Within-species digestive tract flexibility in rufous-collared sparrows and the climatic variability hypothesis

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-384

  Maldonado, Karin ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   Rojas, JoséM ^c   Sabat, Pablo ^d  

^a Instituto de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Complejidad IFICC Los Alerces 3024 Ñuñoa   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NITROGEN; SUCRASE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANGE SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; CHILE; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SUCRASE;

CHILE;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 80051491713     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660970     Document Type: Article

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