All birds construct nests in which to lay eggs and/or raise offspring. Traditionally, it was
thought that natural selection and the requirement to minimize the risk of predation …

Incubation in birds is energetically demanding and the energy invested to maintain egg
temperature can influence the outcome of a reproductive event and therefore the lifetime …

Birds inhabiting hot, arid regions are among the terrestrial organisms most vulnerable to
climate change. The potential for increasingly frequent and intense heat waves to cause …

Avian responses to high environmental temperatures include retreating to cooler microsites
and/or increasing rates of evaporative heat dissipation via panting, both of which may affect …

Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

During hot weather, terrestrial animals often seek shaded thermal refugia. However, this can
result in missed foraging opportunities, loss of body condition and impaired parental care …

Many birds can defend body temperature (T b) far below air temperature (T a) during acute
heat exposure, but relatively little is known about how avian heat tolerance and evaporative …

Intense heat waves are occurring more frequently, with concomitant increases in the risk of
catastrophic avian mortality events via lethal dehydration or hyperthermia. We quantified the …

The thermal environment experienced by birds during early postembryonic development
may be an important factor sha** growth and survival. However, few studies have directly …

Evaporative heat loss pathways vary among avian orders, but the extent to which
evaporative cooling capacity and heat tolerance vary within orders remains unclear. We …