Rossi, G. S., Elbassiouny, A., Jamison, J. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2024). Heat exposure limits pentose phosphate pathway activity in bumblebees. Conservation Physiology 12, coae031. Download
Oelbaum, P. J., Hall, R. P., Whyte, D. L., Stewart, R. S., Pauel, J., Kouwenberg, S., Dumont, E. R. and Welch, K. C. (2024). Reproductive populations of the Critically Endangered bat Phyllonycteris aphylla at two new locations in Jamaica. Oryx 1–5. Download
Rossi, G. S. and Welch, K. C. (2024). Vampire bats rapidly fuel running with essential or non-essential amino acids from a blood meal. Biol. Lett. 20, 20240453. Download
Donkersteeg, C., Peters, H., Jerome, C., Menzies, C., Welch, K. C., Guillette, L. and Dakin, R. (2023). Learning when to learn: hummingbirds adjust their exploration behaviour to match the value of information.
Shankar, A., Welch, K. C., Eberts, E. R., Geiser, F., Halter, S., Keicher, L., Levesque, D. L., Nowack, J., Wolf, B. O. and Wolfe, S. W. (2023). Daily Torpor in Birds and Mammals: Past, Present, and Future of the Field. Integrative And Comparative Biology icad095. Download
Rossi, G. S. and Welch, K. C. (2023). Leptin Resistance Does Not Facilitate Migratory Fattening in Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds ( Archilochus Colubris ). Integrative And Comparative Biology icad046. Download
Gershman, A., Hauck, Q., Dick, M., Jamison, J. M., Tassia, M., Agirrezabala, X., Muhammad, S., Ali, R., Workman, R. E., Valle, M., et al. (2023). Genomic insights into metabolic flux in hummingbirds. Genome Res. gr.276779.122. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N., Castillo, J. P., Ching, Ma. E. A., Herrera M., L. G., Faure, P. A. and Welch, K. (2023). Non-destructive methods to assess pesticide exposure in free-living bats. Science of The Total Environment 162011. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N., Lara-Jacobo, L., Soto, J. S. V., Faure, P. A., Simmons, D. and Welch, K. (2022). Common insecticide affects spatial navigation in bats at environmentally-realistic doses.
Eberts, E. R., Guglielmo, C. G. and Welch, K. C., Jr (2021). Reversal of the adipostat control of torpor during migration in hummingbirds. eLife 10, e70062. Download
Lyons, S. A., Tate, K. B., Welch Jr., K. C. and McClelland, G. B. (2021). Lipid oxidation during thermogenesis in high-altitude deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Am. J. Phyiol. R 320, R735–R746. Download
Herrera M., L. G., Bayram, N. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2021). Metabolic cost of inflammatory response of ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Avian Biology Research 14, 3–7. Download
English, S. G., Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Bishop, C. A., Cartwright, M., Maisonneuve, F., Elliott, J. E. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2021). Neonicotinoid pesticides exert metabolic effects on avian pollinators. Scientific Reports 11, 2914. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Mastromonaco, G. F., Becker, D. J., Simmons, N. B. and Welch, K. C. (2021). Inter- and intra-specific variation in hair cortisol concentrations of Neotropical bats. Conservation Physiology 9, coab053. Download
Sandoval-Herrera, N. I., Castillo, J. P., Herrera M., L. G. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2021). Micronucleus test reveals genotoxic effects in bats associated with agricultural activity. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40, 202–207. Download
Richards, M., Cardama Garate, A., Groom, D., J. E., Tattersall, G. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2020). Effect of nest microclimate temperatures on metabolic rates of small carpenter bees, Ceratina calcarata. The Canadian Entomologist 152, 772–782. Download
Myrka, A. M., Shah, T., Weir, J. T. and Welch Jr., K. C. (2020). No signature of selection on the C-terminal region of glucose transporter 2 with the evolution of avian nectarivory. Avian Research 11, 44. Download
Ali, R. S., Dick, M. F., Muhammad, S., Sarver, D., Hou, L., G. William Wong and Welch, K. (2020). Glucose transporter expression and regulation following a fast in the ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris. Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb229989. Download
Dick, M. F., Alcantara-Tangonan, A., Oghli, Y. S. and Welch, K. C. (2020). Metabolic partitioning of sucrose and seasonal changes in fat turnover rate in ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb212696. Download
Groom, D. J. E., Bayram, N., Shehata, M., Herrera M., L. G. and Welch, K. C. (2019). Low ambient temperature reduces the time for fuel switching in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 237, 110559. Download
Eberts, E. R., Dick, M. F. and Welch, K. C. (2019). Metabolic fates of evening crop-stored sugar in ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). Diversity 11, 9. Download Download
Myrka, A. M. and Welch, K. C. (2018). Evidence of high transport and phosphorylation capacity for both glucose and fructose in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 224, 253–261. Download
St-Cyr, S., Abuaish, S., Welch, K. C. and McGowan, P. O. (2018). Maternal predator odour exposure programs metabolic responses in adult offspring. Scientific Reports 8, 8077. Download
Workman, R. E., Myrka, A. M., Wong, G. W., Tseng, E., Welch, K. C. and Timp, W. (2018). Single-molecule, full-length transcript sequencing provides insight into the extreme metabolism of the ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris. Gigascience 7,. Download
