H Arthur Woods

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Affiliation: University of Montana
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi An information hypothesis for the evolution of homeostasis
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA Electronic address
    Trends Ecol Evol 28:283-9. 2013
  2. ncbi Universal model for water costs of gas exchange by animals and plants
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:8469-74. 2010
  3. ncbi Cavitation in the embryonic tracheal system of Manduca sexta
    H Arthur Woods
    University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Exp Biol 212:3296-304. 2009
  4. ncbi Water loss and gas exchange by eggs of Manduca sexta: trading off costs and benefits
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Insect Physiol 56:480-7. 2010
  5. ncbi Oxygen hypothesis of polar gigantism not supported by performance of Antarctic pycnogonids in hypoxia
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 276:1069-75. 2009
  6. ncbi Temperature-oxygen interactions in Antarctic nudibranch egg masses
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Exp Biol 211:798-804. 2008
  7. ncbi Oxygen profiles in egg masses predicted from a diffusion-reaction model
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Exp Biol 211:790-7. 2008
  8. ncbi Photosynthesis drives oxygen levels in macrophyte-associated gastropod egg masses
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
    Biol Bull 213:88-94. 2007
  9. ncbi Insect eggs at a transition between diffusion and reaction limitation: temperature, oxygen, and water.
    H Arthur Woods
    Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    J Theor Biol 243:483-92. 2006
  10. ncbi Oxygen and water flux across eggshells of Manduca sexta
    H Arthur Woods
    Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    J Exp Biol 208:1297-308. 2005

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Publications18

  1. ncbi An information hypothesis for the evolution of homeostasis
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA Electronic address
    Trends Ecol Evol 28:283-9. 2013
    ..This dependence implies that multiple homeostatic systems, embedded within individual organisms, should show strongly nonadditive effects...
  2. ncbi Universal model for water costs of gas exchange by animals and plants
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:8469-74. 2010
    ..The universal model provides a unified conceptual framework for analyzing exchange-associated water losses across taxa with radically different metabolic and exchange systems...
  3. ncbi Cavitation in the embryonic tracheal system of Manduca sexta
    H Arthur Woods
    University of Montana, Division of Biological Sciences, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Exp Biol 212:3296-304. 2009
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  4. ncbi Water loss and gas exchange by eggs of Manduca sexta: trading off costs and benefits
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Insect Physiol 56:480-7. 2010
    ..K., Bradley, T.J., 2005. Insects breathe discontinuously to avoid oxygen toxicity. Nature 433, 516-519] oxygen toxicity hypothesis for discontinuous gas-exchange cycles applies to insect eggs...
  5. ncbi Oxygen hypothesis of polar gigantism not supported by performance of Antarctic pycnogonids in hypoxia
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 276:1069-75. 2009
    ..These data do not support the oxygen hypothesis of Antarctic pycnogonid gigantism and suggest that explanations must be sought in other ecological or evolutionary processes...
  6. ncbi Temperature-oxygen interactions in Antarctic nudibranch egg masses
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Exp Biol 211:798-804. 2008
    ..diomedea. Antarctic embryos also were contained singly in large egg capsules ( approximately 500 mum diameter). Consequently, Antarctic embryos occurred at much lower densities, with very low metabolic densities...
  7. ncbi Oxygen profiles in egg masses predicted from a diffusion-reaction model
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    J Exp Biol 211:790-7. 2008
    ..D for all three species was approximately 8 x 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1), and there was no detectable effect of temperature on estimated D. For the Antarctic species, D in egg masses was 70-90% of its value in seawater of similar temperature...
  8. ncbi Photosynthesis drives oxygen levels in macrophyte-associated gastropod egg masses
    H Arthur Woods
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA
    Biol Bull 213:88-94. 2007
    ..Our findings indicate that photosynthesis by macrophytes can drive large changes in internal oxygen profiles...
  9. ncbi Insect eggs at a transition between diffusion and reaction limitation: temperature, oxygen, and water.
    H Arthur Woods
    Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    J Theor Biol 243:483-92. 2006
    ..The model results provide both a rationale for why development is often mass-transfer limited and a set of new predictions about oxygen-water tradeoffs...
  10. ncbi Oxygen and water flux across eggshells of Manduca sexta
    H Arthur Woods
    Section of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    J Exp Biol 208:1297-308. 2005
    ..These data suggest that a single layer, likely a wax layer or a combination of wax and other subchoral layers, provides the main resistance to water efflux and oxygen influx...
  11. ncbi Insect eggs exert rapid control over an oxygen-water tradeoff
    Brandy Zrubek
    University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative Biology, C0930 Austin, TX 78712, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 273:831-4. 2006
    ..Rapid control over conductance may allow eggs to conserve water during an initial period of low metabolic demand, thereby deferring water costs of respiratory gas exchange until late in development...
  12. ncbi Temperature-dependent oxygen limitation in insect eggs
    H Arthur Woods
    Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
    J Exp Biol 207:2267-76. 2004
    ..This result has important implications for insect population ecology and the evolution of eggshell structures, and it suggests a novel hypothesis about insect gigantism during Paleozoic hyperoxia...
  13. ncbi Trichogramma parasitoids alter the metabolic physiology of Manduca eggs
    Kristen A Potter
    Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 279:3572-6. 2012
    ..Parasitoids also appear to control the conductance of their host eggshell: their different metabolic demands were mirrored by shifts in rates of water loss...
  14. ncbi Oxygen in egg masses: interactive effects of temperature, age, and egg-mass morphology on oxygen supply to embryos
    Amy L Moran
    Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 USA
    J Exp Biol 210:722-31. 2007
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  15. ncbi Dietary phosphorus affects the growth of larval Manduca sexta
    Marc C Perkins
    Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
    Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 55:153-68. 2004
    ..sexta's growth rates. These results suggest that natural variation in dietary phosphorus is likely to affect the growth rate and population dynamics of M. sexta, and perhaps larval insects more generally...
  16. ncbi The influence of larval diet on adult feeding behaviour in the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta
    Robert A Raguso
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    J Insect Physiol 53:923-32. 2007
    ..Our results suggest that decreased visual sensitivity, rather than increased fat content, accounts for reduced adult feeding by lab-reared M. sexta...
  17. ncbi The metabolic basis of whole-organism RNA and phosphorus content
    James F Gillooly
    Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:11923-7. 2005
    ..The model provides a framework for linking attributes of individuals to the storage and flux of phosphorus in ecosystems...
  18. ncbi Effects of dietary variation on growth, composition, and maturation of Manduca sexta (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera)
    T Ojeda-Avila
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
    J Insect Physiol 49:293-306. 2003
    ..These differences may have strong effects on adult physiology, reproduction, and foraging patterns...