Energy metabolism and body temperature of barn owls fasting in the cold

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-178

  Thouzeau, Cécile ^a   Duchamp, Claude ^b   Handrich, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MORTALITY; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; MORTALITY; SEASONS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0033366744     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316659     Document Type: Article

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