Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling in two southern African nightjars RS O’Connor, BO Wolf, RM Brigham, AE McKechnie Journal of Comparative Physiology B 187, 477-491, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
Limited heat tolerance in a cold-adapted seabird: implications of a warming Arctic ES Choy, RS O'Connor, HG Gilchrist, AL Hargreaves, OP Love, F Vézina, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (13), jeb242168, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
Limited heat tolerance in an Arctic passerine: Thermoregulatory implications for cold‐specialized birds in a rapidly warming world RS O'Connor, A Le Pogam, KG Young, F Robitaille, ES Choy, OP Love, ... Ecology and evolution 11 (4), 1609-1619, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
Extreme operative temperatures in exposed microsites used by roosting Rufous-cheeked Nightjars (Caprimulgus rufigena): implications for water balance under … RS O’Connor, RM Brigham, AE McKechnie Canadian Journal of Zoology 96 (10), 1122-1129, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
Wintering snow buntings elevate cold hardiness to extreme levels but show no changes in maintenance costs A Le Pogam, OP Love, L Régimbald, K Dubois, F Hallot, M Milbergue, ... Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 93 (6), 417-433, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
Diurnal body temperature patterns in free‐ranging populations of two southern African arid‐zone nightjars RS O'Connor, RM Brigham, AE McKechnie Journal of Avian Biology 48 (9), 1195-1204, 2017 | 10 | 2017 |
Nesting success of neotropical thrushes in coffee and pasture CA Lindell, RS O'Connor, EB Cohen The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123 (3), 502-507, 2011 | 10 | 2011 |
Poor prey quality is compensated by higher provisioning effort in passerine birds S Senécal, JC Riva, RS O’Connor, F Hallot, C Nozais, F Vézina Scientific Reports 11 (1), 11182, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Coping with the worst of both worlds: Phenotypic adjustments for cold acclimatization benefit northward migration and arrival in the cold in an Arctic‐breeding songbird A Le Pogam, RS O'Connor, OP Love, M Petit, L Régimbald, F Vézina Functional Ecology 35 (6), 1240-1254, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
Snow buntings preparing for migration increase muscle fiber size and myonuclear domain in parallel with a major gain in fat mass F Vézina, RS O'Connor, A Le Pogam, AD De Jesus, OP Love, ... Journal of Avian Biology 52 (5), 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
Avian thermoregulation in the heat: is evaporative cooling more economical in nocturnal birds? RS O'Connor, B Smit, WA Talbot, AR Gerson, RM Brigham, BO Wolf, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (17), jeb181420, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
Snow buntings maintain winter-level cold endurance while migrating to the high arctic A Le Pogam, RS O’Connor, OP Love, J Drolet, L Régimbald, G Roy, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 724876, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
Warming in the land of the midnight sun: breeding birds may suffer greater heat stress at high-versus low-Arctic sites RS O'Connor, A Le Pogam, KG Young, OP Love, CJ Cox, G Roy, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1981), 20220300, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
Notes on the Incubation, Brooding, and Provisioning Behavior of Chuck-will's-widows RS O'Connor, G Ritchison The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125 (4), 815-819, 2013 | 3 | 2013 |
Breeding biology of Chuck-will's-widows: incubation, brooding, and provisioning behavior and characteristics of nest sites RS O'Connor Eastern Kentucky University, 2013 | 3 | 2013 |
Born in the cold: contrasted thermal exchanges and maintenance costs in juvenile and adult snow buntings on their breeding and wintering grounds R Demers, RS O’Connor, A Le Pogam, KG Young, D Berteaux, A Tam, ... Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 1-12, 2023 | | 2023 |
Are snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) using snow surface to load heat in the High Arctic? A Lewden, RS O'Connor, KG Young, F Robitaille, OP Love, KH Elliott, ... INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 62, S184-S184, 2023 | | 2023 |
Snow Buntings, an arctic cold-specialist passerine, risk overheating under intense activity even at low air temperatures RS O'Connor, OP Love, L Regimbald, AR Gerson, KH Elliott, ... bioRxiv, 2023.09. 11.557251, 2023 | | 2023 |
Chickadees increase provisioning effort to compensate for poor prey quality during the nestling period S Senecal, JC Riva, RS O'Connor, C Nozais, F Vezina INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61, E811-E811, 2021 | | 2021 |
Testing the myth of humid versus dry cold: birds do not care RS O’Connor, F Vézina bioRxiv, 789792, 2019 | | 2019 |