Regularly drinking desert birds have greater evaporative cooling capacity and higher heat tolerance limits than non‐drinking species ZJ Czenze, R Kemp, B van Jaarsveld, MT Freeman, B Smit, BO Wolf, ... Functional Ecology 34 (8), 1589-1600, 2020 | 58 | 2020 |
Extreme hyperthermia tolerance in the world’s most abundant wild bird MT Freeman, ZJ Czenze, K Schoeman, AE McKechnie Scientific Reports 10 (1), 13098, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
Adaptive variation in the upper limits of avian body temperature MT Freeman, ZJ Czenze, K Schoeman, AE McKechnie Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (26), e2116645119, 2022 | 27 | 2022 |
Sublethal fitness costs of chronic exposure to hot weather vary between sexes in a threatened desert lark R Kemp, MT Freeman, B van Jaarsveld, ZJ Czenze, SR Conradie, ... Emu-Austral Ornithology 120 (3), 216-229, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
Matrix transformation alters species-area relationships in fragmented coastal forests MT Freeman, PI Olivier, RJ van Aarde Landscape Ecology 33, 307-322, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
Caves, crevices and cooling capacity: roost microclimate predicts heat tolerance in bats ZJ Czenze, B Smit, B van Jaarsveld, MT Freeman, AE McKechnie Functional Ecology 36 (1), 38-50, 2022 | 19 | 2022 |
Avian heterothermy: a review of patterns and processes AE McKechnie, MT Freeman, RM Brigham Integrative and Comparative Biology 63 (5), 1028-1038, 2023 | 12 | 2023 |
Respirometry protocols for avian thermoregulation at high air temperatures: stepped and steady-state profiles yield similar results JC Short, MT Freeman, AE McKechnie Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (13), jeb244166, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
Evolution of avian heat tolerance: the role of atmospheric humidity MT Freeman, B Coulson, JC Short, CA Ngcamphalala, MO Makola, ... Ecology 105 (5), e4279, 2024 | 7 | 2024 |
An evaluation of a biophysical model for predicting avian thermoregulation in the heat SR Conradie, MR Kearney, BO Wolf, SJ Cunningham, MT Freeman, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (15), jeb245066, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Efficient evaporative cooling and pronounced heat tolerance in an eagle-owl, a thick-knee and a sandgrouse ZJ Czenze, MT Freeman, R Kemp, B van Jaarsveld, BO Wolf, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 799302, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
Functional role of metabolic suppression in avian thermoregulation in the heat JJ Voges, MT Freeman, BO Wolf, AE McKechnie Journal of Thermal Biology 123, 103924, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
Heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in an arid-zone elephant shrew OJB Chalwin-Milton, MT Freeman, AE McKechnie Mammalian Biology 104 (5), 549-557, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
Effects of lead on avian thermoregulation in the heat: An experimental test with pied crows (Corvus albus) AE McKechnie, MT Freeman, R Kemp, K Wolter, V Naidoo Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 110, 104519, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
Population status of the range-restricted Red Lark Calendulauda burra in a conservation area stronghold R Kemp, R Colyn, MT Freeman, AE McKechnie Ostrich 95 (2), 140-151, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
Evolutionary shifts in the thermal biology of a subterranean mammal: the effect of habitat aridity HN Merchant, DW Hart, NC Bennett, AK Janse van Vuuren, MT Freeman, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 227 (24), 2024 | | 2024 |
Non-evaporative heat dissipation across the beaks and casques of large forest hornbills B Coulson, MT Freeman, J Wessels, AE McKechnie Journal of Thermal Biology 125, 103993, 2024 | | 2024 |
Avian Adaptive Thermoregulation Correlated with Temperature and Humidity MT Freeman PQDT-Global, 2022 | | 2022 |
The Response of Bird Assemblages to Landscape Transformation Along the Northeast Coastal Plains of Southern Africa MT Freeman PQDT-Global, 2018 | | 2018 |
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