Groom, D. J. E., Toledo, M. C. B., Powers, D. R., Tobalske, B. W. and Welch, K. C. (2018). Integrating morphology and kinematics in the scaling of hummingbird hovering metabolic rate and efficiency. Proc. R. Soc. B 285, 20172011. Download
Welch, K. C., Myrka, A. M., Ali, R. S. and Dick, M. F. (2018). The metabolic flexibility of hovering vertebrate nectarivores. Physiology 33, 127–137. Download
Skandalis, D. A., Segre, P. S., Bahlman, J. W., Groom, D. J. E., Jr, K. C. W., Witt, C. C., McGuire, J. A., Dudley, R., Lentink, D. and Altshuler, D. L. (2017). The biomechanical origin of extreme wing allometry in hummingbirds. Nature Communications 8, 1047. Download
Suarez, R. K. and Welch, K. C. (2017). Sugar Metabolism in Hummingbirds and Nectar Bats. Nutrients 9, 743. Download
Otálora-Ardila, A., Herrera M., L. G., Flores-Martínez, J. J. and Welch, K. C. (2017). The effect of short-term food restriction on the metabolic cost of the acute phase response in the fish-eating Myotis (Myotis vivesi). Mammalian Biology 82, 41–47. Download
Groom, D. J. E., Toledo, M. C. B. and Welch, K. C. (2017). Wingbeat kinematics and energetics during weightlifting in hovering hummingbirds across an elevational gradient. J Comp Physiol B 187, 165–182. Download
Hou, L. and Welch, K. C. (2016). Premigratory ruby-throated hummingbirds, Archilochus colubris, exhibit multiple strategies for fuelling migration. Animal Behaviour 121, 87–99. Download
Velten, B. P., Welch, K. C. and Ramenofsky, M. (2016). Altered expression of pectoral myosin heavy chain isoforms corresponds to migration status in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). Royal Society Open Science 3, 160775. Download
Otálora-Ardila, A., M, L. G. H., Flores-Martínez, J. J. and Jr, K. C. W. (2016). Metabolic Cost of the Activation of Immune Response in the Fish-Eating Myotis (Myotis vivesi): The Effects of Inflammation and the Acute Phase Response. PLOS ONE 11, e0164938. Download
Kolmann, M. A., Welch, K. C., Summers, A. P. and Lovejoy, N. R. (2016). Always chew your food: freshwater stingrays use mastication to process tough insect prey. Proc. R. Soc. B 283, 20161392. Download
McCue, M. D. and Welch, K. C. (2016). 13C-Breath testing in animals: theory, applications, and future directions. J Comp Physiol B 186, 265–285. Download
Welch, K. C., Péronnet, F., Hatch, K. A., Voigt, C. C. and McCue, M. D. (2016). Carbon stable-isotope tracking in breath for comparative studies of fuel use. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1365, 15–32. Download
Welch, K. C., Otálora-Ardila, A., M, L. G. H. and Flores-Martínez, J. J. (2015). The cost of digestion in the fish-eating myotis (Myotis vivesi). Journal of Experimental Biology 218, 1180–1187. Download
Hou, L., Verdirame, M. and Welch, K. C. (2015). Automated tracking of wild hummingbird mass and energetics over multiple time scales using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Journal of Avian Biology 46, 1–8. Download
Welch, K. C. and Chen, C. C. W. (2014). Sugar flux through the flight muscles of hovering vertebrate nectarivores: a review. J Comp Physiol B 184, 945–959. Download
Chen, C. C. W. and Welch, K. C. (2014). Hummingbirds can fuel expensive hovering flight completely with either exogenous glucose or fructose. Functional Ecology 28, 589–600. Download
Velten, B. P. and Welch, K. C. (2014). Myosin heavy-chain isoforms in the flight and leg muscles of hummingbirds and zebra finches. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 306, R845–R851. Download
Welch Jr, K. C., Allalou, A., Sehgal, P., Cheng, J. and Ashok, A. (2013). Glucose Transporter Expression in an Avian Nectarivore: The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). PLOS ONE 8, e77003. Download
Reiser, P. J., Welch, K. C., Suarez, R. K. and Altshuler, D. L. (2013). Very low force-generating ability and unusually high temperature-dependency in hummingbird flight muscle fibers. Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.068825. Download Download
Mahalingam, S. and Welch, K. C. (2013). Neuromuscular control of hovering wingbeat kinematics in response to distinct flight challenges in the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). Journal of Experimental Biology jeb.089383. Download
LaBonte, J. P., Welch, K. C. and Suarez, R. K. (2011). Digestive performance in neonatal Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri). Can. J. Zool. 89, 705–713.
Welch, K. C. (2011). The power of feeder-mask respirometry as a method for examining hummingbird energetics. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 158, 276–286. Download
Suarez, R. K., M, L. G. H. and Welch, K. C. (2011). The sugar oxidation cascade: aerial refueling in hummingbirds and nectar bats. Journal of Experimental Biology 214, 172–178. Download
Altshuler, D. L., Welch, K. C., Cho, B. H., Welch, D. B., Lin, A. F., Dickson, W. B. and Dickinson, M. H. (2010). Neuromuscular control of wingbeat kinematics in Anna’s hummingbirds (Calypte anna). Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 2507–2514. Download
Suarez, R. K., Welch, K. C., Hanna, S. K. and Herrera M., L. G. (2009). Flight muscle enzymes and metabolic flux rates during hovering flight of the nectar bat, Glossophaga soricina: Further evidence of convergence with hummingbirds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 153, 136–140. Download
Welch, K. C. and Altshuler, D. L. (2009). Fiber type homogeneity of the flight musculature in small birds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 152, 324–331. Download