Basal metabolic rate of the black-faced sheathbill (Chionis minor) : intraspecific variation in a phylogenetically distinct island endemic

• Published in: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
• Main Authors: McClelland, Gregory T. W., McKechnie, Andrew E., Chown, Steven L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Chicago Press 2016
• Subjects: Chionidae; Endemism; Energetics; Insular; Metabolic diversity; Antarctic; Indian; Chionis; Antarc*; Marion Island; Rockhopper penguin; South African National Antarctic Programme
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52760; https://doi.org/10.1086/685411

Metabolic rate is a fundamental characteristic of all organisms. It covaries most significantly with activity, body mass, seasonality, and temperature. Nonetheless, substantial additional variation in metabolic rate, especially either resting rate or basal rate, is associated with a range of factors...