Thermal imaging of House Sparrow nestlings: The effect of begging behavior and nestling rank

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 837-842

  Ovadia, Oded ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^b   Lotem, Arnon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body surface temperature; Infrared thermal imaging; Nestling begging; Passer domesticus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 24744448749     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0837:TIOHSN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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