Which constraint limits the duration of thermal soaring for birds in stable atmospheric conditions?

💡 Explanation

When atmospheric stability increases, the thermal updraft convection weakens because buoyancy forces are insufficient to overcome atmospheric stratification resulting in minimal vertical temperature gradients. Therefore insufficient temperature differentials limit soaring, rather than wear, fatigue or hypoxia which relate to unrelated constraints.

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