Winter survival strategies for small birds: Managing energy expenditure through hypothermia

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 473-491

  Clark, Colin W ^a   Dukas, Reuven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Energy management; Fattening strategies; Hypothermia; Willow tits; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006291625     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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