Long-term repeatability of winter basal metabolic rate and mass in a wild passerine

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 768-773

  Broggi, Juli ^a   Hohtola, Esa ^a   Koivula, Kari ^a   Orell, Markku ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMR; Ecological physiology; Great tit; Parus major; Winter energetics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION; WINTER;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649774549     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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