Energy metabolism has received much attention as a potential driver of repeatable among‐ individual differences in behaviour (animal personality). Several factors have been …
SK Auer, SS Killen, EL Rezende - Functional Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in aerobic capacity has far reaching consequences for the physiology, ecology, and evolution of vertebrates. Whether at rest or active, animals are constrained to operate …
EM Dlugosz, MA Chappell, TH Meek… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
We compiled published values of mammalian maximum oxygen consumption during exercise () and supplemented these data with new measurements of for the largest rodent …
Behavioral ecologists have hypothesized that among-individual differences in resting metabolic rate (RMR) may predict consistent individual differences in mean values for costly …
M Genoud, K Isler, RD Martin - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Basal rate of metabolism (BMR) is a physiological parameter that should be measured under strictly defined experimental conditions. In comparative analyses among mammals …
R Poggioli, CB Ueta, RA Drigo, M Castillo… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate how long‐term treatment with dexamethasone affects energy expenditure and adiposity in mice and whether this is influenced by feeding on a high‐fat …
Maternal-offspring communication and care are essential for offspring survival. Oxytocin (OXT) is known for its role in initiation of maternal care, but whether OXT can rapidly …
Some human diseases, including obesity, Type II diabetes, and numerous cancers, are thought to be influenced by environments experienced in early life, including in utero …
JR St. Juliana, IS Khokhlova… - Journal of Animal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites are thought to have numerous negative effects on their hosts. These negative effects may be associated with stress in a host. We evaluated the effects of four species of …