Evaporative heat dissipation is a key aspect of avian thermoregulation in hot environments.
We quantified variation in avian thermoregulatory performance at high air temperatures (T a) …

As global temperatures reach record highs, threats posed by climate change to biodiversity
become ever more severe. For endotherms, maintaining body temperature within safe …

In birds, parental care and attachment period differ widely depending on the species
(altricial or precocial), developmental strategies, and life history traits. In most bird species …

Climate change is contributing to biodiversity redistributions and species declines. However,
cooler microclimate conditions provided by old‐growth forest structures compared with …

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 …

Characterizing heat tolerance is critical for predicting an organism's vulnerability to climate
warming. Recent studies of ectotherms report that impacts of climate warming are expected …

An improved understanding of life-history responses to current environmental variability is
required to predict species-specific responses to anthopogenic climate change. Previous …

Future climatic scenarios forecast increases in average temperatures as well as in the
frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme events, such as heatwaves. Whereas …

Weather influences both the distribution and life-history strategies of birds. Temperature
ranks amongst the more important weather parameters in this regard since warming springs …

Rapid anthropogenic climate change potentially severely reduces avian breeding success.
While the consequences of high temperatures and drought are reasonably well-studied …