Basal metabolic rate, food intake, and body mass in cold- and warm-acclimated Garden Warblers

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 639-647

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Oltrogge, Martina ^b   Trost, Lisa ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body mass; Food intake; Garden Warbler; Physiological flexibility; Temperature acclimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; BIRD; BODY MASS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SIBLING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

AVES; SYLVIA; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 16544367124     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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