performance of sheep.
    British Journal of Nutrition.21: 1-10
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  • {257}
    Visockiene, Z., Johnstone, A.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Broom, J.I. (2006)
    Body composition measurement in obese patients with and without type 2 diabetes: comparison of methods Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
  • {256}
    Krol, E., Tups, A., Archer, Z.A., Ross, A.W., Moar, K.M., Bell, L.M., Duncan, J.S., Mayer, C., Morgan, P.J., Mercer, J.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Altered Expression of SOCS3 in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus during Seasonal Body Mass Changes in the Field Vole, Microtus agrestis
    Journal of Neuroendocrinology
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  • {255}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Hambly, C. (2007)
    Starving for life ? what animal studies can, and cannot, tell us about the use of caloric restriction to prolong human lifespan.
    Journal of Nutrition 137: 1078-1086
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  • {254}
    Johnston, S.J., Souter, D.M., Erwin, S.S., Tolkamp, B.J., Yearsley, J.M., Gordon, I.J., Illius, A., Kyriazakis, I. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Associations between basal metabolic rate and reproductive performance in C57BL/6J mice
    Journal of Experimental Biology
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  • {253}
    Krol, E. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Regulation of body mass and adiposity in the field vole, Microtus agrestis: a model of leptin resistance
    Journal of Endocrinology
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  • {252}
    Kokurewicz, T. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Age related effects on energy metabolism during torpor in Daubenton?s bats: effects on fat accumulation prior to hibernation.
    Acta Chiropterologica
  • {251}
    Rance, K.A., Johnstone, A.M., Murison, S., Duncan, J.S., Wood, S.G., and SPEAKMAN,J.R. (2006)
    Circulating leptin levels are related to adiposity, age, sex and the A55V polymorphism of the UCP2 gene, but not the ~866G/A polymorphism.
    International Journal of Obesity
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  • {250}
    Johnston, S.L., Erwin, S.S., Souter, D.M., Tolkamp, B.J., Gordon, I.J., Illius, A.W., Kyriazakis, I. and SPEAKMAN, J.R (2006)
    intake compensates for resting metabolic rate variation in female C57BL/6J mice fed high-fat diets.
    Obesity
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  • {249}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    The energy cost of reproduction in small rodents.
    Acta theriologica sinica
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  • {248}
    Selman, C., McLaren, J.S., Meyer, C., Duncan, J.S., Redman, P., Collins, A.R., Duthie, G.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Life-long vitamin C supplementation in combination with cold exposure does not affect oxidative damage or lifespan in mice, but decreases expression of antioxidant protection genes
    Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
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  • {247}
    Visockiene, Z., Broom, J.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Johnstone, A.M. (2006)
    Dietary intake and self-reporting in relation to eating behaviour in obese and type 2 diabetes patients
    Baltic endocrinology
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  • {246}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2008)
    The physiological cost of reproduction
    Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society
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  • {245}
    Sparling, C.E., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Fedak, MA. (2006 in press)
    Seasonal variation in the metabolic rate and body composition of female grey seals: fat conservation prior to high-cost reproduction in a capital breeder?
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B
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  • {244}
    Johnstone, A.M., Rance, K.A., Murison, S.D., Duncan, J.S. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Taking additional anthropometric measures may improve the predictability of Basal Metabolic Rate in adult subjects
    European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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  • {243}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Gene environment interactions and the origin of the modern obesity epidemic: a novel ?non-adaptive? scenario. In T.C. Kirkman, and S.J. Cooper, (Eds) Appetite and body weight:integrative systems and the development of anti-obesity drugs.
    Elsevier New York
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  • {242}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    The genetics of obesity: five fundamental problems with the famine hypothesis.
    In G. Fantuzzi, and T. Mazzone, (Eds) Adipose tissue and adipokines in health and disease
    Humana Press New York
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  • {241}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Thrifty genes for obesity and the metabolic syndrome ? time to call off the search?
    Diabetes and vascular disease research 3: 7-11
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  • {240}
    Arch, J.R.S., Hislop, D., Wang, S.J.Y., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Some mathematical and technical issues in the measurement and interpretation of open -circuit indirect calorimetry in small animals
    International Journal of Obesity
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  • {239}
    Scantlebury, M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Oosthuizen, M.K., Roper, T., & Bennett, N.C. (2006)
    Energetics reveals physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal.
    Nature.
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  • {238}
    Southwood, A.L., Reina, R.D., Jones, V.S., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Jones, D.R. (2006).
    Seasonal metabolism of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Heron Island, Australia.
    Canadian Journal of Zoology
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  • {237}
    Humphries M.M., Boutin S., Thomas D.W., Ryan J.D., Selman C., McAdam A.G., Berteaux D., SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Expenditure freeze: the metabolic response of small mammals to cold environments
    Ecology letters 8: 1326-1333
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  • {236}
    Johnston, S., Grune, T., Bell, L., Murray, S., Souter, D., Erwin, S., Yearsley, J., Gordon, I., Illius, A., Kyriazakis, I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Having it all - historical energy intakes do not generate the anticipated trade-offs in fecundity.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
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  • {235}
    Judge S, Jang YM, Smith A, Selman C, Phillips T, SPEAKMAN, J.R., Hagen T, Leeuwenburgh C. (2005)
    Exercise by lifelong voluntary wheel running reduces subsarcolemmal and interfibrillar mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production in the heart.
    American Journal of Physiology 289: R1564-1572.
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  • {234}
    Yearsley, JM., Villalba, J., Kyriazakis, I., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Tolkamp, B.J., Illius, J.W.,
    Gordon, I.J. and Duncan, A. (2005, in press).
    A theory of associating food types with their post-ingestive consequences.
    American Naturalist
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  • {233}
    Krol, E., Duncan, J.S., Redman, P., Morgan, P.J., Mercer, J.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Photoperiod regulates leptin sensitivity in field voles, Microtus agrestis
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B
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  • {232}
    Mathias, ML., Nunes, A.C., Marques, C., Auffray, J.C., Britton Davidian, J., Catalan, J.,Ganem, G., Grunduz, I., Ramathinho, M.G., Searle, J.B. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Effects of climate on oxygen consumption and energy intake of chromosomally divergent populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) from the island of Madeira (North Atlantic, Portugal).
    Functional Ecology
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  • {231}
    Scantlebury, M., Bennett, N.C., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Pillay, N. and Schradin, C. (2006)
    The energetics of huddling in group-living African four-striped field mice Rhabdomys pumilio
    Functional Ecology
  • {230}
    Scantlebury, M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Bennett, N. (2006)
    The costs of sexual dimorphism in mole rats are morphological not behavioural.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biologial Sciences
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  • {229}
    Johnston, S.L., Peacock, W.L., Bell, L.M., Lonchampt, M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    PIXImus DXA with Different Software Need Individual Calibration to Accurately Predict Fat Mass
    Obesity Research 13: 1558-1565
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  • {228}
    Hambly, C.and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Contribution of different mechanisms to compensation for energy restriction in the mouse.
    Obesity Research 13: 1548-1557
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  • {227}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Krol, E. (2005)
    Limits to sustained energy intake IX: a review of hypotheses.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175: 375-394
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  • {226}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Walker, H., Walker, L., and Jackson, D.M. (2005)
    Associations between BMI, social strata and the estimated energy content of foods.
    International Journal of Obesity 29: 1281-1288
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  • {225}
    Selman, C., Phillips, T., Staib, J.L., Duncan, J.S., Leeuwenburgh, C., and SPEAKMAN, J.R.(2005)
    Energy expenditure of calorically restricted rats is higher than predicted from their altered body composition
    Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 126: 783-793
    See also independent review of this paper in ?Outside JEB? Journal of Experimental Biology June 2005 By T. Valencak.
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  • {224}
    Wanlass, S., Harris, M.P., Redman, P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Low energy values of fish as a probable cause of a major seabird breeding failure in the North Sea
    Marine Ecology progress series. 294: 1-8
    This paper was selected as the featured article of the issue.
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  • {223}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Correlations between physiology and lifespan ? two widely ignored problems with comparative studies.
    Aging Cell 4: 167-175
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  • {222}
    Rance, K.A., Fustin, J.M., Dalgleish, G., Hambly, C., B?nger, L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    A Paternally Imprinted QTL for Mature Body Mass on Mouse Chromosome 8
    Mammalian genome 16: 567-577
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  • {221}
    Simon, A., Thomas, D.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Blondel, J., Perret, P. and Lambrechts, M. (2005)
    Impact of ectoparasitic blowfly larvae (Protocalliphora spp) on the behaviour and energetics of nestling blue tits (Parus caeruleus).
    Journal of Field Ornithology
  • {220}
    Scantlebury, M., M.K. Oosthuizen SPEAKMAN, J.R., C.R. Jackson and Bennett, N.C. (2005)
    Seasonal energetics of the Hottentot golden mole (Ambysomus hottentottus longiceps) at High altitude (1500m) Physiology and behaviour 84: 739-745
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  • {219}
    Choudhury, A.I., Heffron, H., Smith, M.A., Al-Qassab, H., Xu, A.W., Selman, C., Simmgen,
    M., Clements, M., Claret, M., MacColl, G., Hisadome, K., Diakonov, I., Moosajee, V.,
    Bell, J.D., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Batterham, R.L., Barsh, G.S., Ashford, M.L.J. and Withers,
    D.J. (2005)
    The role of insulin receptor substrate 2 in hypothalamic and beta cell function
    Journal of Clinical Investigation 115: 940-950
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  • {218}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    The role of technology in the past and future development of the doubly-labelled water method.
    Isotopes in Environmental and health studies.
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  • {217}

