Pancreatic and intestinal carbohydrases are matched to dietary starch level in wild passerine birds

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Kohl, Kevin D ^a,d   Brzek, Pawel ^a,e   Caviedes Vidal, Enrique ^b,c   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRASE; GLYCOSIDASE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INTESTINES; PANCREAS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79952121680     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658146     Document Type: Article

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