Heat increment of feeding in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) and its potential for thermal substitution

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-57

  Enstipp, Manfred R ^a   Grémillet, David ^a,b   Jones, David R ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Ecological energetics; Heat increment of feeding; Respirometry; Thermal substitution; Thermoregulation; Time energy budget

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HEAT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; HEAT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 38949101130     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.012229     Document Type: Article

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