Physiological and physical aspects of temperature regulation in the burrowing owl Speotyto cunicularia

Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1970, Pages 307-337

  Coulombe, Harry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acclimation; acclimatization; biological evaporation; Burrowing owl; dynamic specific heat; gular flutter; heart rate; instantaneous heart rate; oxygen consumption; oxygen pulse; pulmocutaneous water loss; stochastic models; surface emissivity; telemetered body temperature; temperature regulation; thermal conductance; thermal index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006537118     PISSN: 0010406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-406X(70)90599-2     Document Type: Article

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