Thermal ecology, environments, communities, and global change: Energy intake and expenditure in endotherms

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 461-480

  Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate change; Endotherm vertebrates; Energy; Thermal ecology; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDOTHERMY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORPOR;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84888628545     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110512-135917     Document Type: Review

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