2026 Philip C. Withers: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	58	13089	12041	362	347	285	13232

Overview

Philip C. Withers is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with an emphasis on ecology and related subfields. The main fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these areas, Withers concentrates on several subfields, such as:

Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Global and Planetary Change
Genetics
Insect Science

The key topics covered in Withers' research encompass:

Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
Amphibian and Reptile Biology
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Insect and Pesticide Research

Recent publications demonstrate the diversity of Withers' research contributions, including:

"Re-evaluating model assumptions suggests that Australian birds are more tolerant of heat and aridity than predicted: a response to Conradie et al. (2020)" published in 2022 in Conservation Physiology
"Physiological implications of climate change for a critically endangered Australian marsupial," published in 2020 in Australian Journal of Zoology
"Conservation detection dog is better than human searcher in finding bilby (Macrotis lagotis) scats," published in 2020 in Australian Zoologist
"Control of insensible evaporate water loss by two species of mesic parrot suggests a thermoregulatory role," published in 2020 in Journal of Experimental Biology
"Two independent approaches to assessing the constancy of evaporative water loss for birds under varying evaporative conditions," published in 2021 in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Publication venues where Withers frequently appears include:

Journal of Experimental Biology
Australian Journal of Zoology
Journal of Zoology
Conservation Physiology
Australian Zoologist

Withers has collaborated with several researchers who have coauthored multiple works, including:

Christine E. Cooper
Waseem Abbas
Theodore A. Evans
Scott A. Thompson
Graham G. Thompson

Best Publications

Comparative Animal Physiology

Philip C. Withers

1238
Citations
Measurement of VO2, VCO2, and evaporative water loss with a flow-through mask

P. C. Withers

1058
Citations
Metabolic depression in animals: physiological perspectives and biochemical generalizations

Michael Guppy;Philip Withers

822
Citations
Coping with thermal challenges: physiological adaptations to environmental temperatures.

Glenn J Tattersall;Brent J Sinclair;Philip C Withers;Peter A Fields

374
Citations
Design, calibration and calculation for flow-through respirometry systems

P. C. Withers

241
Citations
An Aerodynamic Analysis of Bird Wings as Fixed Aerofoils

Philip C. Withers

188
Citations
Assessing biodiversity with species accumulation curves; inventories of small reptiles by pit-trapping in Western Australia

Graham G. Thompson;Philip C. Withers;Eric R. Pianka;Scott A. Thompson

166
Citations
Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Mammals

Philip C. Withers;Christine E. Cooper;Shane K. Maloney;F Bozinovic

153
Citations
Effect of species richness and relative abundance on the shape of the species accumulation curve

Graham G. Thompson;Philip C. Withers

145
Citations
c-Cbl-deficient mice have reduced adiposity, higher energy expenditure, and improved peripheral insulin action

Juan Carlos Molero;Thomas E. Jensen;Phil C. Withers;Michelle Couzens

131
Citations
The effect of huddling on thermoregulation and oxygen consumption for the naked mole-rat

P.C Withers;J.U.M Jarvis

124
Citations
Metabolic physiology of euthermic and torpid honey possums, Tarsipes rostratus

PC Withers;KC Richardson;RD Wooller

117
Citations
Energetics of burrowing, running, and free‐living in the Namib Desert golden mole (Eremitalpa namibensis)

R. S. Seymour;P. C. Withers;W. W. Weathers

115
Citations
Temperature regulation and metabolism of an Australian bat, Chalinolobus gouldii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) when euthermic and torpid

D. J. Hosken;P. C. Withers

113
Citations
Environmental correlates of physiological variables in marsupials.

Philip Withers;Christine Cooper;A.N. Larcombe

113
Citations
Do Australian desert frogs co-accumulate counteracting solutes with urea during aestivation?

Philip Withers;M. Guppy

111
Citations
Urea : diverse functions of a 'waste' product

Philip C. Withers

110
Citations
Cocoon formation and structure in the aestivating Australian desert frogs, Neobatrachus and Cyclorana

Philip Withers

109
Citations
Standard and Maximal Metabolic Rates of Goannas (Squamata: Varanidae)

Graham G. Thompson;Philip C. Withers

108
Citations
Metabolic and respiratory physiology of an arid-adapted Australian bird, the Spinifex Pigeon

Philip C. Withers;Joseph B. Williams

99
Citations