Energetics, thermoregulation and nocturnal hypothermia in Australian silvereyes

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 104-112

  Maddocks, Tracy A ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

body temperature; metabolic rate; nocturnal hypothermia; Silvereye; thermal conductance; thermoregulation; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

SILVEREYES; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0030905073     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370228     Document Type: Article

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