Metabolic rate and membrane fatty acid composition in birds: A comparison between long-living parrots and short-living fowl

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

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-137

  Montgomery, Magdalene K ^a   Hulbert, A J ^b   Buttemer, William A ^c  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Birds; Maximum lifespan potential; Peroxidation index

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; PARROT; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL MEMBRANE; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; LIVER; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARROTS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 84855261150     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0603-1     Document Type: Article

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