An appraisal of operative temperature mounts as tools for studies of ecological energetics

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 658-681

  Walsberg, Glenn E ^a   Wolf, Blair O ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001603582     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.3.30164221     Document Type: Article

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