Interaction between organ mass and citrate synthase activity as an indicator of tissue maximal oxidative capacity in breeding European Starlings: Implications for metabolic rate and organ mass relationships

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-128

  Vezina F ^a,b   Williams, T D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMR; Body composition; Egg production; Phenotypic flexibility

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM;

STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 16844369866     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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