Adaptation of metabolism and evaporative water loss along an aridity gradient

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1511, 2003, Pages 207-214

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^b   Bloomer, Paulette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alaudidae; Aridity; Basal metabolic rate; Larks; Phylogeny; Total evaporative water loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARIDITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVAPORATION; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037460219     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2205     Document Type: Article

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