The travel speeds of large animals are limited by their heat-dissipation capacities

Alexander Dyer; Ulrich Brose; Emilio Berti; Benjamin Rosenbaum; Myriam R. Hirt

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001820

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The travel speeds of large animals are limited by their heat-dissipation capacities

Alexander Dyer ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dyer.alexander@protonmail.com

Affiliations EcoNetLab, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-438X

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Ulrich Brose,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations EcoNetLab, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Emilio Berti,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations EcoNetLab, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Benjamin Rosenbaum,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations EcoNetLab, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Myriam R. Hirt

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations EcoNetLab, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
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The travel speeds of large animals are limited by their heat-dissipation capacities

Alexander Dyer,
Ulrich Brose,
Emilio Berti,
Benjamin Rosenbaum,
Myriam R. Hirt

Published: April 18, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001820

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