Regulation of Heat Exchange across the Hornbill Beak: Functional Similarities with Toucans?

Climate-related spatial and temporal variation in bill morphology over the past century in Australian parrots

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Avian thermoregulation in the heat: scaling of heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in three southern African arid-zone passerines

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Skin temperature reveals the intensity of acute stress

(2015) Katherine A. Herborn et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Heat dissipation during hovering and forward flight in hummingbirds

(2015) Donald R. Powers et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Validation of a Mechanistic Model for Non-Invasive Study of Ecological Energetics in an Endangered Wading Bird with Counter-Current Heat Exchange in its Legs

(2015) Megan J. Fitzpatrick et al.   PLoS One

A critical season approach to Allen's rule: bill size declines with winter temperature in a cold temperate environment

(2014) Raymond M. Danner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution of bill size in relation to body size in toucans and hornbills (Aves: Piciformes and Bucerotiformes)

(2014) Austin L. Hughes   Zoologia

Habitat type and ambient temperature contribute to bill morphology

(2014) David Luther et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Emperor penguin body surfaces cool below air temperature

(2013) D. J. McCafferty et al.   Biology Letters

The Anatomy of the bill Tip of Kiwi and Associated Somatosensory Regions of the Brain: Comparisons with Shorebirds

(2013) Susan J. Cunningham et al.   PLoS One

Post-hatch heat warms adult beaks: irreversible physiological plasticity in Japanese quail

(2013) G. Burness et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Frugivory by Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) inhabiting a mountain chain in the Brazilian cerrado

(2013) José Ragusa-Netto   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Thermal Imaging of Aye-Ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) Reveals a Dynamic Vascular Supply During Haptic Sensation

(2012) Gillian L. Moritz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Seasonal Metabolic Variation in Two Populations of an Afrotropical Euplectid Bird

(2012) Tanja M. F. N. van de Ven et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Heat Loss May Explain Bill Size Differences between Birds Occupying Different Habitats

(2012) Russell Greenberg et al.   PLoS One

Geographical Variation in Bill Size across Bird Species Provides Evidence for Allen’s Rule

(2010) Matthew R. E. Symonds et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Estimating metabolic heat loss in birds and mammals by combining infrared thermography with biophysical modelling

(2010) D.J. McCafferty et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Thermal Windows on Brazilian Free-tailed Bats Facilitate Thermoregulation during Prolonged Flight

(2010) Jonathan D. Reichard et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Thermal windows on the body surface of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) studied by infrared thermography

(2010) Nicole M. Weissenböck et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Toucan and hornbill beaks: A comparative study

(2009) Yasuaki Seki et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The Independent Evolution of the Enlargement of the Principal Sensory Nucleus of the Trigeminal Nerve in Three Different Groups of Birds

(2009) Cristián Gutiérrez-Ibáñez et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Heat Exchange from the Toucan Bill Reveals a Controllable Vascular Thermal Radiator

(2009) Glenn J. Tattersall et al.   SCIENCE

Body temperature depression and peripheral heat loss accompany the metabolic and ventilatory responses to hypoxia in low and high altitude birds

(2008) G. R. Scott et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY