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Professor (Emeritus) of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Articles (32)

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Nest Microclimate, Water-Vapor Conductance, and Water Loss in Heron and ...

The Auk (1983)

Carol M. Vleck, David Vleck, Hermann Rahn and Charles V. Paganelli

Rates of water loss (MH20) were measured in eggs of seven species of tree- nesting Ciconiiformes and three species of ...

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Avian Reproduction over an Altitudinal Gradient: Incubation Period, Hatchling Mass ...

The Auk (1982)

Cynthia Carey, Edward L. Thompson, Carol M. Vleck and Frances C. James

Embryonic oxygen consumption, incubation period, and hatchling mass do not vary significantly among populations of Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) breeding ...

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Metabolism of Avian Embryos: Ontogeny of Oxygen Consumption in the ...

Physiological Zoology (1980)

David Vleck, Carol M. Vleck and Donald F. Hoyt

Oxygen consumption of Rhea (Rhea americana) and Emu (Dromiceius novaehol- landiae) eggs increases exponentially during the first 70% of incubation ...

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Embryonic Metabolism of the Fork-Tailed Storm Petrel: Physiological Patterns during ...

Physiological Zoology (1980)

Carol M. Vleck and G. J. Kenagy

Embryos of the fork-tailed storm petrel survived exposure to 26, 30, and 34 C. However, during artificial incubation at 26 ...

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Metabolism of Avian Embryos: Patterns in Altricial and Precocial Birds

Physiological Zoology (1979)

Carol M. Vleck, Donald F. Hoyt and David Vleck

We measured rate of oxygen consumption (Vo,) of individual eggs in five species ofbirds. The pattern of oxygen consumption during ...

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Metabolic Rate in Five Tropical Bird Species

The Condor (1979)

Carol M. Vleck and David Vleck

Metabolic rates are often predicted from allometric equations relating metabolism to body mass. Al- though the relationship between metabolic rate ...

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Metabolism of Avian Embryos: Ontogeny and Temperature Effects in the ...

The Condor (1978)

Donald F. Hoyt, David Vleck and Carol M. Vleck

In the first comparative consideration of the metabolism of avian embryos, Rahn et al. (1974) made several important assumptions and ...

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Contribution to Book

Metabolism and energetics of reptilian and avian embryos

Egg Incubation and its effects in embryonic development in birds and reptiles (1991)

Carol M. Vleck and Donald F. Hoyt

Eggs have served as useful model systems for the study of vertebrate gro'\\'th and energetics of development because they represent ...

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Contribution to Book

Effect of Environmental Factors on Testicular Functions in the Zebra ...

Current Trends in Comparative Endocrinology (1985)

J. Priedkalns and Carol M. Vleck

The zebra finch is widely distributed in Australia,inhabiting the central arid regions as well as thesemiarid and coastal areas. This ...

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Longitudinal Study of Tree Swallows

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2012)

Carol M. Vleck, David Vleck and Allison R. Jaycox

Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) are the most widely distributed of the Tachycineta species, extending from northern Alaska and Canada to ...

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Comparison of Immune Structure and Function of Nestling and Adult ...

Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports (2007)

Maria Gabriela Palacios, Carol M. Vleck and David Vleck

Immature individuals are generally more susceptible to infection and disease than adults. Study of humans and domesticated animals suggest that ...

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