ArticleRoyal Society open science2017
Hovering in the heat: effects of environmental temperature on heat regulation in foraging hummingbirds.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Hummingbird foraging preferences during extreme heat events.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Combining bird tracking data with high-resolution thermal mapping to identify microclimate refugia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Baseline of Physiological Body Temperature and Hematological Parameters in CaptiveFrontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Efficacy and Function of Feathers, Hair, and Glabrous Skin in the Thermoregulation Strategies of Domestic Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- The thermoregulatory role of relative bill and leg surface areas in a Mediterranean population of Great tit (Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Extreme Drought Affects Visitation and Seed Set in a Plant Species in the Central Chilean Andes Heavily Dependent on Hummingbird Pollination.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Suppressed anti-inflammatory heat shock response in high-risk COVID-19 patients: lessons from basic research (inclusive bats), light on conceivable therapies.Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2020Review
- Hovering in the heat: effects of environmental temperature on heat regulation in foraging hummingbirds.Royal Society open science · 2017Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
At high temperature (greater than 40°C) endotherms experience reduced passive heat dissipation (radiation, conduction and convection) and increased reliance on evaporative heat loss. High temperatures challenge flying birds due to heat produced by wing muscles. Hummingbirds depend on flight for foraging, yet inhabit hot regions. We used infrared thermography to explore how lower passive heat dissipation during flight impacts body-heat management in broad-billed (
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