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Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds
Behavioural thermoregulation could buffer the impacts of climate warming on vertebrates. Specifically, the wetting of body surfaces and the resulting evaporation of body fluids serves as a cooling mechanism in a number of vertebrates coping with heat. Storks (Ciconiidae) frequently excrete onto thei...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8501033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34625581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99296-8 |