Citrate synthase activity does not account for age-related differences in maximum aerobic performance in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 378-382

  Buttemer, William A ^a   Bech, Claus ^b   Chappell, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Citrate synthase; House sparrows; Ontogeny; Peak metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; BODY MASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLIGHT; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PASSERINE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 78049265937     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2010.026     Document Type: Article

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