Corrigendum to "Melanin-based color variation in the Bearded Vulture suggests a thermoregulatory function" [Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 149A (2008) 87-91] (DOI:10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.10.017);Melanin-based color variation in the Bearded Vulture suggests a thermoregulatory function

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Margalida, Antoni ^a   Negro, Juan José ^b   Galván, Ismael ^c  

^a Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group Apdo 43 E 25520 El Pont de Suert (Lleida) Spain   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bearded Vulture; Climate conditions; Gypaetus barbatus; Intraspecific variation; Thermoregulatory role

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; FEATHER; GYPAETUS BARBATUS BARBATUS; GYPAETUS BARBATUS MERIDIONALIS; HEAT LOSS; HEEL; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSPECIES; SUN EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION;

GYPAETUS BARBATUS;

EID: 36849063109     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.01.005     Document Type: Erratum

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