Diel variations in plasma glucose concentrations of Malachite Sunbirds Nectarinia famosa

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 235-239

  Downs, Colleen T ^a   Wellmann, Andrea E ^a   Brown, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glucose regulation; Homeostasis; Nectarivore; Plasma glucose; Sunbird

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIEL VARIATION; GLUCOSE; PASSERINE; PLASMA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; NECTARINIA FAMOSA;

EID: 77649276382     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0439-6     Document Type: Article

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