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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Thermal extremes"”.
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A Method for Detecting Nesting Activity, Thermal Implications of Different Nesting Strategies, and Activity Patterns of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene Ornata)
… temperatures, but the behavior reduced thermal variation of incubation temperatures. Automated telemetry was also used to quantify activity patterns in this population, and revealed that relative humidity, precipitation and turtle reproductive status affect turtle activity, and that …
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Better understanding human impacts on river thermal regimes under climate change
… greatly modify the response of river thermal regimes to climate change. Dams impound large water bodies, decrease surface to volume ratios, and increase water residence times. All of these changes affect the interaction between surface meteorology and river systems. During warm …
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Ecological consequences of genetically-based thermal traits in fishes
… persistence dependent on resiliency in thermal physiology and thermoregulation. The association between thermal physiology and behavioural traits can predict population persistence, range shifts, and evolution in the face of contemporary climate change, but the mechanisms underlying …
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Enriching Urban Thermal Experience: Thermal Pleasure Around Urban Public Places
Positive urban thermal experience depends on both the non-extremity and variability of thermal stress in the built environment. To date, the majority of outdoor thermal comfort research has proposed to mitigate thermal extremes while overlooking the contribution from the richness of thermal …
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Evaluation of trailer thermal environment during commercial swine transport
… transport trailers. To better characterize the thermal environments experienced by trailered pigs during hot, mild, and cold weather, The National Pork Board commissioned this observational study to evaluate the thermal environment during commercial pig transport when the trailer environment was …
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The functional role of understorey herbs for litter decomposition in temperate forests
… layer could significantly buffer hot and cold thermal extremes at crest or trough of temperature changes, respectively, as temperature increases with fluctuations. Similarly, the soil moisture content was on average 6.32 ± 0.81 % higher in understorey removal than in the control plots. …