Publications

Hansen, W.R. and K. Autumn. 2005. Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae. PNAS 102: 385-389. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/102/2/385

Autumn, K. and A.M.Peattie. 2002. Mechanisms of adhesion in geckos. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42(6): 1081-1090.

Autumn, K., M. Sitti, A. Peattie, W. Hansen, S. Sponberg, Y. A. Liang, T. Kenny, R. Fearing, J. Israelachvili, and R. J. Full. 2002. Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:12252-12256. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/99/19/12252
http://www.pnas.org/content/vol99/issue19/cover.shtml

Autumn, K., M. J. Ryan, and D. B. Wake. 2002. Integrating historical and mechanistic biology enhances the study of adaptation. Quarterly Rev. Biology 77:383-408.

DeNardo, D. F., and K. Autumn. 2001. Effect of male presence on reproductive activity in captive female blood pythons, Python curtus. Copeia 101:1138-1141.

Autumn, K., Y. A. Liang, S. T. Hsieh, W. Zesch, W.-P. Chan, W. T. Kenny, R. Fearing, and R. J. Full. 2000. Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair. Nature 405:681-685.

Liang, Y. A., K. Autumn, S. T. Hsieh, W. Zesch, W.-P. Chan, R. Fearing, R. J. Full, and T. W. Kenny. 2000. Adhesion force measurements on single gecko setae. Technical Digest of the 2000 Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop 2000:33-38.

Autumn, K. 1999. Secondarily diurnal geckos return to cost of locomotion typical of diurnal lizards. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72:339-351.

Autumn, K., J. Jindrich, D. Denardo, and R. Mueller. 1999. Locomotor performance at low temperature and the evolution of nocturnality in geckos. Evolution 53:580-599. (21 MB File!)

Ryan, M. J., K. Autumn, and D. B. Wake. 1998. Integrative Biology and Sexual Selection. Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews 2:.

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

Autumn, K. And J. B. Losos. 1997. Notes on the jumping ability and thermal biology of the enigmatic anole, Chamaelinorops barbouri. Journal of Herpetology 31:442-444.

Autumn, K. and D.F. deNardo. 1995. Behavioral thermoregulation increases growth rate in a nocturnal lizard. Journal of Herpetology 29: 157-162.

Autumn, K., R.B. Weinstein, and R.J. Full. 1994. Low cost of locomotion increases performance at low temperature in a nocturnal lizard. Physiological Zoology 67:237-261.

Chapin, F.S. III, K. Autumn, and F. Pugnaire. 1993. Evolution of suites of traits in response to environmental stress. Am. Nat. 142:S78-S92.

Wang, Y.Z. and K. Autumn. 1990. Home range size and spatial distribution of Phrynocephalus przewalskii, P. axillaris and Eremias velox. Pp. 125-132 in Zhao, E. (ed.) From water onto land -a volume to commemorate the ninetieth birthday of the late professor Liu Cheng-Zhao. CSSAR, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. 454 pp. [In Chinese; English abstract].

Autumn, K. and B. Han. 1989. Mimicry of scorpions by juvenile lizards, Teratoscincus roborowskii (Gekkonidae). Chinese Herp. Res. 2(2):60-64.

Autumn, K. and Y.Z. Wang. 1988. Preliminary observations on the ecology of Phrynocephalus axillaris and Eremias velox in the Turpan depression, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Chinese Herp. Res. 2(1):6-13.

Abstracts

K. Autumn, S.T. Hsieh, D.M. Dudek, J. Chen, C. Chitaphan, and R.J. Full. In press. Dynamics of geckos running vertically. Amer. Zool.

K. Autumn, S.T. Hsieh, D.M. Dudek, J. Chen, C. Chitaphan, and R.J. Full. In press. Function of feet in ascending and descending geckos. Amer. Zool.

R.J. Full, K. Autumn and J. Chung. In press. Rapid negotiation of rough terrain by the death-head cockroach. Amer. Zool.

Autumn, K. 1998. Evolution of an integrated system: aerobic capacity, fuel economy, and locomotor performance in geckos. Amer. Zool.

Full, R. J., J. Glasheen, K. Autumn, A. Jagger, and A. Yamauchi. 1998. Dynamics of cockroach climbing: vaulting, bouncing or powering over a step? Amer. Zool.

Autumn, K. and D.F. De Nardo. 1995. Behavioral thermoregulation increases growth rate in a nocturnal lizard. Amer. Zool.

Autumn, K. and R.J. Full. 1994. Phylogenetic patterns of nocturnality and physiological capacity in geckos. Physiologist 37:A-61.

Autumn K. 1993. Locomotor performance at low temperature and the evolution of nocturnality in lizards. Amer. Zool. 33:25A.

Autumn K. and C.F. Farley. 1992. Yet another nocturnal lizard with a low cost of transport - is this a general pattern? Amer. Zool. 32:32A.

Autumn, K., R.B. Weinstein, and R.J. Full. 1991. Low cost of locomotion permits activity at low temperatures in a nocturnal lizard. Amer. Zool. 31:141A.


