Energy expenditure and water flux of Rüppell's foxes in Saudi Arabia

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 479-488

  Williams, Joseph B ^a   Lenain, Danny ^b,c   Ostrowski, Stephane ^b   Tieleman, B I ^d   Seddon, Philip J ^b,e  

^a Ecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c 301 Hydon Compound ^*  (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; ISOENZYME; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; CANID; DESERT; WATER BUDGET;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOX; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOXES; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; WATER;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA; VULPES;

EID: 0036768909     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344490     Document Type: Article

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