The sugar oxidation cascade: Aerial refueling in hummingbirds and nectar bats

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-178

  Suarez, Raul K ^a   Herrera M , L Gerardo ^b   Welch Jr , Kenneth C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergent evolution; Energetics; Foraging; Fuel use; Metabolism; Mitochondria; Muscle; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78651326040     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047936     Document Type: Article

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