Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds
Abstract 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...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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