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Comparative Physiology

Comparative physiology is a subdiscipline of physiology that utilizes comparative methods to analyze physiological mechanisms and processes across different organisms.

2.7K

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6.1K

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2.7K

Comparative Animal Physiology

Journal of the American Medical Association · 1951 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Field Metabolic Rate and Food Requirement Scaling in Mammals and Birds

Kenneth A. Nagy · Ecological Monographs · 1987 · 988 citations

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General and Comparative Endocrinology

Nature · 1961 · 932 citations · Full text

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The critical thermal maximum: history and critique

William I. Lutterschmidt, Victor H. Hutchison · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1997 · 915 citations

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Thermal Physiology and Vertical Zonation of Intertidal Animals: Optima, Limits, and Costs of Living

George N. Somero · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2002 · 893 citations

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Authors

6.1K

  1. TW
    Tobias Wang

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    33 publications · 1.1K citations

    20

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  2. WK
    William K. Milsom

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    22 publications · 928 citations

    17

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  3. PJ
    P. J. Butler

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. BF
    Björn Folkow

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. KJ
    Kjell Johansen

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    16 publications · 935 citations

    15

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Institutions

1.4K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    33 h-index

    128 publications

    11.8K citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    30 h-index

    114 publications

    5.8K citations

  3. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    66 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    27 h-index

    130 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    26 h-index

    110 publications

    6.2K citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    22 h-index

    65 publications

    5.4K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    71 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    19 h-index

    49 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    244 publications · 12.2K citations

    63

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  2. Journal of Applied Physiology

    144 publications · 7.1K citations

    50

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  4. 37

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  5. The Journal of Physiology

    71 publications · 4.2K citations

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See also

Comparative Physiology

Core Methods

Environmental Adaptation

Evolutionary Basis

Model Organisms

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