A heterothermic spectrum in hummingbirds

Shankar, A; Cisneros, INH; Thompson, S; Graham, CH; Powers, DR

Shankar, A (通讯作者),SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Ecol & Evolut, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA.;Shankar, A (通讯作者),Swiss Fed Res Inst WSL, Biodivers & Conservat Biol, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.;Shankar, A (通讯作者),Cornell Lab Ornithol, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA.

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2022; 225 (2):

Abstract

Many endotherms use torpor, saving energy by a controlled reduction of their body temperature and metabolic rate. Some species (e.g. arctic ground squ......

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