Limits for oxygen and substrate transport in mammals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1051-1064

  Hoppeler, H ^a   Weibel, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allometry; Capillary; Endurance; Exercise; Heart rate; Mammal; Mitochondrion; Morphomet ry; Oxygen supply; Scaling; Substrate transport

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032053184     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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