Energy expenditure and water flux of free-living Dune Larks in the Namib: A test of the reallocation hypothesis on a desert bird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-185

  Williams, J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Doubly labelled water; Energetics; Field metabolic rate; Incubation; Water flux

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENERGETICS; METABOLISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0035053758     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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