Metabolic and thermal physiology of pigeons and doves

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-450

  Schleucher, Elke ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DIET; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; COLUMBIDAE; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036769854     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342803     Document Type: Article

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