| metabolism, body temperature and thermal conductance of fruit-doves (aves: columbidae, treroninae). | basal metabolic rate (mr), body temperature (t(b)) and wet thermal conductance (c(wet)) of three tropical species of fruit-doves were investigated at ambient temperatures (t(a)) of 11-33 degrees c in activity (alpha) and rest (rho) phases to investigate the possible effect of obligate frugivory on the physiology of columbids. the basal metabolic rates of ptilinopus melanospila (black-naped fruit-dove, 94 g), drepanoptila holosericea (cloven-feathered dove, 198 g) and ducula pinon (pinon's imperi ... | 2002 | 11818230 |