Donald R. Powers

2.1k total citations
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Donald R. Powers is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald R. Powers has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 35 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Donald R. Powers's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (20 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (18 papers). Donald R. Powers is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (25 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (20 papers) and Physiological and biochemical adaptations (18 papers). Donald R. Powers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Donald R. Powers's co-authors include Bret W. Tobalske, Douglas R. Warrick, Tyson L. Hedrick, Susan M. Wethington, Andrew A. Biewener, Catherine H. Graham, Kenneth A. Nagy, Christopher J. Clark, Douglas L. Altshuler and Millicent S. Ficken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Global Change Biology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Donald R. Powers

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers

Donald R. Powers

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Jeremy M. V. Rayner United Kingdom

Robert L. Nudds United Kingdom

Daniel K. Riskin United States

Tatjana Y. Hubel United Kingdom

Douglas L. Altshuler United States

Steven J. Portugal United Kingdom

Mikael Rosén Sweden

Bret W. Tobalske United States

Florian T. Muijres Netherlands

Piotr G. Jabłoński Poland

Jeremy M. V. Rayner United Kingdom

Donald R. Powers

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597 ×0.9

830 ×1.3

ECOLO

289 ×1.2

NLC

108 ×0.5

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20 of 20 papers shown

Crandell, Kristen E., Donald R. Powers, & Bret W. Tobalske. (2025). The role of plumage and heat dissipation areas in thermoregulation in doves. Journal of Experimental Biology. 228(4).

Tobalske, Bret W., et al.. (2023). Reduction of wing area affects estimated stress in the primary flight muscles of chickens. Royal Society Open Science. 10(11). 230817–230817. 3 indexed citations

Tobalske, Bret W., et al.. (2023). A wing-assisted incline running exercise regime during rearing increases initial flight velocity during descent in adult white- and brown-feathered laying hens. Poultry Science. 103(3). 103375–103375. 2 indexed citations

Thompson, Sarah, et al.. (2022). A heterothermic spectrum in hummingbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(2). 17 indexed citations

Tattersall, Glenn J., et al.. (2022). Free-living Allen’s hummingbirds (Selasphorus sasin) rarely use torpor while nesting. Journal of Thermal Biology. 112. 103391–103391. 2 indexed citations

Deng, Xinyan, Tyson L. Hedrick, George T.‐C. Chiu, et al.. (2020). Flight mechanics and control of escape manoeuvres in hummingbirds. II. Aerodynamic force production, flight control and performance limitations. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 2 indexed citations

Wethington, Susan M., et al.. (2020). Hummingbird torpor in context: duration, more than temperature, is the key to nighttime energy savings. Journal of Avian Biology. 51(5). 22 indexed citations

Graham, Catherine H., et al.. (2019). Hummingbirds budget energy flexibly in response to changing resources. Functional Ecology. 33(10). 1904–1916. 28 indexed citations

Powers, Donald R., et al.. (2018). Energetic Consequences for a Northern, Range-Edge Lizard Population. Copeia. 106(3). 468–476. 3 indexed citations

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Friesen, Christopher R., Donald R. Powers, & Robert T. Mason. (2017). Using whole-group metabolic rate and behaviour to assess the energetics of courtship in red-sided garter snakes. Animal Behaviour. 130. 177–185. 5 indexed citations

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Cheng, Bo, Bret W. Tobalske, Donald R. Powers, et al.. (2016). Flight mechanics and control of escape manoeuvres in hummingbirds I. Flight kinematics. Journal of Experimental Biology. 55 indexed citations

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Cheng, Bo, Bret W. Tobalske, Donald R. Powers, et al.. (2016). Flight mechanics and control of escape manoeuvres in hummingbirds II. Aerodynamic force production, flight control and performance limitations. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219(Pt 22). 3532–3543. 31 indexed citations

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Powers, Donald R., et al.. (2011). Respiratory evaporative water loss during hovering and forward flight in hummingbirds. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 161(2). 279–285. 6 indexed citations

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Powers, Donald R., et al.. (2010). Arthropod Foraging by a Southeastern Arizona Hummingbird Guild. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 122(3). 494–502. 9 indexed citations

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Casotti, Giovanni, et al.. (2007). Expression and localization of an aquaporin-1 homologue in the avian kidney and lower intestinal tract. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 147(2). 355–362. 18 indexed citations

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Tobalske, Bret W., Douglas R. Warrick, Christopher J. Clark, et al.. (2007). Three-dimensional kinematics of hummingbird flight. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210(13). 2368–2382. 198 indexed citations

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Warrick, Douglas R., Bret W. Tobalske, & Donald R. Powers. (2005). Aerodynamics of the hovering hummingbird. Nature. 435(7045). 1094–1097. 278 indexed citations

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Powers, Donald R., et al.. (2003). Influence of Normal Daytime Fat Deposition on Laboratory Measurements of Torpor Use in Territorial versus Nonterritorial Hummingbirds. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 76(3). 389–397. 28 indexed citations

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McWhorter, Todd J., Donald R. Powers, & Carlos Martı́nez del Rio. (2003). Are Hummingbirds Facultatively Ammonotelic? Nitrogen Excretion and Requirements as a Function of Body Size. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 76(5). 731–743. 27 indexed citations

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Ficken, Millicent S., et al.. (2002). REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AND COMMUNICATION IN BLUE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. The Wilson Bulletin. 114(2). 197–209. 18 indexed citations

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