Thermoregulatory responses in seasonally acclimatized captive Southern White-faced Scops-owls

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-86

  Smit, B ^a   Brown, M ^a   Downs, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Body temperature (Tb); Conductance; Ptilopsis granti; Resting metabolic rate (RMR); Thermoregulatory capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HOLARCTIC; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OWL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

AVES; OTUS LEUCOTIS;

EID: 39149119925     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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