	Hansen, W.R. and K. Autumn. 2005. Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae. PNAS 102: 385-389. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/102/2/385
	Autumn, K. and A.M.Peattie. 2002. Mechanisms of adhesion in geckos. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42(6): 1081-1090.
	Autumn, K., M. Sitti, A. Peattie, W. Hansen, S. Sponberg, Y. A. Liang, T. Kenny, R. Fearing, J. Israelachvili, and R. J. Full. 2002. Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:12252-12256. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/99/19/12252 http://www.pnas.org/content/vol99/issue19/cover.shtml
	Autumn, K., M. J. Ryan, and D. B. Wake. 2002. Integrating historical and mechanistic biology enhances the study of adaptation. Quarterly Rev. Biology 77:383-408.
	DeNardo, D. F., and K. Autumn. 2001. Effect of male presence on reproductive activity in captive female blood pythons, Python curtus. Copeia 101:1138-1141.
	Autumn, K., Y. A. Liang, S. T. Hsieh, W. Zesch, W.-P. Chan, W. T. Kenny, R. Fearing, and R. J. Full. 2000. Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair. Nature 405:681-685.
	Liang, Y. A., K. Autumn, S. T. Hsieh, W. Zesch, W.-P. Chan, R. Fearing, R. J. Full, and T. W. Kenny. 2000. Adhesion force measurements on single gecko setae. Technical Digest of the 2000 Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop 2000:33-38.
	Autumn, K. 1999. Secondarily diurnal geckos return to cost of locomotion typical of diurnal lizards. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72:339-351.
	Autumn, K., J. Jindrich, D. Denardo, and R. Mueller. 1999. Locomotor performance at low temperature and the evolution of nocturnality in geckos. Evolution 53:580-599. (21 MB File!)
	Ryan, M. J., K. Autumn, and D. B. Wake. 1998. Integrative Biology and Sexual Selection. Integrative Biology: Issues, News, and Reviews 2:.
	Autumn, K., C. Farley, M. Emshwiller, and R.J. Full. 1997. Low cost of locomotion in the banded gecko: a test of the nocturnal hypothesis. Physiological Zoology 70:660-669.
	Autumn, K. And J. B. Losos. 1997. Notes on the jumping ability and thermal biology of the enigmatic anole, Chamaelinorops barbouri. Journal of Herpetology 31:442-444.
	Autumn, K. and D.F. deNardo. 1995. Behavioral thermoregulation increases growth rate in a nocturnal lizard. Journal of Herpetology 29: 157-162.
	Autumn, K., R.B. Weinstein, and R.J. Full. 1994. Low cost of locomotion increases performance at low temperature in a nocturnal lizard. Physiological Zoology 67:237-261.
	Chapin, F.S. III, K. Autumn, and F. Pugnaire. 1993. Evolution of suites of traits in response to environmental stress. Am. Nat. 142:S78-S92.
	Wang, Y.Z. and K. Autumn. 1990. Home range size and spatial distribution of Phrynocephalus przewalskii, P. axillaris and Eremias velox. Pp. 125-132 in Zhao, E. (ed.) From water onto land -a volume to commemorate the ninetieth birthday of the late professor Liu Cheng-Zhao. CSSAR, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. 454 pp. [In Chinese; English abstract].
	Autumn, K. and B. Han. 1989. Mimicry of scorpions by juvenile lizards, Teratoscincus roborowskii (Gekkonidae). Chinese Herp. Res. 2(2):60-64.
	Autumn, K. and Y.Z. Wang. 1988. Preliminary observations on the ecology of Phrynocephalus axillaris and Eremias velox in the Turpan depression, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Chinese Herp. Res. 2(1):6-13.

	K. Autumn, S.T. Hsieh, D.M. Dudek, J. Chen, C. Chitaphan, and R.J. Full. In press. Dynamics of geckos running vertically. Amer. Zool.
	K. Autumn, S.T. Hsieh, D.M. Dudek, J. Chen, C. Chitaphan, and R.J. Full. In press. Function of feet in ascending and descending geckos. Amer. Zool.
	R.J. Full, K. Autumn and J. Chung. In press. Rapid negotiation of rough terrain by the death-head cockroach. Amer. Zool.
	Autumn, K. 1998. Evolution of an integrated system: aerobic capacity, fuel economy, and locomotor performance in geckos. Amer. Zool.
	Full, R. J., J. Glasheen, K. Autumn, A. Jagger, and A. Yamauchi. 1998. Dynamics of cockroach climbing: vaulting, bouncing or powering over a step? Amer. Zool.
	Autumn, K. and D.F. De Nardo. 1995. Behavioral thermoregulation increases growth rate in a nocturnal lizard. Amer. Zool.
	Autumn, K. and R.J. Full. 1994. Phylogenetic patterns of nocturnality and physiological capacity in geckos. Physiologist 37:A-61.
	Autumn K. 1993. Locomotor performance at low temperature and the evolution of nocturnality in lizards. Amer. Zool. 33:25A.
	Autumn K. and C.F. Farley. 1992. Yet another nocturnal lizard with a low cost of transport - is this a general pattern? Amer. Zool. 32:32A.
	Autumn, K., R.B. Weinstein, and R.J. Full. 1991. Low cost of locomotion permits activity at low temperatures in a nocturnal lizard. Amer. Zool. 31:141A.