Interactions between humidity and evaporative heat dissipation in a passerine bird

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Van Dyk, Monique
Noakes, Matthew J.
McKechnie, Andrew E.

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Springer

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Evaporative water loss (EWL), Resting metabolic rate (RMR), Evaporative heat loss (EHL), Body temperature, Humidity, Vapor pressure deficit, White-browed sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser mahali), Metabolic heat production (MHP)

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Vn Dyk, M., Noakes, M.J. & McKechnie, A.E. Interactions between humidity and evaporative heat dissipation in a passerine bird. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 189, 299–308 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-019-01210-2.