For more than 200 years, the metabolic response that accompanies meal digestion has
been characterized, theorized, and experimentally studied. Historically labeled “specific …

Specific dynamic action (SDA) is the term used to refer to the increased metabolic
expenditure that occurs in postprandial animals. Postprandial increases in metabolism were …

Interspecific comparison is a common approach in physiological ecology, comparative
physiology, and biochemistry, and in such related fields as functional morphology and …

We studied the relationship between daily active time and growth rate in hatchling
sagebrush lizards (Sceloporus graciosus), a mainly montane species, and western fence …

Among snakes a correlation exists between feeding habits (frequent or infrequent) and the
magnitude by which digestive performance is regulated (modest or large). This paper …

We review the ecological consequences of habitat and microhabitat use in lizards. Different
habitats have different biotic and abiotic properties and thus are likely to have different …

Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) demonstrate temperature-dependent sex
determination (TSD): intermediate egg incubation temperatures (23–27° C) produce males …

Hormonal growth promoters (HGPs), widely used in beef cattle production globally, make
their way into the environment as agricultural effluent—with potential impacts on aquatic …

In geographically widespread ectotherms, variation in life history phenotypes may be
caused by differences in maintenance metabolism of individuals. I estimated daily and …

Specific dynamic action (SDA), the accumulated energy expended on all physiological
processes associated with meal digestion, is strongly influenced by features of both the meal …