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First published online December 2, 2005
Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 4663-4669 (2005)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2005
doi: 10.1242/jeb.01941

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Long-term repeatability makes basal metabolic rate a likely heritable trait in the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

Bernt Rønning^*, Børge Moe and Claus Bech

Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Ranking of the BMR-residuals (based on RMA-regression of log10 mass-dependent BMR on log10 body mass) from 2002 (filled squares; average of last two measurements) and 2004 (open squares; average of both measurements) periods for males (A) and females (B) separately. For each period all individuals are ranked, with 1 indicating the individual with the highest BMR-residual.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Residual values (± 1 S.E.M.) of BMR (from a RMA-regression) in male (open squares) and female (filled squares) zebra finches, during the short (A; 20 females and 19 males) and the long (B; 18 females and 18 males) measurement periods. For each period all individuals are ranked after increasing value of residual BMR.