title: Performance correlates of resting metabolic rate in garden skinks Lampropholis delicata.
abstract: Resting metabolic rates can vary greatly between individuals of the same species. These differences are generally repeatable and show moderate-to-high heritability, suggesting that they could be a target for natural selection. The present study therefore aimed to determine if inter-individual differences in resting metabolic rates (RMR) in garden skinks Lampropholis delicata were associated with inter-individual differences in a suite of physiological and behavioural variables: aerobic capacity, burst sprinting speed and thermal preference. Whole-animal measures of aerobic capacity and RMR were significantly positively correlated, but mass-independent measures were not. Burst sprinting speed and thermal preference were also not correlated with RMR.
authors: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
authors: Lucy
authors: L
authors: Merritt
authors: Philip G D
authors: PG
authors: Matthews
authors: Craig R
authors: CR
authors: White
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D001835:Body Weight; D008116:Lizards / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology; D013696:Temperature