Heart rate as a predictor of energy expenditure in undisturbed fasting and incubating penguins

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Groscolas, R ^a   Viera, V ^a,b   Guerin, N ^a   Handrich, Y ^a   Cote S D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Energy pulse; Fasting; Heart rate; Incubation; Seabird; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NESTING; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 76149083245     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033720     Document Type: Article

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