Selected Publications

Paladino, F.V., M.P. O'Connor, and J.R. Spotila. 1990. Metabolism and heat exchange
in the leatherback sea turtle: A warm turtle in a cool ocean. Nature 344:858-860.

O'Connor, M.P. and C.R. Tracy. 1992. Thermoregulation by juvenile woodhouse toads
(Bufo woodhousei) in the laboratory and the field. Copeia 1992:865-876.

Zimmerman, L.C., M.P. O'Connor, S. Bulova, J.R. Spotila, S.J. Kemp, and C.J. Salice.
1994. Thermoregulation by desert tortoises in the eastern Mojave desert: Seasonal
patterns of operative and body temperatures, and microhabitat utilization. Herpetological
Monographs 8:45-59.

O'Connor. M.P. 1999. Physiological and ecological implications of a simple model of
heating and cooling in reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology 24:113-136.

Dzialowski, E.M. and M.P. O'Connor. 1999. Utility of blood flow to the appendages in
physiological thermoregulation of reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology 24:21-32.

O'Connor, M.P. and P. Dodson. 1999. Biophysical constraints on the thermal ecology
of dinosaurs. Paleobiology 25:341-368.

O'Connor, M., L.C. Zimmerman, E.M. Dzialowski, and J.R. Spotila. 2000. Operative
temperature models for moderate to large sized ectotherms - reduction of heterogeneity
in model temperatures. Journal of Thermal Biology 25:293-304.

O'Connor, M. 2000. Extracting estimates of operative temperatures from physical models
with significant thermal inertia. Journal of Thermal Biology 25:329-343.

Dzialowski, E.M. and M.P. O’Connor. 2004. Importance of the limbs in the physiological
control of heat exchange in Iguana iguana and Sceloporus undulatus. Journal of Thermal
Biology 29:299–305 .