Pythons metabolize prey to fuel the response to feeding

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1542, 2004, Pages 903-908

  Starck, J Matthias ^a,b   Moser, Patrick ^b   Werner, Roland A ^c   Linke, Petra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phenotypic flexibility; Postprandial response; Specific dynamic action; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

BIOENERGETICS; METABOLISM; SNAKE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE; BREATHING; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; UPREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; PYTHON REGIUS; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 2342562460     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2681     Document Type: Article

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