Energetic cost of a meal in a frequent feeding lizard

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-382

  Iglesias, Sebastian ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a   Seebacher, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Calorimetric effect; Energy; Eulamprus quoyii; Feeding cost; Metabolic rate; Specific dynamic action

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MEAL; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; EULAMPRUS; EULAMPRUS QUOYII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038121806     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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