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Browsing by UP Author "Whitfield, Maxine"
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McKechnie, Andrew E.; Whitfield, Maxine; Smit, Ben; Gerson, Alexander R.; Smith, Eric Krabbe; Talbot, William A.; McWhorter, Todd J.; Wolf, Blair O.
(Company of Biologists, 2016-07)
Birds show phylogenetic variation in the relative importance of respiratory versus cutaneous evaporation, but the consequences for heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity remain unclear. We measured evaporative ...
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McKechnie, Andrew E.; Smit, Ben; Whitfield, Maxine; Noakes, Matthew J.; Talbot, William A.; Garcia, Mateo; Gerson, Alexander R.; Wolf, Blair O.
(Company of Biologists, 2016-07)
Sandgrouse (Pterocliformes) are quintessential examples of avian adaptation to desert
environments, but relatively little is known about the limits to their heat tolerance and
evaporative cooling capacity. We predicted ...
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Smit, Ben; Whitfield, Maxine; Talbot, William A.; Gerson, Alexander R.; McKechnie, Andrew E.; Wolf, Blair O.
(Company of Biologists, 2018-03)
Little is known about the phylogenetic variation of avian evaporative
cooling efficiency and heat tolerance in hot environments. We
quantified thermoregulatory responses to high air temperature (Ta) in
∼100-g representatives ...
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Whitfield, Maxine; Smit, Ben; McKechnie, Andrew E.; Wolf, Blair O.
(Company of Biologists, 2015-06)
Many birds can defend body temperature (Tb) far below air
temperature (Ta) during acute heat exposure, but relatively little is
known about how avian heat tolerance and evaporative cooling
capacity varies with body mass ...
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Whitfield, Maxine; Kohler, Angela; Nicolson, Sue W.
(Oxford University Press, 2014-03)
Nectar concentration and composition varies widely between plant species.
Nectarivorous birds that associate floral characteristics with nectar quality may be able
to avoid less rewarding flowers and therefore forage ...
