Does food shortage delay development of homeothermy in European shag nestlings (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)?

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  Moe, B ^a   Brunvoll, S ^a   Mork, D ^a   Brobakk, T E ^a   Bech, C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Development; European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Food shortage; Homeothermy; Nestlings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION;

PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 12844264968     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0458-9     Document Type: Article

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