Intraspecific basal metabolic rate varies with trophic level in rufous-collared sparrows

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-507

  Sabat, Pablo ^a,b   Cavieres, Grisel ^a   Veloso, Claudio ^a   Canals, Mauricio ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aridity; BMR; Diet; Isotopic; Trophic level; Zonotrichia capensis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SPARROW; TROPHIC LEVEL; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 72049109166     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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