Thyroid hormones correlate with resting metabolic rate, not daily energy expenditure, in two charadriiform seabirds

• Published in: Biology Open
• Main Authors: Elliott, Kyle H., Welcker, Jorg, Gaston, Anthony J., Hatch, Scott A., Palace, Vince, Hare, James F., Speakman, John R., Anderson, W. Gary
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Company of Biologists 2013
• Subjects: Research Article; Dee; Black-legged Kittiwake; rissa tridactyla; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: http://bio.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/bio.20134358v1; https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.20134358

Thyroid hormones affect in vitro metabolic intensity, increase basal metabolic rate (BMR) in the lab, and are sometimes correlated with basal and/or resting metabolic rate (RMR) in a field environment. Given the difficulty of measuring metabolic rate in the field—and the likelihood that capture and...