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D-Index
64
Citations
18862
World Ranking
1849
National Ranking
676

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Warren P. Porter is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and Paleontology.

The main topics explored in their research include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Among recent publications affiliated with Warren P. Porter are:

  • North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds, 2021, Current Biology
  • NicheMapR - an R package for biophysical modelling: the endotherm model, 2021, Ecography
  • Thermal constraints on energy balance, behaviour and spatial distribution of grizzly bears, 2021, Functional Ecology
  • Modelling the joint effects of body size and microclimate on heat budgets and foraging opportunities of ectotherms, 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Physiological costs of undocumented human migration across the southern United States border, 2021, Science

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include:

  • Paul D. Mathewson
  • David M. Lovelace
  • Richard McFarland
  • Savannah A. Rogers
  • Ryan A. Long

Their research has been published across a range of venues, with multiple publications in the following journals:

  • Journal of Thermal Biology
  • Journal of Mammalian Evolution
  • Global Change Biology
  • Current Biology
  • Functional Ecology

Warren P. Porter has been recognized through awards including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1984 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1979.

Best Publications

  • Mechanistic niche modelling: combining physiological and spatial data to predict species' ranges.

    Michael Kearney;Warren Porter

  • The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer “cold-blooded” animals against climate warming

    Michael Kearney;Richard Shine;Warren P. Porter

  • THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA OF ANIMALS WITH ENVIRONMENT

    Warren P. Porter;David M. Gates

  • Temperature, activity, and lizard life histories

    Stephen C. Adolph;Warren P. Porter

  • Behavioral implications of mechanistic ecology : Thermal and behavioral modeling of desert ectotherms and their microenvironment.

    W. P. Porter;J. W. Mitchell;W. A. Beckman;C. B. DeWitt

  • MAPPING THE FUNDAMENTAL NICHE: PHYSIOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF A NOCTURNAL LIZARD

    Michael Kearney;Warren P. Porter

  • Hot Rocks and Not-So-Hot Rocks: Retreat-Site Selection by Garter Snakes and Its Thermal Consequences

    Raymond B. Huey;Charles R. Peterson;Stevan J. Arnold;Warren P. Porter

  • Correlative and mechanistic models of species distribution provide congruent forecasts under climate change.

    Michael R. Kearney;Brendan A. Wintle;Warren P. Porter

  • Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to predict climatic impacts on species’ ranges: the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti in Australia

    Michael Kearney;Warren P. Porter;Craig Williams;Scott Ritchie;Scott Ritchie

  • Modelling species distributions without using species distributions: the cane toad in Australia under current and future climates

    Michael Kearney;Ben L. Phillips;Christopher R. Tracy;Keith A. Christian

  • Macrophysiology: A Conceptual Reunification

    Kevin J. Gaston;Steven L. Chown;Piero Calosi;Joseph Bernardo

  • NicheMapR – an R package for biophysical modelling: the microclimate model

    Michael R. Kearney;Warren P. Porter

  • Size, shape, and the thermal niche of endotherms

    Warren P. Porter;Michael Kearney

  • Bergmann's Clines in Ectotherms: Illustrating a Life-History Perspective with Sceloporine Lizards

    Michael J. Angilletta;Peter H. Niewiarowski;Arthur E. Dunham;Adam D. Leache

  • Growth, seasonality, and lizard life histories: age and size at maturity

    Stephen C. Adolph;Warren P. Porter

  • Seasonal Shifts in Body Temperature and Use of Microhabitats by Galapagos Land Iguanas (Conolophus Pallidus)

    Keith Christian;C. Richard Tracy;Warren P. Porter

  • Similarity of mammalian body size across the taxonomic hierarchy and across space and time.

    Felisa A. Smith;Felisa A. Smith;James H. Brown;John P. Haskell;S. Kathleen Lyons

  • Calculating Climate Effects on Birds and Mammals: Impacts on Biodiversity, Conservation, Population Parameters, and Global Community Structure

    Warren P. Porter;Srinivas Budaraju;Warren E. Stewart;Navin Ramankutty

  • Predicting the fate of a living fossil: how will global warming affect sex determination and hatching phenology in tuatara?

    Nicola J Mitchell;Michael R Kearney;Nicola J Nelson;Warren P Porter

  • First satellite tracks of neonate sea turtles redefine the ‘lost years’ oceanic niche

    Katherine L. Mansfield;Jeanette Wyneken;Warren P. Porter;Jiangang Luo

  • Synthesis Macrophysiology: A Conceptual Reunification

    Kevin J. Gaston;Steven L. Chown;Piero Calosi;Joseph Bernardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Kearney
Michael R. Kearney University of Melbourne
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jérôme Fort
Jérôme Fort Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Keith A. Christian
Keith A. Christian Charles Darwin University
Tamar Dayan
Tamar Dayan Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
S. Peter Henzi
S. Peter Henzi University of Lethbridge
Louise Barrett
Louise Barrett University of Lethbridge
Mark E. Cook
Mark E. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
Benjamin Zuckerberg
Benjamin Zuckerberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jonathan N. Pauli
Jonathan N. Pauli University of Wisconsin–Madison

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