Basal metabolism in tropical birds: Latitude, altitude, and the 'pace of life'

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 338-346

  Londoño, Gustavo A ^a,b   Chappell, Mark A ^a   Castañeda, María del Rosario ^c   Jankowski, Jill E ^d   Robinson, Scott K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ICESI   (Colombia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Andes mountains; Birds; BMR; Body size; Elevation; Energy metabolism; Life history; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84924960100     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12348     Document Type: Article

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