Seasonal acclimatization of metabolism in Eurasian tree sparrows (Passer montanus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-525

  Zheng, Wei Hong ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Liu, Jin Song ^a   Shao, Shu Li ^c  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DAQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus); Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY MASS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AVES; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 54349113735     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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