Does basal metabolic rate contain a useful signal? Mammalian BMR allometry and correlations with a selection of physiological, ecological, and life-history variables

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 929-941

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; METABOLISM;

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 13844255239     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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