Physiological responses to temperature by Whip-poor-wills: More evidence for the evolution of low metabolic rates in Caprimulgiformes

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 922-925

  Lane, Jeffrey E ^a,d   Swanson, David L ^b   Brigham, R Mark ^a   McKechnie, Andrew E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Caprimulgiformes; Caprimulgus vociferus; Phylogenetically independent ANCOVA; Whip poor will

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; CAPRIMULGUS; CAPRIMULGUS VOCIFERUS; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7944227398     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/condor/106.4.921     Document Type: Article

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