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Intraspecific correlations of basal and maximal metabolic rates in birds and the aerobic capacity model for the evolution of endothermy

PLoS ONE, ISSN: 1932-6203, Vol: 7, Issue: 3, Page: e34271
2012
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The underlying assumption of the aerobic capacity model for the evolution of endothermy is that basal (BMR) and maximal aerobic metabolic rates are phenotypically linked. However, because BMR is largely a function of central organs whereas maximal metabolic output is largely a function of skeletal muscles, the mechanistic underpinnings for their linkage are not obvious. Interspecific studies in birds generally support a phenotypic correlation between BMR and maximal metabolic output. If the aerobic capacity model is valid, these phenotypic correlations should also extend to intraspecific comparisons. We measured BMR, M (maximum thermoregulatory metabolic rate) and MMR (maximum exercise metabolic rate in a hop-flutter chamber) in winter for dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis), American goldfinches (Carduelis tristis; M and MMR only), and black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus; BMR and M only) and examined correlations among these variables. We also measured BMR and M in individual house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in both summer, winter and spring. For both raw metabolic rates and residuals from allometric regressions, BMR was not significantly correlated with either M or MMR in juncos. Moreover, no significant correlation between M and MMR or their mass-independent residuals occurred for juncos or goldfinches. Raw BMR and M were significantly positively correlated for black-capped chickadees and house sparrows, but mass-independent residuals of BMR and M were not. These data suggest that central organ and exercise organ metabolic levels are not inextricably linked and that muscular capacities for exercise and shivering do not necessarily vary in tandem in individual birds. Why intraspecific and interspecific avian studies show differing results and the significance of these differences to the aerobic capacity model are unknown, and resolution of these questions will require additional studies of potential mechanistic links between minimal and maximal metabolic output. © 2012 Swanson et al.

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David L. Swanson; Nathan E. Thomas; Eric T. Liknes; Sheldon J. Cooper; Lewis George Halsey

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