Seasonal variation in energy expenditure, water flux and food consumption of Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2301-2311

  Williams, Joseph B ^a   Ostrowski, Stéphane ^a   Bedin, Eric ^a   Ismail, Khairi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian oryx; Artiodactyla; Desert mammal; Doubly labeled water; Field metabolic rate; Metabolic rate; Oryx leucoryx; Water flux

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WATER; DESERT CLIMATE; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WATER; DESERT CLIMATE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX; POACEAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035746060     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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