What's hot and what's not: Defining torpor in free-ranging birds and mammals

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1885-1890

  Barclay, R M R ^a   Lausen, C L ^a   Hollis, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; METABOLISM; RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

BIRDS;

BIOLOGY;

AVIFAUNA; BODY TEMPERATURE; MAMMAL; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035654164     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-138     Document Type: Article

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