Developmental adjustments of house sparrow (Passer domesticus) nestlings to diet composition

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1284-1293

  Brzek, Pawet ^a   Kohl, Kevin ^a   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^b,c   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Developmental flexibility; Diet composition; Digestive enzymes; Digestive physiology; House sparrow; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; STARCH;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DIET; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPARROW; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; INSECTS; INTESTINES; ORGAN SIZE; SEEDS; SPARROWS; STARCH; TIME FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 66149120686     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023911     Document Type: Article

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