Solving the conundrum of intra-specific variation in metabolic rate: a multidisciplinary conceptual and methodological toolkit: new technical developments are opening the door to an understanding of why metabolic rate varies among individual animals of a species

Metcalfe, N. B. et al. (2023) Solving the conundrum of intra-specific variation in metabolic rate: a multidisciplinary conceptual and methodological toolkit: new technical developments are opening the door to an understanding of why metabolic rate varies among individual animals of a species. BioEssays, 5(6), 2300026. (doi: 10.1002/bies.202300026) (PMID:37042115)

Abstract

Researchers from diverse disciplines, including organismal and cellular physiology, sports science, human nutrition, evolution and ecology, have sought to understand the causes and consequences of the surprising variation in metabolic rate found among and within individual animals of the same species. Research in this area has been hampered by differences in approach, terminology and methodology, and the context in which measurements are made. Recent advances provide important opportunities to identify and address the key questions in the field. By bringing together researchers from different areas of biology and biomedicine, we describe and evaluate these developments and the insights they could yield, highlighting the need for more standardisation across disciplines. We conclude with a list of important questions that can now be addressed by developing a common conceptual and methodological toolkit for studies on metabolic variation in animals.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: Neil B. Metcalfe was funded by ERC Advanced Grant 834653, Tommy Norin by research grants from VILLUMFONDEN (40713) and the Independent Research Fund Denmark (1054-00020B) and Pat Monaghan by ERC Advanced Grant 101020037.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Monaghan, Professor Pat and Nati, Miss Julie and Killen, Professor Shaun and Metcalfe, Professor Neil and Crespel, Dr Amelie and Stier, Dr Antoine and Dawson, Dr Neal and McLennan, Dr Darryl and Norin, Dr Tommy and Salin, Dr Karine
• Authors: Metcalfe, N. B., Bellman, J., Bize, P., Blier, P. U., Crespel, A., Dawson, N. J., Dunn, R. E., Halsey, L. G., Hood, W. R., Hopkins, M., Killen, S. S., McLennan, D., Nadler, L. E., Nati, J. J.H., Noakes, M. J., Norin, T., Ozanne, S. E., Peaker, M., Pettersen, A. K., Przybylska-Piech, A., Rathery, A., Récapet, C., Rodríguez, E., Salin, K., Stier, A., Thoral, E., Westerterp, K. R., Westerterp-Plantenga, M. S., Wojciechowski, M. S., and Monaghan, P.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
• Journal Name: BioEssays
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 0265-9247
• ISSN (Online): 1521-1878
• Published Online: 12 April 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in BioEssays 45(6): 2300026
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
305090		MITOWILD	Neil Metcalfe	European Commission (EC)	834653	Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
312093		Interage	Patricia Monaghan	European Commission (EC)	101020037	Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine