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Christopher G. Guglielmo

Christopher G. Guglielmo

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Ecology and Evolution

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51
Citations
8533
World Ranking
3691
National Ranking
253

Overview

Christopher G. Guglielmo is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's main fields of study include ecology, evolutionary behavior and systematics, developmental biology, parasitology, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their work has addressed a variety of main topics in the biological and ecological sciences, including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Bat biology and ecology studies
  • Animal vocal communication and behavior
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Fish ecology and management studies

Frequent collaborators in their research include Catherine M. Ivy, Yolanda E. Morbey, Keith A. Hobson, Jessica E. Deakin, and Kevin G. Young.

The scientist has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Conservation Physiology
  • The Auk

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher G. Guglielmo are the following:

  • "Nutritional consequences of breeding away from riparian habitats in Bank Swallows: new evidence from multiple endogenous markers" (2021), published in Conservation Physiology
  • "The Pacific as the world's greatest theater of bird migration: Extreme flights spark questions about physiological capabilities, behavior, and the evolution of migratory pathways" (2022), published in The Auk
  • "The Value of Experimental Approaches in Migration Biology" (2020), published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
  • "Measuring power input, power output and energy conversion efficiency in un-instrumented flying birds" (2020), published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • "Experimental ghrelin administration affects migratory behaviour in a songbird" (2022), published in Hormones and Behavior

Best Publications

  • Flying, fasting, and feeding in birds during migration: a nutritional and physiological ecology perspective

    Scott R. McWilliams;Christopher Guglielmo;Barbara Pierce;Marcel Klaassen

  • The motus wildlife tracking system: A collaborative research network to enhance the understanding of wildlife movement

    Philip D. Taylor;Tara L. Crewe;Stuart A. Mackenzie;Denis Lepage

  • Grand challenges in migration biology

    Melissa S. Bowlin;Isabelle-Anne Bisson;Judy Shamoun-Baranes;Jonathan D. Reichard

  • Move that fatty acid: fuel selection and transport in migratory birds and bats.

    Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • A Field Validation of Plasma Metabolite Profiling to Assess Refueling Performance of Migratory Birds

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;David J. Cerasale;Charles Eldermire

  • Trade-offs, condition dependence and stopover site selection by migrating sandpipers

    Ronald C. Ydenberg;Robert W. Butler;David B. Lank;Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • Obese super athletes: fat-fueled migration in birds and bats.

    Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • Landscape movements of migratory birds and bats reveal an expanded scale of stopover.

    Philip D. Taylor;Philip D. Taylor;Stuart A. Mackenzie;Stuart A. Mackenzie;Bethany G. Thurber;Bethany G. Thurber;Anna M. Calvert;Anna M. Calvert

  • Storms drive altitudinal migration in a tropical bird

    W. Alice Boyle;W. Alice Boyle;D. Ryan Norris;Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • Flight at low ambient humidity increases protein catabolism in migratory birds.

    Alexander R. Gerson;Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • Migratory stopover in the long-distance migrant silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans.

    Liam P. McGuire;Christopher G. Guglielmo;Stuart A. Mackenzie;Stuart A. Mackenzie;Philip D. Taylor;Philip D. Taylor

  • Seasonal dynamics of flight muscle fatty acid binding protein and catabolic enzymes in a migratory shorebird.

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;Christopher G. Guglielmo;Norbert H. Haunerland;Peter W. Hochachka;Tony D. Williams

  • EXTRINSIC AND INTRINSIC SOURCES OF VARIATION IN PLASMA LIPID METABOLITES OF FREE-LIVING WESTERN SANDPIPERS (CALIDRIS MAURI)

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;Patrick D. O'Hara;Tony D. Williams

  • The low-affinity glucocorticoid receptor regulates feeding and lipid breakdown in the migratory Gambel's white-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii.

    Mėta M. Landys;Marilyn Ramenofsky;Christopher G. Guglielmo;John C. Wingfield

  • Plasma Lipid Metabolites Provide Information on Mass Change Over Several Days in Captive Western Sandpipers

    Tony D. Williams;Christopher G. Guglielmo;Oliver Egeler;Christopher J. Martyniuk

  • Weather Forecasting by Insects: Modified Sexual Behaviour in Response to Atmospheric Pressure Changes

    Ana Cristina Pellegrino;Maria Fernanda Gomes Villalba Peñaflor;Cristiane Nardi;Wayne Bezner-Kerr

  • Nutritional Costs of a Plant Secondary Metabolite Explain Selective Foraging by Ruffed Grouse

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;William H. Karasov;Walter J. Jakubas

  • Simple, rapid, and non-invasive measurement of fat, lean, and total water masses of live birds using quantitative magnetic resonance

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;Liam P. McGuire;Alexander R. Gerson;Chad L. Seewagen

  • Effect of dietary fatty acid composition on depot fat and exercise performance in a migrating songbird, the red-eyed vireo.

    Barbara J. Pierce;Scott R. McWilliams;Timothy P. O'Connor;Allen R. Place

  • A sport-physiological perspective on bird migration: evidence for flight-induced muscle damage.

    Christopher G. Guglielmo;Theunis Piersma;Tony D. Williams

  • Metabolic profile of long–distance migratory flight and stopover in a shorebird

    Meta M. Landys;Theunis Piersma;Christopher G. Guglielmo;Joop Jukema

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony D. Williams
Tony D. Williams Simon Fraser University
Philip D. Taylor
Philip D. Taylor Acadia University
Gregory A. Kopp
Gregory A. Kopp University of Western Ontario
D. Ryan Norris
D. Ryan Norris University of Guelph
William H. Karasov
William H. Karasov University of Wisconsin–Madison
Theunis Piersma
Theunis Piersma University of Groningen
M. Brock Fenton
M. Brock Fenton University of Western Ontario
David W. Winkler
David W. Winkler Cornell University
Keith A. Hobson
Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario
Brian A. Branfireun
Brian A. Branfireun University of Western Ontario

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