Michael T. Butcher

1.2k total citations
55 papers, 888 citations indexed

About

Michael T. Butcher is a scholar working on Paleontology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Butcher has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 888 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Paleontology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Butcher's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (12 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (10 papers). Michael T. Butcher is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (24 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (12 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (10 papers). Michael T. Butcher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael T. Butcher's co-authors include Richard W. Blob, John E. A. Bertram, Anthony P. Russell, Miriam A. Ashley‐Ross, John W. Hermanson, L. V. SODERHOLM, N. G. Ducharme, Lisa M. Mitchell, Kyle B. Spainhower and Joseph E. Rupert and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, Journal of Applied Physiology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Butcher

52 papers receiving 868 citations

Peers

Michael T. Butcher

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Jeffrey J. Thomason Canada

Keith A. Metzger United States

Nadja Schilling Germany

J. J. Thomason Canada

R. C. Payne United Kingdom

U. Witzel Germany

Adrià Casinos Spain

John D. Polk United States

David B. Baier United States

E. M. Wathuta Kenya

Jeffrey J. Thomason Canada

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151 ×0.9

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72 ×0.4

103 ×0.7

GPC

197 ×1.4

OSM

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael T. Butcher

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20 of 20 papers shown

Porter, Warren P., Paul D. Mathewson, David M. Lovelace, et al.. (2025). Metabolic skinflint or spendthrift? Insights into ground sloth integument and thermophysiology revealed by biophysical modeling and clumped isotope paleothermometry. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 32(1). 1–1. 9 indexed citations

Young, Melody W., et al.. (2025). Three‐Dimensional Limb Kinematics in Brown‐Throated Three‐Toed Sloths (Bradypus variegatus) During Suspensory Quadrupedal Locomotion. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 343(5). 564–577.

Young, Melody W., et al.. (2023). Pump the brakes! The hindlimbs of three-toed sloths decelerate and support suspensory locomotion. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(8). 4 indexed citations

Young, Melody W., Edwin Dickinson, Johnathan R. Yarbro, et al.. (2023). Three toes and three modes: Dynamics of terrestrial, suspensory, and vertical locomotion in brown‐throated three‐toed sloths (Bradypodidae, Xenarthra). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 339(4). 383–397. 5 indexed citations

Spainhower, Kyle B., et al.. (2023). Muscle architectural properties indicate a primary role in support for the pelvic limb of three‐toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus). Journal of Anatomy. 243(3). 448–466. 1 indexed citations

Young, Melody W., et al.. (2022). Grip it good: in vivo grip force across substrate diameters in the brown‐throated three‐toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Journal of Zoology. 319(4). 254–263. 6 indexed citations

Spainhower, Kyle B., et al.. (2020). Coming to grips with life upside down: how myosin fiber type and metabolic properties of sloth hindlimb muscles contribute to suspensory function. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 191(1). 207–224. 12 indexed citations

Butcher, Michael T., et al.. (2019). Ontogenetic allometry and architectural properties of the paravertebral and hindlimb musculature in Eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus): functional implications for developmental changes in locomotor performance. Journal of Anatomy. 235(1). 106–123. 6 indexed citations

Foster, A. D., et al.. (2019). Ontogeny of effective mechanical advantage in Eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(Pt 16). 6 indexed citations

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Rupert, Joseph E., et al.. (2015). Forelimb muscle architecture and myosin isoform composition in the groundhog (Marmota monax). Publisher. 3 indexed citations

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Foster, A. D., et al.. (2015). Ontogeny of locomotor performance in eastern cottontail rabbits: muscle architecture and fiber type of the vertebral extensor muscles. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Young, Jesse W., et al.. (2015). Ontogeny of hind limb bone safety factors in eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus). Integrative and Comparative Biology. 55. 1 indexed citations

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Blob, Richard W., et al.. (2014). Diversity of Limb-Bone Safety Factors for Locomotion in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Evolution and Mixed Chains. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 54(6). 1058–1071. 38 indexed citations

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Lee, David V., et al.. (2013). A comparative collision-based analysis of human gait. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 280(1771). 20131779–20131779. 28 indexed citations

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Russell, Anthony P., et al.. (2012). Architectural specialization of the intrinsic thoracic limb musculature of the American badger (Taxidea taxus). Journal of Morphology. 274(1). 35–48. 63 indexed citations

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Butcher, Michael T., et al.. (2012). Myosin Isoform Fiber Type and Fiber Size in the Tail of the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana). The Anatomical Record. 296(1). 96–107. 12 indexed citations

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Cooper, Ryan C., et al.. (2007). Step length and required friction in walking. Gait & Posture. 27(4). 547–551. 25 indexed citations

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Butcher, Michael T., et al.. (2003). Standardisation of the Rey Complex Figure Test in New Zealand Children and Adolescents. New Zealand journal of psychology. 32(1). 33–85504. 12 indexed citations

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Butcher, Michael T., Jeffrey Lakritz, K Branson, et al.. (2002). Experimental inoculation of domestic cats (Felis domesticus) with Sarcocystis neurona or S. neurona-like merozoites. Veterinary Parasitology. 107(1-2). 1–14. 22 indexed citations

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Butcher, Michael T. & Miriam A. Ashley‐Ross. (2002). Fetlock joint kinematics differ with age in thoroughbred racehorses. Journal of Biomechanics. 35(5). 563–571. 33 indexed citations

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