Avian brood patch temperature: Relationships with female body mass, incubation period, developmental maturity and phylogeny

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 345-354

  Deeming, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Brood patch temperature; Developmental maturity; Female body mass; Incubation; Incubation period; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES;

EID: 47849119287     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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