Development of thermoregulation and posthatching growth in the altricial cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 237-244

  Pearson, James T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCKATIEL; ENDOTHERMY; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC RATE; THERMOREGULATION;

NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS;

EID: 0032033807     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515903     Document Type: Article

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