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Philip Withers

Professor, BSc Adel., PhD Calif.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4854-4088

  • The University of Western Australia (M092), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

  • 4517 Citations
  • 30 h-Index
1975 …2018
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Keywords

  • Comparative physiology
  • Amphibians and reptiles
  • Metabolism
  • Thermoregulation
  • Water and solute balance
  • Phylogenetic methods
  • Biostatistics

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Research Output 1975 2018

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

Cooper, C. E., Withers, P. C., Munns, S. L., Geiser, F. & Buttemer, W. A., 17 Aug 2018, In : Conservation Physiology. 6, 12 p., 042.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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

Tomlinson, S., Dalziell, E. L., Withers, P. C., Lewandrowski, W., Dixon, K. W. & Merritt, D. J., 1 Apr 2018, In : Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, 7, jeb172874.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

closed loop systems
Seeds
fluorescence
Fluorescence
Physiological Phenomena
4 Citations (Scopus)

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

Comanns, P., Esser, F. J., Kappel, P. H., Baumgartner, W., Shaw, J. & Withers, P. C., 13 Sep 2017, In : Royal Society Open Science. 4, 9, 170591.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
Water Movements
Adsorption
Skin
Water
Lizards
5 Citations (Scopus)

Avian torpor or alternative thermoregulatory strategies for overwintering?

Douglas, T. K., Cooper, C. E. & Withers, P. C., 1 Apr 2017, In : Journal of Experimental Biology. 220, 7, p. 1341-1349 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Torpor
torpor
resting periods
body temperature
passerine
2 Citations (Scopus)

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

Eto, E. C., Withers, P. C. & Cooper, C. E., 29 Nov 2017, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284, 1867, 20171478.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Mammals
Birds
mammal
mammals
Insensible Water Loss

Projects 1996 2018

Significance and mechanisms of evaporative water loss control by endotherms

Withers, P. & Cooper, C.

Australian Research Council

1/01/16 → 31/12/18

Project: Research

How do echidnas handle the cold? Development and application of cutting edge technology to determine how echidnas exploit their environment for thermoregulation. (UQ Led)

Withers, P. & Clemente, C.

University of Queensland

1/01/14 → 31/12/14

Project: Research

Comparative Ecophysiology of Two Australian Dunnarts - Sminthopsis sp

Tomlinson, S., Withers, P. & Maloney, S.

Ecological Society of Australia Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment

1/01/08 → 31/12/08

Project: Research

Body Temperature Regulation by Small Marsupials and Birds

Withers, P. & Cooper, C.

UWA Research Grants Scheme

1/01/08 → 31/12/08

Project: Research

Comparative Ecoyphysiology of Western Australian Dunnarts (Sminthopsis ssp.)

Withers, P., Maloney, S. & Tomlinson, S.

Ecological Society of Australia Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment

1/01/07 → 31/12/09

Project: Research