Avian thermoregulation in the heat: is evaporative cooling more economical in nocturnal birds?

Autor: O'Connor RS; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa., Smit B; Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa., Talbot WA; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 847131-0001, USA., Gerson AR; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA., Brigham RM; Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada., Wolf BO; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 847131-0001, USA., McKechnie AE; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa aemckechnie@zoology.up.ac.za.; South African Research Chair in Conservation Physiology, National Zoological Garden, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

Publikováno v: The Journal of experimental biology [J Exp Biol] 2018 Sep 06; Vol. 221 (Pt 17). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 06.

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity and thermal tolerance in two Australian parrots.

Autor: McWhorter TJ; School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, South Australia 5371, Australia todd.mcwhorter@adelaide.edu.au., Gerson AR; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA., Talbot WA; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA., Smith EK; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA., McKechnie AE; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.; South African Research Chair in Conservation Physiology, National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, P.O. Box 754, Pretoria 0001, South Africa., Wolf BO; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.

Publikováno v: The Journal of experimental biology [J Exp Biol] 2018 Mar 23; Vol. 221 (Pt 6). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 23.

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity of arid-zone Caprimulgiformes from two continents.

Autor: Talbot WA; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA wtalbot@unm.edu., McWhorter TJ; School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, SA 5371, Australia., Gerson AR; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA., McKechnie AE; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa., Wolf BO; Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.

Publikováno v: The Journal of experimental biology [J Exp Biol] 2017 Oct 01; Vol. 220 (Pt 19), pp. 3488-3498. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 31.

Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration.

Autor: Albright TP; Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557; talbright@unr.edu wolf@unm.edu.; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557., Mutiibwa D; Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557.; Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-West, Beltsville, MD 20705., Gerson AR; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.; Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001., Smith EK; Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001., Talbot WA; Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001., O'Neill JJ; Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001., McKechnie AE; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa., Wolf BO; Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001; talbright@unr.edu wolf@unm.edu.

Publikováno v: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2017 Feb 28; Vol. 114 (9), pp. 2283-2288. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Feb 13.

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling allows for extreme heat tolerance in four southern hemisphere columbids.

Autor: McKechnie AE; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa aemckechnie@zoology.up.ac.za., Whitfield MC; DST-NRF Centre of Excellence at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, South Africa., Smit B; Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P.O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa., Gerson AR; Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA., Smith EK; UNM Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA., Talbot WA; UNM Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA., McWhorter TJ; School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, SA 5371, Australia., Wolf BO; UNM Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.

Publikováno v: The Journal of experimental biology [J Exp Biol] 2016 Jul 15; Vol. 219 (Pt 14), pp. 2145-55. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 May 19.