Temperature-induced elevation of basal metabolic rate does not affect testis growth in great tits

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1995-1999

  Caro, Samuel P ^a,b   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive experiments; Day length; Energy expenditure; Environmental cues; Gonadal cycles; Phenology; Predictability; Respirometry; Seasonal reproduction; Supplemental factors; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 67649560618     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.026344     Document Type: Article

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