Individual diet specialisation in sparrows is driven by phenotypic plasticity in traits related to trade‐offs in animal performance

K Maldonado, SD Newsome, P Razeto‐Barry… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Individual diet specialisation (IS) is frequent in many animal taxa and affects population and
community dynamics. The niche variation hypothesis (NVH) predicts that broader population …

Seasonal acclimation of energy and water balance in desert‐dwelling rodents of South America

G Cavieres, F Bozinovic, M Coronel‐Montigel… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal changes in environmental conditions may induce reversible physiological
adjustments in organisms. We studied the acclimatization for multiple stressors in energy …

[HTML][HTML] Comparisons of thermogenic features in four coexisting songbirds: Is the northward colonized White-browed Laughingthrush different?

P Liu, R Jin, M Jiang, S Zhang, Y Sun - Avian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermogenic features are often invoked to illustrate animal's colonization, distribution, and
response to climate change. To understand why the White-browed Laughingthrush …

Detoxification and elimination of nicotine by nectar-feeding birds

S Lerch-Henning, EE Du Rand… - Journal of Comparative …, 2017 - Springer
Many dilute nectars consumed by bird pollinators contain secondary metabolites, potentially
toxic chemicals produced by plants as defences against herbivores. Consequently, nectar …

[图书][B] The Comparative Biology of Avian Thermoregulation at High Temperatures

S Song - 2018 - search.proquest.com
Endotherms, unlike ectotherms, generate metabolic heat to meet their thermoregulatory
demands. As homeotherms their body temperature stays within a certain range of body …