The energetic significance of communal roosting and insulated roost nests in a small arid-zone passerine - Lubbe, Nevanya; Czenze, Zenon J; Noakes, Matthew J; McKechnie, Andrew E (Ostrich, 2018)
Keywords: Air temperature; Animal behavior; Aridity; Birds; cold; Cold weather; endothermy; energetics; Energy; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Energy expenditure; Energy requirements; Energy usage; huddling; latitude; Metabolic rate; Metabolism; nest; Nests; night temperature; Nocturnal; Passeriformes; prediction; Respirometry; resting metabolic rate; roosting behavior; Roosts; Scaly-feathered Finch; Songbirds; Sporopipes squamifrons; supply balance; thermoregulation; weather; winter