Digestive challenges for vertebrate animals: Microbial diversity, cardiorespiratory coupling, and dietary specialization

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 764-774

  Barboza, P S ^a   Bennett, A ^b   Lignot, J H ^c   Mackie, R I ^d   McWhorter, T J ^e   Secor, S M ^f   Skovgaard, N ^g   Sundset, M A ^h   Wang, T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIRD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CARNIVORE; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREY SELECTION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DIET; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FERMENTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; FIRMICUTES; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956034740     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650472     Document Type: Article

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