Investigating the Thermal Physiology of Birds and Mammals

摘要

"FUR thermal imaging cameras have been a great help in recent research projects. Whether they were used for fieldwork or in the laboratory, these cameras give an interesting perspective into the thermal world of animals." explained Dr Dominic McCafferty, Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. One of the first research projects McCafferty was involved in as a graduate student employed thermal imaging technology. "We wanted to study the thermal distribution of a barn owl during flight and fortunately, an engineer introduced me to infrared thermography. This was in the early 1990s and thermal imaging systems were quite large and heavy, with relatively limited capabilities by today's standards. But I immediately realised the potential this technology had for research on animals."