    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Body size, energy metabolism and lifespan
    Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 1717-1730

    Highly cited: By November 2007 this paper was the 5th highest cited paper that had been published during 2005 by JEB, from a total of 599 articles published that year. By January 2012 it was the 4th highest cited article published by JEB in 2005 (top 1%). It was also the 15th highest cited article from 6212 papers published in the decade 2001-2011 (top 0.25%).  


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  • {216}
    Hambly, C., Adams, A.C., Fustin, J.M., Rance, K.A., B?nger, L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005).
    Mice with low metabolic rates are not susceptible to weight gain when fed a high fat diet.
    Obesity Research 13: 556-566
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  • {215}
    Kr?l, E., Redman, P., Thomson, P.J., Williams, R., Mayer, C., Mercer, J.G., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Effect of photoperiod on body mass, food intake and body composition in the field vole, Microtus agrestis
    Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 571-584
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  • {214}
    Humphries, M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Thomas, D. (2005)
    Temperature, hibernation energetics, and the cave and continental distributions of little brown bats. In Functional and Ecological aspects of the biology of bats. (Ed. T.H. Kunz) Chicago University press
  • {213}
    Hill, R.C., Lewis, D.D., Randell, S.J., Scott, K,C., Omori, M. Sundstrom, D.A., Jones, G.L., SPEAKMAN, J.R., and Butterwick, R.F. (2005)
    Mildly restricting food intake increases the speed of racing greyhounds
    American Journal of veterinary research 66: 1065-1070
  • {212}
    Ward, S., Moller, U., Rayner, J.M.V., Jackson,D.M., Nachtigall, W., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Metabolic power of European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) during flight in a wind tunnel measured by heat transfer modeling, doubly-labelled water, mask respirometry and aerodynamic modeling,
    Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 4291-4298
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  • {211}
    Yearsley, J.M., Kyriazakis, I., Gordon, I.J., Illius, A.W., Johnston, S.L., SPEAKMAN,
    J.R. and Tolkamp, B.J. (2005)
    A life history model of somatic damage associated with resource acquisition: damage protection or prevention?
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 235: 305-317
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  • {210}
    Hambly, C., Harper, E.J., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    The energetic cost of variations in wing span and wing asymmetry in the zebra finch
    (Taeniopygia guttata).
    Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3977-3984
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  • {209}
    Hambly, C., Harper, E.J., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    The energy cost of loaded flight is substantially lower than expected due to alterations in
    flight kinematics.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3969-3976
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  • {208}
    Hambly, C., Pinshow, B., Wiersma, P., Verhulst, S., Piertney, S.B., Harper, E.J. &
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Comparison of the cost of short flights in a nectarivorous and non-nectarivorous bird.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3959-3968
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  • {207}
    Hoggard, N., Rayner, D.V., Johnston, S.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Peripherally administered [Nle4, D-Phe7]-aMSH increases resting metabolic rate, while
    peripheral AgRP has no effect, in wild type C57BL/6 and ob/ob mice.
    Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 33: 693-703
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  • {206}

    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Talbot, D.A., Selman, C., Snart, S., McLaren, J.S., Redman, P., Krol, E.,
    Jackson, D.M., Johnson,M.S. & Brand, M.D. (2004)
    Uncoupled and surviving: individual mice with high metabolism have greater mitochondrial uncoupling and live longer.
    . Aging Cell 3:87-95
    This paper was featured on the front of the journal
    It was widely reported in the popular media including articles in
    The Aberdeen Evening Express
    The Daily mail
    The Aberdeen Press and Journal
    The Glasgow herald
    The Scotsman (Front page article)
    BBC teletext
    The Sun
    The paper was featured in several science news sites on the internet including
    VPRO Dutch television Science web site
    http://noorderlicht.vpro.nl/speakman
    Science Blog
    www.scienceblog.com/community/article2811.html
    Medical news today
    www.medicalnewstoday.com/index.php?newsid=8829
    Scientific approachs ? breaking news
    www.sciapp.com/news.php
    The paper was also subject of independent review articles in
    Nature (Nature Science update 3rd June 2004)
    Science (SAGE-KE web site lead article 28th May 2004)
    Discover magazine (
    Plus a 5 page commentary was published in Aging cell on the broad implications and
    importance of the work as a milestone in our understanding of links between ageing and metabolism.
    See Van Voorhies W.A. (2004) Commentary on Speakman et al : Ageing Cell 3:


    Highly cited :By february 2009 this paper was the highest cited paper ever published in the journal Aging Cell since its launch in 2002. By January 2012 it was still in this top position from a total of 705 papers ever published by this journal.


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  • {205}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Krol, E. (2005)
    Validation of the doubly-labelled water method in a small mammal
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 650-667
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  • {204}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Obesity: the integrated roles of environment and genetics.
    Journal of Nutrition.134: 2090-2105S
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  • {203}
    Wiersma, P., Selman, C., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Verhulst, S. (2004)
    Birds sacrifice oxidative protection for reproduction
    Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 271: 360-365S
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    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Krol, E. and Johnston, M.S. (2004)
    The functional significance of individual variations in BMR.
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77: 900-915

    In September 2009 this paper was listed on the PBZ web site as the 4th most highly cited paper over the past 3 years.

    see http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/action/showMostCitedArticles?journalCode=pbz

     


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  • {201}
    D.M. Scantlebury, Shanas, U., Kupshtein, H., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Haim, A.(2004)
    Differential energy costs of winter acclimatized common spiny mice Acomyscahirinus from two adjacent habitats
    Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry A 137: 419-423
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  • {200}
    Irwin, M.R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    Azorean bats cluster during emergence despite the lack of avian predators.
    Acta Chiropterologica     5:185-192
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  • {199}
    Peacock WL, Krol E, Moar KM, McLaren JS, Mercer JG & SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    Photoperiodic effects on body mass, energy balance and hypothalamic gene expression in the bank vole.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 165-177
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  • {198}

