Metabolic response to wind of downy chicks of Arctic-breeding shorebirds (Scolopacidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3435-3443

  Bakken, George S ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^c  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calidris minutilla; Conductance; Down; Evaporative water loss; Insulation; Least sandpiper; Limnodromus griseus; Metabolism; Numenius phaeopus; Shorebird; Short billed dowitcher; Standard operative temperature; Thermoregulation; Whimbrel; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WIND;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WIND;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS MINUTILLA; LIMNODROMUS GRISEUS; MURRELET; NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036862429     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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