Body temperature and activity patterns of free-living laughing kookaburras: The largest kingfisher is heterothermic

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Cooper, Christine E ^a,b   Kortner, Gerhard ^b   Brigham, Mark ^b,c   Geiser, Fritz ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcedinidae; Coraciiformes; Heterothermia; Temperature telemetry; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; CORACIIFORMES; DACELO GIGAS;

EID: 67649771330     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.110     Document Type: Article

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