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Protein metabolism and physical fitness are physiological determinants of body ...
Santos, Nuno; Nakamura, Mónia; Rio-Maior, Helena; Álvares, Francisco; Barasona, Jose Ángel; Rosalino, L. M.; Santos, Maria Joao; Santos-Reis, MargaridaThe physiological significance of biometric body condition indices (bBCI) is poorly understood. We hypothesized that bBCI are composite metrics of nutritional physiology, physical fitness and health. To test this hypothesis, we first compared the performance of eight bBCI, using 434 Southern European carnivores from six species as a model system; and then identified, by non-destructive methods, the hematology a...
Date: 2020
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Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa