Water and heat balance during flight in the rose-colored starling (Sturnus roseus)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 763-774

  Engel, Sophia ^a,b   Biebach, Herbert ^a   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVAPORATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HEAT BALANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; FLYING; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEAT; STARLINGS;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS ROSEUS;

EID: 33746318089     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504610     Document Type: Article

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