Basal metabolic rate and energetic cost of thermoregulation among migratory and resident blue tits

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1784-1789

  Nilsson, Anna L K ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^b   Alerstam, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLUMAGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 82455174115     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19440.x     Document Type: Article

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