P.E. Wheeler

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

P.E. Wheeler is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Physiology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, P.E. Wheeler has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Social Psychology, 8 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in P.E. Wheeler's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (9 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). P.E. Wheeler is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (9 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (5 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (5 papers). P.E. Wheeler collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. P.E. Wheeler's co-authors include Leslie C. Aiello, Paul J. Greenwood, William R. Leonard, Marcia L. Robertson, Sara Wakefield and L Sands and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Oikos and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

P.E. Wheeler

18 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis: The Brain and the Digestive System in Human and Primate Evolution

1995 1.4k citations Leslie C. Aiello, P.E. Wheeler Current Anthropology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
P.E. Wheeler United Kingdom	13	822	563	465	432	390	18	2.2k
Brian T. Shea United States	26	1.1k 1.4×	423 0.8×	601 1.3×	492 1.1×	522 1.3×	39	2.2k
R. D. Martin United Kingdom	21	1.1k 1.3×	188 0.3×	357 0.8×	683 1.6×	515 1.3×	60	2.4k
Adam D. Gordon United States	26	799 1.0×	648 1.2×	497 1.1×	293 0.7×	320 0.8×	48	1.8k
Brian M. Wood United States	25	764 0.9×	354 0.6×	264 0.6×	259 0.6×	332 0.9×	53	3.0k
Adrienne L. Zihlman United States	22	777 0.9×	388 0.7×	354 0.8×	219 0.5×	253 0.6×	58	1.5k
Kevin D. Hunt United States	27	2.5k 3.0×	521 0.9×	606 1.3×	977 2.3×	758 1.9×	56	3.5k
Robert D. Martín United States	35	1.8k 2.2×	328 0.6×	851 1.8×	1.1k 2.5×	576 1.5×	96	3.5k
Susan G. Larson United States	32	2.1k 2.6×	794 1.4×	1.1k 2.4×	1.0k 2.4×	482 1.2×	69	3.9k
Harry J. Jerison United States	27	1.3k 1.6×	175 0.3×	636 1.4×	671 1.6×	406 1.0×	62	3.6k
Dean Falk United States	37	1.7k 2.1×	1.3k 2.4×	926 2.0×	216 0.5×	154 0.4×	117	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P.E. Wheeler

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18 of 18 papers shown

Wheeler, P.E., et al.. (2014). Biological plasticity of non‐native European perch ( Perca fluviatilis ) populations and the implications for management in northern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 49(1). 119–131. 9 indexed citations

Leonard, William R., Marcia L. Robertson, Leslie C. Aiello, & P.E. Wheeler. (1996). On Diet, Energy Metabolism, and Brain Size in Human Evolution. Current Anthropology. 37(1). 125–129. 25 indexed citations

Wheeler, P.E.. (1996). The environmental context of functional body hair loss in hominids (a reply to Amaral, 1996). Journal of Human Evolution. 30(4). 367–371. 11 indexed citations

Aiello, Leslie C. & P.E. Wheeler. (1995). The Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis: The Brain and the Digestive System in Human and Primate Evolution. Current Anthropology. 36(2). 199–221. 1407 indexed citations breakdown →

Wheeler, P.E.. (1994). The foraging times of bipedal and quadrupedal hominids in open equatorial environments (a reply to Chaplin, Jablonski & Cable, 1994). Journal of Human Evolution. 27(6). 511–517. 9 indexed citations

Wheeler, P.E.. (1994). The thermoregulatory advantages of heat storage and shade-seeking behaviour to hominids foraging in equatorial savannah environments. Journal of Human Evolution. 26(4). 339–350. 32 indexed citations

Wheeler, P.E.. (1993). The influence of stature and body form on hominid energy and water budgets; a comparison of Australopithecus and early Homo physiques. Journal of Human Evolution. 24(1). 13–28. 59 indexed citations

Wheeler, P.E.. (1992). The thermoregulatory advantages of large body size for hominids foraging in savannah environments. Journal of Human Evolution. 23(4). 351–362. 57 indexed citations

Wheeler, P.E.. (1992). The influence of the loss of functional body hair on the water budgets of early hominids. Journal of Human Evolution. 23(5). 379–388. 48 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1991). The thermoregulatory advantages of hominid bipedalism in open equatorial environments: the contribution of increased convective heat loss and cutaneous evaporative cooling. Journal of Human Evolution. 21(2). 107–115. 112 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1991). The influence of bipedalism on the energy and water budgets of early hominids. Journal of Human Evolution. 21(2). 117–136. 59 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1990). The influence of thermoregulatory selection presures on hominid evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 13(2). 366–366. 3 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1990). The significance of selective brain cooling in hominids. Journal of Human Evolution. 19(3). 321–322. 7 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1986). Thermal acclimation of metabolism and preferred body temperature in lizards. Journal of Thermal Biology. 11(3). 161–166. 15 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1985). The loss of functional body hair in man: the influence of thermal environment, body form and bipedality. Journal of Human Evolution. 14(1). 23–28. 84 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1984). The evolution of bipedality and loss of functional body hair in hominids. Journal of Human Evolution. 13(1). 91–98. 141 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E. & Paul J. Greenwood. (1983). The Evolution of Reversed Sexual Dimorphism in Birds of Prey. Oikos. 40(1). 145–145. 47 indexed citations

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Wheeler, P.E.. (1978). Elaborate CNS cooling structures in large dinosaurs. Nature. 275(5679). 441–443. 30 indexed citations

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