Differences in the physiological responses to temperature among stonechats from three populations reared in a common environment

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-199

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bird; BMR; Body temperature; Life history adaptation; Metabolic rate; Total evaporative water loss

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; EVAPORATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; LIFE HISTORY; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33846605981     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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