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Counter-current heat exchange in the respiratory passages: effect on water and heat balance.
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Exhaled air of various vertebrates at ambient air temperatures from 12 to 30 °C saved heat that would be lost to the exterior if air were exhaled at body temperature and saturated, and in birds and small rodents the exhaled air temperature might be even lower than the temperature of the inhaled air.About:
This article is published in Respiration Physiology.The article was published on 1970-05-01. It has received 232 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Inhaled air.read more
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Regulation of Body Temperature
TL;DR: Birds are endotherms, a term indicating that they are able to increase their body temperature by generating a considerable amount of heat within their tissues instead of relying on heat gained directly from their surroundings.
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Water and Energy Flux in Elephant Seal Pups Fasting under Natural Conditions
TL;DR: It is concluded that a combination of behavioral and physiological water conservation mechanisms permit these animals to fast on land for up to 3 mo, deriving necessary water and energy from the oxidation of fat stores.
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Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals
TL;DR: Interestingly, many small mammals that live in different deserts of the world show similarities in their adaptive traits although they have different taxonomic affinities.
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The adjustment of avian metabolic rates and water fluxes to desert environments.
TL;DR: It is concluded that the high ambient temperatures, the low primary productivity, and the water scarcity in desert environments have selected for or resulted in reduced rates of energy expenditure and evaporative water loss in birds that live in these climes.
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Adaptation to Desert Environment. A Study on the Jerboa, Rat and Man@@@Desert Animals: Physiological Problems of Heat and Water
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Desert Animals: Physiological Problems of Heat and Water
TL;DR: Bargaining with reading habit is no need as mentioned in this paper, reading is not kind of something sold that you can take or not, it is a thing that will change your life to life better.
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Heat and water exchange in the respiratory tract
James E. C. Walker,Roe E. Wells +1 more
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Three ascending spinal pathways in the dorsal part of the lateral funiculus.
A. Lundberg,O. Oscarsson +1 more
TL;DR: Three pathways with axons ascending in the dorsal part of the lateral funicle have been identified as not belonging to the dorsal spino-cerebellar tract because the axons could be activated on stimulation of theateral funicle in L5 below the caudal level of Clarke's column but not antidromically from the anterior cerebellar lobe cortex.
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Water Economy and Metabolism of Two Estrildine Finches
TL;DR: The zebra finch of Australia was chosen as a xerophilous form to compare with the tropical black-rumped waxbill of Africa, because it seemed likely that these two species might reveal the maximum difference in physiological adjustments for the regulation of water to be found within the subfamily Estrildinae.