Basal metabolic rate in relation to body composition and daily energy expenditure in the field vole, Microtus agrestis

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 362-369

  Meerlo, Peter ^a   Bolle, Loes ^a   Visser, G Henk ^a   Masman, Dirkjan ^a   Daan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FIELD VOLE; METABOLIC RATE;

MICROTUS AGRESTIS;

EID: 0031141926     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639616     Document Type: Article

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