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Journal of Comparative Physiology B

Published by Springer-Verlag.

ISSN 0174-1578 / 1432-136X

Aims & scope

Journal of Comparative Physiology B publishes peer-reviewed research. Manuscripts pass a technical check and a scope check by the handling editor before going to independent reviewers.

Recently published

From electrocardiography to energetics: methods, constraints, and practical considerations for heart rate biologging in small animals

Shannon E. Currie, Asgeir Bjarnason, Clare Stawski · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01708-6

Nomadic songbirds achieve rapid increases in thermogenic capacity during cold acclimation while maintaining low corticosterone

Jessica R. Karr, Jamie M. Cornelius · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01716-6

Carbohydrate content in the diet of red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus) and its effects on growth performance, nutrient deposition, digestive enzymes, lipogenesis, and glycolysis

Rafael Carvalho da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Copatti, Aline da Silva Rocha, Rafael Silva Marchão, David Ramos da Rocha, Anderson Miranda de Souza, Yuanbing Wu, Isidoro Metón, José Fernando Bibiano Melo · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01715-7

Thermal biology characteristics of the Caspian whipsnake (Dolichophis caspius, Gmelin, 1789) under natural and laboratory conditions

Marko Anđelković, Vukašin Bjelica, Margareta Lakušić, Jelena Ćorović · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01714-8

Effect of GnRH analogue on steroidogenesis in the teleost fish striped murrel (Channa striata)

Prachi Asgolkar, Kiran D. Rasal, V. M. Sheetal, Inpent Campal, Anisha, Jebarson Solomon, Rajesh Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Sundaray, Mukunda Goswami · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01712-w

Seasonal variations in the polysomnographic sleep/wake cycle and activity/rest pattern in the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Younes Beniaich, Hicham Farsi, Mohammed Piro, Mohamed Rachid Achaâban, Paul Pévet, Etienne Challet, Amal Satté, Khalid El Allali · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01711-x

Cell-cycle genes in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis are cued by aerial heat stress in a fluctuating tidal environment

Helen C. Hong, Edwin A. Solares, Michael M. Abdelsayed, Kwasi M. Connor · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01691-y

Altered gut microbial networks and metabolic homeostasis in grass carp exposed to Microcystis aeruginosa

Lixin Ma, Xiaomin Zheng, Junyuan Tan, Zhuojin He, Zhendong Qin, Li Lin, Fei Shi · 2026

DOI 10.1007/s00360-026-01704-w

Coping with the cold: black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) use rapid facultative hypothermia to reduce fat loss overnight

Gumin Jung, Andrew Beauchamp, Laura Robayo Noguera, Christopher G. Guglielmo, Carrie L. Branch · 2026