The journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles and reviews on the comparative physiology of invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Special emphasis in original articles is placed on integrative studies that elucidate mechanisms at the whole-animal, organ, tissue, cellular and/or molecular levels. Original articles should be full papers, as JCP-B does not publish short reports. Manuscripts that integrate findings at the molecular level into higher levels of organisation are particularly welcome. Review papers report on the current state of knowledge in an area of comparative physiology, and directions in which future research is needed.
Aspects of particular interest include:
Molecular and neuroendocrine control of metabolism
Membrane transport and nutrient absorption
Respiration and gas exchange
Circulation and body fluids
Energy and temperature relations
Muscle and exercise physiology
Energetics and endocrinology of reproduction
Evolutionary aspects of physiology

Editorial Board

Gerhard Heldmaier (Editor-in-Chief)
Fachbereich Biologie
Universität Marburg
Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8
35043 Marburg, Germany
e-mail: heldmaier@staff.uni-marburg.de
Hannah V. Carey
Department of Comparative Biosciences
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Wisconsin
2015 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706, USA
e-mail: careyh@vetmed.wisc.edu
Kathrin H. Dausmann
Functional Ecology
Biocentre Grindel
Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
University Hamburg
20146 Hamburg
Germany
email: Kathrin.dausmann@uni-hamburg.de
Fritz Geiser
Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Australia
email: fgeiser@une.edu.au
Noga Kronfeld-Schor
School of Zoology
Faculty of Life Sciences
Tel Aviv University
Tel-Aviv 69978
Israel
email: nogaks@tauex.tau.ac.il
Bernd Pelster
Department of Zoology
University of Innsbruck
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
email: bernd.pelster@uibk.ac.at
Advisory Board
Michael Berenbrink, Liverpool, UK
Don Bradshaw, Nedlands, WA, Australia
Grant Butt, Dunedin, New Zealand
Kristin M. O'Brien, Fairbanks, AK, USA
Loren Buck, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
William A. Buttemer, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Mark A. Chappell, Riverside, CA, USA
Matteo Cerri, Bologna, Italy
Lisa Crockett, Athens, OH, USA
Ronaldo P. Ferraris, Newark, NJ, USA
Douglas Glazier, Huntingdon, PA, USA
Helga Guderley, Québec, QC, Canada
Michael S. Hedrick, Hayward, CA, USA
Annika Herwig, Ulm, Germany
Sara M. Hiebert, Swarthmore, PA, USA
Allyson Hindle, Boston, MA, USA
Marcel R.J. Klaassen, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Martin Klingenspor, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
Dietmar Kueltz, Davis, CA, USA
Sandy L. Martin, Denver, CO, USA
Andrew McKechnie, Hatfield, South Africa
William K. Milsom, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mikko Nikinmaa, Turku, Finland
Hans-Otto Pörtner, Bremerhaven, Germany
Thomas Ruf, Vienna, Austria
Frank Seebacher, Sidney, NSW, Australia
Roger S. Seymour, Adelaide, SA, Australia
George N. Somero, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Jim Staples, London, ON, Canada
Jonathon Stillman, San Francisco, CA, USA
David Swanson, Vermillion, SD, USA
Glenn Tattersall, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Dehua Wang, Beijing, P.R. China
Tobias Wang, Aarhus, Denmark
Philip Withers, Perth, WA, Australia
Patricia Wright, Guelph, ON, Canada