List of works - Andrew E. McKechnie

A new comparative metric for estimating heterothermy in endotherms

scientific article published in January 2011

A prenatal acoustic signal of heat affects thermoregulation capacities at adulthood in an arid-adapted bird

scientific article published on 07 April 2022

Adaptive thermoregulation in endotherms may alter responses to climate change

scientific article published on 20 June 2011

Adaptive variation in the upper limits of avian body temperature

scientific article published in 2022

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling allows for extreme heat tolerance in four southern hemisphere columbids

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling in two southern African nightjars

scientific article

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity and thermal tolerance in two Australian parrots.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity in an archetypal desert specialist, Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli).

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling in five Australian passerines reveals within-order biogeographic variation in heat tolerance

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: is evaporative cooling more economical in nocturnal birds?

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Body temperature patterns in two syntopic elephant shrew species during winter

scientific article

Caves, crevices and cooling capacity: Roost microclimate predicts heat tolerance in bats

scientific article published in 2021

Chronic, sublethal effects of high temperatures will cause severe declines in southern African arid-zone birds during the 21st century

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves

scientific article

Dehydration risk, not ambient incubation, limits nest attendance at high temperatures

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Do owls use torpor? Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging pearl-spotted owlets and African scops-owls

scientific article published on January 2010

Environment, migratory tendency, phylogeny and basal metabolic rate in birds

scientific article

Experimental sources of variation in avian energetics: estimated basal metabolic rate decreases with successive measurements

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

Facultative hypothermic responses in an Afrotropical arid-zone passerine, the red-headed finch (Amadina erythrocephala).

scientific article published on 5 April 2003

Heterothermic responses in the speckled mousebird ( Colius striatus )

article

Heterothermy in Afrotropical mammals and birds: a review

scientific article published on 25 June 2011

Heterothermy in two mole-rat species subjected to interacting thermoregulatory challenges

article

Interactions between humidity and evaporative heat dissipation in a passerine bird

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Interspecific variation in avian thermoregulatory patterns and heat dissipation behaviours in a subtropical desert

scientific article published on 19 February 2018

Interspecific variation in thermoregulation among three sympatric bats inhabiting a hot, semi-arid environment

scientific article published on 28 June 2012

Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa

scientific article published on 12 March 2021

Non-invasive monitoring of physiological stress in an afrotropical arid-zone passerine bird, the southern pied babbler

scientific article published on 02 March 2019

Partitioning of evaporative water loss in white-winged doves: plasticity in response to short-term thermal acclimation

scientific article published in January 2004

Partitioning of evaporative water loss into respiratory and cutaneous pathways in Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi).

scientific article

Phenotypic flexibility in basal metabolic rate and the changing view of avian physiological diversity: a review

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Phenotypic flexibility in body mass, basal metabolic rate and summit metabolism in southern red bishops (Euplectes orix): responses to short term thermal acclimation

scientific article published on 8 April 2013

Phenotypic flexibility in the basal metabolic rate of laughing doves: responses to short-term thermal acclimation

scientific article published in January 2007

Phenotypic flexibility of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss does not vary across a climatic gradient in an Afrotropical passerine bird

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Phenotypic plasticity in the scaling of avian basal metabolic rate.

scientific article published in April 2006

Roosting in exposed microsites by a nocturnal bird, the rufous-cheeked nightjar: implications for water balance under current and future climate conditions

Seasonal metabolic variation in two populations of an Afrotropical euplectid bird

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Seasonal variation in body composition in an Afrotropical passerine bird: increases in pectoral muscle mass are, unexpectedly, associated with lower thermogenic capacity

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Sub-lethal impacts of lead poisoning on blood biochemistry, immune function and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (δ-ALAD) activity in Cape (Gyps coprotheres) and white-backed (G. africanus) Vulture chicks

scientific article published in March 2024

The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data

scientific article

Thermal physiology of a range-restricted desert lark

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Thermoregulation and the energetic significance of clustering behavior in the white-backed mousebird (Colius colius).

scientific article published in March 2001

Thermoregulation in African Green Pigeons (Treron calvus) and a re-analysis of insular effects on basal metabolic rate and heterothermy in columbid birds

