Faculty Profiles

Banta, M. R. (2020, January). The Ws of letters: How to obtain letters of evaluation. APPLY - the Official Magazine of the Texas Health Education Service, (2020–2021), 8-9,43. Retrieved from Department of Biology

Banta, M. R. (n.d.). The ABCs of Letters of Evaluation. APPLY Magazine. Retrieved from Department of Biology, Texas State University

Sears, M. W., Hayes, J. P., Banta, M. R., & McCormick, D. (2009). Out in the cold: physiological capacity influences behaviour in deer mice. Functional Ecology, 23, 774–783.

Bakken, G. S., Banta, M. R., Higginbotham, C. M., & Lynott, A. J. (2006). It’s just ducky to be clean: the water repellency and water penetration resistance of  swimming mallard ducklings. J. Avian Biology, 37, 561–571.

Banta, M. R., & Smith, N. (2006). Variation in metabolic rate and thermal conductance  in a northern population of a desert-adapted rodent, Ord’s kangaroo rat  (Dipodomys ordii). The Physiologist, 49(6), C1-45.

Bakken, G. S., VanSant, M. J., Lynott, A. J., & Banta, M. R. (2005). Predicting small endotherm body temperatures from scalp temperatures. Journal of Thermal.

Smith, N., & Banta, M. R. (2005). Understanding basal metabolic rate and  conductance in Ord’s kangaroo rat, Dipodomoys ordii. McNair Research Journal, 10, 37–50.

Hayes, J. P., Sears, M. W., Banta, M. R., & O’Connor, C. S. (2005). Out in the cold: Physiological performance affects behavior of deer mice. Integrative and  Comparative Biology, 45(6), 1009.

Banta, M. R., Lynott, A. J., VanSant, M. J., & Bakken, G. S. (2004). Partitioning heat loss from Mallard ducklings swimming on the air-water interface. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207, 4551–4557.

Banta, M. R., Brewer, R., Hansen, A., Ku, H., Pacheco, K., Powers, R., … Tucker, G. (2004). An innovative program for cultivating grant writing skills in new faculty members. Journal of Research Administration, 35(1), 17–24.

Banta, M. R., Katzmann, J. R., & Mackessy, S. P. (2004). Evaporative water loss during ecdysis in snakes from a broad range of habitats. Integrative and  Comparative Biology, 44(6), 674.

Banta, M. R., Van Sant, M. J., & Bakken, G. S. (2004). Evidence for metabolic  substitution in swimming mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43(6), 1039.

Banta, M. R. (2003). Merriam’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) voluntarily choose    temperatures that conserve energy rather than water. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 76, 522–532.

Banta, M. R., Lynott, A. J., Higgenbotham, C., Van Sant, M. J., & Bakken, G. S. (2003). Thermoregulation on the air-water interface: heat loss from swimming mallard ducklings. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42(6), 1190–1191.

Lynott, A. J., Banta, M. R., & Bakken, G. S. (2003). Estimating the body temperature of swimming mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) with infrared thermography. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42(6), 1269.

Banta, M. R., & Holcombe, D. W. (2002). The effects of thyroxine on various aspects of  metabolism and water turnover in Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys  merriami). Journal of Comparative Physiology, 172, 17–25.

Banta, M. R. (2001). The effects of temperature on seed movement in the caching  rodent, Merriam’s kangaroo rat. American Zoologist, 41(6), 1384–1385.

Lynott, A. J., Banta, M. R., Higginbotham, C. M., & Bakken, G. S. (2001). Thermoregulation in swimming mallard ducklings. American Zoologist, 41(6), 1512.

Banta, M. R. (1999). Does Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) select  ambient temperatures that allow it to conserve water or energy? American  Zoologist, 39, A345.

Banta, M. R., & Hayes, J. P. (1998). Manipulation of thyroxine in a desert-dwelling  rodent (Dipodomys merriami): ecological and evolutionary implications. American Zoologist, 38, A191.

Banta, M. R. (1997). Are field and laboratory water turnover correlated in individual Merriam’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami)? American Zoologist, 37, A85.

Wiener, C. M., Banta, M. R., Dowless, M. S., Flavahan, N. A., & Sylvester, J. T. (1995). Mechanisms of hypoxic vasodilation in ferret pulmonary arteries. American Journal of Physiology, 269, L351–L357.

Wiener, C. M., Banta, M. R., & Sylvester, J. T. (1993). Effects of potassium channel inhibitors on hypoxic vasodilation in ferret pulmonary arteries. American Review of Respiratory Disease, 147, A272 Supplement S.

Wiener, C. M., Banta, M. R., & Sylvester, J. T. (1993). Effects of glucose on vasomotor responses to severe hypoxia in ferret pulmonary arteries. FASEB Journal, 7, A189.

Banta, M. R., Joanen, T., & Weldon, P. J. (1992). Foraging responses by the American alligator to meat extracts. In R. L. Doty & D. Muller-Schwarze (Eds.), Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 6. New York: Plenum Press.

Weldon, P. J., & Banta, M. R. (1990). Chemoreception in the feeding behavior of the American alligator (Alligator missisippiensis). American Zoologist, 30, A93.