Supplementary methods, tables and figures from Cool birds: first evidence of energy-saving nocturnal torpor in free-living common swifts Apus apus resting in their nests

Wellbrock, Arndt H. J.; Eckhardt, Luca R. H.; Kelsey, Natalie A.; Heldmaier, Gerhard; Rozman, Jan; Witte, Klaudia

doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.19436345.v2

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Supplementary methods, tables and figures from Cool birds: first evidence of energy-saving nocturnal torpor in free-living common swifts Apus apus resting in their nests

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posted on 2022-04-12, 05:58 authored by Arndt H. J. Wellbrock, Luca R. H. Eckhardt, Natalie A. Kelsey, Gerhard Heldmaier, Jan Rozman, Klaudia Witte

1. Study area and fieldwork. 2. Calorimetric measurements. 3. Table S1: Nest ID, number of nestlings, range of nestlings’ age, measurement period, number of all nights and number of nights with torpor in the breeding season 2017 and 2018. 4. Table S2: Body mass of the nestlings shortly before, during and/or shortly after calorimetric measurements. 5. Figure S1: Images of iButtonsTM mounted in a natural swift nest. 6. Figure S2: Images of a wooden nest box. 7. Figure S3: Images of a CaloBoxTM.