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Sixty years of animal biometeorology

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Animal biometeorology (insects excluded) has been part of the International Journal of Biometeorology since its inception in 1958. Over the first 60 years of the journal, 480 animal biometeorology papers were published. Thus, approximately 14% of published papers dealt with animals. Over the first 60 years, data from more than 50 animal species was presented, with the lead authors coming from 48 countries. The two most common species used in animal papers between 1957 and 2016 were cattle (109 papers: 22.7% of all animal papers) and rats (96 papers: 20.0% of all animal papers). Although cattle and rats dominated, the species in the most cited paper (240 citations) was chickens, followed by bird migration (155 citations), and general livestock (118 citations). Overall, five papers exceeded 100 citations, and a further two exceeded 200 citations. In the last decade, 126 animal papers were published (26% of all animal papers). Many of these papers had a focus on livestock production in developing countries especially Brazil.

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  1. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, QLD, Gatton, Australia

    John B. Gaughan & Angela M. Lees

  2. Animal Physiology Division, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Audugodi, Bangalore, 560030, India

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Gaughan, J.B., Lees, A.M. & Sejian, V. Sixty years of animal biometeorology. Int J Biometeorol 64, 157–163 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-017-1459-1

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