Minimal metabolic rate, what it is, its usefulness, and its relationship to the evolution of endothermy: A brief synopsis

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 865-868

  Frappell, P B ^a   Butler, P J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHERMY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13844267719     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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