Daily energy expenditure of free-living male Wood Mice in different habitats and seasons

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 585-593

  Corp, N ^a   Gorman, M L ^a   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field metabolic rate (FMR); Isotopes; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; RODENT; WOODLAND;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 0032706537     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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