The effects of climate change on tropical birds

ÇH Şekercioğlu, RB Primack, J Wormworth - Biological conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
Birds are among the most widely studied organisms on earth and represent an important
indicator group for learning about the effects of climate change–particularly in regard to the …

Thermal acclimatisation to heatwave conditions is rapid but sex-specific in wild zebra finches

A Pessato, E Udino, AE McKechnie, ATD Bennett… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Under climate change, increasing air temperature average and variability pose substantial
thermal challenges to animals. While plasticity in thermoregulatory traits could potentially …

Uncoupling basal and summit metabolic rates in white-throated sparrows: digestive demand drives maintenance costs, but changes in muscle mass are not needed to …

G Barceló, OP Love, F Vézina - … and Biochemical Zoology, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Avian basal metabolic rate (BMR) and summit metabolic rate (M sum) vary in parallel during
cold acclimation and acclimatization, which implies a functional link between these …

Phenotypic flexibility in heat production and heat loss in response to thermal and hydric acclimation in the zebra finch, a small arid-zone passerine

MS Wojciechowski, A Kowalczewska… - Journal of Comparative …, 2021 - Springer
To maintain constant body temperature (T b) over a wide range of ambient temperatures (T
a) endothermic animals require large amounts of energy and water. In hot environments, the …

Shorebirds' seasonal adjustments in thermogenic capacity are reflected by changes in body mass: how preprogrammed and instantaneous acclimation work together

F Vézina, A Dekinga, T Piersma - Integrative and Comparative …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Phenotypic flexibility in shorebirds has been studied mainly in the context of adjustments to
migration and to quality of food; little is known on how birds adjust their phenotype to harsh …

Consequences of being phenotypically mismatched with the environment: rapid muscle ultrastructural changes in cold-shocked black-capped chickadees (Poecile …

F Vézina, E Cornelius Ruhs… - American Journal …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Phenotypic flexibility has received considerable attention in the last decade; however,
whereas many studies have reported amplitude of variation in phenotypic traits, much less …

Basal and maximal metabolic rates differ in their response to rapid temperature change among avian species

K Dubois, F Hallot, F Vézina - Journal of comparative physiology B, 2016 - Springer
In birds, acclimation and acclimatization to temperature are associated with changes in
basal (BMR), summit (M sum) and maximal (MMR) metabolic rates but little is known about …

Seasonal Variation of Metabolic Thermogenesis in Eurasian Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) over a Latitudinal Gradient

WH Zheng, M Li, JS Liu, SL Shao… - Physiological and …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Phenotypic flexibility of various morphological and physiological characters is widespread in
animals. Resident endothermic animals of temperate climates provide a natural experiment …

Behavioral and physiological flexibility are used by birds to manage energy and support investment in the early stages of reproduction

F Vezina, KG Salvante - Current Zoology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Interest in phenotypic flexibility has increased dramatically over the last decade, but
flexibility during reproduction has received relatively little attention from avian scientists …

Individual differences in the phenotypic flexibility of basal metabolic rate in Siberian hamsters are consistent on short-and long-term timescales

JS Boratyński, M Jefimow… - Physiological and …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) correlates with the cost of life in endothermic animals. It usually
differs consistently among individuals in a population, but it may be adjusted in response to …