Darker eumelanic barn owls better withstand food depletion through resistance to food deprivation and lower appetite

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Dreiss, Amélie ^a   Henry, Isabelle ^a   Ruppli, Charlène ^a   Almasi, Bettina ^b   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appetite; Energy homeostasis; Food depletion; Melanin; Melanocortin

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN;

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CONSPECIFIC; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD LIMITATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; HUNGER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MELANIN; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; PEPTIDE; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; REACTION NORM; SELECTION; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; OWL; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APPETITE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCORTINS; MICE; PIGMENTATION; STRIGIFORMES; WEIGHT LOSS;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955767998     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1680-7     Document Type: Article

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