Low plasticity in digestive physiology constrains feeding ecology in diet specialist, zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 798-807

  Brzȩk, Pawel ^a   Lessner, Krista M ^a   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^b,c   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Developmental flexibility; Diet composition; Digestive enzymes; Digestive physiology; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCH; MALE; NESTING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINCHES; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 76749135207     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037259     Document Type: Article

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