Partitioning of evaporative water loss in white-winged doves: Plasticity in response to short-term thermal acclimation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-210

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Wolf, Blair O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Cutaneous evaporative water loss; Respiratory evaporative water loss; Thermoregulation; Water vapour diffusion resistance; Zenaida asiatica mearnsii

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HEAT; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA; ZENAIDA ASIATICA;

EID: 1642546317     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00757     Document Type: Article

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