Energy reserve allocation in fasting Northern Elephant Seal Pups: Inter-relationships between body condition and fasting duration

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-242

  Noren, D P ^a,c   Mangel, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic state variable model; Fasting metabolism; Individual variation; Lipid catabolism; Protein catabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; FASTING; LIPID; PINNIPED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942518903     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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