Comparative Studies of Basal Rate of Metabolism in Primates

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 108-111

  Genoud, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal rate of metabolism; Brain; Comparative analyses; Diet; Interspecific variation; Primates; Reproduction; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036963954     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10070     Document Type: Article

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