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Dr. Jack HayesDepartment ChairAssociate Professor Physiological ecology; evolution of physiological traits. |
Hofstra University
1978, B.A.
Cornell University
1983, M.S.
University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
1988, Ph.D.
Evolutionary physiology and physiological ecology are theareas of biology that I find most interesting. Consequently, my research focuses on (1) understanding howphysiological performance affects an animal's behavior and ecology, (2) investigating how ecological and environmental variables affect an animal's physiological capacities, and (3) studying the evolution of whole-animal physiological performance (e.g., aspects of energy metabolism, water balance, thermal biology, and locomotion). My exploration of this nexus of physiology, ecology, and evolution relies on both laboratory and field studies, usually of vertebrates. A major current project, conducted in collaboration with a postdoctoral research associate, is studying viability selection on maximal aerobic metabolic rates and locomotor performance in a high altitude (~3,800 m; 12,500 ft) population of deer mice in the White Mountains on the California-Nevada border. Along with this, we are attempting to elucidate how aerobic capacities affect behavior in both the laboratory and the field. A third component of this NSF-sponsored study is using mice bred at high and low altitudes to investigate phenotypic plasticity for physiological performance. Other current projects include studying metabolism of rails, water fluxes of kangaroo rats, and biases associated with quantifying various measures of energy metabolism. In a project of a rather different nature, a postdoctoral research associate and I are participating in a larger collaborative effort to identify ecological and environmental correlates that may predict the distribution and abundance of Sin Nombre (hanta) virus.
I am particularly interested in graduate students who have or want to acquire strong quantitative skills and who are interested in the evolution of physiological traits or physiological ecology.
Dohm, MR, JP Hayes, T Garland, Jr. 2001. The quantitative genetics of maximal and basal rates of oxygen consumption in mice. Genetics 159:267-277
Hayes, JP. 2001. Mass-specific and whole-animal metabolism are not the same concept. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74:147-150.
Speakman, JR, J Rydell, PI Webb, JP Hayes, GC Hays, IAR Hulbert, RM McDevitt. 2000. Activity patterns of insectivorous bats and birds in northern Scandinavia (69 °N) during continuous midsummer daylight. Oikos 88(1):75-86.
Hayes, JP, CS O onnor. 1999. Natural selection on maximal thermogenic capacity of high-altitude deer mice. Evolution 53(4):1280-1287.
Geluso, K, JP Hayes. 1999. Effects of dietary quality on basal metabolic rate and internal morphology of European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72(2):189-197.
Carter, P. A., T. Garland, Jr., M. R. Dohm, and J. P. Hayes. 1999. Genetic variation and correlations between genotype and locomotor physiology in outbred laboratory house mice (Mus domesticus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Physiology 123 (2):155-162
Hayes, JP, CA Bible, JD Boone. 1998. Repeatability of mammalian physiology:evaporative water loss and oxygen consumption of Dipodomys merriami. Journal of Mammalogy 79:475-485.
Nussear, KE, RE Espinoza, CM Gubbins, KJ Field, JP Hayes. 1998. Diet quality does not affect resting metabolic rate or body temperatures selected by an herbivorous lizard? Journal of Comparative Physiology B 168:183-189.
Hayes, JP, SH Jenkins. 1997. Individual variation in mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 78(2):274-293.
O'Connor, CS, JP Hayes, SC St. Jeor. 1997. Sin Nombre virus does not impair respiratory function of wild deer mice. Journal of Mammalogy 78(2):661-668.
Geluso, K, CS O'Connor, SG Sullivan, JP Hayes. 1997. Elevational records for mammals in the White Mountains. Great Basin Naturalist 57(1):83-84.
Street address
University of Nevada Reno Biology Department m/s 314 Reno, NV 89557
Electronic mail address
jhayes@unr.nevada.edu
Web address
http://www.scsr.nevada.edu/~bioweb/hayes.html
Office phone
775-784-6188
FAX number
775-784-1302
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