Salinity is a decisive abiotic factor that modulates the physiology of aquatic organisms.
Salinity itself is modulated by various factors—most notably by anthropogenic factors. In …

The high metabolic activity associated with endurance flights and intense fuelling of migrant
birds may produce large quantities of reactive oxygen species, which cause oxidative …

Tracing how free-ranging organisms interact with their environment to maintain water
balance is a difficult topic to study for logistical and methodological reasons. We use a novel …

Future environmental variations linked to climate change are expected to influence
precipitation regimes and thus drinking water availability. Dehydration can be a particularly …

Predictions indicate that birds worldwide will be affected by global warming and extreme
climatic events which is especially relevant for passerines because the diurnal habits, small …

Only a small number of avian species inhabit salty environments. To understand how they
adapted, we examined the evolution of kidney sizes, supraorbital salt glands (SSGs), and …

To cope with life in the mountains, populations of the same species can exhibit substantial
variability in their altitudinal migration patterns and phenotypes in response to local weather …

Salinization and pollution are two main environmental stressors leading deterioration to
water quality and degradation of aquatic ecosystems. Amphibians are a highly sensitive …

Physiological traits associated with maintenance, growth, and reproduction demand a large
amount of energy and thus directly influence an animal's energy budget, which is also …

Life in saline environments represents a major physiological challenge for birds, particularly
for passerines that lack nasal salt glands and hence are forced to live in environments that …