Title: Energy-budget strategies for growth in mammals and birds
Abstract: ABSTRACT The concepts of metabolic time and size are used, respectively, to compare maturing time and energy exchanges during growth in homeotherms. Maturation rate, expressed per unit of mature size (A 1/4 ) is relatively constant for mammals, irrespective of attempts by man to select for rapid growth. Precocial birds mature more rapidly, however, and altricial birds more rapidly still. These differences are explained in terms of different patterns of energy exchange. It is proposed that maturation time is ultimately determined by size-related constraints on rate of metabolism during growth.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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