Cool birds: first evidence of energy-saving nocturnal torpor in free-living common swifts
Autor: | Arndt H J, Wellbrock, Luca R H, Eckhardt, Natalie A, Kelsey, Gerhard, Heldmaier, Jan, Rozman, Klaudia, Witte |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | Biology letters. 18(4) |
ISSN: | 1744-957X |
Popis: | Daily torpor is a means of saving energy by controlled lowering of the metabolic rate (MR) during resting, usually coupled with a decrease in body temperature. We studied nocturnal daily torpor under natural conditions in free-living common swifts |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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