| A general model for effects of temperature on ectotherm ontogenetic growth and development W Zuo, ME Moses, GB West, C Hou, JH Brown Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1734), 1840-1846, 2012 | 236 | 2012 |
| Energy uptake and allocation during ontogeny C Hou, W Zuo, ME Moses, WH Woodruff, JH Brown, GB West Science 322 (5902), 736, 2008 | 208 | 2008 |
| Revisiting a model of ontogenetic growth: estimating model parameters from theory and data ME Moses, C Hou, WH Woodruff, GB West, JC Nekola, W Zuo, JH Brown The American Naturalist 171 (5), 632-645, 2008 | 159 | 2008 |
| Energetic and biomechanical constraints on animal migration distance AM Hein, C Hou, JF Gillooly Ecology letters 15 (2), 104-110, 2012 | 157 | 2012 |
| Energetic basis of colonial living in social insects C Hou, M Kaspari, HB Vander Zanden, JF Gillooly Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (8), 3634, 2010 | 102 | 2010 |
| Aridity-driven shift in biodiversity–soil multifunctionality relationships W Hu, J Ran, L Dong, Q Du, M Ji, S Yao, Y Sun, C Gong, Q Hou, H Gong, ... Nature communications 12 (1), 5350, 2021 | 90 | 2021 |
| Primate enamel evinces long period biological timing and regulation of life history TG Bromage, RT Hogg, RS Lacruz, C Hou Journal of Theoretical Biology 305, 131-144, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| Gas diffusion through the fractal landscape of the lung: How deep does oxygen enter the alveolar system? C Hou, S Gheorghiu, MO Coppens, VH Huxley, P Pfeifer Fractals in biology and medicine, 17-30, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| Toward a metabolic theory of life history JR Burger, C Hou, JH Brown Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (52), 26653-26661, 2019 | 47 | 2019 |
| Eusocial insects as superorganisms: insights from metabolic theory JF Gillooly, C Hou, M Kaspari Communicative & Integrative Biology 3 (4), 360, 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Universal rules of life: metabolic rates, biological times and the equal fitness paradigm J Robert Burger, C Hou, C AS Hall, JH Brown Ecology Letters 24 (6), 1262-1281, 2021 | 38 | 2021 |
| Reverse engineering of oxygen transport in the lung: adaptation to changing demands and resources through space-filling networks C Hou, S Gheorghiu, VH Huxley, P Pfeifer PLoS computational biology 6 (8), e1000902, 2010 | 38 | 2010 |
| A general model for ontogenetic growth under food restriction C Hou, KM Bolt, A Bergman Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1720), 2881-2890, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| Towards a general life-history model of the superorganism: predicting the survival, growth and reproduction of ant societies JZ Shik, C Hou, A Kay, M Kaspari, JF Gillooly Biology Letters 8 (6), 1059-1062, 2012 | 34 | 2012 |
| The energy trade-off between growth and longevity C Hou Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 134 (9), 373-380, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Explaining differences in the lifespan and replicative capacity of cells: a general model and comparative analysis of vertebrates JF Gillooly, A Hayward, C Hou, JG Burleigh Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279 (1744), 3976-3980, 2012 | 23 | 2012 |
| Water content quantitatively affects metabolic rates over the course of plant ontogeny H Huang, J Ran, M Ji, Z Wang, L Dong, W Hu, Y Deng, C Hou, KJ Niklas, ... New Phytologist 228 (5), 1524-1534, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| On the complex relationship between energy expenditure and longevity: Reconciling the contradictory empirical results with a simple theoretical model C Hou, K Amunugama Mechanisms of ageing and development 149, 50-64, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| High temperature slows down growth in tobacco hornworms (Manduca sexta larvae) under food restriction MB Hayes, L Jiao, T Tsao, I King, M Jennings, C Hou Insect science 22 (3), 424-430, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Response to Comments on “Energy Uptake and Allocation During Ontogeny” W Zuo, ME Moses, C Hou, WH Woodruff, GB West, JH Brown Science 325 (5945), 1206, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
