A heat-sensitive songbird's risk of lethal hyperthermia increases with humidity

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Freeman, Marc Trevor

Cunningham, Susan J.

Conradie, Shannon Rose

McKechnie, Andrew E.

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Royal Society

Abstract

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Keywords

Climate change, Upper thermal limits, Passerine, Heatwave, Heat tolerance limit, Evaporative heat dissipation, Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-13: Climate action
SDG-15: Life on land

Citation

Liddle, N., Freeman, M.T., Cunningham, S.J. et al. 2025, 'A heat-sensitive songbird's risk of lethal hyperthermia increases with humidity', Biology Letters, vol. 21, no. 10, art. 20250284, doi : 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0284.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/105012

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Research Articles (Zoology and Entomology)
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