    Butler, P.J., Green, J.A., Boyd, I.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Measuring metabolic rate in the field: the pros and cons of the doubly-labelled water and heart rate methods
    Functional Ecology 18: 168-183

    Highly cited: This was the 4th highest cited paper in Functional Ecology from 117 articles published in 2004


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  • {197}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Ergon, T.E., Scantlebury, M., Reid, K.A., Cavagne, L. and Lambin, X. (2003)
    Resting metabolic rate is correlated with daily energy expenditure in free-living voles (Microtus
    agrestis) but reflects extrinsic rather than intrinsic limits.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America100: 14057-14062
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  • {196}
    Hochscheid, S., Bientivegna, F. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Long term cold acclimation leads to high RQ effects on oxygen consumption in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).
    Physiologial and Biochemical Zoology 77: 209-222
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  • {195}
    Krol, E., Johnson, M. S. and SPEAKMAN, J. R. (2003).
    Limits to sustained energy intake. VIII. Resting metabolic rate and organ morphology of laboratory mice lactating at thermoneutrality.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4283-4291
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  • {194}
    Krol, E. and SPEAKMAN, J. R. (2003).
    Limits to sustained energy intake. VII. Milk energy output in laboratory mice at thermoneutrality
    Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4267-4281
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  • {193}
    Krol, E. and SPEAKMAN, J. R. (2003).
    Limits to sustained energy intake. VI. Energetics of lactation in laboratory mice at thermoneutrality.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4255-4266
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  • {192}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., van Acker, A., and Harper, E.J. (2003)
    Age related changes in the metabolism and body composition of three dog breeds and their
    relationship to life expectancy.
    Aging Cell.2: 265-279
    (see independent review of this paper in Science 12th Sept 2003)
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  • {191}
    Ergon,T., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Scantlebury, M., Cavanagh, R. and Lambin, X.(2004)
    Optimal body size and energy expenditure during winter: why are voles smaller in declining
    populations?
    American Naturalist 163: E442-E457
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  • {190}
    Hochschied, S., Bientivegna, F., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    The dual function of the chelonian lung: buoyancy control and oxygen storage.
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 297: 123-140
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  • {189}
    Schmidt, J., Andersen, N.A, SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Nicol, S.C. (2003)
    Field energetics of free-living, lactating and non-lactating echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry A 136: 903-909
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  • {188}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Selman, C. (2003)
    Physical activity and resting metabolic rate.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 62: 621-634
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  • {187}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    Oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial proton cycling, free-radical production and aging. Pp 35-68 In Mattson, M.P. (ed). Energy metabolism and lifespan determination. Elsevier series Advancesin Cell Aging and Gerontology.Elsevier Amsterdam
  • {186}
    Korine, C., SPEAKMAN, J.R. & Arad, Z. (2004)
    Reproductive energetics of captive and free-ranging Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
    Ecology 85: 220-230
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  • {185}
    Massemin, S., Korpim?ki, E., Zorn, T., P?yri, V. & SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2004)
    Energy expenditure of nestlings in relation to food quantity and hatching span in the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
    Journal of Avian Biology
  • {184}
    Ward, S., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Slater, P.J.B. (2003)
    The energy cost of song in the canary, Serinus canaria
    Animal behaviour 66: 93-902
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  • {183}
    Scantlebury, M, Shanas, U., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Kupshtein, H., Afik, D. and Haim, A. (2003).
    Energetics and water economy of common spiny mice Acomys cahirinus from two adjacent
    habitats
    Functional ecology 17: 178-185
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  • {182}
    Hatch, K.A., Pinshow, B. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    The analysis of C-13/C-12 ratios in exhaled CO2: Its advantages and potential application to field research to infer diet, changes in diet over time, and substrate metabolism in birds
    Integrative and Comparative Biology 42: 21-33.
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  • {181}
    B?nger, L., Forsting, J., McDonald, K.L., Horvat, S., Duncan, J., Hochscheid, S., Baile, C.A., Hill, W.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Long-term divergent selection on body fatness in mice indicates a regulation system that is independent of leptin production and reception
    FASEB Journal 16:U463-477
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  • {180}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Stubbs, R.J. and Mercer, J.G. (2002)
    Does body weight play a role in the regulation of food intake?
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 61: 473-487
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  • {179}
    Scantlebury, M., Russell, A.F., McIlrath, G.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2002)
    The energetics of lactation in cooperative breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 269: 2147-2153
    This paper was featured on the front cover of the issue.
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  • {178}
    Hambly, C.S., Harper, E.J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    The cost of flight in the zebra finch (Taenyopygia guttata) : a novel approach based on elimination of carbon-13 labelled bicarbonate.
    Journal of Comparative physiology. 172: 529-539
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  • {177}
    Humphries, M.M., Thomas, D.W. & SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Climate mediated energetic constraints on the distribution of hibernating bats.
    Nature 418: 313-316
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  • {176}
    Hatch, K.A., Pinshow, B. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Carbon isotope ratios in exhaled CO2 can be used to determine not just present, but also past diets in birds
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B: 172: 263-268
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  • {175}
    Selman, C., Grune, T., Stolzing, A., Jakstadt, M., McLaren, J.S, & SPEAKMAN, J.R.
    (2002)
    The consequences of acute cold exposure on protein oxidation and proteasome activity in short-tailed field voles, Microtus agrestis
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine 33: 259-265.
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  • {174}
    Selman, C., McLaren, J.S., A.R. Collins, G.G. Duthie and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Anti-oxidant enzyme activities, lipid peroxidation and DNA oxidative damage: the effects of short-term voluntary wheel running.
    Archives of Biochemisty and Biophysics 401: 255-261
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  • {173}
    Humphries, M.M., Thomas, D.W., Hall, C.L.,SPEAKMAN, J.R.., and Kramer, D.L. (2002)
    The energetics of autumn mast hoarding in eastern chipmunks
    Oecologia 133: 30-37
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  • {172}
    Hochscheid, S., Bentivegna, F. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Circulatory adjustments of sea turtles in relation to ambient temperature.
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 66-76,
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  • {171}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Selman, C., McLaren, J.S. and Harper, J.E. (2002)
    Living fast, dying when? The links between energetics and ageing.
    Journal of Nutrition 132: 1583-1597S.
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  • {170}
    Lancaster, W.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Variations in respiratory muscle activity during echolocation when stationary in three species of bats (Microchiroptera: vespertilionidae).
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 4185-4193
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  • {169}
    Russ, J.M., Hutson, A.M., Montgomery, W.I., Racey, P.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    The status of Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) in the British Isles
    Journal of Zoology (London) 254: 91-100.
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  • {168}
    Ward, S., Rayner, J.M.V., Moller, U., Jackson, D.M., Nachtigall, W. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Efficiency of flight in the starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 3311-3322.
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  • {167}
    Bryce, J.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Johnson, P.J.and MacDonald, D.W. (2001)
    Competition between Eurasian red and introduced Eastern grey squirrels: the energetic significance of body-mass differences.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 268 Iss 1477: 1731-1736.
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  • {166}
    Perkins, S.E. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Measuring natural abundance of C-13 in respired CO2: variability and implications for non-invasive dietary analysis
    Functional Ecology 15:791-797.
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  • {165}
    Selman, C., Lumsden, S., Korhonen, T., Bunger, L., Hill, W.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Thermoregulatory responses of two mouse Mus musculus strains selectively bred for high and low food intake
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 661-668
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  • {164}
    Peacock, W. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Effect of high-fat diet on body mass and energy balance in the bank vole.
    Physiology and Behavior 74 Iss 1-2: 65-70.
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  • {163}
    Scantlebury, M., Butterwick, R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Energetics and litter size variation in domestic dog Canis familiaris breeds of two sizes.
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular and Integrative Physiology 129 Iss 4: 919-931.
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  • {162}
    Thomas, D.W., Blondel, J., Perret, P., Lambrechts, M.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Energetic and fitness costs of mismatching resource supply and demand in seasonally breeding birds.
    Science 291 Iss 5513: 2598-2600.
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  • {161}
    Jackson, D.M., Trayhurn, P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Associations between energetics and over-winter survival in the short-tailed field vole Microtus agrestis.
    Journal of Animal Ecology 70 Iss 4, 633-640.
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  • {160}
    Thomson, S.C., Brooke, A.P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Soaring behaviour in the Samoan flying fox, Pteropus samoensis.
    Journal of Zoology (London).256: 55-62
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  • {159}
    Gremillet, D., Wanlass, S., Carss, D.N., Linton, D., Harris, M.P., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Le Maho, Y. (2001)
    Foraging energetics of arctic cormorants and the evolution of diving birds.
    Ecology Letters 4 Iss 3: 180-184.
    This paper was featured on the front cover of the issue.
    See also independent review of this paper in TREE (July 2001)
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  • {158}
    Mercer, J.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Hypothalamic neuropeptide mechanisms for regulating energy balance: from rodent models to human obesity.
    Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 25 Iss 2: 101-116.
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  • {157}
    Scantlebury, D.M., Butterwick, R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Energetics and litter size variation in domestic dog Canis familiaris breeds of two sizes.
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology129 Iss 4:
    919-931.
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  • {156}
    Johnson, M.S. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Limits to sustained energy intake V. Effect of cold-exposure during lactation in Mus musculus.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204 Iss 11: 1967-1977.

