One for all and all for one: The energetic benefits of huddling in endotherms

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-569

  Gilbert, Caroline ^a,b   McCafferty, Dominic ^c   Le Maho, Yvon ^a   Martrette, Jean Marc ^a,b   Giroud, Sylvain ^a   Blanc, Stéphane ^a   Ancel, André ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ambient temperature; birds; energy conservation; group; huddling; mammals; social behaviour; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954583309     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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