Exercise Performance of Mammals: An Allometric Perspective

Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue PB, 1994, Pages 191-217

  Lindstedt, Stan L ^a   Thomas, Rickey G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY CONSTITUTION; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; LUNG; MAMMALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 0028692939     PISSN: 00653519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-039239-1.50010-X     Document Type: Article

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