Studying Lethal Hydration in Songbirds of the Desert Southwest (IMAGE)

University of Nevada, Reno

Studying Lethal Hydration in Songbirds of the Desert Southwest

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Tom Albright, associate professor of geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, was in the desert southwest studying lethal dehydration in songbirds caused by heat waves. Albright and his collaborators authored a paper published today in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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