Physiological adaptation in desert birds

BioScience

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 416-425

  Williams, Joseph B ^a   Tieleman, B Irene ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal metabolism; Cutaneous water loss; Desert birds; Evolutionary physiology; Field metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALAUDIDAE; AVES;

EID: 18744396970     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0416:PAIDB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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