| Titre : | Torpor in an African caprimulgid, the freckled nightjar Caprimuigus tristigma |
| Auteurs : | Andrew E. McKechnie, Auteur ; Robert A. M. Ashdown, Auteur ; Murray B. Christian, Auteur ; R. Mark Brigham, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of Avian Biology (38(3) MAY 2007) |
| Article en page(s) : | 261-266 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Recent data Suggest that facultative hypothermic responses such as torpor are more important in the energy balance of birds from tropical and sub-tropical regions than previously thought. We used telemetric measurements of skin temperature (T(skin)) for five individuals on 151 bird-nights to investigate the occurrence of torpor during winter in an |



