Avian torpor or alternative thermoregulatory strategies for overwintering?
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Avian torpor or alternative thermoregulatory strategies for overwintering?
It is unclear whether torpor really is uncommon amongst passerine birds. We therefore examined body temperature and thermoregulatory strategies of an Austral passerine, the white-browed babbler (Pomatostomus superciliosus), which has characteristics related to a high probability of torpor use; it is a sedentary, insectivorous, cooperative breeding species, which we studied during winter in a te...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.154633