Temperature regulation and the constraints of climate in the Eared Grebe

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-279

  Ellis, Hugh I ^a   Jehl Jr , Joseph R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black necked grebe; BMR; Climate; Distribution; Eared grebe; Podiceps nigricollis; Temperature regulation; Thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; PODICEPS; PODICEPS NIGRICOLLIS; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 0345566189     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0275:TRATCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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