Seasonal metabolic depression, substrate utilisation and changes in scaling patterns during the first year cycle of tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-318

  De Souza, Silvia Cristina R ^a   De Carvalho, José Eduardo ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^b   Bicudo, José Eduardo P W ^a   Bianconcini, Marilene S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CS; Dormancy; Fasting; Glycogen; HOAD; Lipid; Lizard; Metabolic depression; Oxygen consumption; Scaling; Tegu; Tupinambis merianae

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; GLYCOGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN; LIZARDS; MYOCARDIUM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TUPINAMBIS; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642423533     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00756     Document Type: Article

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