Daily torpor in free-ranging whip-poor-wills (Caprimulgus vociferus)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-304

  Lane, Jeffrey E ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^b   Swanson, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY TEMPERATURE; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOUTH DAKOTA; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; CAPRIMULGUS; CAPRIMULGUS VOCIFERUS;

EID: 2342638896     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380210     Document Type: Article

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