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Weinstein, R. and Full, R.J. 1998. Performance limits of low-temperature, continuous locomotion are exceeded when locomotion is intermittent in the ghost crab. Physiol. Zool. 71, 274-284.

Autumn, K., Farley, C. Emshwiller, M. and Full, R.J. 1997. Low cost of locomotion in the banded gecko: a test of the nocturnality hypothesis. Physiol. Zool. 70, 660-669.

Full, R.J. Invertebrate locomotor systems. 1997. In The Handbook of Comparative Physiology. (Ed. W. Dantzler). Oxford University Press, 853-930. Full Text PDF

Weinstein, R., Full, R.J. and Ahn, A.N. 1994. Dehydration decreases locomotor performance of the ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata. Physiol. Zool. 67, 873-891.

Weinstein, R., and Full, R.J. 1994. Thermal dependence of locomotor energetics and endurance capacity in the ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata. Physiol. Zool. 67, 855-872.

Autumn, K., Weinstein, R. and Full, R.J. 1994. Low cost of locomotion at low temperature increases performance in a nocturnal lizard. Physiol. Zool. 67, 238-262.

Full, R.J. and Weinstein, R.B. 1992. Integrating the physiology, mechanics and behavior of rapidly running ghost crabs: slow and steady doesn't always win the race. Amer. Zool. 32, 382-395.

Weinstein, R.B. and Full, R.J. 1992. Intermittent locomotion alters endurance in an eight-legged ectotherm. Amer. J. Physiol. 262, R852-859.

Gatten, R., Miller, K. and Full, R.J. 1992. Energetics at rest and during locomotion. In Environmental Physiology of Amphibians. (eds. M.E. Feder and W. Burggren). University of Chicago Press. New York. pp. 314-377.

Full, R.J. 1991. The concepts of efficiency and economy in land locomotion. In Efficiency and Economy in Animal Physiology. (ed. R.W. Blake). Cambridge University Press, New York. pp. 97-131.

Anderson, B.D, Feder, M.E. and Full, R.J. 1991. Energetic consequence of a gait change during locomotion in toads (Bufi Woodhousii Fowleri). J. exp Bio. 158, 133-148.

Full, R.J. and Tullis, A. 1990. Capacity for sustained terrestrial locomotion in an insect: energetics, thermal dependence and kinematics. J. comp. Physiol. 160, 573-581.

Full, R.J., Anderson, B.D., Finnerty, C.M. and Feder, M.E. 1988. Exercising with and without lungs: I. The effects of metabolic cost, maximal oxygen transport and body size on terrestrial locomotion in salamander species. J. exp. Bio. 138, 471-485.

Feder, M.E., Full, R.J. and Piiper, J. 1988. Elimination kinetics of acetylene and freon 22 in resting and active salamanders. Resp. Physiol. 72, 229-240.

Herreid, C.F. and R.J. Full. 1988. Energetics and locomotion. In Biology of the Land Crab (eds. W. Burggren and B.R. McMahon). pp. 333-377. Cambridge University Press. New York.

Full, R.J. 1987. Locomotion energetics of the ghost crab: I. Metabolic cost and endurance. J. exp. Bio. 130, 137-153.

Full, R.J. 1986. Locomotion without lungs: energetics and performance of a lungless salamander, Plethodon jordani. Am. J. Physiol. 251, R775-R780.

Herreid II, C.F. and R.J. Full. 1986. Locomotion of hermit crabs (Coenobita compressus) on beach and treadmill. J. exp. Bio. 120, 283-296.

Full, R.J., C.F. Herreid II and J.A. Assad. 1985. Energetics of the exercising wharf crab, Sesarma cinereum. Physiol. Zool. 58, 605-615.

O'Mahoney, P.J. and R.J. Full. 1984. Respiration of crabs in air and water. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 79A, 275-282.

Full, R.J. and C.F. Herreid II. 1984. Fiddler crab exercise: the energetic cost of running sideways. J. exp. Bio. 109, 141-161.

Herreid II, C.F. and R.J. Full. 1984. Cockroaches on a treadmill: aerobic running. J. Insect Physiol. 30, 395-403.

Herreid II, C. F., P.J. O'Mahoney and R.J. Full. 1983. Locomotion in land crabs: respiratory and cardiac response of Gecarcinus lateralis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 74A, 117-124.

Full, R.J. and C.F. Herreid II. 1983. Aerobic response to exercise of the fastest land crab. Am. J. Physiol. 244, R530-R536.

Herreid II, C.F., R.J. Full and D.A. Prawel. 1981. Energetics of cockroach locomotion. J. exp. Bio. 94, 189-202.