Penguin heat-retention structures evolved in a greenhouse Earth

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 461-464

  Thomas, Daniel B ^a,d   Ksepka, Daniel T ^b,c   Fordyce, R Ewan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Counter current; Fossil; Penguin; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; CENOZOIC; COLD WATER; COOLING; COUNTERCURRENT; EARTH SCIENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ICE SHEET; PALEONTOLOGY; POLAR FRONT; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; HUMERUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANTARCTICA;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 80051674623     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0993     Document Type: Article

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