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6947
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2335

Overview

Timothy E. Higham is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Timothy E. Higham has contributed to multiple research articles published across several academic venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Functional Ecology
  • Journal of Anatomy

Their recent papers encompass a variety of research topics and publication years as follows:

  • Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Clinging performance on natural substrates predicts habitat use in anoles and geckos, 2021, Functional Ecology
  • The effects of temperature on the defensive strikes of rattlesnakes, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Tail Control Enhances Gliding in Arboreal Lizards: An Integrative Study Using a 3D Geometric Model and Numerical Simulation, 2021, Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • And thereby hangs a tail: morphology, developmental patterns and biomechanics of the adhesive tails of crested geckos ( Correlophus ciliatus ), 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Collaborations have been documented with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Rulon W. Clark
  • Ryan J. Hanscom
  • Jeet Sukumaran
  • Malachi D. Whitford
  • Grace A. Freymiller

Best Publications

  • Suction feeding mechanics, performance, and diversity in fishes

    Peter Wainwright;Andrew M. Carroll;David C. Collar;Steven W. Day

  • Multidimensional analysis of suction feeding performance in fishes: fluid speed, acceleration, strike accuracy and the ingested volume of water

    Timothy E. Higham;Steven W. Day;Peter C. Wainwright

  • The integration of locomotion and prey capture in vertebrates: Morphology, behavior, and performance

    Timothy E. Higham

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of water flow generated by suction-feeding bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus resolved by Particle Image Velocimetry.

    Steven W. Day;Timothy E. Higham;Angela Y. Cheer;Peter C. Wainwright

  • Locomotion of lizards on inclines and perches: hindlimb kinematics of an arboreal specialist and a terrestrial generalist

    Timothy E. Higham;Bruce C. Jayne

  • Maneuvering in an arboreal habitat: the effects of turning angle on the locomotion of three sympatric ecomorphs of Anolis lizards

    Timothy E. Higham;Matthew S. Davenport;Bruce C. Jayne

  • Sucking while swimming: evaluating the effects of ram speed on suction generation in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus using digital particle image velocimetry.

    Timothy E. Higham;Steven W. Day;Peter C. Wainwright

  • The pressures of suction feeding: the relation between buccal pressure and induced fluid speed in centrarchid fishes

    Timothy E. Higham;Steven W. Day;Peter C. Wainwright

  • Stereotypy, flexibility and coordination: key concepts in behavioral functional morphology.

    Peter C. Wainwright;Rita S. Mehta;Timothy E. Higham

  • Feeding, fins and braking maneuvers: locomotion during prey capture in centrarchid fishes.

    Timothy E. Higham

  • Morphology, Kinematics, and Dynamics: The Mechanics of Suction Feeding in Fishes

    Steven W. Day;Timothy E. Higham;Roi Holzman;Sam Van Wassenbergh

  • Animal Athletes: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach

    Duncan J. Irschick;Timothy E. Higham

  • Turbulence, Temperature, and Turbidity: The Ecomechanics of Predator-Prey Interactions in Fishes.

    Timothy E Higham;William J Stewart;Peter C Wainwright

  • The Scaling of Uphill and Downhill Locomotion in Legged Animals

    Aleksandra V. Birn-Jeffery;Timothy E. Higham

  • How forelimb and hindlimb function changes with incline and perch diameter in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis

    Kathleen L. Foster;Timothy E. Higham

  • Feeding with speed: prey capture evolution in cichilds

    T. E. Higham;C. D. Hulsey;O. Říčan;O. Říčan;A. M. Carroll

  • Adaptive simplification and the evolution of gecko locomotion: Morphological and biomechanical consequences of losing adhesion

    Timothy E. Higham;Aleksandra V. Birn-Jeffery;Clint E. Collins;C. Darrin Hulsey

  • Integrative biology of tail autotomy in lizards

    Timothy E. Higham;Anthony P. Russell;Peter A. Zani

  • Divergence in locomotor performance, ecology, and morphology between two sympatric sister species of desert-dwelling gecko

    Timothy E. Higham;Anthony P. Russell

  • Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity.

    Timothy E. Higham;Lara A. Ferry;Lars Schmitz;Duncan J. Irschick

  • Subdigital adhesive pad morphology varies in relation to structural habitat use in the Namib Day Gecko

    Clint E. Collins;Anthony P. Russell;Timothy E. Higham

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony P. Russell
Anthony P. Russell University of Calgary
Peter C. Wainwright
Peter C. Wainwright University of California, Davis
Duncan J. Irschick
Duncan J. Irschick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andrew A. Biewener
Andrew A. Biewener Harvard University
Sean M. Rogers
Sean M. Rogers University of Calgary
Bruce C. Jayne
Bruce C. Jayne University of Cincinnati
Anthony Herrel
Anthony Herrel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Theodore Garland
Theodore Garland University of California, Riverside
George V. Lauder
George V. Lauder Harvard University
Karl J. Niklas
Karl J. Niklas Cornell University

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