Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4046-4049

  White, Craig R ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; MAMMALS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037386657     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0436428100     Document Type: Article

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