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Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change?
An increasing incidence of mass mortalities of birds in hot deserts suggests that birds may be appropriate candidates for assessing how natural selection, under the influence of climate change, drives adaptation. ... The effects of ambient temperature on daily weight gain, foraging effort and effic...
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| author | Du Plessis, Katherine |
| author2 | Hockey, Phil A R |
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| description | An increasing incidence of mass mortalities of birds in hot deserts suggests that birds may be appropriate candidates for assessing how natural selection, under the influence of climate change, drives adaptation. ... The effects of ambient temperature on daily weight gain, foraging effort and efficiency and the presence of heat-dissipation behaviours were assessed to determine the mechanisms by which increased temperature affect babbler body condition. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10421 Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? Du Plessis, Katherine Hockey, Phil A R Ridley, Amanda Martin, Rowan Cunningham, Susan Conservation Biology An increasing incidence of mass mortalities of birds in hot deserts suggests that birds may be appropriate candidates for assessing how natural selection, under the influence of climate change, drives adaptation. ... The effects of ambient temperature on daily weight gain, foraging effort and efficiency and the presence of heat-dissipation behaviours were assessed to determine the mechanisms by which increased temperature affect babbler body condition. 2014-12-28T15:03:01Z 2014-12-28T15:03:01Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10421 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Conservation Biology Du Plessis, Katherine Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? |
| title_full | Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? |
| title_fullStr | Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? |
| title_short | Heat tolerance of Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari Desert : how will they respond to climate change? |
| title_sort | heat tolerance of southern pied babblers in the kalahari desert how will they respond to climate change |
| topic | Conservation Biology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10421 |
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