The effect of short- and long-term fasting on digestive and metabolic flexibility in the Andean toad, Bufo spinulosus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2167-2175

  Naya, Daniel E ^a,b   Veloso, Claudio ^c   Sabat, Pablo ^b,c   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean toad; Bufo spinulosus; Digestive physiology; Energetics; Enzymes; Fasting; Hibernation; Histology; Metabolic rate; Organ size; Phenotypic flexibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SMALL INTESTINE; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUFONIDAE; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; ORGAN SIZE; SEASONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO SPINULOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650097343     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030650     Document Type: Article

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