Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity in an archetypal desert specialist, Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli)

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 that evaporative cooling in Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) is h...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental biology 2016-07, Vol.219 (Pt 14), p.2137-2144
Hauptverfasser:	McKechnie, Andrew E, Smit, Ben, Whitfield, Maxine C, Noakes, Matthew J, Talbot, William A, Garcia, Mateo, Gerson, Alexander R, Wolf, Blair O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air Animals Basal Metabolism - physiology Birds - physiology Body Temperature - physiology Body Temperature Regulation - physiology Desert Climate Hot Temperature Species Specificity Water Loss, Insensible - physiology
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