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List of works by Ben Smit

A new comparative metric for estimating heterothermy in endotherms

scientific article published in January 2011

Adaptive thermoregulation during summer in two populations of an arid-zone passerine

scientific article

An oversimplification of physiological principles leads to flawed macroecological analyses

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: phylogenetic variation among avian orders in evaporative cooling capacity and heat tolerance

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Body mass and condition of a fynbos bird community: investigating impacts of time, weather and raptor abundance from long-term citizen- science datasets

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article published on January 2010

Seasonal behavioral responses of an arid-zone passerine in a hot environment.

scientific article published on 26 June 2017

The impact of humidity on evaporative cooling in small desert birds exposed to high air temperatures

scientific article published on 3 November 2014

The role of ambient temperature and body mass on body temperature, standard metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in southern African anurans of different habitat specialisation

scientific article published on 22 October 2019

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

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