Thyroid hormones correlate with basal metabolic rate but not field metabolic rate in a wild bird species.
Thyroid hormones (TH) are known to stimulate in vitro oxygen consumption of tissues in mammals and birds. Hence, in many laboratory studies a positive relationship between TH concentrations and basal metabolic rate (BMR) has been demonstrated whereas evidence from species in the wild is scarce. Even...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/768a3c439acb497fa34cf4d5411a5ff2 |
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