L G Halsey

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Affiliation: Roehampton University
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi The relationship between energy expenditure and speed during pedestrianlocomotion in birds: A morphological basis for the elevated y-intercept?
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK Electronic address
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 165:295-8. 2013
  2. ncbi The energy expenditure of stair climbing one step and two steps at a time: estimations from measures of heart rate
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e51213. 2012
  3. ncbi Comparative energetics of mammalian locomotion: Humans are not different
    L G Halsey
    Centre for Research in Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK Electronic address
    J Hum Evol 63:718-22. 2012
  4. ncbi Does alcohol consumption really affect asymmetry perception? A three-armed placebo-controlled experimental study
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
    Addiction 107:1273-9. 2012
  5. ncbi 100 years since Scott reached the pole: a century of learning about the physiological demands of Antarctica
    Lewis G Halsey
    University of Roehampton, Holybourne Ave, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Physiol Rev 92:521-36. 2012
  6. ncbi Measuring energetics and behaviour using accelerometry in cane toads Bufo marinus
    Lewis G Halsey
    School of Life Sciences, Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 5:e10170. 2010
  7. ncbi An explanation for enhanced perceptions of attractiveness after alcohol consumption
    L G Halsey
    Roehampton University, London, UK
    Alcohol 44:307-13. 2010
  8. ncbi Assessing the development and application of the accelerometry technique for estimating energy expenditure
    Lewis G Halsey
    School of Life Sciences, Roehampton University, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 158:305-14. 2011
  9. ncbi Assessing the validity of the accelerometry technique for estimating the energy expenditure of diving double-crested cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus
    L G Halsey
    Roehampton University, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Physiol Biochem Zool 84:230-7. 2011
  10. ncbi Could Scott have survived with today's physiological knowledge?
    Lewis George Halsey
    Roehampton University, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Curr Biol 21:R457-61. 2011

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  1. ncbi The relationship between energy expenditure and speed during pedestrianlocomotion in birds: A morphological basis for the elevated y-intercept?
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK Electronic address
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 165:295-8. 2013
    ....
  2. ncbi The energy expenditure of stair climbing one step and two steps at a time: estimations from measures of heart rate
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e51213. 2012
    ..Therefore to expend the maximum number of calories when climbing a set of stairs the single-step strategy is better...
  3. ncbi Comparative energetics of mammalian locomotion: Humans are not different
    L G Halsey
    Centre for Research in Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK Electronic address
    J Hum Evol 63:718-22. 2012
    ..We therefore conclude that there is no evidence from metabolic data that humans, or A. afarensis, have/had a reduced energy cost of pedestrian locomotion compared to other mammals in general...
  4. ncbi Does alcohol consumption really affect asymmetry perception? A three-armed placebo-controlled experimental study
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK
    Addiction 107:1273-9. 2012
    ..This study tested the degree of preference by alcohol-dosed and non-alcohol-dosed participants for symmetrical faces and their ability to detect facial symmetry, while controlling for other explanations...
  5. ncbi 100 years since Scott reached the pole: a century of learning about the physiological demands of Antarctica
    Lewis G Halsey
    University of Roehampton, Holybourne Ave, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Physiol Rev 92:521-36. 2012
    ..Nevertheless, even with today's knowledge, a repeat attempt at his expedition would by no means be bound to succeed...
  6. ncbi Measuring energetics and behaviour using accelerometry in cane toads Bufo marinus
    Lewis G Halsey
    School of Life Sciences, Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 5:e10170. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi An explanation for enhanced perceptions of attractiveness after alcohol consumption
    L G Halsey
    Roehampton University, London, UK
    Alcohol 44:307-13. 2010
    ....
  8. ncbi Assessing the development and application of the accelerometry technique for estimating energy expenditure
    Lewis G Halsey
    School of Life Sciences, Roehampton University, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 158:305-14. 2011
    ..The use of ODBA in field metabolic studies is likely to continue growing, supported by its relative ease of use and range of applications...
  9. ncbi Assessing the validity of the accelerometry technique for estimating the energy expenditure of diving double-crested cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus
    L G Halsey
    Roehampton University, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Physiol Biochem Zool 84:230-7. 2011
    ..The possible explanations include reasons why energy expenditure may not relate to ODBA but also reasons why oxygen uptake between dives may not accurately represent energy expenditure during a dive cycle...
  10. ncbi Could Scott have survived with today's physiological knowledge?
