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Thermoregulation

Thermoregulation is a physiological regulatory mechanism that maintains an organism’s core body temperature within a narrow, optimal range despite variations in environmental thermal conditions.

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2017–2026

692

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Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization

Andrea Kurz, Daniel I. Sessler, Rainer Lenhardt · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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A role for brown adipose tissue in diet-induced thermogenesis

Nancy J. Rothwell, Michael J. Stock · Nature · 1979 · 1.6K citations

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Integrating Thermal Physiology and Ecology of Ectotherms: A Discussion of Approaches

Raymond B. Huey, R. D. Stevenson · American Zoologist · 1979 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of behaviour, physiology and adaptation

Raymond B. Huey, Michael Kearney, Andrew K. Krockenberger et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2012 · 1.4K citations

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The evolution of thermal physiology in ectotherms

Michael J. Angilletta, Peter H. Niewiarowski, Carlos A. Navas · Journal of Thermal Biology · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

9.7K

  1. BH
    Bernd Heinrich

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    26 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. AE
    Andrew E. McKechnie

    University of Pretoria, South Africa

    34 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. CJ
    Christopher J. Gordon

    Research Triangle Park Foundation, United States

    33 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. RS
    Richard Shine

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    24 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. JE
    James E. Heath

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    23 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

2.4K

  1. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    33 h-index

    93 publications

    6.1K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    33 h-index

    90 publications

    13.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    33 h-index

    220 publications

    9.5K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    32 h-index

    81 publications

    5.3K citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    27 h-index

    68 publications

    4.5K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    26 h-index

    58 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    84 publications

    9K citations

  8. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    24 h-index

    109 publications

    3.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    154 publications · 8.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Thermal Biology

    250 publications · 10.3K citations

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  3. Physiological Zoology

    PZ · 98 publications · 5.8K citations

    45

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  4. Journal of Comparative Physiology B

    89 publications · 4.5K citations

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  5. Science

    47 publications · 5.3K citations

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