How does variation in body composition affect the basal metabolic rate of birds?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-313

  Scott, I ^a,b   Mitchell, P I ^a   Evans, P R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass; energy expenditure; TOBEC

Indexed keywords

ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM; AVES; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 0030498811     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390277     Document Type: Article

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