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Successful migration - are passerine birds trading maintenance of body temperature off against water conservation?

2017/25/B/NZ8/00541

Keywords:

heat dissipation limit bird migration ecological physiology metabolism thermoregulation

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_12: Zoology
  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Michał Wojciechowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 9

Call: OPUS 13 - announced on 2017-03-15

Amount awarded: 2 190 060 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2018-01-19

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-10-18

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  1. Phenotypic flexibility in heat production and heat loss in response to thermal and hydric acclimation in the zebra finch, a small arid‑zone passerine
    Authors:
    Wojciechowski, M. S. Kowalczewska, A. Colominas-Ciuro, R. Jefimow, M.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Comparative Physiology B (rok: 2021, tom: 191, strony: 225-239), Wydawca: Springer NAture
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00360-020-01322-0 - link to the publication
  2. Bat thermoregulation in the heat: four species of European bats have lower maximum evaporative cooling efficiencies in summer than spring
    Authors:
    Czenze Z.J., Noakes M.J., Wojciechowski M.S.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Experimental Biology , Wydawca: Company of Biologists
    Status:
    Submitted
  3. Temperature and water availability affect hematological response to stress in Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
    Authors:
    Colominas-Ciuró R., Kowalczewska A., Jefimow M., Wojciechowski M. S.
    Academic press:
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A , Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  4. Bat thermoregulation in the heat: four species of European bats have lower maximum evaporative cooling efficiencies in summer than spring
    Authors:
    Czenze Z.J., Noakes M.J., Wojciechowski M.S.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Thermal Biology , Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  5. Evaporative Water Loss and Stopover Behavior in Three Passerine Bird Species During Autumn Migration
    Authors:
    Paces, B, Waringer, B. M., Domer, A., Burns, D., Zvik, Y, Wojciechowski, M. S., Shochat, E., Sapir, N., Maggini, I.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (rok: 2021, tom: 9, strony: 704676), Wydawca: Frontiers Media S.A.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fevo.2021.704676 - link to the publication
  6. Temperature and water availability affect immunology and stress response in a small arid-zone passerine
    Authors:
    Colominas-Ciuró R., Kowalczewska A., Jefimow M., Wojciechowski M. S.
    Academic press:
    Physiological and Biochemical Zoology , Wydawca: Univ. Chicago Press
    Status:
    Submitted
  7. Diplotriaena obtusa (Nematoda: Filariidae) infection in first-year Sylvia atricapilla from Poland – molecular evidence
    Authors:
    Stanicka, A., Zając, K. S., Jefimow, M., Wojciechowski, M. S.
    Academic press:
    The European Zoological Journal (rok: 2021, tom: 88, strony: 1144-1151), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/24750263.2021.1998679 - link to the publication
  8. Home is where the heat is: Thermoregulation in the heat differs between sexes in four species of European bats inhabiting artificial roosts
    Authors:
    Czenze, Z.J., Noakes, M.J., Wojciechowski, M.S.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Applied Ecology (rok: 2022, tom: 59, strony: 2179-2188), Wydawca: British Ecological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/1365-2664.14230 - link to the publication
  9. Temperature and water availability induce chronic stress responses in Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
    Authors:
    Colominas-Ciuró, R, Kowalczewska, A, Jefimow, M, Wojciechowski, M. S.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Experimental Biology , Wydawca: The Company of Biologists Ltd
    Status:
    Submitted