title: Tree-hugging behavior beats the heat.
abstract: Animals can exploit spatial and temporal variation in microclimates to avoid stressful conditions, behavior that is likely to become increasingly important in a warming world. Recent research shows that during hot weather cool tree trunk surfaces can provide an important heat-loss avenue for arboreal mammals and other tree-dwelling animals.
authors.affiliation: National Environmental Research Program (NERP); School of Botany; University of Melbourne ; Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Natalie J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Briscoe
keywords: behavioral thermoregulation; biophysical ecology; climate change; koala; microclimate