Physiological variation in amethyst sunbirds (Chalcomitra amethystina) over an altitudinal gradient in winter

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-493

  Lindsay, Claire V ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a   Brown, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Amethyst sunbird; Metabolic rates; Phenotypic flexibility; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; GENETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; OUREBIA OUREBI;

EID: 59849128906     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025262     Document Type: Article

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