List of works - Philip Withers

Adsorption and movement of water by skin of the Australian thorny devil (Agamidae: Moloch horridus).

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Allometry of evaporative water loss in marsupials: implications of the effect of ambient relative humidity on the physiology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula).

scientific article

An analysis of respiratory surface area as a limit to activity metabolism in anurans ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 1979

Avian torpor or alternative thermoregulatory strategies for overwintering?

scientific article

Biophysical properties of the pelt of a diurnal marsupial, the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), and its role in thermoregulation

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Can birds do it too? Evidence for convergence in evaporative water loss regulation for birds and mammals

scientific article published on 01 November 2017

Comparative morphology of Western Australian varanid lizards (Squamata: Varanidae)

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Cutaneous water collection by a moisture-harvesting lizard, the thorny devil (Moloch horridus).

scientific article published in November 2016

Ecological consequences of temperature regulation: Why might the mountain pygmy possum Burramys parvus need to hibernate near underground streams?

scientific article published on April 2014

Effect of sampling regime on estimation of basal metabolic rate and standard evaporative water loss using flow-through respirometry.

scientific article

Effect of season on thermoregulation, metabolism and ventilation of the southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae).

scientific article published in April 2008

Effects of experiment start time and duration on measurement of standard physiological variables

scientific article published on 23 January 2011

Effects of long-term captivity on thermoregulation, metabolism and ventilation of the southern brown bandicoot (Marsupialia: Peramelidae)

scientific article published on 27 October 2006

Effects of measurement duration on the determination of basal metabolic rate and evaporative water loss of small marsupials: how long is long enough?

scientific article

Environmental correlates of physiological variables in marsupials

scientific article published on 20 April 2006

Evaporative water loss, relative water economy and evaporative partitioning of a heterothermic marsupial, the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Evolutionary implications of the distribution and variation of the skeletal muscles of the anuran lymphatic system.

scientific article published on 03 April 2013

Field metabolic rate and water turnover of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)

scientific article published on 23 September 2003

Flexibility in thermoregulatory physiology of two dunnarts, Sminthopsis macroura and Sminthopsis ooldea (Marsupialia; Dasyuridae)

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Functional roles for the compartmentalization of the subcutaneous lymphatic sacs in anuran amphibians

scientific article published on 13 May 2005

Geographical variation in the standard physiology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus): implications for conservation translocations

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Huddling behaviour and energetics of Sminthopsis spp. (Marsupialia, Dasyruidae) in response to environmental challenge.

scientific article

Hypothermia versus torpor in response to cold stress in the native Australian mouse Pseudomys hermannsburgensis and the introduced house mouse Mus musculus.

scientific article published on 16 August 2007

Interspecific comparisons of lymph volume and lymphatic fluxes: do lymph reserves and lymph mobilization capacities vary in anurans from different environments?

scientific article published in May 2011

Life in extreme environments: Investigations on the ecophysiology of a desert bird, the Australian Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata Latham).

scientific article

Lizard tricks: overcoming conflicting requirements of speed versus climbing ability by altering biomechanics of the lizard stride.

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Lung ventilation contributes to vertical lymph movement in anurans.

scientific article

Lymph flux rates from various lymph sacs in the cane toad Rhinella marina: an experimental evaluation of the roles of compliance, skeletal muscles and the lungs in the movement of lymph.

scientific article published in September 2010

Lymph pools in the basement, sump pumps in the attic: the anuran dilemma for lymph movement.

scientific article published on March 2004

Lymphatic regulation in nonmammalian vertebrates.

scientific article published on 02 May 2013

Marsupials don't adjust their thermal energetics for life in an alpine environment

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Measurement of VO2, VCO2, and evaporative water loss with a flow-through mask

scientific article published on January 1, 1977

Measuring metabolic rates of small terrestrial organisms by fluorescence-based closed-system respirometry

scientific article published on 14 February 2018

Metabolic and thermal physiology of pigeons and doves.

scientific article

Metabolic, respiratory and haematological adjustments of the little pocket mouse to circadian torpor cycles ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1977

Metabolic, ventilatory and hygric physiology of the chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae).

scientific article

Metabolic, ventilatory, and hygric physiology of the gracile mouse opossum (Gracilinanus agilis)

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Numbats and aardwolves--how low is low? A re-affirmation of the need for statistical rigour in evaluating regression predictions.

scientific article published on 26 April 2006

Optimal body size with respect to maximal speed for the yellow-spotted monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes; Varanidae).

