Publication Date:
1980-10-01
Description:
Key elements in avian thermoregulation at high temperatures are panting and gular flutter. Although these mechanisms are important, they are not sufficient to maintain body temperature below high ambient temperatures in doves. In the Columbidae, evaporative cooling from an inflated esophagus, driven by heat from a vascular plexus, is also essential.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gaunt, S L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1980 Oct;210(4468):445-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7433986" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Behavior, Animal/physiology
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Birds/anatomy & histology/*physiology
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Body Temperature
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*Body Temperature Regulation
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Esophagus/blood supply/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
