Ben Smit

Avian thermoregulation in the heat: scaling of heat tolerance and evaporative cooling capacity in three southern African arid-zone passerines

Maxine C. Whitfield, Ben Smit, Andrew E. McKechnie et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2015 · 166 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +13

The Impact of Humidity on Evaporative Cooling in Small Desert Birds Exposed to High Air Temperatures

Alexander R. Gerson, Eric Krabbe Smith, Ben Smit et al. · Physiological and Biochemical Zoology · 2014 · 127 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Physiology, Zoology +17

Associations between stomach cancer incidence and drinking water contamination with atrazine and nitrate in Ontario (Canada) agroecosystems, 1987-1991

John A. Van Leeuwen, David Waltner‐Toews, Tom Abernathy et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology · 1999 · 117 citations · Full text

Medicine, Environmental Sciences, Toxicology +17

Diversity of l-leucine catabolism in various microorganisms involved in dairy fermentations, and identification of the rate-controlling step in the formation of the potent flavour component 3-methylbutanal

Ben Smit, Wim Engels, Jan Wouters et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2004 · 111 citations

Agriculture, Dairy Science, Food Science +17

Avian seasonal metabolic variation in a subtropical desert: basal metabolic rates are lower in winter than in summer

Ben Smit, Andrew E. McKechnie · Functional Ecology · 2009 · 108 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Ecology, Zoology +14