Sexual variation in assimilation efficiency: Its link to phenotype and potential role in sexual dimorphism

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Stahlschmidt, Zachary R ^a   Davis, Jon R ^b   DeNardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Digestive efficiency; Growth rate; Python; Resource allocation; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SNAKE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BOIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLES; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 79952674662     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0536-0     Document Type: Article

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