Metabolic correlates of leg length in breeding arctic shorebirds: The cost of getting high

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-382

  Cartar, Ralph V ^a   Morrison, R I Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allen's rule; Biogeographical rules; Body height; Boundary layer; Canadian arctic; Charadriidae; Comparative method; Convective heat loss; Physiological ecology; Standard metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; WADER;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE;

EID: 15944416408     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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