Roost type influences torpor use by Australian owlet-nightjars

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 845-854

  Doucette, Lisa I ^a   Brigham, R Mark ^b   Pavey, Chris R ^c,d   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aegotheles; Cavities; Desert; Roost selection; Thermal buffering; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DESERT; ENERGY BUDGET; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; TREEHOLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

AEGOTHELES; AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE;

EID: 80054826908     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0835-7     Document Type: Article

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