Energy metabolism, respirtory quotient and breathing parameters in two convergent small bird species: The fork-tailed sunbird Aethopyga christinae (nectariniidae) and the chilean hummingbird Sephanoides sephanoides (trohilidae)
- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Thermal Biology
- Vol. 17 (2) , 71-79
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4565(92)90001-v
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