G. N. Louw

1.4k total citations
29 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

G. N. Louw is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. N. Louw has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 9 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in G. N. Louw's work include Physiological and biochemical adaptations (11 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers). G. N. Louw is often cited by papers focused on Physiological and biochemical adaptations (11 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (5 papers). G. N. Louw collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Slovakia. G. N. Louw's co-authors include Mary Seely, M. J. Chadwick, Sue W. Nicolson, J. D. Skinner, George A. Bartholomew, John R. B. Lighton, M. J. Coe, Philip C. Withers, J. U. M. Jarvis and Du Toit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Applied Physiology and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

G. N. Louw

28 papers receiving 994 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. N. Louw South Africa 17 539 444 302 160 145 29 1.1k
A. Shkolnik Israel 26 864 1.6× 557 1.3× 301 1.0× 91 0.6× 114 0.8× 70 1.8k
Michel Genoud Switzerland 19 765 1.4× 1000 2.3× 379 1.3× 81 0.5× 84 0.6× 35 1.4k
January Weiner Poland 22 942 1.7× 720 1.6× 247 0.8× 225 1.4× 128 0.9× 41 1.7k
Walter E. Howard United States 20 1.3k 2.3× 404 0.9× 230 0.8× 401 2.5× 156 1.1× 93 1.7k
J. D. Pye United Kingdom 15 358 0.7× 678 1.5× 197 0.7× 55 0.3× 54 0.4× 32 1.0k
Henry J. Harlow United States 30 1.1k 2.1× 861 1.9× 161 0.5× 195 1.2× 273 1.9× 86 2.3k
Bruce A. Wunder United States 24 1.3k 2.3× 705 1.6× 265 0.9× 362 2.3× 147 1.0× 44 1.9k
Claudio Veloso Chile 22 788 1.5× 693 1.6× 251 0.8× 119 0.7× 211 1.5× 73 1.4k
Edwin Gould United States 19 585 1.1× 642 1.4× 112 0.4× 150 0.9× 98 0.7× 40 1.2k
Marvin H. Bernstein United States 22 956 1.8× 607 1.4× 77 0.3× 99 0.6× 123 0.8× 35 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. N. Louw

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Steele, W. & G. N. Louw. (1988). Caecilians exhibit cutaneous respiration and high evaporative water loss. South African Journal of Zoology. 23(2). 134–135. 3 indexed citations
2.
Hofmeyr, Margaretha D. & G. N. Louw. (1987). Thermoregulation, pelage conductance and renal function in the desert-adapted springbok, Antidorcas marsupialis. Journal of Arid Environments. 13(2). 137–151. 24 indexed citations
3.
Toit, Du, J. U. M. Jarvis, & G. N. Louw. (1985). Nutrition and burrowing energetics of the Cape mole-rat Georychus capensis. Oecologia. 66(1). 81–87. 56 indexed citations
4.
Bartholomew, George A., John R. B. Lighton, & G. N. Louw. (1985). Energetics of locomotion and patterns of respiration in tenebrionid beetles from the Namib Desert. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 155(2). 155–162. 104 indexed citations
5.
Louw, G. N. & Neil F. Hadley. (1985). Water economy of the honeybee: A stoichiometric accounting. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 235(1). 147–150. 30 indexed citations
6.
Louw, G. N., et al.. (1984). Histidine and carnosine reduce muscle fatigue inXenopus laevis. South African Journal of Zoology. 19(3). 141–143. 2 indexed citations
7.
Nicolson, Sue W., G. N. Louw, & E. B. Edney. (1984). Use of A Ventilated Capsule and Tritiated Water to Measure Evaporative Water Losses in A Tenebrionid Beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology. 108(1). 477–482. 32 indexed citations
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Chadwick, M. J., et al.. (1983). Ecology of Desert Organisms.. Journal of Ecology. 71(1). 339–339. 193 indexed citations
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Buffenstein, Rochelle & G. N. Louw. (1982). Temperature effects on bioenergetics of growth, assimilaton efficiency and thyroid activity in juvenile varand lizards. Journal of Thermal Biology. 7(4). 197–200. 18 indexed citations
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Withers, Philip C., W. R. Siegfried, & G. N. Louw. (1981). Desert ostrich exhales unsaturated air. South African Journal of Science. 77(12). 569–570. 12 indexed citations
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Laburn, Helen P., et al.. (1981). Pyrogens fail to produce fever in a cordylid lizard. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 241(3). R198–R202. 31 indexed citations
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Withers, Philip C., G. N. Louw, & Joh R. Henschel. (1980). Energetics and Water Relations of Namib Desert Rodents. South African Journal of Zoology. 15(3). 131–137. 47 indexed citations
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Millar, Robert P., et al.. (1979). Environmental cues influencing the breeding biology and circulating levels of various hormones and triglycerides in the cape cormorant. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology. 62(4). 879–884. 14 indexed citations
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Louw, G. N., Bruce A. Young, & John Bligh. (1976). Effect of thyroxine and noradrenaline on thermoregulation, cardiac rate and oxygen consumption in the monitor lizard Varanus albigularis albigularis. Journal of Thermal Biology. 1(4). 189–193. 12 indexed citations
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Bligh, John, G. N. Louw, & Bruce A. Young. (1976). Effect of cerebro-ventricular administration of noradrenaline and carbachol on behavioural and autonomic thermoregulation in the monitor lizard Varanus albigularis albigularis. Journal of Thermal Biology. 1(4). 241–243. 1 indexed citations
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Young, Bruce A., John Bligh, & G. N. Louw. (1976). Effect of thermal tachypnoea and of its mechanical or pharmacological inhibition on hypothalamic temperature in the sheep. Journal of Thermal Biology. 1(4). 195–198. 6 indexed citations
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Freeman, M. E., et al.. (1970). Thermogenic Action of Progesterone in the Rat. Endocrinology. 86(4). 717–720. 44 indexed citations
18.
Louw, G. N., et al.. (1967). Some aspects of the aetiology of enzootic icterus ("geelsiekte") and tribulosis ovis ("geeldikkop").. 10. 215–227. 1 indexed citations
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Louw, G. N., et al.. (1967). Action of Thyrocalcitonin in the Teleost Fish Ictalurus melas. Nature. 215(5103). 888–889. 30 indexed citations
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Skinner, J. D. & G. N. Louw. (1966). Heat stress and spermatogenesis in Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle. Journal of Applied Physiology. 21(6). 1784–1790. 99 indexed citations

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