Altitudinal variation in parental energy expenditure by white-crowned sparrows

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2915-2924

  Weathers, Wesley W ^a   Davidson, Charisse L ^a   Olson, Christopher R ^a   Morton, Martin L ^a   Nur, Nadav ^a   Famula, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Field metabolic rate; Parental effort; Reproductive effort; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; SALIX; VERTEBRATA; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 0036747247     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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