Black and white under the South African sun: Are juvenile Cape gannets heat stressed?

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-332

  Hochscheid, Sandra ^a,e   Grémillet, David ^b,c   Wanless, Sarah ^c   Du Plessis, Morne A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gular fluttering; Irradiation; Morus capensis; Plumage colouration; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; SULIDAE;

EID: 0036112607     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(01)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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