Brian K. McNab

9.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Brian K. McNab is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian K. McNab has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ecology, 46 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 12 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Brian K. McNab's work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (49 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (41 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (12 papers). Brian K. McNab is often cited by papers focused on Physiological and biochemical adaptations (49 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (41 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (12 papers). Brian K. McNab collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and New Zealand. Brian K. McNab's co-authors include Peter Morrison, Frank J. Bonaccorso, John F. Eisenberg, Walter Auffenberg, Jason A. Lillegraven, James L. Patton, Steve Thompson, Luis Carlos Contreras González, Patricia C. Wright and Elliott R. Jacobson and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, The American Naturalist and Oecologia.

In The Last Decade

Brian K. McNab

67 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bioenergetics and the Determination of Home Range Size

1963 920 citations Brian K. McNab profile →
On the Ecological Significance of Bergmann's Rule

1971 509 citations Brian K. McNab profile →
Food Habits, Energetics, and the Population Biology of Mammals

1980 407 citations Brian K. McNab profile →
The Metabolism of Fossorial Rodents: A Study of Convergence

1966 367 citations Brian K. McNab profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The energetics of torpor in a temperate passerine endemic to New Zealand, the Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) 2018 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology B ·Brian K. McNab, (unknown)	4
2	The behavioral energetics of New Zealand's bats: Daily torpor and hibernation, a continuum 2018 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Brian K. McNab, Colin F.J. O’Donnell	11
3	The difficulty with correlations: Energy expenditure and brain mass in bats 2017 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Brian K. McNab, Meike Köhler	5
4	Avian energetics: The passerine/non-passerine dichotomy 2015 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Brian K. McNab	13
5	Ecological factors affect the level and scaling of avian BMR 2008 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Brian K. McNab	209
6	An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR 2008 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Brian K. McNab	266
7	The Comparative Energetics of New Guinean Cuscuses (Metatheria: Phalangeridae) 2008 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·Brian K. McNab	6
8	The energetics of reproduction in endotherms and its implication for their conservation 2006 ·Integrative and Comparative Biology ·Brian K. McNab	35
9	Standard energetics of leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae): its relationship to intermittent- and protracted-foraging tactics in bats and birds 2003 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology B ·Frank J. Bonaccorso, Brian K. McNab	13
10	Standard energetics of phyllostomid bats: the inadequacies of phylogenetic-contrast analyses 2003 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Brian K. McNab	94
11	Intraspecific allometry of standard metabolic rate in green iguanas, Iguana iguana 2003 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Lara K. Maxwell, Elliott R. Jacobson, Brian K. McNab	22
12	The comparative energetics of ‘caviomorph’ rodents 2001 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·(unknown), Brian K. McNab	50
13	The metabolism of New Guinean pteropodid bats 2001 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology B ·Brian K. McNab, Frank J. Bonaccorso	53
14	On the Comparative Ecological and Evolutionary Significance of Total and Mass‐Specific Rates of Metabolism 1999 ·Physiological and Biochemical Zoology ·Brian K. McNab	63
15	The effects of ambient temperature on amikacin pharmacokinetics in gopher tortoises 1990 ·Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics ·(unknown), George V. Kollias, Elliott R. Jacobson, Brian K. McNab, (unknown), (unknown)	26
16	Food habits and the basal rate of metabolism in birds 1988 ·Oecologia ·Brian K. McNab	108
17	Complications Inherent in Scaling the Basal Rate of Metabolism in Mammals 1988 ·The Quarterly Review of Biology ·Brian K. McNab	296
18	Temperature Regulation and Oxygen Consumption in the Philippine Tarsier Tarsius syrichta 1987 ·Physiological Zoology ·Brian K. McNab, Patricia C. Wright	24
19	Commentary 1984 ·Oecologia ·Brian K. McNab	6
20	The effect of large body size on the temperature regulation of the komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis 1976 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology ·Brian K. McNab, Walter Auffenberg	76

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