Repeatability and individual correlates of basal metabolic rate and total evaporative water loss in birds: A case study in European stonechats

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-457

  Versteegh, Maaike A ^a   Helm, Barbara ^b   Dingemanse, Niels J ^a   Tieleman, B Irene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMR; Repeatability; Stonechats; TEWL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENT; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SAXICOLA TORQUATA RUBICOLA;

EID: 45849105162     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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