    This series of five papers (#152-156) in the same volume of JEB was the subject of a news and views article in the same issue.


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  • {155}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Gidney, A., Bett, J., Mitchell, I.P. and Johnson, M.S. (2001)
    Limits to sustained energy intake IV. Effect of variation in food quality on lactating mice Mus musculus.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204 Iss 11: 1957-1965.
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  • {154}
    Johnson, M.S., Thomson, S.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Limits to sustained energy intake III. Effects of concurrent pregnancy and lactation in Mus
    musculus.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204 Iss 11: 1947-1956.
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  • {153}
    Johnson, M.S., Thomson, S.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Limits to sustained energy intake II. Inter-relationships between resting metabolic rate, life-history traits and morphology in Mus musculus.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204 Iss 11: 1937-1946.
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  • {152}
    Johnson, M.S., Thomson, S.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Limits to sustained energy intake I. Lactation in the laboratory mouse Mus musculus.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204 Iss 11: 1925-1935.
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  • {151}
    Selman, C., Lumsden, S., Bunger, L., Hill, W.G. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Resting metabolic rate and morphology in mice (Mus musculus) selected for high and low food intake.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 204 Iss 4: 777-784.
    http://usa.biologists.com/JEB/204/04/jeb3075.html
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  • {150}
    Schmid, J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Gender related variation in the daily energy expenditure of the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus): a small primate that uses torpor.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B ? Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 170: 633-641.
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  • {149}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Perez-Camargo, G., McCappin, T., Frankel, T., Thomson, P. and Legrand-Defretin, V. (2001)
    Validation of the doubly-labelled water technique in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
    British Journal of Nutrition 85 Iss 1: 75-87.
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  • {148}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Booles, D. and Butterwick, R.F. (2001)
    Validation of dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) by comparison with chemical analysis of dogs and cats.
    International Journal of Obesity 25 Iss 3: 439-447.
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  • {147}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Lancaster, W.C., Ward, S., Jones, G. and Cole, K.R. (2003)
    Energy cost of echolocation in stationary bats. In BISONAR 2000 (Ed. Thomas, J.L.) University of Chicago press, Chicago, USA.
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  • {146}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Visser, H., Ward, S. and Krol, E. (2001)
    Isotope dilution methods. Chpt 3. In Body Composition analysis: a handbook of non-invasive methods. J.R. SPEAKMAN (Editor) Cambridge University Press.
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  • {145}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    The evolution of flight and echolocation in bats: another leap in the dark.
    Mammal Review 31 Iss 2: 111-130.
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  • {144}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Thomas, D.M. (2003)
    Physiological ecology and energetics of bats. Pp 430-492. In Kunz, T.H. and Fenton, M.B. (Eds). ?Bat Biology?. University of Chicago Press Chicago, USA
  • {143}
    Hawkins, P.A.J., Butler, P.J., Woakes, A.J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Estimation of the rate of oxygen consumption of the common eider duck (Somateria mollissima), with some measurements of heart rate during voluntary dives.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 203 Iss 18: 2819-2832.
    http://usa.biologists.com/JEB/203/18/jeb2898.html
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  • {142}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Johnson, M.S. (2000)
    Relationships between resting metabolic rate and morphology in lactating mice: what tissues are the major contributors to resting metabolism? In ?Living in the Cold: vol III? Edited by G. Heldmaier and M. Klingenspor. Springer Berlin.
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  • {141}
    Selman, C., McLaren, J.S., Himanka, M.J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Effects of long-term cold exposure on antioxidant enzyme activities in a small mammal.
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine 28 Iss 8: 1279-1285.
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  • {140}
    Hill, R.C., Lewis, D.D., Scott, K.C., Omori, M., Jackson, M., Sundstrom, D.A., Jones, G.L., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Doyle, C.A. and Butterwick, R.F. (2001)
    Effect of increased dietary protein and decreased dietary carbohydrate on performance and body composition in racing greyhounds.
    American Journal of Veterinary Research 62 Iss 3: 440-447.
  • {139}
    Jackson, D.M., Hambly, C., Trayhurn, P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2001)
    Can non-shivering thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue following NA injection be quantified by changes in overlying surface temperatures using infrared thermography?
    Journal of Thermal Biology 26 Iss 2: 85-93.
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  • {138}
    Rayner, J.M.V., Viscardi, P., Ward, S., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Aerodynamics and energetics of intermittent flight in birds.
    American Zoologist 41: 188-204.
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  • {137}
    Ward, S., Scantlebury, D.M., Krol, E., Thomson, P.J., Sparling, C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Preparation of hydrogen from water by reduction with lithium aluminium hydride for the analysis of ? 2H by isotope ratio mass spectrometry.
    Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 14 Iss 6: 450-453.
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  • {136}
    Entwistle, A.C., Racey, P.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Social and population structure of a gleaning bat, Plecotus auritus.
    Journal of Zoology 252: 11-17.
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  • {135}
    McLean, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Effects of body mass and reproduction on the basal metabolic rate of brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus).
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73 Iss 1: 112-121.
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  • {134}
    Redman, P., Selman, C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Male short-tailed field voles (Microtus agrestis) build better insulated nests than females.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B ? Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 169 Iss 8: 581-587.
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  • {133}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. & Rydell, J. (2000)
    Avoidance behaviour of bats and moths: when is it predator defence?
    Oikos 88 Iss 1: 221-223.
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  • {132}
    Scantlebury, D.M., Butterwick, R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Energetics of lactation in domestic dog (Canis familiaris) breeds of two sizes.
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A ? Molecular and Integrative Physiology 125 Iss 2:197-210.
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  • {131}
    Scantlebury, D.M.., Hynds, W., Booles, D. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Isotope recycling in lactating dogs (Canis familiaris).
    American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology 278 Iss 3: R669-R676.
    http://ajpregu.physiology.org/cgi/content/absract/278/3/R669
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  • {130}
    Krol, E. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Isotope dilution spaces of mice injected simultaneously with deuterium, tritium and oxygen-18.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 202 Iss 20: 2839-2849.
    http://usa.biologists.com/JEB/202/20/jeb2221f.html
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  • {129}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Irwin, N.R., Tallach, N. and Stone, R.B. (1999)
    Effect of roost size on the emergence behaviour of pipistrelle bats.
    Animal Behaviour 58: 787-795.
    http://www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/anbe.1999.1203
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  • {128}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    The cost of living: Field metabolic rates of small mammals.
    Advances in Ecological Research 30: 177-297.
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  • {127}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    The evolution of flight and echolocation in pre-bats: an evaluation of the energetic efficiency of reach hunting.
    Acta Chiropterologica 1: 3-16.
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  • {126}
    Thomson, S.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Absorption of visible spectrum radiation by the wing membranes of living pteropodid bats.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 169 Iss 3: 187-194.
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  • {125}
    McLean, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2000)
    Morphological changes during postnatal growth and reproduction in the brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus: implications for wing loading and predicted flight performance.
    Journal of Natural History 34 Iss 5: 773-791.
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  • {124}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Rydell, J., Webb, P.I., Hayes, J.P., Hays, G.C., Hulbert, I.A.R. and McDevitt, R.M. (2000)
    Activity patterns of insectivorous bats and birds in northern Scandinavia (69?N), during continuous midsummer daylight.
    Oikos 88 Iss 1: 75-86.
    http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/oikos.88.1.abstracts/9775speakman.htm
    See also independent reviews of this paper in
    New Scientist (Oct 1999)
    Canadian Wildlife (Dec 1999)
    Toronto Globe and Mail (Dec 1999)
    Nature: News and Views (March 2000)
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  • {123}
    Ward, S., Rayner, J.M.V., Moller, U., Jackson, D.M., Nachtigall, W. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Heat transfer from starlings Sturnus vulgaris during flight.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 202 Iss 12: 1589-1602.
    http://usa.biologists.com/JEB/202/12/jeb1949.html
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  • {122}
    Corp, N., Gorman, M.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Daily energy expenditure of free-living male Wood Mice in different habitats and seasons.
    Functional Ecology 13 Iss 5: 585-593.
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  • {121}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Rossi, F.P. (1999)
    No support for socio-physiological suppression effect on metabolism of paired white mice (Mus sp.).
    Functional Ecology 13 Iss 3: 373-382.
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  • {120}
    McLean, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Energy budgets of lactating and non-reproductive brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus) suggest females use compensation in lactation.
