Energetics and thermoregulation by small passerines of the humid, lowland tropics

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-353

  Weathers, Wesley W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; SPOROPHILA; SPOROPHILA AMERICANA; SPOROPHILA MINUTA;

EID: 0030802442     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089237     Document Type: Article

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