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J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (18): 3290–3300.
Published: 15 September 2017
... to 2.06, consistent with known values for passeriforms and much lower than values in taxa such as columbiforms and caprimulgiforms. These maximum values occurred at heat tolerance limits that did not scale with body mass among species, but were ∼50°C for all species except the pyrrhuloxia and Abert's...
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J Exp Biol (2015) 218 (22): 3636–3646.
Published: 1 November 2015
... to increasing temperatures, we examined thermoregulatory performance and estimated heat tolerance limits (HTLs) for three Sonoran Desert nesting bird species – Gambel's quail, mourning doves and white-winged doves. Using flow-through respirometry we measured daytime resting metabolism, evaporative water loss...
Includes: Supplementary data