Justin G. Boyles
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My entire list of publications can be found here.

Ecology and Evolution of Thermoregulation in Endotherms


A note about the misuse and misunderstanding of the Heterothermy Index can be found here. ​

12. Morales, O., N. Walker, R. W. Warne, and J. G. Boyles. 2021. Heterothermy as a mechanism to offset energetic costs of environmental and homeostatic perturbations. Scientific Reports. 11:19038.
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Boyles, J. G., J. Swart, N. C. Bennett, W. Ferguson, J. R. Speakman, and D. M. Scantlebury. 2020. Energetics suggest cause for even further conservation concern for Temminck’s ground pangolin. Animal Conservation. 23:245-249.
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Boyles, J. G. 2019. A brief introduction to methods for describing body temperature in endotherms. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.92: 365-372.
9. Warne, R. W., S. G. Baer, and J. G. Boyles. 2019. Community physiological ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 34:510-518.
8. Boyles, J. G., N. C. Bennett, O. B. Mohammed, and A. N. Alagaili. 2017. Torpor patterns in desert hedgehogs (Paraechinus aethiopicus) represent another new point along a thermoregulatory continuum. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 90:445-452.
7. Boyles, J.G.*, A. B. Thompson*, A. E. McKechnie, E. Malan, M. M. Humphries, and V. Careau. 2013. A global heterothermic continuum in mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 22:1029-1039. *Contributed equally
6. Boyles, J.G., B. Smit, C.L. Sole, and A.E. McKechnie. 2012. Body temperature patterns in two syntopic elephant shrew species during winter. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. 161:89-94.
5. Boyles, J.G., B. Smit, and A.E. McKechnie. 2011. 
A new comparative metric to estimate heterothermy in endotherms. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 84:115-123.
4. Boyles, J.G., F. Seebacher, B. Smit, and A.E. McKechnie. 2011. Adaptive thermoregulation in endotherms may alter responses to climate change. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51:676-690.
3. Angilletta, M.J., Jr., B.S. Cooper, M. Schuler, and J.G. Boyles. 2010. The evolution of thermal physiology in endotherms. Frontiers in Bioscience. E2:861-881.
2. Boyles, J.G., J.J. Storm, and V. Brack, Jr. 2008. 
Thermal benefits of clustering during hibernation: a field test of competing hypotheses on Myotis sodalis. Functional Ecology 22:632-636. 
1. Boyles, J.G., M.B. Dunbar, J.J. Storm, and V. Brack, Jr. 2007. Energy availability influences microclimate selection of hibernating bats. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:4345-4350. 

Light Pollution
5. Bailey, L. A., R. M. R. Brigham, S. J. Bohn, J. G. Boyles, and B. Smit. 2019. An experimental test of the allotonic frequency hypothesis to isolate the effects of light pollution on bat prey selection. Oecologia. 190: 367-374.
4. Koen, E. L., C. L. Minnaar, C. L. Roever, and J. G. Boyles. 2018. Emerging threat of the 21st century lightscape to global biodiversity . Global Change Biology. 24: 2315-2324.
3. Cravens, Z. M., V. A. Brown, T. J. Divoll, and J. G. Boyles. 2018. Illuminating prey selection in an insectivorous bat community exposed to artificial light at night. Journal of Applied Ecology. 55:705-713.
2. Cravens, Z. M. and J. G. Boyles. 2019. Illuminating the physiological implications of artificial light on an insectivorous bat community. Oecologia. 189:69-77.
1. Minnaar, C., J. G. Boyles, I. A. Minnaar, C. L. Sole, and A. E. McKechnie. 2015. Stacking the odds: light pollution may shift the balance in an ancient predator-prey arms race. Journal of Applied Ecology. 52:522-531.

Bat Foraging, Pest Consumption, and Energetics
5. Baloun, D. E., Q. M. R. Webber, L. P. McGuire, J. G. Boyles, A. Shrivastav, and C. K. R. Willis. 2019. Testing the “fasting-while-foraging” hypothesis: effects of recent feeding on plasma metabolite concentrations in bats. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 92: 373-380.
4. Wetzler, G. C.* and J. G. Boyles. 2018. The energetics of mosquito feeding by insectivorous bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 96: 373-377. *Undergraduate Student
3. Boyles, J. G., L. P. McGuire, E. Boyles, J. P. Reimer, C. A. C. Brooks, R. W. Rutherford, T. A. Rutherford, J. O. Whitaker, Jr., G. F. McCracken. 2016. Physiological and behavioral adaptations in bats living at high latitudes. Physiology & Behavior. 165:322-327.
2. Maine, J. J. and J. G. Boyles. 2015. Bats initiate vital agroecological interactions in corn. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 112:12438-12443.
1. Boyles, J.G., F.P.M. Cryan, G.F. McCracken, and T.H. Kunz. 2011. Economic importance of bats in agriculture. Science. 332:41-42.

White-nose Syndrome
5. Meteyer, C. U., J. Y. Dutheil, M. K. Keel, J. G. Boyles, and E. H. Stukenbrock. 2022. Plant pathogens provide potential clues to the origin of bat white-nose syndrome Pseudogymnoascus destructans. Virulence. 13:1020-1031.
4. McGuire, L.P., E. M. Johnson, W. F. Frick, and J. G. Boyles. 2021. Temperature alone is insufficient to understand hibernation energetics. Journal of Experimental Biology. 224:jeb23977.

3. Carey, C. S. and J. G. Boyles. 2015. Interruption of passive gas exchange is not a likely mechanism of WNS-associated death in bats. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218:1986-1989.
2. Lorch, J.M., A.E. Ballman, M.J. Behr, J.G. Boyles, J.T.H. Coleman, P.M. Cryan, A.C. Hicks, C.U. Meteyer, D. Redell, D.M. Reeder, and D.S. Blehert. 2011. Experimental infection of bats with Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome. Nature 480:376-378.
1. Boyles, J.G. and C. K. R. Willis. 2010. Could localized warm areas inside cold caves reduce mortality of hibernating bats affected white-nose syndrome? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 8:92-98.





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