Metabolic response to feeding in Tupinambis merianae: Circadian rhythm and a possible respiratory constraint

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 593-601

  Klein, Wilfried ^a,b,c   Perry, Steven F ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^b   Andrade, Denis V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING; LIZARD; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BREATHING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; LIZARDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TUPINAMBIS; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS;

EID: 33744911668     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502818     Document Type: Article

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