Energetics of foraging and locomotion in the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 497-506

  Bethge, P ^a,b   Munks, S ^a   Nicol, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diving; Energetics; Foraging; Locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYPUS; WALKING;

ANIMALS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLATYPUS; WALKING;

EID: 0034870001     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600100200     Document Type: Article

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