Developmental plasticity of physiology and morphology in diet-restricted European shag nestlings (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4067-4076

  Moe, Børge ^a   Brunvoll, Siri ^a   Mork, Daniel ^a   Brobakk, Trond Einar ^a   Bech, Claus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; Developmental plasticity; Diet restriction; Growth; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MORPHOMETRICS; NORWAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; NORWAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144349673     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01226     Document Type: Article

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