Regularly drinking desert birds have greater evaporative cooling capacity and higher heat tolerance limits than non‐drinking species ZJ Czenze, R Kemp, B Van Jaarsveld, MT Freeman, B Smit, BO Wolf, ... Functional Ecology 34 (8), 1589-1600, 2020 | 52 | 2020 |
Heat tolerance in desert rodents is correlated with microclimate at inter-and intraspecific levels B van Jaarsveld, NC Bennett, R Kemp, ZJ Czenze, AE McKechnie Journal of Comparative Physiology B 191 (3), 575-588, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
How hornbills handle heat: sex-specific thermoregulation in the southern yellow-billed hornbill B Van Jaarsveld, NC Bennett, ZJ Czenze, R Kemp, TMFN Van de Ven, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (4), jeb232777, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
Sublethal fitness costs of chronic exposure to hot weather vary between sexes in a threatened desert lark R Kemp, MT Freeman, B van Jaarsveld, ZJ Czenze, SR Conradie, ... Emu-Austral Ornithology 120 (3), 216-229, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
Thermal physiology of a range-restricted desert lark R Kemp, AE McKechnie Journal of Comparative Physiology B 189, 131-141, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
Understanding continent-wide variation in vulture ranging behavior to assess feasibility of Vulture Safe Zones in Africa: Challenges and possibilities A Kane, A Monadjem, HKO Aschenborn, K Bildstein, A Botha, ... Biological Conservation 268, 109516, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
Wing tags severely impair movement in African Cape Vultures T Curk, M Scacco, K Safi, M Wikelski, W Fiedler, R Kemp, K Wolter Animal Biotelemetry 9, 1-13, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
Efficient evaporative cooling and pronounced heat tolerance in an eagle-owl, a thick-knee and a sandgrouse ZJ Czenze, MT Freeman, R Kemp, B Van Jaarsveld, BO Wolf, ... Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 799302, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
Thermoregulation in free‐ranging ground woodpeckers Geocolaptes olivaceus: no evidence of torpor R Kemp, MJ Noakes, AE McKechnie Journal of Avian Biology 48 (10), 1287-1294, 2017 | 6 | 2017 |
Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging pygmy falcons in the Kalahari desert J Lund, D Bolopo, RL Thomson, DL Elliott, LF Arnot, R Kemp, AM Lowney, ... Journal of Ornithology 161, 549-555, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
An evaluation of a biophysical model for predicting avian thermoregulation in the heat SR Conradie, MR Kearney, BO Wolf, SJ Cunningham, MT Freeman, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (15), jeb245066, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
A utilization distribution for the global population of Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres) to guide wind energy development F Cervantes, M Murgatroyd, DG Allan, N Farwig, R Kemp, S Krüger, ... Ecological Applications 33 (3), e2809, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale J Serratosa, S Oppel, S Rotics, A Santangeli, SHM Butchart, ... Biological Conservation 293, 110525, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
VulPro: an overview of Africa’s vulture conservation centre. MT Hirschauer, CG Hannweg, R Kemp, K Wolter Vulture News 81, 9-24, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
Population status of the range-restricted Red Lark Calendulauda burra in a conservation area stronghold R Kemp, R Colyn, MT Freeman, AE McKechnie Ostrich 95 (2), 140-151, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
Combining trends from disparate monitoring programs to inform Red List assessments: The case of the Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) CJW McClure, BW Rolek, R Kemp, K Wolter Biological Conservation 284, 110175, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
Effects of lead on avian thermoregulation in the heat: An experimental test with pied crows (Corvus albus) AE McKechnie, MT Freeman, R Kemp, K Wolter, V Naidoo Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 110, 104519, 2024 | | 2024 |