Cloacal evaporation: An important and previously undescribed mechanism for avian thermoregulation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 741-749

  Hoffman, Ty C M ^a   Walsberg, Glenn E ^a   DeNardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Cloaca; Columbina inca; Coturnix coturnix; Cutaneous; Eurasian quail; Evaporative; Inca dove; Metabolism; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOACA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLOACA; COLUMBIDAE; COTURNIX; MOUTH; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; COLUMBINA INCA; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 34147108182     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02705     Document Type: Article

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