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Common poorwill activity and calling behavior in relation to moonlight and predation

Christopher P. Woods, Auteur ; R. Mark Brigham, Auteur

Dans Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) (120(3) 2008)

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Diurnal body temperature patterns in free-ranging populations of two southern African arid-zone nightjars

Ryan S. O'Connor, Auteur ; R. Mark Brigham, Auteur ; Andrew E. McKechnie, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (48(9) SEP 2017)

Endotherms allocate large amounts of energy and water to the regulation of a precise body temperature (T-b), but can potentially reduce thermoregulatory costs by allowing T-b to deviate from normothermic levels. Many data on heterothermy at low [...]

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Nesting ecology of grassland songbirds: effects of predation, parasitism, and weather

Sarah M. Ludlow, Auteur ; R. Mark Brigham, Auteur ; Stephen K. Davis, Auteur

Dans Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) (126(4) 2014)

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Torpor in an African caprimulgid, the freckled nightjar Caprimuigus tristigma

Andrew E. McKechnie, Auteur ; Robert A. M. Ashdown, Auteur ; Murray B. Christian, Auteur ; R. Mark Brigham, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (38(3) MAY 2007)

Recent data Suggest that facultative hypothermic responses such as torpor are more important in the energy balance of birds from tropical and sub-tropical regions than previously thought. We used telemetric measurements of skin temperature (T(sk[...]

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