Abstract
Body temperatures of birds have been recorded using a number of different techniques. Most often these have been types of “grab and jab”-methods that cause stress and disturb the birds to an extent inconsistent with the objectives of unbiased biological monitoring procedures. The use of telemetric methods has made it possible to monitor physiological parametres with minimal interference to the birds being studied. This method has now been used to record the natural variations in the body temperature of chicks of two species of alcids, the puffin Fratercula arctica and the Brünnichs guillemot Uria lomvia. They are both arctic, semi-precocial species, which could be expected to show some thermoregulatory adaptations to life in a cold climate.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Ashcroft, R. E., 1979, Survival rates and breeding biology of Puffins on Skomer Island, Wales, Ornis Scand., 10: 100–110.
Barrett, R. T., 1984, Adult body temperatures and the development of endothermy in the Puffin Fratercula arctica, Razorbill Alca torda and Guillemot Uria aalge, Fauna norv. Ser. C., Cinclus, 7: 119–123.
Nettleship, D. N., and Birkhead, T. R., (eds.), 1985, The Atlantic Alcidae, Academic Press, London, 574 pp.
Vongraven, D., Aarvik, F. J., and Bech, C., 1987, Body temperature of Puffin Fratercula arctica chicks. Ornis Scand., 18: 163–167.
Vongraven, D., and Aarvik, F. J., In prep., Body temperature of free-living chicks of Brünnichs guillemot Uria lomvia.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1989 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Vongraven, D., Aarvik, F.J., Bech, C. (1989). Body Temperatures Under Natural Conditions of Two Species of Alcid Chicks. In: Bech, C., Reinertsen, R.E. (eds) Physiology of Cold Adaptation in Birds. NATO ASI Series, vol 173. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0031-2_39
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0031-2_39
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-0033-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-4757-0031-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive