Fritz Geiser

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
251 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Fritz Geiser is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fritz Geiser has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 194 papers in Ecology and 80 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Fritz Geiser's work include Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (222 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (137 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (75 papers). Fritz Geiser is often cited by papers focused on Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (222 papers), Physiological and biochemical adaptations (137 papers) and Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock (75 papers). Fritz Geiser collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and Canada. Fritz Geiser's co-authors include Gerhard Körtner, Thomas Ruf, Clare Stawski, Christopher Turbill, R. Mark Brigham, G. J. Kenagy, R. V. Baudinette, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Chris R. Pavey and Craig K. R. Willis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Fritz Geiser

249 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

Metabolic Rate and Body T... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2014 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature Reduction During Hibernation and Daily Torpor
    2004 893 citations Fritz Geiser profile →
  2. Daily torpor and hibernation in birds and mammals
    2014 589 citations Fritz Geiser et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Fritz Geiser 9.0k 7.2k 3.1k 1.7k 1.1k 251 11.0k
Thomas Ruf 3.8k 0.4× 3.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 248 0.2× 167 7.1k
Paul A. Racey 7.2k 0.8× 6.1k 0.9× 907 0.3× 302 0.2× 659 0.6× 235 9.9k
Philip C. Withers 4.0k 0.4× 5.8k 0.8× 680 0.2× 981 0.6× 760 0.7× 272 9.2k
Yvon Le Maho 3.2k 0.4× 6.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 103 0.1× 247 10.5k
Nigel C. Bennett 5.4k 0.6× 6.2k 0.9× 405 0.1× 475 0.3× 4.2k 3.7× 532 12.1k
Shane K. Maloney 2.0k 0.2× 2.4k 0.3× 1.6k 0.5× 939 0.6× 179 0.2× 227 6.0k
Brian K. McNab 3.9k 0.4× 5.4k 0.8× 448 0.1× 634 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 68 7.0k
Francisco Bozinovic 3.4k 0.4× 5.0k 0.7× 422 0.1× 743 0.4× 537 0.5× 215 7.7k
Rudy Boonstra 5.1k 0.6× 8.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.3× 236 0.1× 135 0.1× 269 13.9k
Donald W. Thomas 2.8k 0.3× 2.5k 0.3× 536 0.2× 400 0.2× 163 0.1× 71 4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Czenze, Zenon J., et al.. (2025). Food restricted southern blossom bats (Syconycteris australis) reduce energy use and body temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology. 131. 104168–104168.
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Nowack, Julia, Clare Stawski, Fritz Geiser, & Danielle L. Levesque. (2023). Rare and Opportunistic Use of Torpor in Mammals—An Echo from the Past?. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(5). 1049–1059. 9 indexed citations
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McEvoy, John F., et al.. (2023). Pronounced daily heterothermy in the White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea. Journal für Ornithologie. 165(1). 241–245. 2 indexed citations
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Currie, Shannon E., Clare Stawski, & Fritz Geiser. (2017). Cold-hearted bats: uncoupling of heart rate and metabolism during torpor at subzero temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 1). 18 indexed citations
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Körtner, Gerhard, Alexander Riek, Chris R. Pavey, & Fritz Geiser. (2016). Activity patterns and torpor in two free-ranging carnivorous marsupials in arid Australia in relation to precipitation, reproduction, and ground cover. Journal of Mammalogy. 97(6). 1555–1564. 11 indexed citations
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Stawski, Clare, Gerhard Körtner, Julia Nowack, & Fritz Geiser. (2015). The importance of mammalian torpor for survival in a post-fire landscape. Biology Letters. 11(6). 20150134–20150134. 59 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lihong, et al.. (2015). Down but Not Out: The Role of MicroRNAs in Hibernating Bats. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0135064–e0135064. 21 indexed citations
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Geiser, Fritz. (2013). Hibernation. Current Biology. 23(5). R188–R193. 220 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lihong, Xudong Zhao, Stephen J. Rossiter, et al.. (2012). Correction: Adaptive Evolution of Leptin in Heterothermic Bats. PLoS ONE. 7(1). 5 indexed citations
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Geiser, Fritz & Gerhard Körtner. (2010). Hibernation and daily torpor in Australian mammals. Australian Zoologist. 35(2). 204–215. 51 indexed citations
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Doucette, Lisa I. & Fritz Geiser. (2008). Seasonal variation in thermal energetics of the Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 151(4). 615–620. 24 indexed citations
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Cooper, Christine E. & Fritz Geiser. (2007). The “minimal boundary curve for endothermy” as a predictor of heterothermy in mammals and birds: a review. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 178(1). 1–8. 29 indexed citations
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Turbill, Christopher & Fritz Geiser. (2005). Thermal physiology of pregnant and lactating female and male long-eared bats, Nyctophilus geoffroyi and N. gouldi. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 176(2). 165–172. 47 indexed citations
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Cooper, Christine E., Bronwyn M. McAllan, & Fritz Geiser. (2005). Effect of torpor on the water economy of an arid-zone marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 175(5). 323–328. 45 indexed citations
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Holloway, Joanne C. & Fritz Geiser. (2001). Seasonal changes in the thermoenergetics of the marsupial sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 171(8). 643–650. 36 indexed citations
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Geiser, Fritz, et al.. (2001). Intraspecific differences in behaviour and physiology: effects of captive breeding on patterns of torpor in feathertail gliders. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 171(7). 569–576. 62 indexed citations
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Geiser, Fritz & R. Mark Brigham. (2000). Torpor, thermal biology, and energetics in Australian long-eared bats ( Nyctophilus ). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 170(2). 153–162. 110 indexed citations
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Körtner, Gerhard & Fritz Geiser. (1999). Nesting Behaviour and Juvenile Development of the Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides. Emu - Austral Ornithology. 99(3). 212–217. 6 indexed citations
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Bartels, William S., Bradley Law, & Fritz Geiser. (1998). Daily torpor and energetics in a tropical mammal, the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 168(3). 233–239. 80 indexed citations
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Geiser, Fritz. (1984). Tagesschlaflethargie bei der Gelbfüssigen Breitfussbeutelspitzmaus, Antechinus flavipes (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae). 50(2). 125–127. 5 indexed citations

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