Flexibility in metabolic rate confers a growth advantage under changing food availability

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1405-1411

  Auer, Sonya K ^a   Salin, Karine ^a   Rudolf, Agata M ^b   Anderson, Graeme J ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Fitness; Intraspecific variation; Phenotypic flexibility; Somatic growth; Standard metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SALMONID;

SALMO TRUTTA;

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONINE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TROUT;

EID: 84939256372     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12384     Document Type: Article

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