ScienceDaily Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 A new study of songbird dehydration and survival risk during heat waves in the desert Southwest suggests that some birds are at risk of lethal dehydration and mass die-offs when water is scarce, and the risk is expected to increase as climate change advances. Using physiological data, hourly temperature maps and modeling, researchers investigated how rates of evaporative water loss varied in five bird species with varied body mass. Read the full article on ScienceDaily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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