Effects of short-term acclimation on thermoregulatory responses of the rock kestrel, Falco rupicolus

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Bush, N G ^a   Brown, M ^a   Downs, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acclimation; BMR (basal metabolic rate); Falco rupicolus; Phenotypic plasticity; RMR (resting metabolic rate)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FALCO RUPICOLUS; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

AVES; FALCO;

EID: 56249134159     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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