McKechnie, Andrew E.Wolf, Blair O.2020-08-172019-09McKechnie, A.E. & Wolf, B.O. 2019, 'The physiology of heat tolerance in small endotherms', Physiology , vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 302-313.1548-9213 (print)1548-9221 (online)10.1152/physiol.00011.2019http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75759Understanding the heat tolerances of small mammals and birds has taken on new urgency with the advent of climate change. Here, we review heat tolerance limits, pathways of evaporative heat dissipation that permit the defense of body temperature during heat exposure, and mechanisms operating at tissue, cellular, and molecular levels.en© 2019 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am. Physiol. Soc.Small mammalsSmall birdsClimate changeHeat tolerancePhysiologyPostprint Article