Why grow slowly in a dangerous place? Postnatal growth, thermoregulation, and energetics of nestling green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus)

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 558-570

  Pacheco, M Andrena ^a,b   Beissinger, Steven R ^c   Bosque, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

body composition; Forpus passerinus; Green rumped Parrotlet; growth efficiency; nutrient accretion; postnatal growth; thermoregulation; total metabolized energy

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHERMY; ENERGETICS; ENERGY BUDGET; LIPID; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; NESTLING; NUTRIENT; PASSERINE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 77955062433     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09190     Document Type: Article

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