Seasonal variation in thermal energetics of the Australian owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-620

  Doucette, Lisa I ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caprimulgiformes; Conductance; Energetic costs; Insulation; Metabolic rate; Moulting; Respirometry; Seasonal acclimatization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIROMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; CAPRIMULGIFORMES;

EID: 54349118136     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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