Physiological variation in Amethyst Sunbirds (Chalcomitra amethystina) over an altitudinal gradient in summer

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 190-199

  Lindsay, Claire ^a   Downs, Colleen ^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

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMETHYST SUNBIRD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLASTICITY; POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; WINTER;

OUREBIA OUREBI;

EID: 64549163227     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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