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

Thermoregulation in desert birds: scaling and phylogenetic variation in heat tolerance and evaporative cooling

scientific article published on 24 February 2021

Thermoregulation under seminatural conditions in two species of African barbets (Piciformes: Lybiidae)

article

Torpor in dark times: patterns of heterothermy are associated with the lunar cycle in a nocturnal bird

scientific article published on June 2011

List of works by Andrew E. McKechnie

A new comparative metric for estimating heterothermy in endotherms

A prenatal acoustic signal of heat affects thermoregulation capacities at adulthood in an arid-adapted bird

Adaptive thermoregulation in endotherms may alter responses to climate change

Adaptive variation in the upper limits of avian body temperature

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling allows for extreme heat tolerance in four southern hemisphere columbids

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling in two southern African nightjars

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity and thermal tolerance in two Australian parrots.

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling capacity in an archetypal desert specialist, Burchell's sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli).

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: evaporative cooling in five Australian passerines reveals within-order biogeographic variation in heat tolerance

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: is evaporative cooling more economical in nocturnal birds?

Body temperature patterns in two syntopic elephant shrew species during winter

Caves, crevices and cooling capacity: Roost microclimate predicts heat tolerance in bats

Chronic, sublethal effects of high temperatures will cause severe declines in southern African arid-zone birds during the 21st century

Climate change increases the likelihood of catastrophic avian mortality events during extreme heat waves

Dehydration risk, not ambient incubation, limits nest attendance at high temperatures

Do owls use torpor? Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging pearl-spotted owlets and African scops-owls

Environment, migratory tendency, phylogeny and basal metabolic rate in birds

Experimental sources of variation in avian energetics: estimated basal metabolic rate decreases with successive measurements

Facultative hypothermic responses in an Afrotropical arid-zone passerine, the red-headed finch (Amadina erythrocephala).

Heterothermic responses in the speckled mousebird ( Colius striatus )

Heterothermy in Afrotropical mammals and birds: a review

Heterothermy in two mole-rat species subjected to interacting thermoregulatory challenges

Interactions between humidity and evaporative heat dissipation in a passerine bird

Interspecific variation in avian thermoregulatory patterns and heat dissipation behaviours in a subtropical desert

Interspecific variation in thermoregulation among three sympatric bats inhabiting a hot, semi-arid environment

Mortality among birds and bats during an extreme heat event in eastern South Africa

Non-invasive monitoring of physiological stress in an afrotropical arid-zone passerine bird, the southern pied babbler

Partitioning of evaporative water loss in white-winged doves: plasticity in response to short-term thermal acclimation

Partitioning of evaporative water loss into respiratory and cutaneous pathways in Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi).

Phenotypic flexibility in basal metabolic rate and the changing view of avian physiological diversity: a review

Phenotypic flexibility in body mass, basal metabolic rate and summit metabolism in southern red bishops (Euplectes orix): responses to short term thermal acclimation

Phenotypic flexibility in the basal metabolic rate of laughing doves: responses to short-term thermal acclimation

Phenotypic flexibility of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss does not vary across a climatic gradient in an Afrotropical passerine bird

Phenotypic plasticity in the scaling of avian basal metabolic rate.

Roosting in exposed microsites by a nocturnal bird, the rufous-cheeked nightjar: implications for water balance under current and future climate conditions

Seasonal metabolic variation in two populations of an Afrotropical euplectid bird

Seasonal variation in body composition in an Afrotropical passerine bird: increases in pectoral muscle mass are, unexpectedly, associated with lower thermogenic capacity

Sub-lethal impacts of lead poisoning on blood biochemistry, immune function and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (δ-ALAD) activity in Cape (Gyps coprotheres) and white-backed (G. africanus) Vulture chicks

The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data

Thermal physiology of a range-restricted desert lark

Thermoregulation and the energetic significance of clustering behavior in the white-backed mousebird (Colius colius).

Thermoregulation in African Green Pigeons (Treron calvus) and a re-analysis of insular effects on basal metabolic rate and heterothermy in columbid birds

Thermoregulation in desert birds: scaling and phylogenetic variation in heat tolerance and evaporative cooling

Thermoregulation under seminatural conditions in two species of African barbets (Piciformes: Lybiidae)

Torpor in dark times: patterns of heterothermy are associated with the lunar cycle in a nocturnal bird