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SUMMARY:Metabolic Rate in Seabirds – Influences\, Limits &amp\; Conseque
 nces - Jon Green\, Liverpool University
DTSTART:20110726T140000Z
DTEND:20110726T150000Z
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CONTACT:Norman Ratcliffe
DESCRIPTION:With their predictable life-histories and tractability\, seabi
 rds make excellent models for studies of energy metabolism. Using examples
  from the literature\, field work on macaroni penguins at Bird Island and 
 studies of seabirds in Australia\, this seminar will address what leads to
  variability in field metabolic rate at the inter-specific and intra-speci
 fic levels. I will discuss limits to metabolism in terms of theory on opti
 mal and maximal rates of energy expenditure\, and the role of the ‘prude
 nt parent’. Finally I will talk about how an understanding of field meta
 bolic rate can help us to predict the impacts of environmental change and 
 understand differences between individuals in their phenotypic quality
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, Room 187
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