Exposure to cold but not exercise increases carbon turnover rates in specific tissues of a passerine

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 526-534

  Bauchinger, U ^a,b   Keil, J ^a   McKinney, R A ^c   Starek, J M ^a   McWilliams, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

13c incorporation; Energy metabolism; Mean carbon retention time; Protein turnover; Stable isotopes; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCH; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 75649124846     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037408     Document Type: Article

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