Browsing by Subject "Dietary habits"

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    • Body mass, phylogeny and diet composition affects kidney morphology in passerine birds 
      Barceló Carvajal, Gonzalo; Salinas Castillo, Jonathan; Sabat Kirkwood, Alejandro Pablo (2012)
      We studied the renal morphology of 16 species of passerines to assess whether the composition of the diet of birds have been paralleled by differences in the characteristics of the kidneys. We determined the number and ...
    • Digestive constraints and nutrient hydrolysis in nestlings of two flamingo species 
      Sabat Kirkwood, Alejandro Pablo; Novoa, F. Fernando; Parada, Mario (American Ornithologist Society, 2001)
      In vertebrates, enzymatic activity levels in the small intestine are correlated with dietary composition. We examined enzymatic activity levels in juvenile specimens of two flamingo species, Phoenicoparrus andinus and ...