The evolution of high summit metabolism and cold tolerance in birds and its impact on present-day distributions

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-194

  Swanson, David L ^a   Garland Jr , Theodore ^b  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Comparative method; Energetics; Evolutionary physiology; Metabolic rate; Metabolic theory of ecology; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; BODY MASS; CLADISTICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD TOLERANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

AVES;

EID: 58249140627     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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