Effect of brood size manipulation on offspring physiology: An experiment with passerine birds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 3513-3520

  Burness, G P ^a   McClelland, G B ^a   Wardrop, S L ^a   Hochachka, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood size; Environmental effect; Enzyme; Metabolism; Plasticity; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART MUSCLE; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SONGBIRD;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LITTER SIZE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034530894     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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