Repeatability of daily field metabolic rate in female Meadow Voles (Microtus Pennsylvanicus)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 751-759

  Berteaux, D ^a   Thomas, D W ^a,b   Bergeron, J M ^a   Lapierre, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Musee du Seminaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; doubly labelled water; intraclass correlation; intraindividual variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTECHINUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0030484705     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390510     Document Type: Article

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