Torpor in an African caprimulgid, the freckled nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-266

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Ashdown, Robert A M ^a   Christian, Murray B ^b   Brigham, R Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPICAL REGION; BIOTELEMETRY; BIRD; ENERGY BALANCE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; POPULATION TYPE; SOLAR RADIATION; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; WINTER;

AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGUS TRISTIGMA;

EID: 34247897043     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04116.x     Document Type: Article

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