Scott McWilliams

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

  515
  Citations

• Phenotypic flexibility in digestive system structure and function in migratory birds and its ecological significance

  Scott R. McWilliams;William H. Karasov

  327
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• Physiological regulatory networks: ecological roles and evolutionary constraints

  Alan A. Cohen;Lynn B. Martin;John C. Wingfield;Scott R. McWilliams

  226
  Citations

• Stable isotopes in breath, blood, feces and feathers can indicate intra-individual changes in the diet of migratory songbirds

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  173
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• 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

  132
  Citations

• FRUIT QUALITY AND CONSUMPTION BY SONGBIRDS DURING AUTUMN MIGRATION

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  109
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• Metabolic Routing of Dietary Nutrients in Birds: Effects of Diet Quality and Macronutrient Composition Revealed Using Stable Isotopes

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  108
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• Migrating songbirds on stopover prepare for, and recover from, oxidative challenges posed by long-distance flight.

  Megan M. Skrip;Ulf Bauchinger;Wolfgang Goymann;Leonida Fusani

  101
  Citations

• Carbon Turnover in Tissues of a Passerine Bird: Allometry, Isotopic Clocks, and Phenotypic Flexibility in Organ Size

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  95
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• Internal validation of STRmix™ – A multi laboratory response to PCAST

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  92
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• Constitutive immune function in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, is decreased immediately after an endurance flight in a wind tunnel.

  Silke Nebel;Ulf Bauchinger;Deborah M. Buehler;Deborah M. Buehler;Lillie A. Langlois

  88
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• Birds Select Fruits with More Anthocyanins and Phenolic Compounds During Autumn Migration

  Jessica A. Bolser;Rebecca R. Alan;Adam D. Smith;Liya Li

  88
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• SEASONAL CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF LIPID STORES IN MIGRATORY BIRDS: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

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  87
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• Oxidative balance in birds: an atoms‐to‐organisms‐to‐ecology primer for ornithologists

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  87
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• Patterns of Fuel Use and Storage in Migrating Passerines in Relation to Fruit Resources at Autumn Stopover Sites

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  81
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• The role of the antioxidant system during intense endurance exercise: lessons from migrating birds

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  80
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• Digestive adjustments in cedar waxwings to high feeding rate

  Scott R. McWilliams;Enrique Caviedes-Vidal;William H. Karasov

  78
  Citations

• Diet preferences of warblers for specific fatty acids in relation to nutritional requirements and digestive capabilities

  Scott R. McWilliams;Shannon B. Kearney;William H. Karasov

  72
  Citations

• A test for passive absorption of glucose in yellow-rumped warblers and its ecological implications.

  Daniel Afik;Scott R. McWilliams;William H. Karasov

  67
  Citations

• Migration- and exercise-induced changes to flight muscle size in migratory birds and association with IGF1 and myostatin mRNA expression.

  Edwin R. Price;Ulf Bauchinger;Daria M. Zajac;David J. Cerasale

  67
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