Physiological and morphological correlates of among-individual variation in standard metabolic rate in the leopard frog Rana pipiens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1201-1208

  Steyermark, Anthony C ^a   Miamen, Alexander G ^a   Feghahati, Hesam S ^a   Lewno, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Leopard frog; Mitochondria; Rana pipiens; Standard metabolic rate; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FROG; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; RANA PIPIENS; THYROXINE; VISCERA;

ANURA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17144389419     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01492     Document Type: Article

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