Reduced body mass gain in small passerines during migratory stopover under simulated heat wave conditions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 374-381

  Bauchinger, Ulf ^a,b   McWilliams, Scott R ^b   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Body temperature; Climate; Fuel deposition; Global change; Heterothermy; Mass gain; Stopover performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 79951772194     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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