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Cassowary casques act as thermal windows

Many ideas have been put forward for the adaptive value of the cassowary casque; and yet, its purpose remains speculative. Homeothermic animals elevate body temperature through metabolic heat production. Heat gain must be offset by heat loss to maintain internal temperatures within a range for optim...

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Autores principales: Eastick, Danielle L., Tattersall, Glenn J., Watson, Simon J., Lesku, John A., Robert, Kylie A.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6374359/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760849
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38780-8
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