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Microclimates

Microclimates is a localized atmospheric zone within livestock housing that exhibits distinct environmental conditions—such as temperature, humidity, air velocity, and gas concentration—different from the surrounding macroenvironment, influencing animal comfort, health, and productivity.

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Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress

Sharon L. Harlan, Anthony J. Brazel, Lela Prashad et al. · Social Science & Medicine · 2006 · 1.1K citations

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Microclimate in Forest Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology

Jiquan Chen, Sari C. Saunders, Thomas R. Crow et al. · BioScience · 1999 · 960 citations

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Disappearance of insectivorous birds from tropical forest fragments

Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Paul R. Ehrlich, Gretchen C. Daily et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 598 citations · Full text

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Microhabitats reduce animal's exposure to climate extremes

Brett R. Scheffers, David P. Edwards, Arvin C. Diesmos et al. · Global Change Biology · 2013 · 545 citations

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Habitat microclimates drive fine‐scale variation in extreme temperatures

Andrew J. Suggitt, Phillipa K. Gillingham, Jane K. Hill et al. · Oikos · 2010 · 523 citations

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    Ilya M. D. Maclean

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 613 citations

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  2. CD
    Chris D. Thomas

    University of York, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 849 citations

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    Pieter De Frenne

    Ghent University, Belgium

    6 publications · 482 citations

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    Jane K. Hill

    University of York, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 747 citations

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    Michael Kearney

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    5 publications · 452 citations

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Institutions

597

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    983 citations

  5. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    342 citations

  6. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    4.3K citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Ecology

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. Global Change Biology

    11 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Sustainability

    7 publications · 213 citations

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  4. Building and Environment

    7 publications · 365 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    8 publications · 486 citations

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