Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation

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dc.contributor.advisorHockey, Phil A Ren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLouw, Ginaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-04T14:27:53Z
dc.date.available2015-01-04T14:27:53Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study focused on avian species' responses to high ambient temperature. Ambient temperature is a variable to which birds are particularly sensitive and which climate-change models predict will increase disproportionately rapidly in southern Africa's hot deserts, especially the Kalahari.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLouw, G. (2011). <i>Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11255en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLouw, Gina. <i>"Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11255en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLouw, G. 2011. Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Louw, Gina AB - The study focused on avian species' responses to high ambient temperature. Ambient temperature is a variable to which birds are particularly sensitive and which climate-change models predict will increase disproportionately rapidly in southern Africa's hot deserts, especially the Kalahari. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation TI - Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11255 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11255
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLouw G. Birds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11255en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherConservation Biologyen_ZA
dc.titleBirds at risk in warming southern African deserts: inferences from behavioural and physiological thermoregulationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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