Ecological and scaling analysis of the energy expenditure of rest, activity, flight, and evaporative water loss in passeriformes and non-passeriformes in relation to seasonal migrations and to the occupation of boreal stations in high and moderate latitudes

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-150

  Gavrilov, Valery M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Allometric analysis; Basal metabolic rate; Efficiency of transfer of metabolic power into mechanical work; Existence metabolism; Heat loss ability of birds; Maximum productive metabolism; Standard (resting) metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901058379     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676046     Document Type: Article

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