Do small precocial birds enter torpor to conserve energy during development?
Coturnix chinensis
Endothermy
Heterothermy
King quail
Metabolic rate
Thermal energetics
Journal
The Journal of experimental biology
ISSN: 1477-9145
Titre abrégé: J Exp Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0243705
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 11 2020
03 11 2020
Historique:
received:
23
06
2020
accepted:
15
09
2020
pubmed:
27
9
2020
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
26
9
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Precocial birds hatch feathered and mobile, but when they become fully endothermic soon after hatching, their heat loss is high and they may become energy depleted. These chicks could benefit from using energy-conserving torpor, which is characterised by controlled reductions of metabolism and body temperature (
Identifiants
pubmed: 32978318
pii: jeb.231761
doi: 10.1242/jeb.231761
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests.