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An estimate of the heat balance of a nesting hummingbird in a chilling climate

Authors: Calder, W. A.
Year: 1973
Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 46A, pp. 291-300
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(73)90419-2
Keywords: ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, APODIFORMES, ORNITHOLOGY, RMBL, TROCHILIDAE

Abstract

Air, nest and body surface temperatures, air velocity, and hemispherical radiation data were used with published values for evaporation and metabolism to estimate the total heat loss of the incubating female when air temperatures were 0–4·6°C.

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