Radiative heat loss in gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) adults and chicks and the importance of warm feet

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 524-533

  Wilson, Rory P ^a   Adelung, Dieter ^a   Latorre, Leonardo ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Instituto Antarctico Uruguayo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLD REGION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THERMOREGULATION;

ANTARCTICA;

PYGOSCELIS PAPUA;

EID: 0032169077     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515955     Document Type: Article

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