Avian facultative hypothermic responses: A review

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 705-724

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a,b   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Body temperature; Ecological determinants; Hypothermia; Phylogeny; Torpor

Indexed keywords

APODIDAE; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; COLIIDAE; COLUMBIDAE; MAMMALIA; TODIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0038558984     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0705:AFHRAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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