Research Interests
Ecological and physiological influences on the comparative energetics of endotherms, with special emphasis on tropical mammals and birds and on the
evolution of endothermy.
Representative Publications
Ochoa-Acuna, H.G., McNab, B.K., and E.H. Miller. 2009. Seasonal
energetics of northern phocid seals. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. (in
press)
McNab, B.K. 2009. Ecological factors affect the level and scaling of
avian BMR. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 152: 22-45.
McNab, B.K. 2008b. An analysis of the factors that influence the level
and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 151: 5-28.
McNab, B.K. 2008a. Physiological Ecology. Pages 2744-2751, In:
Encyclopedia of Ecology. Elsevier, B.V.
Seavy, N. E., and B.K.McNab. 2007. Energetics of East African
pycnonotids. Biotropica 39: 114-119.
McNab, B.K. 2006. The evolution of energetics in eutherian
"insectivores": an alternate approach. Acta Theriol. 51: 113-128.
McNab, B.K., and H.I. Ellis. 2006. Flightless rails endemic to islands
have lower energy expenditures and clutch sizes than flighted rails on
islands and continents. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 145: 295-311.
McNab, B.K. 2005c. Ecological factors influence energetics in the Order
Carnivora. Acta Zool. Sinica 51: 535-545.
McNab, B.K. 2005b. Food habits and the evolution of energetics in birds
of paradise (Paradisaeidae). J. Comp. Physiol. B 175: 117-132.
McNab, B.K. 2005a. Uniformity in the basal metabolic rate in
marsupials: its causes and consequences. Revista Chil.Hist. Nat. 78:
183-198.
McNab, B.K. 2003c. Ecology shapes bird bioenergetics.
Nature 426:
260-261.
McNab, B.K. 2003b. Standard energetics of phyllostomid bats: the
inadequacies of phylogenetic analyses. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 135A:
357-368.
McNab, B.K. 2003a. The energetics of New Zealand's ducks. Comp.
Biochem.
Physiol. 135A: 229-247.
Bonaccorso, F.J., and B.K. McNab. 2003. Standard energetics in
leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae): its relationship to intermittent
and protracted foraging tactics in bats and birds. J. Comp. Physiol.
B. 173: 43-53.
McNab, B.K. 2002. The Physiological Ecology of Vertebrates: A View from
Energetics. Comstock/Cornell University Press, Ithaca.