PPMRe is negatively correlated with food temperature,demonstrating energy costs incurred that are additional to SDA and associated with cold meals
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0°C
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20°C
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40°C
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Diomedea
12.72±0.97 (N=6)
8.04±0.20 (N=2)
4.28±0.72 (N=6)
Thalassarche
11.20±0.50 (N=5)
6.78±0.33 (N=5)
4.30±0.30 (N=6)
Pooled
11.96±0.60 (N=11)
7.66±0.29 (N=7)
4.22±0.37 (N=12)
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0°C
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20°C
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40°C
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Diomedea
12.72±0.97 (N=6)
8.04±0.20 (N=2)
4.28±0.72 (N=6)
Thalassarche
11.20±0.50 (N=5)
6.78±0.33 (N=5)
4.30±0.30 (N=6)
Pooled
11.96±0.60 (N=11)
7.66±0.29 (N=7)
4.22±0.37 (N=12)
Generic and pooled results for elevated PPMR (PPMRe) from Thalassarche and Diomedea albatrosses at three meal temperatures are given here as AEn% (true energy assimilation efficiency, means ± s.e.m.)