• DOI:10.1016/0300-9629(82)90198-0
Corpus ID: 21143468

Evaporative losses of water by birds.

@article{Dawson1982EvaporativeLO,
  title={Evaporative losses of water by birds.},
  author={W. Dawson},
  journal={Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology},
  year={1982},
  volume={71 4},
  pages={
          495-509
        }
}

W. Dawson

Published 1982

Biology, Medicine

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology

1. Birds lose water in evaporation from the respiratory tract and, in many species, through the skin. Anatomical arrangements in the nasal passages to conservation of water and hear from the expired air in the absence of heat loads. However, most species still expend more water in evaporation than they produce in metabolism when either quiescent or vigorously active. Certain small birds, several of them associated with arid environments, represent exceptions to this and their more favorable… CONTINUE READING

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