Metabolic response to air temperature and wind in day-old mallards and a standard operative temperature scale

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 656-665

  Bakken, George S ^a   Reynolds, Penny S ^a,c   Kenow, Kevin P ^b   Korschgen, Carl E ^b   Boysen, Andrew F ^b,d  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUCK; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DUCKS; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PLATYRHYNCHOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033232606     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316704     Document Type: Article

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