Water and energy economy of an omnivorous bird: Population differences in the Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-490

  Sabat, Pablo ^a,b   Cavieres, Grisel ^a   Veloso, Claudio ^c   Canals, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE

Author keywords

BMR; Evaporative water loss; Heat; Population differences; Sparrows; Turbinates; Xeric environment; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; DESERT; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPORATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRECIPITATION; SPARROW; THERMOGENESIS;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 33745633355     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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