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Fig. 3

From: The stoichiometric approach in determining total evaporative water loss and the relationship between evaporative and non-evaporative heat loss in two resting bird species: passerine and non-passerine

Fig. 3

Energetic profile of Chloris chloris. Top Relationship of energy expenditure at rest (SMR = 81.2 − 2.03T A, R 2 = 0.94; BMR = 41.0 ± 1.7, kJ per day) to ambient temperature (T A, °C) according to Scholander’s model and changes in the energy equivalent of lost body mass (q = 23.1 − 0.51T A, R 2 = 0.96, kJ per g). Each value is a mean for several measurements in several birds at given T A, vertical lines ± SD. Bottom Relation evaporative heat loss (H e, kJ per day), non-evaporative heat loss (H s, kJ per day) and percentage of heat loss through evaporation (H e, %)—to ambient temperature (T A, °C) in the European Greenfinch, Chloris chloris in summer. Vertical lines ± SD

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