Thermoregulation in desert birds: scaling and phylogenetic variation in heat tolerance and evaporative cooling

Regularly drinking desert birds have greater evaporative cooling capacity and higher heat tolerance limits than non‐drinking species

(2020) Zenon J. Czenze et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

High temperatures are associated with substantial reductions in breeding success and offspring quality in an arid-zone bird

(2020) T. M. F. N. van de Ven et al.   OECOLOGIA

Extreme hyperthermia tolerance in the world’s most abundant wild bird

(2020) M. T. Freeman et al.   Scientific Reports

The functional significance of facultative hyperthermia varies with body size and phylogeny in birds

(2019) Alexander R. Gerson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Interactions between humidity and evaporative heat dissipation in a passerine bird

(2019) Monique van Dyk et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Chronic, sublethal effects of high temperatures will cause severe declines in southern African arid-zone birds during the 21st century

(2019) Shannon R. Conradie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Physiology of Heat Tolerance in Small Endotherms

(2019) Andrew E. McKechnie et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Weighing the cost: the impact of serial heatwaves on body mass in a small Australian passerine

(2019) Lynda Sharpe et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Environmental determinants of total evaporative water loss in birds at multiple temperatures

(2019) Soorim Song et al.   AUK

ape 5.0: an environment for modern phylogenetics and evolutionary analyses in R

(2018) Emmanuel Paradis et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Extreme operative temperatures in exposed microsites used by roosting rufous-cheeked nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena): implications for water balance under current and future climate conditions

(2018) Ryan Sean O'Connor et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

(2018) Todd J. McWhorter et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: phylogenetic variation among avian orders in evaporative cooling capacity and heat tolerance

(2018) Ben Smit et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: metabolism, evaporative cooling and gular flutter in two small owls

(2018) William A. Talbot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Testing the heat dissipation limit theory in a breeding passerine

(2018) Jan-Åke Nilsson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Thermal physiology of a range-restricted desert lark

(2018) Ryno Kemp et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

The influence of thermal tolerances on geographical ranges of endotherms

(2017) Imran Khaliq et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: resting metabolism, evaporative cooling and heat tolerance in Sonoran Desert songbirds

(2017) Eric Krabbe Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2017) William A. Talbot et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling in five Australian passerines reveals within-order biogeographic variation in heat tolerance

(2017) Andrew E. McKechnie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2017) Thomas P. Albright et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comment on an analysis of endotherm thermal tolerances: systematic errors in data compilation undermine its credibility

(2017) Blair O. Wolf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling in two southern African nightjars

(2016) Ryan S. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2016) Andrew E. McKechnie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity in an archetypal desert specialist, Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli)

(2016) Andrew E. McKechnie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Using the BirdTree.org website to obtain robust phylogenies for avian comparative studies: A primer

(2015) Diego Rubolini et al.   Current Zoology

Global variation in thermal physiology of birds and mammals: evidence for phylogenetic niche conservatism only in the tropics

(2015) Imran Khaliq et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

(2015) M. C. Whitfield et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: resting metabolism, evaporative cooling and heat tolerance in Sonoran Desert doves and quail

(2015) E. K. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Using the BirdTree.org website to obtain robust phylogenies for avian comparative studies: A primer

(2015) Diego Rubolini et al.   Current Zoology

The role of thermal physiology in recent declines of birds in a biodiversity hotspot

(2015) Robyn Milne et al.   Conservation Physiology

Basal metabolism in tropical birds: latitude, altitude, and the ‘pace of life’

(2014) Gustavo A. Londoño et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The Impact of Humidity on Evaporative Cooling in Small Desert Birds Exposed to High Air Temperatures

(2014) Alexander R. Gerson et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Global variation in thermal tolerances and vulnerability of endotherms to climate change

(2014) I. Khaliq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Heat freezes niche evolution

(2013) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temperatures in Excess of Critical Thresholds Threaten Nestling Growth and Survival in A Rapidly-Warming Arid Savanna: A Study of Common Fiscals

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

The costs of keeping cool in a warming world: implications of high temperatures for foraging, thermoregulation and body condition of an arid-zone bird

(2012) Katherine L. du Plessis et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Maximal heat dissipation capacity and hyperthermia risk: neglected key factors in the ecology of endotherms

(2010) John R. Speakman et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Limits to sustained energy intake. XIII. Recent progress and future perspectives

(2010) J. R. Speakman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves

(2009) A. E. McKechnie et al.   Biology Letters

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

Towards an Integrated Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Species to Climate Change

(2008) Stephen E Williams et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY