...Kristen E. Crandell; Donald R. Powers; Bret W. Tobalske ABSTRACT Avian plumage contributes to the regulation of body temperature. In most climates, avian heat dissipation occurs passively via radiation, conduction and convection owing to the thermal gradient between the environment and the animal...

...Jennifer L. Anderson; Lori Albergotti; Stephen Proulx; Colin Peden; Raymond B. Huey; Patrick C. Phillips SUMMARY The preferred body temperature of ectotherms is typically inferred from the observed distribution of body temperatures in a laboratory thermal gradient. For very small organisms, however...

... thermosensation behavior behavioral plasticity neural integration thermal gradient Behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans on a thermal gradient has been studied as one of several plastic responses of the organism to environmental signals. C. elegans is suitable for studying neuronal mechanisms...