The effects of temperature and artificial rain on the metabolism of American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-394

  Wilson, Glenn R ^a   Cooper, Sheldon J ^b   Gessaman, James A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

American kestrel; Energetics; Falco sparverius; Metabolism; Oxygen consumption; Rainfall; Thermal conductance; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RESPIROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WIND;

AVES; FALCO; FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 8844224863     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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