Geographic variation in metabolic seasonal acclimatization in House Finches

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-381

  O'Connor, Timothy P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; body composition; fat catabolism; House Finch; lipid mobilization; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029787058     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369155     Document Type: Article

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