The relationship of central and peripheral organ masses to aerobic performance variation in house sparrows

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2269-2279

  Chappell, Mark A ^a   Bech, Claus ^b   Buttemer, William A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Basal metabolic rate; Exercise; House sparrow; Passer domesticus; Symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032822447     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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