Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic?
We measured resting and peak metabolic rates (RMR and PMR, respectively) during development of chicks of seven species of shorebirds: least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla; adult mass 20 22 g), dunlin (Calidris alpina; 56-62 g), lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes; 88-92 g), short-billed dowitcher (Lim...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/5ba2aaba-6d25-4c64-b930-c214ba9043dc 2024-06-02T07:59:46+00:00 Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? Williams, Joseph B. Tieleman, B. Irene Visser, G. Henk Ricklefs, Robert E. 2007 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/5ba2aaba-6d25-4c64-b930-c214ba9043dc https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/5ba2aaba-6d25-4c64-b930-c214ba9043dc https://doi.org/10.1086/520126 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/62399740/Does_Growth_Rate_Determine_the_Rate_of_Metabolism_in_Shorebird_Chicks_Living_in_the_Arctic.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/5ba2aaba-6d25-4c64-b930-c214ba9043dc info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Williams , J B , Tieleman , B I , Visser , G H & Ricklefs , R E 2007 , ' Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? ' , Physiological and Biochemical Zoology , vol. 80 , no. 5 , pp. 500-513 . https://doi.org/10.1086/520126 OXYGEN-CONSUMPTION CHARADRIIFORM BIRDS SKELETAL-MUSCLES WATER-LOSS ANIMALS THERMOGENESIS ADAPTATION MATURATION PARAMETERS PHYSIOLOGY article 2007 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1086/520126 2024-05-07T18:29:42Z We measured resting and peak metabolic rates (RMR and PMR, respectively) during development of chicks of seven species of shorebirds: least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla; adult mass 20 22 g), dunlin (Calidris alpina; 56-62 g), lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes; 88-92 g), short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus; 85-112 g), lesser golden plover (Pluvialis dominicana; 150-156 g), Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica; 205-274 g), and whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus; 380 g). We tested two opposing hypotheses: the growth rate-maturity hypothesis, which posits that growth rate in chicks is inversely related to functional maturity of tissues, and the fast growth rate-high metabolism hypothesis, which suggests that rapid growth is possible only with a concomitant increase in either RMR or PMR. We have found no evidence that chicks of shorebirds with fast growth rates have lower RMRs or lower PMRs, as would be predicted by the growth rate-maturity hypothesis, but our data suggested that faster-growing chest muscles resulted in increased thermogenic capacity, consistent with the fast growth-high metabolism hypothesis. The development of homeothermy in smaller species is a consequence primarily of greater metabolic intensities of heat-generating tissues. The maximum temperature gradient between a chick's body and environment that can be maintained in the absence of a net radiative load increased rapidly with body mass during development and was highest in least sandpipers and lowest among godwits. Chicks of smaller species could maintain a greater temperature gradient at a particular body mass because of their higher mass-specific maximum metabolic rates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Calidris alpina Dunlin Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel University of Groningen research database Arctic Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80 5 500 513 |
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We measured resting and peak metabolic rates (RMR and PMR, respectively) during development of chicks of seven species of shorebirds: least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla; adult mass 20 22 g), dunlin (Calidris alpina; 56-62 g), lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes; 88-92 g), short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus; 85-112 g), lesser golden plover (Pluvialis dominicana; 150-156 g), Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica; 205-274 g), and whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus; 380 g). We tested two opposing hypotheses: the growth rate-maturity hypothesis, which posits that growth rate in chicks is inversely related to functional maturity of tissues, and the fast growth rate-high metabolism hypothesis, which suggests that rapid growth is possible only with a concomitant increase in either RMR or PMR. We have found no evidence that chicks of shorebirds with fast growth rates have lower RMRs or lower PMRs, as would be predicted by the growth rate-maturity hypothesis, but our data suggested that faster-growing chest muscles resulted in increased thermogenic capacity, consistent with the fast growth-high metabolism hypothesis. The development of homeothermy in smaller species is a consequence primarily of greater metabolic intensities of heat-generating tissues. The maximum temperature gradient between a chick's body and environment that can be maintained in the absence of a net radiative load increased rapidly with body mass during development and was highest in least sandpipers and lowest among godwits. Chicks of smaller species could maintain a greater temperature gradient at a particular body mass because of their higher mass-specific maximum metabolic rates. |
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Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? |
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Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? |
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Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? |
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Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? |
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does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? |
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Williams , J B , Tieleman , B I , Visser , G H & Ricklefs , R E 2007 , ' Does growth rate determine the rate of metabolism in shorebird chicks living in the arctic? ' , Physiological and Biochemical Zoology , vol. 80 , no. 5 , pp. 500-513 . https://doi.org/10.1086/520126 |
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