Retraction to: Int J Biometeorol

DOI 10.1007/s00484-012-0561-7

This article published in Volume 57, Issue 3, DOI 10.1007/s00484-012-0561-7 has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief and co-Editors, as it contains portions of other authors’ writings on the same topic without sufficient attribution to these earlier works being given. The principal author of the paper acknowledged that text from background sources was used without proper reference to the original source, specifically several pages from the Master’s Dissertation entitled, ‘Determinação do balanço de calor em frangos de corte por meio das temperaturas corporais’ authored by Sheila Tavares Nascimento, São Paulo State University, Brazil.