Respiratory quotient and embryological development of metabolic heat production in the rhea (Rhea americana)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-226

  Prinzinger, Roland ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a   Nagel, Birgit ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egg characteristics; Embryogeny; Hatchling; Oxygen consumption; Plateau phase; Respiratory quotient; Rhea; Rhea americana; Thermal conditions of incubation; Yolk content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030668241     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(97)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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