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
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