Phylogeny affects estimation of metabolic scaling in mammals

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2330-2333

  Symonds, Matthew R E ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Comparative method; Independent contrasts; Kleiber's Law; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036860268     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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