Blood metabolites as predictors to evaluate the body condition of Neopelma pallescens (Passeriformes: Pipridae) in northeastern Brazil
ABSTRACT Body condition is an important ecological attribute that can provide a measure of the energy stored by an animal or population. Body condition is traditionally ascertained with morphometric body condition indices (BCIs), but some researchers have used various physiological and biochemical p...
Main Authors: | Luane M.M. Azeredo, Talita C. Oliveira, Luiz C.S. Lopez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
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Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000600901&lng=en&tlng=en |
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