The Relationship of the External Surface Area of Birds to Skin Surface Area and Body Mass
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- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 76 (1) , 185-189
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.76.1.185
Abstract
Data from 12 bird species reveal that skin surface area averages 23 % larger than the external surface area of the plumage. Use of skin surface area instead of the area of the external plumage surface may produce large errors in heat-transfer analyses.Keywords
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