Do metabolism and contour plumage insulation vary in response to seasonal energy bottlenecks in superb fairy-wrens?

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Lill, Alan ^a,b   Box, Jeffrey ^a   Baldwin, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; METABOLISM; PLUMAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 33645121438     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO05029     Document Type: Article

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