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73
Citations
23270
World Ranking
1177
National Ranking
436

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Paul W. Sherman is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple interdisciplinary fields focused on physiological and neurological responses related to environmental and biological stressors.

The scientist's work includes contributions to subfields such as Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and the Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. The main topics addressed in their research cover High Altitude and Hypoxia, Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications, and the Neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Recent publications by Paul W. Sherman include the following papers:

  • Lingering Altitude Effects During Piloting and Navigation in a Synthetic Cockpit, 2023, Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
  • Using chloramine trials to determine the impacts of water disinfection, 2021, Water e-Journal

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Jeremy Beer, Bria G. Morse, Todd S. Dart, Samantha Adler, and Cameron Veal.

Publications have appeared in venues such as Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance and Water e-Journal.

Paul W. Sherman was awarded the title of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1984.

Best Publications

  • Ecological and evolutionary traps.

    Martin A. Schlaepfer;Michael C. Runge;Paul W. Sherman

  • Nepotism and the evolution of alarm calls.

    Paul W. Sherman

  • Sexual dimorphisms and breeding systems in pinnipeds, ungulates, primates, and humans

    Richard D. Alexander;John L. Hoogland;Richard D. Howard;Katharine M. Noonan

  • Adaptation and the Goals of Evolutionary Research

    Hudson Kern Reeve;Paul W. Sherman

  • Kin recognition in animals

    Warren G. Holmes;Paul W. Sherman

  • The Ontogeny of Kin Recognition in Two Species of Ground Squirrels1

    Warren G. Holmes;Paul W. Sherman

  • ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF BANK SWALLOW (RIPARIA RIPARIA) COLONIALITY

    John L. Hoogland;Paul W. Sherman

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat

    Paul W. Sherman;Jennifer U.M. Jarvis;Richard D. Alexander

  • DNA "fingerprinting" reveals high levels of inbreeding in colonies of the eusocial naked mole-rat

    Hudson K. Reeve;David F. Westneat;William A. Noon;Paul W. Sherman

  • Morning sickness: a mechanism for protecting mother and embryo.

    Samuel M. Flaxman;Paul W. Sherman

  • Mammalian eusociality: a family affair

    Jennifer U.M. Jarvis;M.Justin O'Riain;Nigel C. Bennett;Paul W. Sherman

  • Density and extra-pair fertilizations in birds: a comparative analysis

    David F. Westneat;Paul W. Sherman

  • Parentage and the evolution of parental behavior

    David F. Westneat;Paul W. Sherman

  • Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective

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  • Forum The eusociality continuum

    Paul W. Sherman;Eileen A. Lacey;Hudson K. Reeve;Laurent Keller

  • Parasites, pathogens, and polyandry in social hymenoptera

    Paul W. Sherman;Thomas D. Seeley;Hudson K. Reeve

  • Self-referent phenotype matching: theoretical considerations and empirical evidence.

    Mark Erno Hauber;Paul W. Sherman

  • Is avian humoral immunocompetence suppressed by testosterone

    Dennis Hasselquist;James A. Marsh;Paul W. Sherman;John C. Wingfield

  • Introduced species as evolutionary traps

    Martin A. Schlaepfer;Paul W. Sherman;Bernd Blossey;Michael C. Runge

  • Sperm competition in birds: Evolutionary causes and consequences

    David F. Westneat;Paul W Sherman

  • Biology of the naked mole-rat

    P.W. Sherman;J.U.M. Jarvis;R.D. Alexander

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer U. M. Jarvis
Jennifer U. M. Jarvis University of Cape Town
Hudson K. Reeve
Hudson K. Reeve Cornell University
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
David F. Westneat
David F. Westneat University of Kentucky
Tim Caro
Tim Caro University of California, Davis
Martin L. Morton
Martin L. Morton Occidental College
Bryan D. Neff
Bryan D. Neff University of Western Ontario
David W. Pfennig
David W. Pfennig University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Alcock
John Alcock Arizona State University
Bernie May
Bernie May University of California, Davis

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