Christopher R. Tracy
Assistant Professor
Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MS, University of Oklahoma
BS, Colorado State University
Research Areas
Physiological Ecology of Reptiles and Amphibians, Physiology of Terrestrial Vertebrates, Ecology of Desert Vertebrates
Courses Regularly Taught
Principles of Physiology and Ecology, Mammalian Physiology, Comparative Physiology, Herpetology
Publications
McWhorter, T.J., B. Pinshow, W.H. Karasov, C.R. Tracy. Paracellular absorption is relatively low in the herbivorous Egyptian Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Uromastyx aegyptia. PloS One 8:e61869.
Seymour, R.S., C.M. Gienger, M.L. Brien, C.R. Tracy, S.C. Manolis, G.J.W. Webb, K.A. Christian. Scaling of standard metabolic rate in estuarine crocodiles Crocodylus porosus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 183: 491-500.
Tracy, C.R. K.A. Christian, N. Burnip, B.J. Austin, A. Cornall, S. Iglesias, S.J. Reynolds, T. Tixier, C. LeNoëne. 2013. Thermal and hydric implications of diurnal activity by a small tropical frog during the dry season. Austral Ecology 38: 476-483.
Iglesias, C.R. Tracy, G. Bedford, K. Christian. 2012. Habitat differences in body size and shape of the Australian Agamid lizard, Lophognathus temporalis. Journal of Herpetology 46: 297-303.
Gienger, C.M., C.R. Tracy, M.L. Brien, S.C. Manolis, G.J.W. Webb, R.S. Seymour, K.A. Christian. 2012. Energetic costs of digestion in Australian crocodiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 59: 416-421.