Golden bower birds & extreme heat events

The capacity of golden bower birds, Prionodura newtoniana to adapt to extreme heat events by moving to their most thermally favourable habitat. The coloured curves show the 95^th percentiles of daily maximum temperature in each of the microhabitats used by the species. The red drop line shows the mean exposure in the least thermally favourable habitat and the green drop line shows the mean exposure in the most thermally favourable habitat. The difference (2.1 degrees C) represents the maximum reduction in realised thermal exposure that results when, during a hot day, birds move into the microhabitat that is most thermally favourable and available to them.