    Lewis George Halsey
    Roehampton University, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, UK
    Curr Biol 21:R457-61. 2011
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  11. ncbi Measuring energy expenditure in sub-adult and hatchling sea turtles via accelerometry
    Lewis G Halsey
    Department of Life Sciences, Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 6:e22311. 2011
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  12. ncbi Accelerometry to Estimate Energy Expenditure during Activity: Best Practice with Data Loggers
    L G Halsey
    Roehampton University, London, United Kingdom
    Physiol Biochem Zool 82:396-404. 2009
    ..In conclusion, data storage can be maximized when using acceleration as a proxy for Vo(2) by consideration of reductions in (1) number of axes measured and (2) sampling frequency...
  13. ncbi Modeling the marine resources consumed in raising a king penguin chick: an energetics approach
    L G Halsey
    School of Human and Life Sciences, Roehampton University, Holybourne Avenue, London SW15 4JD, United Kingdom
    Physiol Biochem Zool 81:856-67. 2008
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  14. ncbi The relationship between oxygen consumption and body acceleration in a range of species
    L G Halsey
    School of Human and Life Sciences, Roehampton University, London, SW15 4JD, UK
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 152:197-202. 2009
    ..The use of ODBA to estimate V(O(2)) was valid across all species examined and may show a greater potential for estimating energy expenditure for individual animals than other techniques...
  15. ncbi Recovery from swimming-induced hypothermia in king penguins: effects of nutritional condition
    L G Halsey
    Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom
    Physiol Biochem Zool 81:434-41. 2008
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  16. ncbi Acceleration versus heart rate for estimating energy expenditure and speed during locomotion in animals: tests with an easy model species, Homo sapiens
    Lewis G Halsey
    School of Biosciences, Centre for Ornithology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK
    Zoology (Jena) 111:231-41. 2008
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  17. ncbi Behavioral and physiological significance of minimum resting metabolic rate in king penguins
    L G Halsey
    Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom
    Physiol Biochem Zool 81:74-86. 2008
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  18. ncbi How accurately can we estimate energetic costs in a marine top predator, the king penguin?
    Lewis G Halsey
    Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK
    Zoology (Jena) 110:81-92. 2007
    ..Finally, a statistical method to include easy-to-measure morphometric characteristics, which may improve the accuracy of f(H) - V(O2) prediction equations, is explained...
  19. ncbi Onshore energetics in penguins: theory, estimation and ecological implications
    Lewis G Halsey
    Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT UK
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 147:1009-14. 2007
    ..0% of the energy expended whilst ashore. Thus, despite a high instantaneous cost, pedestrian locomotion is a small and possibly negligible component of total energy turnover in king penguins...
  20. ncbi When cormorants go fishing: the differing costs of hunting for sedentary and motile prey
    Lewis G Halsey
    Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Biol Lett 3:574-6. 2007
    ..The period of descent in all the dives undertaken appears to have been more expensive when the birds foraged on sedentary prey, probably due to a higher swimming speed during this period...
  21. ncbi To what extent is the foraging behaviour of aquatic birds constrained by their physiology?
    Jonathan A Green
    School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom
    Physiol Biochem Zool 78:766-81. 2005
    ..Diving penguins can control their inhaled air volume to match the expected depth, likely prey encounter rate, and buoyancy challenges of the following dive...
  22. ncbi Breathing hypoxic gas affects the physiology as well as the diving behaviour of tufted ducks
    Lewis G Halsey
    School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK
    Physiol Biochem Zool 78:273-84. 2005
    ..Given that tufted ducks normally dive well within their aerobic dive limits and that they significantly reduced their t(d) during hypoxia, it is not at all clear why they make this physiological adjustment...
  23. ncbi A phylogenetic analysis of the allometry of diving
    Lewis G Halsey
    Centre for Ornithology, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
    Am Nat 167:276-87. 2006
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  24. ncbi Long-term fasting decreases mitochondrial avian UCP-mediated oxygen consumption in hypometabolic king penguins
    Benjamin Rey
    Universite de Lyon, Lyon, F 69003 France
    Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 295:R92-R100. 2008
    ..These results suggest that the lowering of avUCP activity during periods of long-term energetic restriction may contribute to the reduction in metabolic rate and hence the ability of king penguins to face prolonged periods of fasting...
  25. ncbi Moving towards acceleration for estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in free-living animals: the case of the cormorant
    Rory P Wilson
    Institute of Environmental Sustainability, School of the Environment and Society, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK
    J Anim Ecol 75:1081-90. 2006
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