The zoogeography of mammalian basal metabolic rate

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-219

  Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Climatic variability; El Nino Southern Oscillation; Geographical variation; Mammals; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033942241     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303383     Document Type: Article

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