Individually variable energy management strategies in relation to energetic costs of egg production

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2447-2458

  Vézina, François ^a,c   Speakman, John R ^b   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Daily energy expenditure (DEE); Egg production costs; Energy reallocation; Reproduction; Resting metabolic rate (RMR); Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EGG PRODUCTION; ENERGETICS; ENERGY USE; FOOD INTAKE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; NESTING; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FINCHES; LOCOMOTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPARITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 33845354139     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2447:IVEMSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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