Cost reduction in the cold: Heat generated by terrestrial locomotion partly substitutes for thermoregulation costs in Knot Calidris canutus

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-328

  Bruinzeel, Leo W ^a,b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC; LOCOMOTION; THERMOREGULATION;

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 0031971438     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04396.x     Document Type: Article

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