Intra-individual variation in body temperature and pectoral muscle size in nestling Alpine swifts Apus melba in response to an episode of inclement weather

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Klopfenstein, Aurélie ^b   Jeanneret, Caroline ^b   Roulin, Alexandre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Pectoral muscle; Starvation; Torpor; Weather condition

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MUSCLE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STARVATION; TORPOR;

APUS MELBA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34848827377     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0141-5     Document Type: Article

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