Energetics and metabolite profiles during early flight in American robins (Turdus Migratorius)

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

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 983-991

  Gerson, Alexander R ^a,b   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Flight; Flight energetics; Plasma metabolites; Quantitative magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BUTYRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GLYCEROL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMIDITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS; SONGBIRDS; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 84884507550     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-013-0767-y     Document Type: Article

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