Energetics and thermoregulation by small passerines of the humid, lowland tropics

Weathers examined how the variable seedeater of the humid, lowland tropics responds to temperature by measuring its body temperature, metabolic heat production and evaporative heat loss between 14 and 46 degrees C.

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Published inThe Auk Vol. 114; no. 3; p. 341
Main Author Weathers, Wesley W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Waco American Ornithological Society 01.07.1997
Subjects
Birds
Body temperature
Metabolism
Ornithology
Temperature
Tropical environments
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Summary:Weathers examined how the variable seedeater of the humid, lowland tropics responds to temperature by measuring its body temperature, metabolic heat production and evaporative heat loss between 14 and 46 degrees C.
ISSN:2732-4613
DOI:10.2307/4089237