Metabolic costs and honest signalling of need during the development of endothermy in American white pelicans
I examined the development of endothermy in American white pelican chicks (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) during the first 16 days after hatching. My results suggest that, while pelican chicks reached a modest degree of incipient endothermy by day 7, thermoregulatory self-sufficiency was not well develo...
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| Language: | en_US |
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2030 |