Heat production and evaporative water loss of Dune Larks from the Namib desert

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 432-438

  Williams, Jos B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian energetics; Basal metabolic rate; Desert; Dune Lark; Evaporative water loss; Heat transfer coefficient; Miafra erythrocephalus; Namib

Indexed keywords

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032934893     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370011     Document Type: Article

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