Just because I am hot does not mean you are too: understanding and measuring how animals perceive their thermal environment
by Ryan O’ConnorTemperature represents an all-pervading factor in an organism’s life. For example, despite having vastly different nesting habitats, the bald eagle and dove pictured below will still experience some degree of temperature, which in turn will influence their physiology and behavior.Very often, when scientists want to uncover the effects of temperature on a species, they will use air temperature data derived from weather stations. These air temperature data may be obtained from portable, self-owned…