Publications

flying high: limits to flight performance by sparrows on the qinghai-tibet plateau.	limits to flight performance at high altitude potentially reflect variable constraints deriving from the simultaneous challenges of hypobaric, hypodense and cold air. differences in flight-related morphology and maximum lifting capacity have been well characterized for different hummingbird species across elevational gradients, but relevant within-species variation has not yet been identified in any bird species. here we evaluate load-lifting capacity for eurasian tree sparrow (passer montanus) ...	2016	27609759
seasonal changes in adrenocortical responses to acute stress in eurasian tree sparrow (passer montanus) on the tibetan plateau: comparison with house sparrow (p. domesticus) in north america and with the migratory p. domesticus in qinghai province.	seasonal modulation of the adrenocortical response to stress appears to be ubiquitous in arctic-breeding and temperate-zone-breeding birds, but has not been well investigated in alpine-breeding species at mid-latitude. we examined the adrenocortical response to acute stress (capture, handling and restraint) in populations of eurasian tree sparrow (passer montanus) among seasons and migratory house sparrow (p. domesticus bactrianus) in pre-breeding on the qinghai-xizang plateau (the tibetan plate ...	2008	18588892