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Phenophysiological variation of a bee that regulates hive humidity, but not hive temperature

scientific article

Physiological regulation of evaporative water loss in endotherms: is the little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae) an exception or the rule?

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Physiological responses of a rodent to heliox reveal constancy of evaporative water loss under perturbing environmental conditions

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Plasma catecholamines with hemorrhage in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Pulmonary compliance and lung volume are related to terrestriality in anuran amphibians

scientific article

Pulmonary compliance and lung volume varies with ecomorphology in anuran amphibians: implications for ventilatory-assisted lymph flux.

scientific article published in October 2011

Re-evaluation of the allometry of wet thermal conductance for birds

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Reappraisal of the comparative cost of human locomotion using gait-specific allometric analyses.

scientific article published in October 2007

Reexamining Echidna Physiology: The Big Picture for Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Termite digestibility and water and energy contents determine the water economy index of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and other myrmecophages.

scientific article published in July 2004

The private life of echidnas: using accelerometry and GPS to examine field biomechanics and assess the ecological impact of a widespread, semi-fossorial monotreme.

scientific article published in October 2016

Thermal and hygric physiology of Australian burrowing mygalomorph spiders (Aganippe spp.).

scientific article

Thermal, metabolic, hygric and ventilatory physiology of the sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae).

scientific article published on 12 March 2009

Thermoregulation by an Australian murine rodent, the ash-grey mouse (Pseudomys albocinereus).

scientific article

Thermoregulatory role of insensible evaporative water loss constancy in a heterothermic marsupial.

scientific article

Urea: diverse functions of a 'waste' product ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Using A Priori Contrasts for Multivariate Repeated-Measures ANOVA to Analyze Thermoregulatory Responses of the Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Ventilatory physiology of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus).

scientific article published on 20 November 2003

Water balance of field-excavated aestivating Australian desert frogs, the cocoon-forming Neobatrachus aquilonius and the non-cocooning Notaden nichollsi (Amphibia: Myobatrachidae).

scientific article

Water relations of the burrowing sandhill frog, Arenophryne rotunda (Myobatrachidae).

scientific article published on 29 November 2005

List of works by Philip Withers

Adsorption and movement of water by skin of the Australian thorny devil (Agamidae: Moloch horridus).

Allometry of evaporative water loss in marsupials: implications of the effect of ambient relative humidity on the physiology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula).

An analysis of respiratory surface area as a limit to activity metabolism in anurans ⬇️

Avian torpor or alternative thermoregulatory strategies for overwintering?

Biophysical properties of the pelt of a diurnal marsupial, the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), and its role in thermoregulation

Can birds do it too? Evidence for convergence in evaporative water loss regulation for birds and mammals

Comparative morphology of Western Australian varanid lizards (Squamata: Varanidae)

Cutaneous water collection by a moisture-harvesting lizard, the thorny devil (Moloch horridus).

Ecological consequences of temperature regulation: Why might the mountain pygmy possum Burramys parvus need to hibernate near underground streams?

Effect of sampling regime on estimation of basal metabolic rate and standard evaporative water loss using flow-through respirometry.

Effect of season on thermoregulation, metabolism and ventilation of the southern brown bandicoot Isoodon obesulus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae).

Effects of experiment start time and duration on measurement of standard physiological variables

Effects of long-term captivity on thermoregulation, metabolism and ventilation of the southern brown bandicoot (Marsupialia: Peramelidae)

Effects of measurement duration on the determination of basal metabolic rate and evaporative water loss of small marsupials: how long is long enough?

Environmental correlates of physiological variables in marsupials

Evaporative water loss, relative water economy and evaporative partitioning of a heterothermic marsupial, the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)

Evolutionary implications of the distribution and variation of the skeletal muscles of the anuran lymphatic system.

