Her physiology research resulted in articles including "The annual cycle and fat storage in two populations of golden-mantled ground squirrels" ("Journal of Mammalogy" 1972), "The effects of kidney structure and the annual cycle on water requirements in golden-mantled ground squirrels and chipmunks" ("Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology" 1977), and "Reproduction of Asian chipmunks ("Tamias sibiricus") in captivity" ("Zoo Biology" 1984, with K. E. Gillett).