Do owls use torpor? Winter thermoregulation in free-ranging pearl-spotted owlets and african scops-owls

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-156

  Smit, Ben ^a   McKechnie, Andrew E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR; SKIN; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRIGIFORMES; TELEMETRY;

KALAHARI DESERT;

ATHENE BRAMA; AVES; GLAUCIDIUM PERLATUM; OTUS; STRIGIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74949135472     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605457     Document Type: Article

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