    Functional Ecology 13 Iss 3: 360-372.
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  • {119}
    Swanepoel, R.E., Racey, P.A., Shore, R.F. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1999)
    Energetic effects of sublethal exposure to lindane on pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus).
    Environmental Pollution 104 Iss 2: 169-177.
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  • {118}
    Thompson, D.R., Bearhop, S., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Furness, R.W. (1998)
    Feathers as a means of monitoring mercury in seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis.
    Environmental Pollution 101 Iss 2: 193-200.
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  • {117}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Tallach, N. (1998)
    Do emerging pipistrelle bats lose control of their timing due to 'crowd pressure'?
    Journal of Zoology 246: 445-448.
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  • {116}
    Jenkins, E.V., Laine, T., Morgan, S.E., Cole, K.R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1998)
    Roost selection in the pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in northeast Scotland.
    Animal Behaviour 56: 909-917.
    http://www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/anbe.1998.0858
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  • {115}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Rowland, A. (1999)
    Preparing for inactivity: how insectivorous bats deposit a fat store for hibernation.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 58 Iss 1: 123-131.
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  • {114}
    Ward, S.M., Moller, U., Rayner, J.M.V., Jackson, D.M., Nachtigall, W. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1998).
    Power requirement for Starling flight in a wind tunnel.
    Biologia e Conservazione della Fauna 102: 335-339.
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  • {113}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Ward, S. (1998)
    Infrared thermography : principles and applications.
    Zoology - Analysis of Complex Systems. 101 Iss 3: 224-232.
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  • {112}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1998)
    The history and theory of the doubly labeled water technique.
    American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 68 Iss 4: 932S-938S.
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  • {111}
    Gorman, M.L., Mills, M.G., Raath, J.P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1998)
    High hunting costs make African wild dogs vulnerable
    to kleptoparasitism by hyenas.
    Nature 391 Iss 6666: 479-481.
    This paper was featured on the front cover of the issue.
    See also independent reviews of this paper in
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    • Washington post (Jan 31 1998)
    • The Economist (Feb 1998)
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    • Discovery channel Science program (March 1998).
    See also article on this paper in the Encyclopedia Brittanica year book 1999
  • {110}
    Entwistle, A.C., Racey, P.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1998)
    The reproductive cycle and determination of sexual maturity in male brown long-eared bats, Plecotus auritus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).
    Journal of Zoology 244: 63-70.
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  • {109}
    Thomson, S.C., Brooke, A.P. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1998)
    Diurnal activity in the Samoan flying fox, Pteropus samoensis.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 353 Iss 1375: 1595-1606.
    See also independent review of this paper in Nature online at
    www.nature.com/nsu/981105/981105-6.html
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  • {108}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Hays, G.C. and Lindblad, E. (1998)
    Thermal conductivity of sand and its effect on the temperature of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests.
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78 Iss 4: 1337-1352.
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  • {107}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Thomson, S.C. (1997)
    Validation of the labeled bicarbonate technique for measurement of short term energy expenditure in the mouse.
    Zeitschrift Fur Ernahrungswissenschaft 36 Iss 4: 273-277.
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  • {106}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Factors influencing daily energy expenditure of small mammals.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 56: 1119-1136.
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  • {105}
    Corp, N., Gorman, M.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Apparent absorption efficiency and gut morphometry of wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus, from two distinct populations with different diets.
    Physiological Zoology 70 Iss 6: 610-614.
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  • {104}
    McLean, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Non-nutritional maternal support in the brown long-eared bat.
    Animal Behaviour 54: 1193-1204.
    http://www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/anbe.1997.0498
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  • {103}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Banks, D. (1998)
    The function of flight formations in Greylag Geese Anser anser; energy saving or orientation?
    Ibis 140 Iss 2: 280-287.
    See also independent reviews of this paper in
    BBC Wildlife magazine March 1999
    Nature Australia November 1999
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  • {102}
    Corp, N., Gorman, M.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Seasonal variation in the resting metabolic rate of male wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus from two contrasting habitats 15 km apart.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 167 Iss 3: 229-239.
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  • {101}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1996)
    Population dynamics of a maternity colony of the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) in north-east Scotland.
    Journal of Zoology 240: 777-780.
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  • {100}
    Corp, N., Gorman, M.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Ranging behaviour and time budgets of male wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus in different habitats and seasons.
    Oecologia 109 Iss 2: 242-250.
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  • {99}
    McLean, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1996)
    Suckling behaviour in the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus).
    Journal of Zoology 239: 411-416.
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  • {98}
    Lancaster, W.C., Thomson, S.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Wing temperature in flying bats measured by infrared thermography.
    Journal of Thermal Biology 22 Iss 2: 109-116.
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  • {97}
    Entwistle, A.C., Racey, P.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1997)
    Roost selection by the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus).
    Journal of Applied Ecology 34 Iss 2: 399-408.
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  • {96}
    Entwistle, A.C., Racey, P.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1996)
    Habitat exploitation by a gleaning bat, Plecotus auritus.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 351 Iss 1342: 921-931.
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  • {95}
    McDevitt, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1996)
    Summer acclimatization in the short-tailed field vole, Microtus agrestis.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 166 Iss 4: 286-293.
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  • {94}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1996)
    How hot is a hibernaculum? A review of the temperatures at which bats hibernate.
    Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 74 Iss 4: 761-765.
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  • {93}
    Arnould, J.P.Y., Boyd, I.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1996)
    The relationship between foraging behaviour and energy expenditure in Antarctic fur seals.
    Journal of Zoology 239: 769-782.
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  • {92}
    Hays, G.C., MacKay, A., Adams, C.R., Mortimer, J.A., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Boerema, M. (1995)
    Nest-site selection by sea-turtles.
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 75 Iss 3: 667-674.
  • {91}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and McQueenie, J. (1996)
    Limits to sustained metabolic rate: The link between food intake, basal metabolic rate, and morphology in reproducing mice, Mus musculus.
    Physiological Zoology 69 Iss 4: 746-769.
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  • {90}
    McLean, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Elimination rate of Zn-65 as a measure of food-intake - a validation-study in the mouse (Mus sp.).
    Journal of Applied Physiology 79 Iss 4: 1361-1369.
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  • {89}
    Cleaver, J.E., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Volpe, J.P.G. (1995)
    Nucleotide excision repair: Variations associated with cancer development and speciation.
    Cancer Surveys 25: 125-142.
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  • {88}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Energetics and the evolution of body size in small terrestrial mammals.
    Symposia of the Zoological Society of London. 69: 63-81.
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  • {87}
    Arnould, J.P.Y., Boyd, I.L. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1996)
    Measuring the body composition of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella): Validation of hydrogen isotope dilution.
    Physiological Zoology 69 Iss 1: 93-116.
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  • {86}
    Delahay, R.J., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Moss, R. (1995)
    The energetic consequences of parasitism - effects of a developing infection of Trichostrongylus-tenuis (Nematoda) on red grouse (Lagopus-lagopus-scoticus) energy-balance, body-weight and condition.
    Parasitology 110: 473-482.
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  • {85}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Estimation of precision in DLW studies using the two-point methodology.
    Obesity Research 3 (Supplement 1: 'Recent advances in the doubly labeled water technique' Eds. SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Roberts, S.B.) 1-2.
  • {84}
    Haim, A., McDevitt, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Daily variations in the response of wood mice Apodemus-sylvaticus to noradrenaline.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 198 Iss 2: 561-565.
    http://usa.biologists.com/JEB/198/02/jeb9660.html
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  • {83}
    Haim, A., McDevitt, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Thermoregulatory responses to manipulations of photoperiod in wood mice Apodemus-sylvaticus from high-latitudes (57 oN).
    Journal of Thermal Biology 20 Iss 6: 437-443.
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  • {82}
    Hays, G.C., Adams, C.R., Mortimer, J.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Inter-beach and intra-beach thermal variation for green turtle nests on Ascension Island, South-Atlantic.
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 75 Iss 2: 405-411.
  • {81}
    Rydell, J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Evolution of nocturnality in bats - potential competitors and predators during their early history.
