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

dc.contributor.authorLiddle, Nazley
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, Marc Trevor
dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Susan J.
dc.contributor.authorConradie, Shannon Rose
dc.contributor.authorMcKechnie, Andrew E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-28T09:27:31Z
dc.date.available2025-10-28T09:27:31Z
dc.date.issued2025-10
dc.description.abstractPlease read abstract in the article.
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomology
dc.description.librarianhj2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-13: Climate action
dc.description.sdgSDG-15: Life on land
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the National Research Foundation and the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence at the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology.
dc.identifier.citationLiddle, 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.
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1744-957X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1098/rsbl.2025.0284
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/105012
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoyal Society
dc.rights© 2025 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectUpper thermal limits
dc.subjectPasserine
dc.subjectHeatwave
dc.subjectHeat tolerance limit
dc.subjectEvaporative heat dissipation
dc.subjectBlue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)
dc.titleA heat-sensitive songbird's risk of lethal hyperthermia increases with humidity
dc.typePostprint Article

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