Nocturnal heterothermy and torpor in the Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 251-260

  Downs, Colleen T ^a   Brown, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; PASSERINE; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; NECTARINIA; NECTARINIA FAMOSA; PASSERIFORMES; SIPROETA STELENES;

EID: 0036124951     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090032     Document Type: Article

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