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 54 Iss 2: 183-191.
    http://www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/bijl.1995.0011
    See also independent review of this paper in BBC Wildlife (May 1995)
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  • {80}
    Bevan, R.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Butler, P.J. (1995)
    Daily energy-expenditure of tufted ducks - a comparison between indirect calorimetry, doubly labeled water and heart-rate.
    Functional Ecology 9 Iss 1: 40-47.
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  • {79}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Thomson, S.C. (1994)
    Flight capabilities of Archaeopteryx.
    Nature 370 Iss 6490: 514.
    See also independent review of this paper in Earth Magazine (April 1995)
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  • {78}
    Rayner, J.M.V., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Kunz, T.H., Norberg, U.M. and Jones, G. (1995: in press)
    Scaling of power and efficiency in vertebrate flight.
    Functional Ecology
  • {77}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Hays, G.C. and Webb, P.I. (1994)
    Is hyperthermia a constraint on the diurnal activity of bats?
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 171 Iss 3: 325-339.
    http://www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/jtbi.1994.1235
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  • {76}
    McDevitt, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1994)
    Limits to sustainable metabolic-rate during transient exposure to low-temperatures in short-tailed field voles (Microtus-agrestis).
    Physiological Zoology 67 Iss 5: 1103-1116.
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  • {75}
    McDevitt, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1994)
    Central limits to sustainable metabolic-rate have no role in cold-acclimation of the short-tailed field vole (Microtus-agrestis).
    Physiological Zoology 67 Iss 5: 1117-1139.
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  • {74}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Stone, R.E. and Kerslake, J.E. (1995)
    Temporal patterns in the emergence behavior of pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus-pipistrellus, from maternity colonies are consistent with an antipredator response.
    Animal Behaviour 50: 1147-1156
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  • {73}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1995)
    Chiropteran nocturnality.
    Symposium of the Zoological Society of London 67: 187-201.
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  • {72}
    Cutts, C.J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1994)
    Energy savings in formation flight of pink-footed geese.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 189: 251-261.
    http://usa.biologists.com/JEB/189/01/jeb9335.html
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  • {71}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1995)
    Evaporative water-loss in 2 sympatric species of vespertilionid bat, Plecotus-auritus and Myotis-daubentoni ? relation to foraging mode and implications for roost site selection.
    Journal of Zoology 235: 269-278.
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  • {70}
    McDevitt, R.M. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1994)
    Long photophase is not a sufficient stimulus to reduce thermogenic capacity in winter-acclimatized short-tailed field voles (Microtus-agrestis) during long-term cold-acclimation.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 164 Iss 2: 159-164.
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  • {69}
    Entwistle, A.C., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1994)
    Effect of using the doubly labeled water technique on long-term recapture in the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus-auritus).
    Canadian Journal of Zoology 72 Iss 4: 783-785.
  • {68}
    Poppitt, S.D., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1994)
    Energetics of reproduction in the lesser hedgehog tenrec, Echinops telfairi (Martin).
    Physiological Zoology 67 Iss 4: 976-994.
  • {67}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., McDevitt, R.M. and Cole, K.R. (1993)
    Measurement of basal metabolic rates - don't lose sight of reality in the quest for comparability.
    Physiological Zoology 66 Iss 6: 1045-1049.
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  • {66}
    Gauthier, M., Thomas, D.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and LaPierre (1994)
    The costs and benefits of nest reuse by cliff martins. (In French English Abstract.)
    Ecoscience
  • {65}
    Blake, D., Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A., Rydell, J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1994)
    Use of lamplit roads by foraging bats in southern England.
    Journal of Zoology 234: 453-462.
  • {64}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Racey, P.A., Haim, A., Webb, P.I., Ellison, G.T.H. and Skinner, J.D. (1994)
    Interindividual and intraindividual variation in daily energy-expenditure of the pouched mouse (Saccostomus-campestris).
    Functional Ecology 8 Iss 3: 336-342.
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  • {63}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1994)
    Postprandial urine loss and its relation to ecology in brown long-eared (Plecotus-auritus) and Daubentons (Myotis-daubentoni) bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae).
    Journal of Zoology 233: 165-173.
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  • {62}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1993)
    How should we calculate CO2 production in doubly labeled water studies of animals?
    Functional Ecology 7 Iss 6: 746-750.
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  • {61}
    Stephenson, P.J., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1994)
    Field metabolic-rate in 2 species of shrew-tenrec, Microgal- dobsoni and M-talazaci.
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Physiology 107 Iss 2: 283-287.
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  • {60}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1993)
    The implication of small reductions in body-temperature for radiant and convective heat-loss in resting endothermic brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus).Journal of Thermal Biology 18 Iss 3: 131-135.
  • {59}
    Siegert, K.J., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Reynolds, S.E. (1993)
    Carbohydrate and lipid-metabolism during the last larval molt of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca-sexta.
    Physiological Entomology 18 Iss 4: 404-408.
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  • {58}
    Hays, G.C., Adams, C.R. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1993)
    Reproductive investment by green turtles nesting on Ascension-Island.
    Canadian Journal of Zoology 71 Iss 6: 1098-1103.
  • {57}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Hays, G.C. (1992)
    Albedo and transmittance of short-wave-radiation for bat wings.
    Journal of Thermal Biology 17 Iss 6: 317-321.
  • {56}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Webb, P.I. (1993)
    Taxonomy, status and distribution of the Azorean bat (Nyctalus-azoreum).
    Journal of Zoology 231: 27-38.
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  • {55}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Nair, K.S. and Goran, M.I. (1993)
    Revised equations for calculating CO2 production from doubly labeled water in humans.
    American Journal of Physiology 264 Iss 6: E912-E917.
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  • {54}
    Rydell, J., Strann, K.B. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1994)
    First record of breeding bats above the Arctic-circle - northern bats at 68-70oN in Norway.
    Journal of Zoology 233: 335-339.
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  • {53}
    Poppitt, S.D., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1993)
    The energetics of reproduction in the common shrew (Sorex-araneus) - a comparison of indirect calorimetry and the doubly labeled water method.
    Physiological Zoology 66 Iss 6: 964-982.
  • {52}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Bryant, D.M. (1993)
    The searching speeds of foraging shorebirds - Redshank (Tringa-totanus) and Oystercatcher (Haematopus-ostralegus).
    American Naturalist 142 Iss 2: 296-319.
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  • {51}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1993)
    Defecation, apparent absorption efficiency, and the importance of water obtained in the food for water-balance in captive brown long-eared (Plecotus-auritus) and Daubentons (Myotis-daubentoni) bats.
    Journal of Zoology 230: 619-628.
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  • {50}
    Brown, R.P., Perez-Mellado, V., Diego-Rasilla, J., Garcia, J.A., Naranjo, A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1992)
    Individual and population energetics of a lizard on a Mediterranean islet.
    Oecologia 91 Iss 4: 500-504.
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  • {49}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1993)
    Flight capabilities in Archaeopteryx.
    Evolution 47 Iss 1: 336-340.
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  • {48}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1993)
    The evolution of echolocation for predation.
    Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 65: 39-63.
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  • {47}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Lumsden, L.F. and Hays, G.C. (1994)
    Predation rates on bats released to fly during daylight in south-eastern Australia.
    Journal of Zoology 233: 318-321.
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  • {46}
    Hayes, J.P., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1992)
    The contributions of local heating and reducing exposed surface-area to the energetic benefits of huddling by short-tailed field voles (Microtus-agrestis).
    Physiological Zoology. 65 Iss 4: 742-762.
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  • {45}
    Hays, G.C., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Webb, P.I (1992)
    Why do brown long-eared bats (Plecotus-auritus) fly in winter?
    Physiological Zoology 65: 554-567.
  • {44}
    Hays, G.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1993)
    Nest placement by loggerhead turtles, Caretta-caretta.
    Animal Behaviour 45 Iss 1: 47-53.
    http://www.idealibrary.com/links/artid/anbe.1993.1006
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  • {43}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1992)
    Oxygen-consumption and evaporation during parturition in a vespertilionid bat (Pipistrellus-pipistrellus).
    Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 94 Iss 2: 525-528.
  • {42}
    Brown, R.B., Thorpe, R.S. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1992)
    Comparisons of body size, field energetics, and water flux among populations of the skink Chalcides-sexlineatus.
    Canadian Journal of Zoology 70 Iss 5: 1001-1006.
  • {41}
    Hayes, J.P., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1992)
    Sampling bias in respirometry.
    Physiological Zoology 65 Iss 3: 604-619.
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  • {40}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Racey, P.A., Haim, A., Webb, P.I., Ellison, G.T.H. and Skinner, J.D. (1992)
    Daily energy-expenditure in the pouched mouse (Saccostomus-campestris Peters 1896).
    Israel Journal of Zoology 38 Iss 3-4: 341-351.
  • {39}
    Hays, G.C., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Hayes, J.P. (1992)
    The pattern of emergence by loggerhead turtle (Caretta-caretta) hatchlings on Cephalonia, Greece.
    Herpetologica 48 Iss 4: 396-401.
  • {38}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1992)
