Is basal metabolic rate influenced by age in a long-lived seabird, the snow petrel?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3407-3414

  Moe, Børge ^a,c   Angelier, Frédéric ^b   Bech, Claus ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Basal metabolic rate; Body condition; Disposable soma theory; Diurnal rhythm; Long lived seabirds; Oxidative stress hypothesis; Pagodroma nivea; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; LONGEVITY;

PAGODROMA NIVEA; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 35848944106     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.005090     Document Type: Article

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