Chick metabolic rate and growth in three species of albatross: A comparative study

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 185-193

  Phillips, R A ^a   Green, J A ^b   Phalan, B ^a   Croxall, J P ^a   Butler, P J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albatross chicks; Growth rates; Oxygen consumption; Physiological constraint; Respirometry; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ALBATROSS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHOEBETRIA PALPEBRATA; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THALASSARCHE CHRYSOSTOMA; THALASSARCHE MELANOPHRYS;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0242417470     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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