Metabolic support of the flight promptness of birds

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 439-443

  Lupiáñez, José A ^a   García Salguero, Leticia ^a   Torres, Néstor V ^b   Peragón, Juan ^a   Meléndez Hevia, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

flight promptness; glycolysis; metabolic promptness; metabolic response time; transition time

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029928079     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02030-6     Document Type: Article

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