Widespread Torpor Use in Hummingbirds from the Thermally Stable Lowland Tropics
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DOI: 10.1086/722477
Abstract: Torpor, the temporary reduction of metabolic rate and body temperature, is a common energy-saving strategy in endotherms. Because of their small body size and energetically demanding life histories, hummingbirds have proven useful for understanding when… read more here.
Keywords: torpor; lowland tropics; thermally stable; hummingbirds thermally ... See more keywords