The relationship between basal metabolic rate and daily energy expenditure in birds and mammals

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1047-1071

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a,d   Konarzewski, Marek ^b,e   Daan, Serge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; MAMMAL;

EID: 0029661314     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285892     Document Type: Article

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