Heat dissipation limit theory and the evolution of avian functional traits in a warming world

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1001-1006

  Grémillet, David ^a,b   Meslin, Laurence ^c   Lescroël, Amélie ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d CP51   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Animal energetics; Bird body temperature; Brood patch; Great Cormorant; Metabolic theory of ecology; Plumage coloration; Plumage insulation; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISSIPATION; ENDOTHERMY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; METABOLISM; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 84866907144     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02048.x     Document Type: Article

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