    Evolution of animal body size - a cautionary note on assessments of the role of energetics.
    Functional Ecology 6 Iss 4: 495-496.
    & SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1993)
    Evolution of body size - predictions from energetics.
    Functional Ecology 7 Iss 1: 134.
    These two refereed Forum articles appeared as part of a debate on the role of energetics as a factor influencing evolution of body size, principally between myself, J.S. Millar and G.J. Hickling.
  • {37}
    Hays, G.C., Webb, P.I. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1992)
    Arrhythmic breathing in torpid pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus-pipistrellus).
    Respiration Physiology 85 Iss 2: 185-192.
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  • {36}
    Hays, G.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1992)
    Clutch size for Mediterranean loggerhead turtles (Caretta-caretta).
    Journal of Zoology 226: 321-327.
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  • {35}
    Webb, P.I., Hays, G.C., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1992)
    The functional-significance of ventilation frequency, and its relationship to oxygen-demand in the resting brown long-eared bat, Plecotus-auritus.
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 162 Iss 2: 144-147.
  • {34}
    Webb, P.I., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1992)
    Inter individual and intraindividual variation in wing loading and body-mass in female pipistrelle bats - theoretical implications for flight performance.
    Journal of Zoology 228: 669-673.
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  • {33}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Webb, P.I. and Racey, P.A. (1991)
    Effects of disturbance on the energy-expenditure of hibernating bats.
    Journal of Applied Ecology 28 Iss 3: 1087-1104.
    see also independent reviews of this paper in
    British Wildlife (July 1991)
    The Economist (February 1993)
    this paper was featured on the Canadian Science program "Quirks and Quarks", broadcast across the US and Canada, Nov 1993.
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  • {32}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Bullock, D.J., Eales, L.A. and Racey, P.A. (1992)
    A problem defining temporal pattern in animal behaviour - clustering in the emergence behaviour of bats from maternity roosts.
    Animal Behaviour 43 Iss 3: 491-500.
    see also "Defining temporal pattern in the emergence behaviour of bats from maternity roosts: some pitfalls in analysis and how to overcome them." SPEAKMAN, J.R. In Bat Research News (1993).
  • {31}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1991)
    No cost of echolocation for bats in flight.
    Nature 350 Iss 6317: 421-423.
    This paper was featured on the front cover of the issue and was the subject of a 'News and Views' article in the same issue.
    see also independent reviews of this paper in
    • BBC Wildlife magazine (June 1991)
    • Science News (July 1991)
    • The Lisbon Times (June 1991)
    • The European (June 1991)
    this paper was also the subject of several radio and TV broadcasts
    • Tomorrow's World (BBC 1, May 1991)
    • Radio 4 Science Now (May 1991)
    • BBC World Service
    • (syndicated worldwide: June 1991)
    see also article on this work in the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology (1994).
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  • {30}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Racey, P.A., Catto, C.M.C., Webb, P.I., Swift, S.M. and Burnett, A.M. (1991)
    Minimum summer population and densities of bats in N.E. Scotland near the northern borders of their distributions.
    Journal of Zoology 225: 327-345.
  • {29}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1991)
    Why do insectivorous bats in Britain not fly in daylight more frequently?
    Functional Ecology 5 Iss 4: 518-524.
    This paper was featured on the front cover of the issue.
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  • {28}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1991)
    The impact of predation by birds on bat populations in the British Isles.
    Mammal Review 21 Iss 3: 123-142.
  • {27}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Racey, P.A. and Burnett, A.M. (1991)
    Metabolic and behavioral consequences of the procedures of the doubly labeled water technique on white (MF1) mice.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 157: 123-132.
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  • {26}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Racey, P.A., Hutson, A.M., Webb, P.I. and Burnett, A.M. (1991)
    Status of Nathusius pipistrelle (Pipistrellus-nathusii) in Britain.
    Journal of Zoology 225: 685-690.
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  • {25}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1990)
    Principles, problems and a paradox with the measurement of energy-expenditure of free-living subjects using doubly-labeled water.
    Statistics in Medicine 9 Iss 11: 1365-1380.
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  • {24}
    Hays, G.C. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1991)
    Reproductive investment and optimal clutch size of loggerhead sea-turtles (Caretta-caretta).
    Journal of Animal Ecology 60 Iss 2: 455-462.
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  • {23}
    Haim, A., Racey, P.A., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Ellison, G.T.H. and Skinner, J.D. (1991)
    Seasonal acclimatization and thermoregulation in the pouched mouse Saccostomus-campestris.
    Journal of Thermal Biology 16 Iss 1: 13-17.
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  • {22}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1990)
    On Blum 4-dimensional geometric explanation for the 0.75 exponent in metabolic allometry.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 144 Iss 1: 139-141.
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  • {21}
    Hays, G.C., Webb, P.I., French, J. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1990)
    Doppler radar - a noninvasive technique for measuring ventilation rate in resting bats.
    Journal of Experimental Biology 150: 443-447.
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  • {20}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Nagy, K.A., Masman, D., Mook, W.G., Poppitt, S.D., Strathearn, G.E. and Racey, P.A. (1990)
    Interlaboratory comparison of different analytical techniques for the determination of O-18 abundance.
    Analytical Chemistry 62 Iss 7: 703-708.
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  • {19}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1990)
    The function of daylight flying in British bats.
    Journal of Zoology 220: 101-113.
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  • {18}
    Hughes, P.M., SPEAKMAN, J.R., Jones, G. and Racey, P.A. (1989)
    Suckling behaviour in the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus-pipistrellus).
    Journal of Zoology 219: 665-670.
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  • {17}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1989b)
    Doubly labelled water - errors in the evaluation of oxygen isotope turnover due to temporal variation in CO2 production do not always covary with dilution space estimate.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 141 Iss 4: 547-556.
  • {16}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R., Anderson, M.E. and Racey, P.A. (1989)
    The energy-cost of echolocation in pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus-pipistrellus).
    Journal of Comparative Physiology A - Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 165 Iss 5: 679-685.
    This paper was featured on the front cover of the journal
  • {15}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1989)
    Hibernal ecology of the pipistrelle bat ? energy-expenditure, water requirements and mass loss, implications for survival and the function of winter emergence flights.
    Journal of Animal Ecology 58 Iss 3: 797-813.
    See also independent review of this paper in BBC Wildlife (March 1989)
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  • {14}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1988c)
    Validation of the doubly labeled water technique in small insectivorous bats by comparison with indirect calorimetry.
    Physiological Zoology 61 Iss 6: 514-526.
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  • {13}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1988b)
    The doubly-labeled water technique for measurement of energy-expenditure in free-living animals.
    Science Progress 72 Iss 286: 227-237.
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  • {12}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1988a)
    Consequences of non steady-state CO2 production for accuracy of the doubly labeled water technique ? the importance of recapture interval.
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Physiology 90 Iss 2: 337-340.
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  • {11}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1988)
    Position of the pinnae and thermoregulatory status in brown long-eared bats (Plecotus-auritus).
    Journal of Thermal Biology 13 Iss 1: 25-29.
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  • {10}
    Racey, P.A., SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Swift, S.M. (1987)
    Reproductive adaptations of heterothermic bats at the northern borders of their distributions.
    South African Journal of Science 83 Iss 10: 635-638.
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  • {9}
    Racey, P.A. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1987)
    The energy costs of pregnancy and lactation in heterothermic bats.
    Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 54:107-125.
  • {8}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1987b)
    Apparent absorption efficiencies for redshank (Tringa totanus L) and oystercatcher (Haematopus-ostralegus L) ? implications for the predictions of optimal foraging models.
    American Naturalist 130 Iss 5: 677-691.
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  • {7}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1987a)
    Calculation of CO2 production in doubly-labeled water studies.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 126 Iss 1: 101-104.
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  • {6}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1987b)
    The equilibrium concentration of O-18 in body-water ? implications for the accuracy of the doubly-labeled water technique and a potential new method of measuring RQ in free-living animals.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 127 Iss 1: 79-95.
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  • {5}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1987)
    The energetics of pregnancy and lactation in the brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus). Chpt. 21 pp 367-394. In 'Recent advances in the study of bats' (Eds. Fenton, M.B., Racey, P.A. and Rayner, J.M.V.) CUP Cambridge.
  • {4}
    Davidson, N.C., Townshend, D.J., Pienkowski, M.W. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1986)
    Why do curlews Numenius have decurved bills?
    Bird Study 33: 61-69.
  • {3}
    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1986b)
    The influence of body condition on sexual development of male brown long-eared bats (Plecotus-auritus) in the wild.
    Journal of Zoology (London) 210: 515-525.
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    SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Racey, P.A. (1986a)
    Measurement of CO2 production by the doubly labeled water technique.
    Journal of Applied Physiology 61 Iss 3: 1200-1202.
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    SPEAKMAN, J.R. (1986)
    The optimum search speed of terrestrial predators when feeding on sedentary prey ? a predictive model.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 122: 401-407.

