Energetic costs of activity by lizards in the field

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 392-397

  Christian, K A ^a   Baudinette, R V ^b,c   Pamula, Y ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doubly labelled water; Ecological cost of transport; Energetics; Field metabolic rate; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC COST; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM;

EID: 0030617618     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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