Rest-phase thermoregulation in free-ranging white-backed mousebirds

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-149

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a,c   Körtner, Gerhard ^b   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body temperature; Coliiformes; Colius colius; Mousebirds; Sociality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLIIFORMES; COLIUS; COLIUS COLIUS;

EID: 1142305940     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7327     Document Type: Article

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