The energetics of New Zealand's ducks

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-247

  McNab, Brian K ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ducks; Energetics; Flightlessness; Island endemism; Pectoral muscle masses; Rate of metabolism; Temperature regulation; Thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

ANAS AUCKLANDICA AUCKLANDICA; ANAS AUCKLANDICA NESIOTIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DUCK; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLIGHT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MIGRATION; MUSCLE MASS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PREDATOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANAS; ANAS AUCKLANDICA; ANAS AUCKLANDICA AUCKLANDICA; ANAS AUCKLANDICA NESIOTIS; ANATIDAE; EUTHERIA;

EID: 0038020066     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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