Thermogenic side effects to migratory predisposition in shorebirds

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Vézina, François ^a   Jalvingh, Kirsten M ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Muscle mass; Phenotypic flexibility; Summit metabolic rate; Thermogenic capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SHOREBIRD; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHARADRIIFORMES; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 33847728673     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00683.2006     Document Type: Article

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