Thermal effects of radiation and wind on a small bird and implications for microsite selection

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2228-2236

  Wolf, Blair O ^a,b   Walsberg, Glenn E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auriparus flaviceps; Effects of wind and solar radiation; Energetics; Microclimate; Microsite selection; Thermal biology; Thermoregulation; Verdin; Water balance

Indexed keywords

MICROSITE SELECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOREGULATION; VERDIN; WIND;

AURIPARUS FLAVICEPS;

EID: 0030435307     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265716     Document Type: Article

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