Can birds be ammonotelic? Nitrogen balance and excretion in two frugivores

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1025-1034

  Tsahar, Ella ^a   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^b   Izhaki, Ido ^c   Arad, Zeev ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Frugivores; Nitrogen balance; Nitrogen requirements; Onychognathus tristram; Pycnonotus xanthopygos; Tristram's grackle; Uric acid; Yellow vented bulbul

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; URIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; DRINKING; ISRAEL; NITROGEN; PASSERIFORMES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URIC ACID;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONYCHOGNATHUS; PYCNONOTIDAE; PYCNONOTUS XANTHOPYGOS; QUISCALUS;

EID: 17144380135     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01495     Document Type: Article

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