Publications as of September 9, 2009:
21) Higham, T.E. In prep. The biomechanics of feeding in fishes. Invited chapter for the Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology (Elsevier).
20) Higham, T.E. and A.P. Russell. 2009. Flip, flop and fly: modulated motor control and highly variable movement patterns of autotomized gecko tails. Biology Letters. In press. [PDF] check out the news articles in the New York Times, in ScienceDaily, the Discovery Channel, the CBC News, the Calgary Herald, on the Clemson website and on the University of Calgary website that highlight this paper.
19) Russell, A.P. and T.E. Higham. 2009. A new angle on clinging in geckos: incline, not substrate, triggers the deployment of the adhesive system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276, 3705-3709. [PDF] check out the news articles in the Washington Post, ScienceDaily, the Discovery Channel, the Globe and Mail, on the Clemson website, and on the University of Calgary website that highlight this paper
18) Higham,
T.E. and
A.A. Biewener. 2009. Fatigue alters in vivo function within and between limb muscles during
locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276, 1193-1197. [PDF]
17) Wainwright, P.C., R.S. Mehta, and T.E. Higham.
2008. Stereotypy, flexibility and
coordination: key concepts in behavioral functional morphology. Journal
of Experimental Biology. 211(22) 3523-3528. [PDF]
16) Higham,
T.E. and
F.E. Nelson. 2008. The integration of lateral gastrocnemius
muscle function and kinematics in running turkeys. Zoology. 111(6) 483-493. [PDF]
15) Higham,
T.E. and
A.A. Biewener. 2008. Integration within and between muscles during terrestrial locomotion:
effects of incline and speed. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211(14) 2303-2316. [PDF]
14) Higham, T.E., A.A. Biewener, and J.M. Wakeling. 2008. Functional diversification within and between
muscle synergists during locomotion. Biology
Letters. 4(1) 41-44. [PDF] click HERE
to view the HarvardScience article
highlighting this paper
13) Day, S.W., T.E. Higham, and P.C. Wainwright.
2007. Time resolved measurements
of the flow generated by suction feeding fish.
Experiments in Fluids. 43(5) 713-724. [PDF]
12) Wainwright, P.C., A.M.
11) Higham,
T.E. 2007. The
integration of locomotion and prey capture in vertebrates: morphology, behavior
and performance. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47(1) 82-95. [PDF]
10) Higham,
T.E., C.D.
Hulsey, O. Rican, and A.M. Carroll.
2007. Feeding with speed: prey
capture evolution in cichlids. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology. 20(1)
70-78. [PDF]
9) Higham,
T.E. 2007.
Feeding, fins and braking maneuvers: locomotion during prey capture in
centrarchid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210(1) 107-117. [PDF]
8) Higham,
T.E., S.W.
Day, and P.C. Wainwright. 2006. The
pressures of suction feeding: the relation between buccal pressure and induced
fluid speed in centrarchid fishes. Journal of
Experimental Biology 209(17), 3281-3287. [PDF]
7) Higham,
T.E., S.W. Day, and P.C. Wainwright.
2006. Multidimensional analysis
of suction feeding performance in fishes: fluid speed, acceleration, strike
accuracy and the ingested volume of water.
Journal of Experimental Biology 209(14), 2713-2725. [PDF]
6) Higham,
T.E., B. Malas, B.C. Jayne, and G.V. Lauder. 2005. Constraints
on starting and stopping: behavior compensates for reduced pectoral fin area
during braking of the bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(24),
4735-4746. [PDF]
5) Day, S.W., T.E. Higham, A.Y. Cheer, and P.C. Wainwright. 2005.
Spatial and temporal patterns of water flow generated by suction feeding
bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus resolved by Particle Image Velocimetry. Journal of
Experimental Biology 208(14), 2661-2671.
[PDF]
4) Higham,
T.E., S.W. Day and P.C. Wainwright.
2005. Sucking while swimming: evaluating the effects of ram speed on
suction generation in bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus using digital particle image velocimetry. Journal of Experimental Biology 208(14), 2653-2660. [PDF]
3) Higham, T.E., and B.C. Jayne. 2004. In
vivo muscle activity in the hindlimb of the arboreal lizard, Chamaeleo calyptratus: general patterns and the effects of
incline. Journal of Experimental Biology 207(2), 249-261. [PDF]
2) Higham, T.E., and B.C. Jayne. 2004. Locomotion of lizards on inclines and
perches: hindlimb kinematics of an arboreal specialist and a terrestrial generalist. Journal of Experimental
Biology 207(2), 233-248.
[PDF]
1) Higham, T.E., M.S. Davenport, and B.C. Jayne. 2001. Maneuvering in an arboreal
habitat: the effects of turning angle on the locomotion of three sympatric ecomorphs of Anolis
lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 204(23), 4141- 4155. [PDF]