Low levels of energy expenditure in a nocturnal, forest-dwelling wader, the Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-42

  Duriez, Olivier ^a,b   Pastout Lucchini, Laurence ^c   Boos, Mathieu ^d   Chastel, Olivier ^c   Fritz, Hervé ^c   Ferrand, Yves ^b   Clobert, Jean ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BMR; FMR; Inland waders; Scolopax rusticola; T3; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; METABOLISM; OVERWINTERING; THERMOREGULATION; WADER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SCOLOPACIDAE; SCOLOPAX; SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA;

EID: 11144313776     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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