Publications

Young, B.A. and M.A. Ashley. 1989. A mathematical model for predicting relative muscle force with a perturbation analysis of selected muscle parameters. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 138: 213-233.

Ashley, M. A., Reilly, S. M., and G.V. Lauder. 1991. Ontogenetic scaling of hindlimb muscles across metamorphosis in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. Copeia, 1991(3): 767-776.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. 1992. The comparative myology of the thigh and crus in the salamanders Ambystoma tigrinum and Dicamptodon tenebrosus. Journal of Morphology, 211: 147-163.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. 1994. Hind limb kinematics during terrestrial locomotion in a salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 193: 255-283.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. 1994. Metamorphic and speed effects on hind limb kinematics during terrestrial locomotion in the salamander Dicamptodon tenebrosus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 193: 285-305.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. 1995. Patterns of hind limb motor output during walking in the salamander Dicamptodon tenebrosus, with comparisons to other tetrapods. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 177: 273-285.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. and G.V. Lauder. 1997. Motor patterns and kinematics during backward walking in the Pacific Giant Salamander: evidence for novel motor output. Journal of Neurophysiology, 78: 3047-3060.

Rome, L.C., Cook, C., Syme, D.A., Connaughton, M., Ashley-Ross, M.A., Klimov, A., Tikunov, B., and Y.E. Goldman. 1999. Trading force for speed: why superfast cross-bridge kinetics lead to super low forces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 96: 5826-5831. PDF Reprint

Butcher, M.T. and M.A. Ashley-Ross. 2002. Fetlock joint kinematics differ with age in Thoroughbred racehorses. Journal of Biomechanics, 35: 563-571. PDF Reprint

Ashley-Ross, M.A. and G.B. Gillis. A brief history of vertebrate functional morphology. Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly American Zoologist), 42 (2): 183-189.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. and J.U. Barker. 2002. The effect of fiber type heterogeneity on optimized work and power output of hindlimb muscles of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 188: 611-620. PDF Reprint

Ashley-Ross, M.A. 2002. Mechanical properties of the dorsal fin muscle of seahorse (Hippocampus) and pipefish (Syngnathus). Journal of Experimental Zoology, 293: 561-577. PDF Reprint

Morgan, S.M., Ashley-Ross, M.A., and D.J. Anderson. Foot-mediated incubation: Nazca booby (Sula granti) feet as surrogate brood patches. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 76(3): 360-366. PDF Reprint See also a write-up of this study in the column, "Outside JEB," published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

Ashley-Ross, M.A. and B.F. Bechtel. 2004. Kinematics of the transition between aquatic and terrestrial locomotion in the newt Taricha torosa. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 461-474. PDF Reprint

Morgan, S.M., Clifford, L.D., Ashley-Ross, M.A. and D.J. Anderson. 2004. Parental responses to unexpectedly cool eggs in Nazca boobies Sula granti. Journal of Avian Biology, 35: 416-424. PDF Reprint

Walthall, J.C. and M.A. Ashley-Ross. 2006. Postcranial myology of the California newt, Taricha torosa. Anatomical Record, 228A:46-57. PDF Reprint