Hovering energetics and thermal balance in Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Evangelista, Dennis ^a   Fernández, María José ^a   Berns, Madalyn S ^b   Hoover, Aaron ^c   Dudley, Robert ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIRD; ENERGETICS; ENTHALPY; EVAPORATION; HEAT BALANCE; IMAGING METHOD; KINEMATICS; SIMULATION; THERMAL CONVECTION; WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

ANNA; CALYPTE ANNA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 77952042632     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651460     Document Type: Article

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