Laboratory metabolism of incubating semipalmated plovers

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 966-970

  Williamson, Mark ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^b   Nol, Erica ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Basal metabolic rate; Charadrius semipalmatus; Lower critical temperature; Semipalmated plover; Thermal conductance; Total evaporative water loss

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS;

EID: 33845225919     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[966:LMOISP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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