Energy Costs of Growth in Neonate Reptiles

Do young reptiles avoid paying the metabolic costs of rapid growth? Growing mammals and birds must spend extra energy, beyond the metabolic costs they have when not growing, to pay the cost of synthesizing new tissues. This synthesis cost is in addition to the other costs that growing animals pay to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Herpetological monographs 2000-01, Vol.14, p.378-387
1. Verfasser:	Nagy, Kenneth A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adults Animal physiology Basal metabolism Birds Herpetology Lizards Mammals Metabolism Neonatology of Reptiles Reptiles
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