The effect of wind on the rate of heat loss from avian cup-shaped nests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Heenan, Caragh B ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT LOSS; INCUBATION TIME; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOGENESIS; VELOCITY; WIND; ANIMAL; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS; AVES; MANORINA FLAVIGULA; MELIPHAGIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84857620178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032252     Document Type: Article

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