Field metabolic rate and water turnover of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)

Flexibility in thermoregulatory physiology of two dunnarts, Sminthopsis macroura and Sminthopsis ooldea (Marsupialia; Dasyuridae)

Functional roles for the compartmentalization of the subcutaneous lymphatic sacs in anuran amphibians

Geographical variation in the standard physiology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus): implications for conservation translocations

Huddling behaviour and energetics of Sminthopsis spp. (Marsupialia, Dasyruidae) in response to environmental challenge.

Hypothermia versus torpor in response to cold stress in the native Australian mouse Pseudomys hermannsburgensis and the introduced house mouse Mus musculus.

Interspecific comparisons of lymph volume and lymphatic fluxes: do lymph reserves and lymph mobilization capacities vary in anurans from different environments?

Life in extreme environments: Investigations on the ecophysiology of a desert bird, the Australian Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata Latham).

Lizard tricks: overcoming conflicting requirements of speed versus climbing ability by altering biomechanics of the lizard stride.

Lung ventilation contributes to vertical lymph movement in anurans.

Lymph flux rates from various lymph sacs in the cane toad Rhinella marina: an experimental evaluation of the roles of compliance, skeletal muscles and the lungs in the movement of lymph.

Lymph pools in the basement, sump pumps in the attic: the anuran dilemma for lymph movement.

Lymphatic regulation in nonmammalian vertebrates.

Marsupials don't adjust their thermal energetics for life in an alpine environment

Measurement of VO2, VCO2, and evaporative water loss with a flow-through mask

Measuring metabolic rates of small terrestrial organisms by fluorescence-based closed-system respirometry

Metabolic and thermal physiology of pigeons and doves.

Metabolic, respiratory and haematological adjustments of the little pocket mouse to circadian torpor cycles ⬇️

Metabolic, ventilatory and hygric physiology of the chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae).

Metabolic, ventilatory, and hygric physiology of the gracile mouse opossum (Gracilinanus agilis)

Numbats and aardwolves--how low is low? A re-affirmation of the need for statistical rigour in evaluating regression predictions.

Optimal body size with respect to maximal speed for the yellow-spotted monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes; Varanidae).

Phenophysiological variation of a bee that regulates hive humidity, but not hive temperature

Physiological regulation of evaporative water loss in endotherms: is the little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae) an exception or the rule?

Physiological responses of a rodent to heliox reveal constancy of evaporative water loss under perturbing environmental conditions

Plasma catecholamines with hemorrhage in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

Pulmonary compliance and lung volume are related to terrestriality in anuran amphibians

Pulmonary compliance and lung volume varies with ecomorphology in anuran amphibians: implications for ventilatory-assisted lymph flux.

Re-evaluation of the allometry of wet thermal conductance for birds

Reappraisal of the comparative cost of human locomotion using gait-specific allometric analyses.

Reexamining Echidna Physiology: The Big Picture for Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion

Termite digestibility and water and energy contents determine the water economy index of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and other myrmecophages.

The private life of echidnas: using accelerometry and GPS to examine field biomechanics and assess the ecological impact of a widespread, semi-fossorial monotreme.

Thermal and hygric physiology of Australian burrowing mygalomorph spiders (Aganippe spp.).

Thermal, metabolic, hygric and ventilatory physiology of the sandhill dunnart (Sminthopsis psammophila; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae).

Thermoregulation by an Australian murine rodent, the ash-grey mouse (Pseudomys albocinereus).

Thermoregulatory role of insensible evaporative water loss constancy in a heterothermic marsupial.

Urea: diverse functions of a 'waste' product ⬇️

Using A Priori Contrasts for Multivariate Repeated-Measures ANOVA to Analyze Thermoregulatory Responses of the Dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae) ⬇️

Ventilatory physiology of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus).

Water balance of field-excavated aestivating Australian desert frogs, the cocoon-forming Neobatrachus aquilonius and the non-cocooning Notaden nichollsi (Amphibia: Myobatrachidae).

Water relations of the burrowing sandhill frog, Arenophryne rotunda (Myobatrachidae).