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Gordon C. Grigg is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in research primarily spanning Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work includes contributions to paleontology, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and aquatic science.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock

Grigg has published various scholarly articles, with notable papers including:

  • The ecological importance of crocodylians: towards evidence-based justification for their conservation, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Whole-body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians, 2021, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Body temperature of free-ranging koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in south-east Queensland, 2020, International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Index, 2024, SPIE eBooks

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Grigg include:

  • David Krishner
  • Ruchira Somaweera

The principal publication venues for their work are:

  • Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • International Journal of Biometeorology
  • SPIE eBooks

Best Publications

  • Kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos

    Gordon C. Grigg;Peter. Jarman;Ian D. Hume

  • Biology of Australasian frogs and reptiles

    Richard G. Zweifel;Gordon Grigg;Richard Shine;Harry Ehmann

  • The Evolution of Endothermy and Its Diversity in Mammals and Birds

    Gordon C. Grigg;Lyn A. Beard;Michael L. Augee

  • Crocodilian biology and evolution

    G. C. Grigg;F. Seebacher;C. E. Franklin

  • Does Dingo Predation Control The Densities of Kangaroos And Emus

    Graeme Caughley;G. C. Grigg;Judy Caughley;G. J. E. Hill

  • Evidence for endothermic ancestors of crocodiles at the stem of archosaur evolution.

    Roger S. Seymour;Christina L. Bennett‐Stamper;Sonya D. Johnston;David R. Carrier

  • Crocodiles as dinosaurs: behavioural thermoregulation in very large ectotherms leads to high and stable body temperatures

    Frank Seebacher;Gordon C. Grigg;Lyn A. Beard

  • Trends In The Numbers Of Red Kangaroos And Emus On Either Side Of The South Australian Dingo Fence: Evidence For Predator Regulation?

    A. R. Pople;G. C. Grigg;S. C. Cairns;L. A. Beard

  • Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians

    Gordon Grigg;David Kirshner

  • A Double-Survey Estimate Of Population Size From Incomplete Counts

    W. E. Magnusson;G. J. Caughley;Gordon C. Grigg

  • Time constants of heating and cooling in the eastern water dragon, Physignathus lesueruii and some generalizations about heating and cooling in reptiles

    Gordon C. Grigg;Christopher R. Drane;Gillian P. Courtice

  • Respiratory control in the lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri (krefft)

    Kjell Johansen;Kjell Johansen;Claude Lenfant;Claude Lenfant;Gordon C Grigg;Gordon C Grigg

  • The Effect of Drought on Kangaroo Populations

    Graeme Caughley;Gordon C. Grigg;Lyn Smith

  • Surveys of the Distribution and Density of Kangaroos in the Pastoral Zone of South Australia, and their Bearing on the Feasibility of Aerial Survey in Large and Remote Areas

    Graeme Caughley;G. C. Grigg

  • KANGAROOS AND CLIMATE: AN ANALYSIS OF DISTRIBUTION

    G. Caughley;J. Short;G.C. Grigg;H. Nix

  • Salt Glands in the Tongue of the Estuarine Crocodile Crocodylus porosus

    Laurence E. Taplin;Gordon C. Grigg

  • Temperature-induced changes in the oxygen equilibrium curve of the blood of the brown bullhead, Ictalurus nebulosus.

    Gordon C. Grigg

  • Lingual salt glands in Crocodylus acutus and C. johnstoni and their absence from Alligator mississipiensis and Caiman crocodilus

    Laurence E. Taplin;Gordon C. Grigg;Peter Harlow;Tamir M. Ellis

  • Respiratory properties of blood and pattern of gas exchange in the lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft).

    Claude Lenfant;Kjell Johansen;Gordon C. Grigg

  • Hibernation in a monotreme, the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

    Gordon C Grigg;Lynette A Beard;Michael L Augee

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig E. Franklin
Craig E. Franklin University of Queensland
Frank Seebacher
Frank Seebacher University of Sydney
Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
Kjell Johansen
Kjell Johansen Aarhus University
Kasper Johansen
Kasper Johansen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Colin J. Limpus
Colin J. Limpus Queensland Government
Conrad J. Hoskin
Conrad J. Hoskin James Cook University
Daniel Lunney
Daniel Lunney University of Sydney
Richard Shine
Richard Shine Macquarie University

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