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46
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7283
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1629

Best Publications

  • Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves.

    Andrew E. McKechnie;Blair O. Wolf

  • The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data.

    Andrew E. McKechnie;Blair O. Wolf

  • A multiscale, hierarchical model of pulse dynamics in arid-land ecosystems

    Scott L. Collins;Jayne Belnap;N. B. Grimm;J. A. Rudgers

  • Thermal Effects of Radiation and Wind on a Small Bird and Implications for Microsite Selection

    Blair O. Wolf;Glenn E. Walsberg

  • Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration.

    Thomas P. Albright;Dennis Mutiibwa;Dennis Mutiibwa;Alexander R. Gerson;Alexander R. Gerson;Eric Krabbe Smith

  • Shifting species interactions in terrestrial dryland ecosystems under altered water availability and climate change.

    Kevin E. McCluney;Jayne Belnap;Scott L. Collins;Angélica L. González

  • Exposure to climate change drives stability or collapse of desert mammal and bird communities.

    E. A. Riddell;E. A. Riddell;K. J. Iknayan;L. Hargrove;S. Tremor

  • Variation in the respiratory quotient of birds and implications for indirect calorimetry using measurements of carbon dioxide production

    Glenn E. Walsberg;Blair O. Wolf

  • Sex differences in the thermoregulation and evaporative water loss of a heterothermic bat, Lasiurus cinereus, during its spring migration.

    Paul M. Cryan;Blair O. Wolf

  • Respiratory and cutaneous evaporative water loss at high environmental temperatures in a small bird

    Blair O. Wolf;Glenn E. Walsberg

  • Cooling requirements fueled the collapse of a desert bird community from climate change.

    Eric A. Riddell;Kelly J. Iknayan;Blair O. Wolf;Barry Sinervo

  • Avian thermoregulation in the heat: scaling of heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in three southern African arid-zone passerines.

    Maxine C. Whitfield;Ben Smit;Andrew E. McKechnie;Blair O. Wolf

  • Lipid content of terrestrial arthropods in relation to body size, phylogeny, ontogeny and sex

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  • Feeling the heat: Australian landbirds and climate change

    Andrew E. McKechnie;Philip A. R. Hockey;Blair O. Wolf

  • Introduction of the northern Pacific asteroid Asterias amurensis to Tasmania: Reproduction and current distribution

    Maria Byrne;M. G. Morrice;B. Wolf

  • The Physiology of Heat Tolerance in Small Endotherms

    Andrew E. McKechnie;Blair O. Wolf

  • The impact of humidity on evaporative cooling in small desert birds exposed to high air temperatures.

    Alexander R. Gerson;Eric Krabbe Smith;Ben Smit;Andrew E. McKechnie

  • Rapid warming and drought negatively impact population size and reproductive dynamics of an avian predator in the arid southwest.

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  • The Role of the Plumage in Heat Transfer Processes of Birds1

    Blair O. Wolf;Glenn E. Walsberg

  • Global warming and avian occupancy of hot deserts: a physiological and behavioral perspective

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Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew E. McKechnie
Andrew E. McKechnie University of Pretoria
Glenn E. Walsberg
Glenn E. Walsberg Arizona State University
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Carlos Martínez del Rio
Carlos Martínez del Rio University of Wyoming
Seth D. Newsome
Seth D. Newsome University of New Mexico
Steven R. Beissinger
Steven R. Beissinger University of California, Berkeley
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
Berry Pinshow
Berry Pinshow Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Mylene M. Mariette
Mylene M. Mariette Deakin University
Ellis C. Greiner
Ellis C. Greiner University of Florida

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