The relationship between diet quality and basal metabolic rate in endotherms : insights from intraspecific analysis

摘要: Abstract In this article, we review intraspecific studies of basal metabolic rate (BMR) that address the correlation between diet quality and BMR. The “food‐habit hypothesis” stands as one most striking often‐mentioned interspecific patterns to emerge from endothermic energetics. Our main emphasis is explicit empirical comparison predictions derived with data gathered within‐species in order explore mechanisms functional significance putative adaptive responses encapsulated by food‐habit hypothesis. We suggest that, addition concentrating on relationship among quality, internal morphology, BMR, new should also attempt unravel alternative shape interaction such enzymatic plasticity, use energy‐saving mechanisms, torpor. Another avenue for future study measurement effects other components t...