Effects of body mass and reproduction on the basal metabolic rate of brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 112-121

  McLean, Jennifer A ^a   Speakman, John R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BAT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PLECOTUS AURITUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034018688     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316715     Document Type: Article

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