Re-evaluation of the allometry of wet thermal conductance for birds

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 821-827

  Schleucher, Elke ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Birds; Endotherms; Insulation; Mammals; Metabolic rate; Scaling; Thermoregulation; Wet thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0034964585     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00356-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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