Environment, Evolution and Medicine

The Journal of Thermal Biology aims to publish articles that advance our knowledge of how temperature influences humans and animals. The principal focus of the journal concerns mechanisms and adaptations of organisms related to their thermal biology, from the cellular to the organismal level. The main themes of the journal are:

• thermal limitation, heat and cold injury, and the resistance of organisms to extremes of temperature
• acclimation, acclimatization and evolutionary adaptation to temperature
• mechanisms underlying the patterns of hibernation, torpor, dormancy, aestivation and diapause
• processes that underpin the influence of temperature on reproduction and development, growth, ageing and life-span
• modelling heat transfer between organisms and their environment
• contributions of temperature to the effects of climate change on humans and animals
• studies of conservation biology and physiology related to temperature
• behavioural and physiological regulation of body temperature including its pathophysiology, fever and response to stress
• medical applications of hypo- and hyperthermia
• development of techniques for measuring thermal responses of humans and animals.

Article types:
• Original articles
• Review articles
• Forum articles

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Editors
C.J. Gordon
Durham, North Carolina, USA
H.-O. Pörtner
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12; Postfach 120161, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany
Founding Editors
K. Bowler
Durham, United Kingdom
J.E. Heath
Editorial Board Members
M.J. Angilletta Jr.
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
D. Atkinson
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
G.S. Bakken
Indiana University Bloomington Department of Biology, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
L.G.S. Branco
University of Sao Paulo Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirao Preto, RIBEIRAO PRETO, Brazil
M.J. Buono
San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States
M. Cabanac
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
M. Caputa
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
S. Clusella-Trullas
Stellenbosch University DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Matieland, South Africa
A.R. Cossins
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
J.R. David
Evolution Genomes Behaviour and Ecology, Gif sur Yvette, France
Q. Deng
Central South University, Changsha, China
R.B. Huey
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
I.A. Johnston
University of St Andrews Scottish Oceans Institute, St. Andrews, United Kingdom
M.R. Kearney
The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria, Australia
L.R. Leon
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States
F. Marino
Charles Sturt University School of Exercise Science Sport and Health, Bathurst, Australia
D. J. McCafferty
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
J. Overgaard
Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
R. Refinetti
University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie East Campus, Walterboro, South Carolina, United States
J. Roth
University of Giessen, Gießen, Germany
M. Sawka
US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States
F. Seebacher
The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
H.A. Shiels
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
D. Shrivastava
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
B.J. Sinclair
Western University Department of Biology, London, Ontario, Canada
D.E. Spiers
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States
G.J. Tattersall
Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
N.A.S. Taylor
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
J.S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Matieland, South Africa
D. Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
F. Wang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong
G. Williams
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
T.E. Wilson
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States