The influence of body mass, climate, and distribution on the energetics of South Pacific pigeons

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 309-329

  McNab, Brian K ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Climate; Energetics; Island size; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PIGEON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; COLUMBIDAE; DUCULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033637525     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00268-3     Document Type: Article

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