Physiological adjustment to heat in Blue Tit Parus caeruleus nestlings from a Mediterranean habitat

Ardea

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-125

  Nager, Ruedi G ^a,c   Wiersma, Popko ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breeding; Corsica; evaporative water loss; metabolic rate; nestlings; Parus caeruleus ogliastrae; water demand

Indexed keywords

PARIDAE; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS OGLIASTRAE;

EID: 0030499855     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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