Measuring energy expenditure in birds using bolus injections of 13C-labelled Na-bicarbonate

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-328

  Hambly, Catherine ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Energy expenditure; Flight; Labelled Na bicarbonate technique

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON 13;

BIRD; BOLUS INJECTION; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 79251594912     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.05.012     Document Type: Review

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