Metabolism, body temperature and thermal conductance of fruit-doves (Aves: Columbidae, Treroninae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 417-428

  Schleucher, Elke ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Body temperature regulation; Columbidae; Doves; Drepanoptila; Ducula; Frugivory; Metabolism; Pigeons; Ptilinopus; Thermal conductance; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FRUGIVORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; DREPANOPTILA; DREPANOPTILA HOLOSERICEA; DUCULA; DUCULA PINON; PTILINOPUS; PTILINOPUS MELANOSPILA; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 0036165887     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00499-8     Document Type: Article

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