.... * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 6 6 2011 28 3 2012 © 2012. 2012 seasonal acclimatization phenotypic plasticity daily energy expenditure field metabolic rate sustained metabolic rate metabolic ceiling summit metabolism muscle oxidative capacity avian life...

...T. G. Valencak; K. Hackländer; T. Ruf SUMMARY It has been suggested that maximum sustained metabolic rate (SusMR) in mammals as reached, for instance, during lactation, is due to a limited capacity for heat dissipation. Here, we experimentally tested whether heat dissipation limitation (HDL) also...

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... impose ceilings on sustained metabolic rate. Ceilings on sustainable energy expenditure represent the limit below which all the activities performed by an individual must occur. There have been many studies of design constraints on energy budgets, but the different procedures used to identify the type...

... of control mice, the sustained energy intake remained at around 7.0×RMR. *Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 11 3 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 energetics maximal metabolic rate sustained metabolic rate pregnancy lactation reproduction...

... total energy budget by compensating their behaviour, most notably by reductions in the time spent in ‘general activity’. *e-mail: [email protected] 11 3 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 energetics maximal metabolic rate sustained metabolic rate pregnancy...

... 2001 2001 energetics maximal metabolic rate sustained metabolic rate pregnancy lactation reproduction mouse Many studies have examined the limits to sustainable metabolic rate (SusMR) in small mammals ( Kirkwood, 1983 ; Peterson et al., 1990 ; Weiner, 1992 ; Hammond and Diamond...

... Limited 2001 2001 energetics maximal metabolic rate sustained metabolic rate pregnancy lactation reproduction mouse The maximal rates of energy expenditure by animals are of interest in several different contexts, perhaps most importantly because they define an upper boundary...

... the effects of body mass had been removed. *Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 11 3 2001 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2001 2001 energetics maximal metabolic rate sustained metabolic rate pregnancy lactation reproduction mouse Variations...