Books and Edited Volumes

  1. J.R. SPEAKMAN and S.B. Roberts (1995)
    Recent advances in the doubly-labelled water technique.
    Proceedings of a workshop held at Anaheim (April 1994)
    Supplement to Obesity Research.
  2. J.R. SPEAKMAN(1997)
    Doubly-labelled water: Theory and practice.
    Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York
    ISBN: 0 412 63780 4
    399 pp
  3. J.R. SPEAKMAN (Editor) (2001)
    Body composition analysis in animals: A handbook of non-destructive methods.
    Cambridge University Press.

Unrefereed Review Papers and Unrefereed Invited Articles

  1. SPEAKMAN, J.R. and Selman, C. (2002)
    The free-radical theory of ageing.
    Invited article In "The Encyclopedia of Ageing" Ed.
  2. Selman C, McLaren JS, Collins AR, SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2002)
    Voluntary exercise has only limited effects on activity of antioxidant enzymes and does not cause oxidative damage in a small mammal.
    Journal of Nutrition. 132: 1784S-1786S
  3. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003) Invited article
    Obesity. Part one. The biggest health threat facing mankind.
    The Biologist, 50(1)
  4. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003) Invited article
    Obesity. Part two. The physiology of body weight regulation.
    The Biologist, 50(2)
  5. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003) Invited article
    Obesity. Part three. Failed solutions and new ideas
    The Biologist, 50(3)
  6. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    Thermoregulation. Invited article
    Article NG 0079 In "The Encyclopaedia of Energy" Editor in Chief C.J. Clevland.
    Elsevier press Los Angeles
  7. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    Thermoregulation in vertebrates. Invited article.
    Article A1824 in the Nature Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences
    Macmillan Press London
  8. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2003)
    Thermoregulation in vertebrates : acclimation, acclimatisation and adaptation. Invited article.
    Article A1825 in the Nature Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences
    Macmillan Press London
  9. Scantlebury, M., Clutton-Brock, T.H., and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Energetics of co-operative breeeding in meerkats.
    International Congress series 1275: 367-374.
  10. SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2005)
    Uncoupling mitochondria as a strategy for anti-ageing medicine
    Journal of European Anti-Ageing medicine and British Anti-Ageing Medical Journal 1: 27-29
    Invited editorial contribution to launch issue
  11. Thomas, D. and SPEAKMAN, J.R. (2006)
    Physiological Ecology
    Section introduction pp 1-4 In Functional and evolutionary ecology of bats. Eds Zubaid, A., McCracken, G.F. and Kunz, T.H.
    Oxford University Press Oxford.
  12. Speakman JR (2006)
    The ice diet
    NEW SCIENTIST 188: 65
  13. SPEAKMAN, J.R., Hambly, C., Mitchell, S.E. and Krol, E (2006 in press)
    Animal models of obesity.
    DTI Foresight analysis ? Tackling obesities (Invited and refereed report contribution)
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