Factors influencing overnight loss of body mass in the communal roosts of a social bird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-372

  Hatchwell, Ben J ^a   Sharp, Stuart P ^b   Simeoni, Michelle ^a   McGowan, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegithalos caudatus; Body mass regulation; Cooperative breeding; Long tailed tit; Nocturnal hypothermia; Roosting behaviour; Social organization

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; STARVATION;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES;

EID: 62449302203     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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